Chilli growing for 2013

Not had a chance to try them as yet, but the plants and fruits are looking good

 

if we are talking about hotties ive got

More yellow devils tounge coming (and I havent used the first one yet!)

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The monster naga:

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The seven pot brain strain:

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and hundreds of Aji Lemon:

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Its going to be a hot hot September !

 

Lovely pictures of your chillies Shiney and Nick - tried the Nagas, Jolokias and 7 pot last year with no success - that's obviously the problem with growing them in the garden - even this year's orange habaneros are not doing as well as the Scotch Bonnets. Luckily Mr S is happy with the bonnets for his curries and pepper sauce and I will probably stick to them next year.

Have done better with the Jalapenos this year from an earlier sowing - and the Fresnos which are supposed to be a mild chilli were quite hot when I tasted a green one - have 1 red one nearly ready. The small Bulgarian Carrots which are ripening have no heat at all - hoping the large green ones (which there are loads) will ripen and be hotter.

Have searched for chilli festivals nearer to London for ages - would love to go to one but they all seem to be too far for me to be able to travel/drive to :(

S

 

Not in one go Im not !

Im not really sure what to do with the really hot ones, probably dry them out & make some sort of powder - but I shall have a tasting at some point if Im feeling brave & have a big pot of cottage cheese at the ready.

 

I have grown this year 3 pots of scotch bonnets and 3 jalapeños while the plants are not huge,the jalapeños have a bout 10 huge fruits that are just starting to ripe and the bonnets have about 10 as well of a good side but loads of small ones that may not ripe?,this got me thinking as I have my seeds for next year and I know its hard to work out how many plants do I need to get me through a season?we are average users,well the rest of the family are I'm probably 4 times a week user.

 

This might be a silly question.... But I have quite a few chillies outside, what's the best way to overwinter them? I don't have enough space on my windowsills for them. I have an unheated glasshouse so I don't think it will be warm enough.


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Yes I do keep them in a greenhouse although I've just taken them outside in the sun.I cut off all growing tips to get all the energy into the fruit.

 

Might be OK in an unheated greenhouse but they dont really like it - cut the plants right back to the main stem so theres just a twig left about 8 inches tall (or less if the plants are not that big to start with), water once a month or so & hope for the best. Theres about a 50% chance that they will be OK, I always start new plants around Xmas anyway "just in case".

 

Thanks guys, this is my first year growing chillies, so didnt have this problem before. It's very helpful what you say, I will keep few at home, the rest will go to the greenhouse and I'll see what will happen, and I will start some new ones too, cant wait to start some new varieties.

 

Took a batch of ripened chillies off my 'fiesta' and threaded them into a chain

Now it is hanging on my kitchen window to dry.


As for the plant it is still covered in fruits

 

Amazing photos well done.
My scotch bonnets are started to ripen but are small,do they continue to grow in the ripen state?ta.