Chilli types - colour when ripe

My second year of growing chillis in my greenhouse. Last year I grew generic 'chillis' that I bought as seedlings from the garden centre. This year I'm growing Fresno, Jalapeno and Red Cherry from seed. Gave most away as they all germinated but have 2 of each.

Now to the question, last year I picked them when they were red. It was pretty obvious when they were ripe but jalepenos are green when ripe are they not? So, anybody have any ideas what colours I should be looking for in the above 3 varieties.

Thanks

PS Realise whatever the colour they are probably a way off being ready to harvest any.

 

Jalapenos-I always eat them green so I think you're right with those. The name Red Cherry sort of clears the question up, and fresno green or red I believe.


I have a big chilli plant that I prune back and bring inside every year so I haven't tried them from seed yet-it's a cayenne-and you know when you ahve eaten a big chunk of those lol. It has done me proud for three years on the trot so far.

 

I am growing cayenne for the first time. Six plants in the conservatory, two outside.
The first fruit is about 3" long at this time.
I spray them everytime I pass with ambiant water, and keep the tray they stand in moist at all times. They appear to be responding to this TLC very nicely.
robert

 

"and keep the tray they stand in moist at all times"

Are they sitting in water? (or is there some gravel or somesuch to keep the pots above the water?)

I have read that Chillies like to dry out significantly between waterings. Can't quite bring myself to treat mine with such cruelty :D but I pass it on for what it may be worth :thumb:

 

I have a chilli plant, grown from seed, which was my first venture into the world of planting edibles a few months ago. It sits inside, by a large window (north facing not south facing), and now looking reasonably healthy - must be at about half a foot, with plenty of foliage, and strongish stems. No sign of any fruits though. I tend to water it lightly every day. I'll try sitting it in a moist tray. Is there anything obvious I could/should be doing? Any pointers appreciated! cheers, dan

 

More light I think.

Its still quite small, so won't be ready to flower yet.

Pot-on when the current pot becomes root bound (knock it out, check the extend of roots around the outside, put the pot back on if it doesn't look "busy", otherwise put into a pot 1.5" to 2" more in diameter). Depending on whether you have a dwarf variety, or not, you will need a final pot between about 6" and 11" in diameter - lets hope its a dwarf variety if you only have a windowsill for it!)

When it does misting (hand sprayer or similar) will help the fruit set. Once you get to that stage feed with a Tomato fertiliser (i.e. rich in Potassium / Potash)

 

Roberts Chillie update.
These three are growing in the conservatory where the heat at the moment is 33C.!

I did not pinch them out so they are rather tall but they appear to developing some very nice fruit.

You can see the size of them in the second picture.
They are standing in a tray were I keep some water a room temp and tend to keep the tray slighly wet at all times and I spray the plants just about every time in passing.
Right or wrong I seem to doing something right

 

Do you know what variety they are Robert?

(Don't say "no", I can see the labels in the pots from here!!)

 

Smartie pants........ they are cayenne:yho:
Never grown them before and Im not quite sure what to do with when they mature. HID dont do chillies:flag:

 

Dunno about cayenne specifically ... but I dried mine last year. Huge success, I just crush one over my grub - my DW doesn't like either, so my solution is suitable for single-platter!

Only snag is keeping the batch dry indefinitely. Sealed container and decant small amount to a daily-use-container, but I find they get damp quite quickly.

Maybe some sort of pepper grinder would do.

Don't rub your nose after doing the crush-on-meal trick. No, not even the following morning! Depending on persuasion be careful what else you touch too!

Some pictures (may need time / refresh to load and scroll):
http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/fo...ng-our-surplus-16584.html?p=256755#post256755
and similar on blog:
http://kgarden.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/test-of-new-vegetable-drier-on-my-chillies/

 

Ouch... sound advise to be sure.
I think we may have covered drying technics elsewhere. With tempertures in excess of 30 and very dry in the conservatory, that could be the ideal spot.
robert

 

I can now officially report that cayenne chillies are HOT this year.
I have recently dried my first batch and had some today..
WoW...I had a few flakes and now all my tubes are wonderfully clear:gnthb::gnthb::gnthb:

 

I'm growing some cayenne for the first time this year. Are they supposed to go red? Some are nearly at six inches long now.

 

Yes they sure do turn a brilliant red. This picture was taken just on the turn from green to red.

 

I think they are just blushing at whatever DVD you are playing on the TV Robert :hehe: