Hello from Ademission in North Oxfordshire

Hello everyone,

Here is a quick introduction. I recently retired so that I could travel to my favourite holiday destinations without work restrictions. Then COVID19 came along and scuppered my plans. I've been piling my energy into my many house based hobbies of which gardening, and through this, a fascination with Chilis has surfaced.

I grow a good selection of Chilis and Tomatoes in a small 8ft x 6ft greenhouse and I have a grow tent in my garage for starting seedlings. I am waiting for delivery of a 10ft x 12ft greenhouse that will be delivered next month and this will give me the space I need to be a little bit more ambitious. I grow hydroponically (mainly using Wilma systems and Deep Water) and using compost also. I try to get an early start to the year by using LED grow-lights to lengthen the growing season as some of the "Super-Hots" are slow to germinate and grow. Indoors, I grow a selection of house plants on window ledges and under grow-lights including Citrus, Herbs, Cacti and Succulents.

Other hobbies include Photography, 3D Printing, Amateur Radio, Electronics, Cooking, Bread making.

Anyway, I hope this will suffice. I look forward to talking to you all on the forums.

Ademission

 

Welcome to the forum! I grow super hot chillies as well.

 

I've just been watering the chilis. At the same time I did an inventory of them: -

SUPERHOTS
Jay Peach Ghost Scorpion x 1
Red Bhutla x 2
Carolina Reaper x 2
7 Pot Primo (Yellow) x 1
Trinidad Butch Taylor x 2
Habanero Red x 3

OTHERS
Piri Piri x 1
Thai Birds Eye x 1
Black Pearl x 1
Cayenne x 4
Basket Of Fire x 1
Medusa x 1
Purple Flash x 1
Chenzo x 1
Gusto Purple x 1
Red Sweet Capsicum x 2 (From supermarket pepper)

Pretty soon I will run out of space so I hope the the new greenhouse is on time and not delayed.
All of the above are now in compost after being started in hydro. I'm growing tomatoes in the Wilma systems so they are not available for the chilis.

I'm interested to hear what types of Superhots you are growing this year.

 

Superhots
Not Jay Peach
yes to the rest plus
Chocolate Douglah
Chocolate Devil's Tongue
Shineybrids

Others
Basket of Fire

What do you do with all of your peppers @Ademission ?

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Ademission.

 

That's a very good question. The hottest chillies I've grown in previous years have been Habaneros. Even they were too hot for most of the cooking I do. I normally use Cayenne or Thai Birds Eye chilis for cooking. Jalapenos for poppers with bacon and cheese. This year, in anticipation of the larger greenhouse. I went up a level (or 2!) to the Superhots as an experiment. I intend to make some hot sauces using fermentation but lets see if I have success in getting the pods first. Its very noticeable how the leaves on the Superhots (Chinense) are larger (see Picture 1 & Picture 2 below of the 7 Pod Primo in a 12" pot). Also its the first time I've grown chilis under good grow-lights. The 3rd picture is a Habanero (Red) and it seems to be much more "stocky" thick stemmed than I am familiar with.


Picture 1- 7 Pod Primo in 12" Pot


Picture 2 - 7 Pod Primo in 12" Pot


Picture 3 - Habanero Red in 12" pot

 

Thanks for the welcome Sheal.