Chilli plants

Hi i'm fairly new to growing chilli's and I was just wondering if anybody here had grown them before and had any tips? I'm currently growing cayenne chilli peppers. Should I leave them to go red in order for them to be hotter than green ones? Also can I pick them and then freeze them to use at a later date or is this not good for them?

Thank you.

Stephen.

 

I grow apache chillis, which are pretty hot and can be dried for future use. Don't know about other ones.

 

Penny, this looks to be Cut & Paste from
http://www.happynews.com/living/cooking/harvest-hot-chilis.htm
if you have quoted from another site I think you should provide a link for the citation please - to prevent the owners of this site getting into trouble :thumb:

If its your original work, also posted on that other site, I'm sure that's fine, but I think worth indicating as such.

 

I have Golden Cayenne here.Chilli plants differ in shape and size.Some are good in green and some in red hotter than green.My mom used to have peppers in most of her recipes so i decided to have on one my garden.

 

Thanks guys you have been very helpful! One final question. Could I potentially grow a small chilli plant indoors in winter if kept warm enough? or does the light/dark cycle become insufficient for growth?

Thank you.

Stephen.

 

By indoors do you mean as a small windowsill plant? I don't know, but I once tried to keep a full size plant going over winter in the green house in the hope that it would be successful in its second year. It survived-ish, but wasn't a great success. They are slow starters, so maybe a seed sown now, nurtured through the winter in the kitchen, would really take off in the spring. On the other hand, I do find that Feb sown seed eventually produces more than we can use!

 

Excellent thanks for the help!