The 2015 Chilli Thread

Looking good Shiney mine are still sulkingbut I haven't given up just yet

 

My meagre offering

 

Without paying much attention to my two they have done well it seems with plenty of chillies on each.

One question though - on the Hungarian Hot Wax, the most mature of the chillies seems to be turning colour in flashes, the colour of a black eye. Is this natural redenning starting? There was an earlier fruit that did similar and then looked unhealthy and shrivelled which I discarded so that's why I'm asking..

Also I have tried a curry with what i thought was a small amount (about a quarter of a chilli) as a tester of the HHW and it was brutally hot. Now I know some people like their mouths to be burned to a cinder and that is a sign of a good chilli but I am not one of them. I want to have good heat but still taste the ingredients in the food. Is this normal for HHW?

I also have a Habanero, is this a strongy too?

Thanks
GG

 

We've been eating hhw roasted under the grill like sweet peppers! Are you sure they are Hungarian hot waxes?
Not had a spicy one yet

 

Quite normal, I think. It's what happens to mine on the few occasions I've grown them.

 

@vibrating_cake - well it does seem that we have grown different beasts, though other people on this thread have said that home grown chilli heat can be very variable from one year/one plant to the next. The sales ticket said HHW and it looks I think like HHW.

@Freddy - thanks for that, I will relax. Funny though, I'd expected them to turn from the apple green to a pleasant orange and then to red as I think other varieties I've grown. Still good to know it is not diseased or anything.

I will experiment with the habanero strength.

Cheers
GG

 

Here's a couple of photos of my ring of fire chillies, which shows the streaking that you describe, GG. (I know they look sorry plants, @shiney, these are my "discards" which I planted in the herb garden, and are fruiting!)

A little out of focus, but you can still make out the black streak going down the green chilli, as well as the green top to the red chilli - it will be all red in a couple of days.


This photo shows how the chillies turn from green, to mud brown (often with black streaks) to red. They always look sleek and glossy, though...

Tbh, my chillies have always done this, whether shop-bought plants or home sown, none gone through orange to red!

 

They do seem to have a really broad Scoville rating 1000-15000 so mine are probably on the lower end! Whereas yours is in the upper end.
When I'm cooking with chillies I always cut the stalk off and touch the white end onto my tongue, then go from there.
It saves throwing a whole meal away for the random chilli that decided to be an inferno!

 

Couple of pics from my poly tunnel from a few weeks back got loads of flowers now and some fruits starting I have
Carolina reaper
Chocolate Devils tongue
Orange 7 pot
Habanero
Early jalapeño
All looking very healthy and hoping for a nice sunny August

 

@Sian in Belgium - well those look good to me, what variety are those in your photos?
Sorry I may have inadvertently made it sounds like I am a master chilli grower, far from it I'm a complete novice, only grown them the last few years and only a few varieties. The Jalapeno ones I remember definitely go from green to yellowy/orange to red for me, though I find them too mild and boring to taste, ended up frying them with a simple linguini and garlic infused oil dish, which suited them well.


GG