Had a a little pick from the greenhouse the other day, still plenty more to come yet

Top left to right:
Redskin Red Pepper, Pusa Jwala, Jalapeno Gigantia, Hungarian Hot Wax

Bottom left to right:
Jalapeno Early, Chocolate Habanero( with 1 Dorset Naga) Cherry Bombs and Apaches

I currently have over 400 naga jolokia growing in an allotment. cant wait for harvest time, they are really massive.. all of them approaching 6ft tall.

also have a thick pimenta de neydo, lots of early/jumbo jalapeno for my samwiches this winter too

these are my spiecials

of course i grow a few other spiecies. all thanks for B&Q 120 litre compost for pennies

my 7pod is still like sooo SMall and cute

Nice!

Can either of you shed some light on what lighting cycle you use to grow chilli's/peppers? just the same as canna?

no mate, the cycle varies on the time of year. but the general purpose is. less light flowering... more light vegging.

round this time of year you get 11 hours - 9 hours of light in winter. so its almost like 12-12

Chilli's are not photosensitive and do not need light cycle changes.

Chillis galore and firefoods forum are good places for info.

from chillis galore


From growfruitandveg.co.uk
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So a bit of conflicting advice there.
how about if we're growing hybrids then

we've got one chilli plant doing sod all as far as flowers go, its in a 6ltr pot and will be going in with the cannabis after a few more days quarantine (only after being in the kitchen , not from outdoors )

Has anyone here grown Apache's? Did you winter them ? I've got a slightly wilted (but still lots of chillies on it) plant , i read that most plants can be wintered through for another year or more!

Also whats the deal with taking cuttings?

Just take it out of the fpot and clean the roots and a bit of a trim, cut it back a little and re pot in a smaller pot in some fresh soil, moving it up April /May. Be fiine somwhere sunny and light, I have a 4 year old Choclate Habanero and do this every year now problems
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Hi folks, chilli n00b here. Bought this thing late in the season at H0meb@se, it was less than half price and covered in ripe/unripe chillies. Label says it's a 'Super Chilli - heat level 8'. After potting on it exploded with new flowers and we've had loads of chillies off it. Brought it indoors around the end of October and put it on a south facing windowsill, currently it looks like this -

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We're amazed at how well it's survived, and absolutely gobsmacked that we're still getting fruit off it. In December ffs - is this normal?

Chilli's will grow all year round if you give them enough light.

Remove chillis when ripe and the rest will follow suit.

Chris

ive just put in my chinense varietys to give them a good start , they will be going in the greenhouse wich is under construction at the mo.
i have got aji lemon drops , bhut jolokia , naga morich and scotch bonnets and they are in a heated propagator as we speak , i have started them in root riots.
i have also got some annums in which i done today and they are tabasco , prairie fire , satans kiss and these are more ornamental types , good for your windowsill .
ive still got alot of different ones on the way .
if you want the chinense ones to do well then get em in now as they will be more mature when they go out in the spring.

hi all

i have got some chilli seeds to start off this year !

any tips?

i bought some heirloom seeds, nigels outdoor chilli and early jalapeno
www.realseeds.co.uk/hotpeppers

i have a small lean to greenhouse to grow them in until the weather gets better, when should i start them off?

I can start them off under lights inside until they are strong enough to put outside

should i think of germinating them now or is it too early?

and also would they be ok in premium soil such as batmix once mature enough, and should i get chilli nutes or will biobizz or plant magic nutrients be
better?

hi noway . yes you can start them of under lights and put them out in spring , preferably in a greenhouse or tunnel but some will do alright outside , all weather dependant really .
try and keep them in fairly small pots to start and bring them on quietly , when you put them out then pot them up to your final pots . any compost , coco or hydro will do . try not to give to much nitrogen as they will tend to produce alot of vegetaition and not many flowers , when they start to flower then give um flower nutes , same as your favourite herb really.
germinaition in a heated prop if ya got one , not to hot , slowly slowly . some varietys take up to six weeks to germinate.
good luck with it .

try and get a regular water schedule going , dont let them dry out as the flowers will drop of.

