THE CHILLIES THREAD 2018

I tried a couple of Jalapeños that I bought from the supermarket. The heat was ok, but I felt they lacked depth of flavour?

 

I've grown a variety called Lombardo very successfully. It's from one of the Italian seed companies. Sorry, can't remember the name of the seed company, but it's the "other" or "continental" one they sell in the Wyvale garden centres. Anyway - Lombardo. It is sold as a green chilli, but we have found that they do ripen later in the season (we grow outside once the weather is reliably warm at night - no greenhouse). We harvest the first few green chillies, to encourage more flowers, and then leave the later ones to ripen, harvesting the last ones, green or red, at the end of the season. The chillies are about 3-4" long, and somewhat crooked. They have quite thick flesh, and relatively few seeds. They are great in stir-fries etc, and pickle well. I love them!

 

Thanks for that Just checked, and they are rated as 0-500 on the Scoville scale, so very mild. I guess I’m looking for recommendations that are in the 40-60,000 range.

 

Hi Freddy
Devon chilli farm have loads in that range
Aji limon chilli 40,000 to 60,000 schoville
Super chilli 50,000
Apache F1 70,000 to90,000
Pretty purple 60,000 to 80,000
Masquerade F1 60,000 to 70,000
Firecracker 30,000 to 50,000
Joe's long 20,00to 30,000
Long slim 20,000 to 30,000
prairie fire 30,000
Regards Sandy

 

Hi Freddy , I have grown a Cayenne type of chili for the past 3 years . It's called Tokyo Hot 20,000 to 30,000 . That's as hot as I like to go !

 

or/and Sea Spring Seeds - Heat level of chillies we sell

There you have all the post retirement possibilities of a chili buying road trip holiday to the South West.

 

I think that's for the green ones (and they are supposed to be green) - they get both sweeter and hotter as they turn red. When pickled, they've got bite, but can be eaten. We have some bought pickled jalapeños, and they seem to have about the same amount of "fire".

 

My sowings last week, partially influenced by preference, partially influenced by whatever I could get either for free/saved seeds or buy for pennies (don't believe current prices, I got them for a fraction of current charges):

Draky Chilli seed var. Draky

Naga https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/chilli-pepper-naga-jolokia-very-hot/4753TM

Cheyenne
Padron Chilli Pepper 'Padron' (Medium - The Tapas Pepper) seeds | Thompson & Morgan
Pot Black
Poblana
Joes Long
Hung HW

I'll fill in the rest later when I have the time, but these appear to now cost a few quid a packet, when I'm sure they were only 30p or so when on special. multi save and after using £5 off vouchers that were issued with every order.

 

Sowed my Shiney Chilli seeds today in my heated propagator. I've sown 20 seeds which if all germinate will be far too many but can always give the surplus to friends. @shiney I gave away 4 of your plants last year so at this rate they will be becoming the most grown Chilli in these parts!

 

I was speaking to a pal last night who I gave a Shiney Chilli plant to last year and in passing I said I had sown some seeds. She told me her plant still has some Chillis on it and was wondering if she could use seeds from those to sow some more plants. Well I have to admit I don't know! I do know that some seeds if sown fresh will just rot off but with Chilli seeds being pretty dry maybe it would work? Sure @shiney you'll know as they are your babies after all.

 

Thanks for the input folks, plenty to choose from. I think I’ll go with Apache again, but also give Cayenne a go, as they look nice

 

I visited there a few years ago. A fantastic display