I've tried some chilli's from B&Q last year, but never got any further than seedlings.
The leaves curled all up and grow stopped completely.

This year I'm better prepared and did some reading on growing chilli's.
I've ordered:
Black Scorpion Tongue (C. annuum)
Aji Cristal (C. baccatum)
Bolivian Rainbow (C. annuum)
Champion (C. baccatum)
Habanero, Brown Large (C. chinense)
Tepin, Guatemala (C. annuum)
Turbo Pube (C. pubescens)

I'm also gonna try to do some bonchi (Bonsai chile).

Seeds came from www.fatalii.net.
There's also some good growing info on that site.

been looking at doing bonsai for a while , didnt think of bonsai chillies . thanks for the link

I have heard good things about Fatalii.net for good quality seeds.

They are easy enough to grow. Just let them dry out a bit and don't over water. I give half strength tom food once fortnightly once flowering. 10 litre pots are a good final size - morrisons flower buckets cost next to nothing.

Yeah, me too.
I even have a how-to book, but it takes a lot of patience, skill and time to have a nice bonsai.
Growing a bonchi is a lot faster, and if you do something wrong, it's not years of work down the drain.
It's not really the same compared to a real bonsai, but it's fun to do nevertheless.

I'm planning on starting some more Chilli seeds at the end of January, mainly because I want a very large yield come summer/autumn, would some people consider this a viable option? another reason being is that i planted some Scotch Bonnet's at the beginning of summer and overwintered them (theyre getting huge and bushy) and only now am i getting ONE chilli from 1 of the 2 plants. Terrible yields in my eyes. Anyone give me a helping hand?

Thanks

You can start them indoors now, but it's best to use extra lighting.
The winter sun isn't strong enough for the young seedlings to develop at a normal rate.

Also, some chilli plants are very prolific, others are really not.

I bought some heirloom seeds aswell.

Napia Red Pointy Pepper
Iranian Round Chilli
Pretty in Purple Chilli Pepper

I'll dip in when they are going. I also got a load of other veg from there too.

hi all this year i will be growing my own chillies. lots of them to say the least

i want to be able to keep the finished product. i will be growing mostly Bhut Jolokia (A.K.A. Naga Jolokia) and i am wondering what would be the best way to keep them when i have harvested them. i am liking the idea of making them into a paste so i can just add the paste to things i cook. would this be ok to do and work well

if not what are you thoughts

and how would you go about doing it

I haven't tried a chili paste, but have made chili & tomato relish which can be frozen. Loads of recipes out there if you do a search.

Other ways of preserving chilis I've used are pickling, drying and freezing. For pickling and freezing I just use whole, fresh chilis. For drying I cut them into small pieces, spread them on a tray and put them in the oven on the lowest setting until they are done. Once dry I crush them into powder.

i think powder would be a good way to do it.

how long can one expect chilli powder to last?

Can't really say as I've only tried this with last year's chilis. I'm keeping it in an airtight container, and as long as it keeps until the next crop I'll be happy. Paprika is basically the same and that keeps for ages.

yeah i guess you dont need it to last years and years. but i guess if dryed right it could possibly last a long long time

Hi guys,

Started of a packet of Aji crystal (Capsicum baccatum) today as im planning on building a polytunnel in the next few weeks.

I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with this chilli strain, as its my first attempt at chilli growing.

Also What strains would you recommend for a newbie? Im looking for strains that grow well in the uk and produce a good yield.

Cheers.

T

Got a dozen Cayenne germinated in the heated prop, just coming up to the second set of true leaves, I've also got some saved seed from last years not sure what that is but it's not sown yet...

I don't give mine any special tretment like extra light they will go in the mini growhouse when all the other stuff is in the ground.

JOM