2015 Chilli Growers Thread

[Herman Gelmet]

I really enjoyed the 2014 Chilli Growers Thread, and there were a lot of enthusiastic people involved last year. I don't really have much patience in terms of uploading my own photo's but I do enjoy the discussions and will definitely be involved again this year.

Seeds
http://www.fatalii.net/
http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/
http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/garden-shop/seeds/chilli-seeds-a-to-z/

Basic Info
http://www.fatalii.net/Growing_chile_peppers
http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/info/growing-chillies

Chilli Database
http://www.thechileman.org/

Chilli Tasters
https://www.youtube.com/user/paulmtonkin/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvpwCBbWBXpc-AzNlkEf8RA/videos

Good luck everyone.....

 

[Herman Gelmet]

My personal seed store is huge and varied. I hope to stick to these this year and maybe grow about 10 plants from this selection:

7 Pot
Aji Limon
Ancho Mulato
Ancho Polbano
Barbados
Belize Red
Bhut Jolokia
Black Scorpion Tongue
Bulgarian Carrot
CAP 253c
Dorset Naga
Duke Pequin
Ekirike
Fatalii
Goronong
Guajillo
Jalapeno Hercules
Jalapeno Organic
Jamaican Red Mushroom
Jamaican Yellow Mushroom
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion
Mesilla
Monkey Face
Naga
Naranja Picante
Pasa Jwala
Pasilla
Peruvian Wild
Pimento de Padron
Prairie Fire
Sant Fe Grande
Scotch Bonnet
Tobasco Greenleaf
Trinidad Marouga
Trinidad Perfume
Trinidad Pimento
Trinidad Scorpion
Trinidad Seasoning

I would like to add:

Criolla Sella
Pimenta de Neyde
Seranno

 

[PapaLazaru]

Mine were a total disaster last year.

I want to grow some attractive / ornamental plants this year to give away as gifts.

What is a good and easy seed to grow?

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Mine were a total disaster last year.

I want to grow some attractive / ornamental plants this year to give away as gifts.

What is a good and easy seed to grow?

Criolla Sella is one of my personal faves, as it is prolific, colourful and tasty. The seeds can be hard to locate, although Reimer Seeds in the US do have them.

Cheiro Roxa are really nice looking and rated highly by Fatalii and Nigel Carter:
http://fataliiseeds.net/search?query=cheiro roxa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWUZHIZAKU

Black Scorpion Tongue is a beautiful plant which will grow easily as it is an annuum.
http://fataliiseeds.net/search?query=black+scorpion+tongue

 

[Herman Gelmet]

I just got the Cheiro Roxa and Serrano from UK Chilli Seeds. I have never used that company before but they look genuine and their site is not bad.

 

[lego]

Who's got some advice for a first timer?

Looking to expand on my herb garden this year, so this sounds perfect!

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Who's got some advice for a first timer?

Looking to expand on my herb garden this year, so this sounds perfect!

It's a good way to get into gardening. I started with herbs and progressed onto chillies, and now I am really interested in sustainable/organic (Permaculture) systems of growing. It can be challenging growing chillies but you can research much easier these days.

What do you want from the plants? Fiery heat? Great flavour? Stunning looks? Copious yield? Quick growing? Easy all rounder?

What is the environment? What can you provide for it/them?

If you don't know what flavours/heat you would get, try watching the Chilli Tasting links in the OP.

If you have no knowledge of Chilli growing, look at the Basic Info links in the OP. Then if you still have questions, let us know here.

Prepare to be addicted though

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Mine were a total disaster last year.

I want to grow some attractive / ornamental plants this year to give away as gifts.

What is a good and easy seed to grow?

What was the problem? I had problems too, but I was experimenting like a mad scientist

I think my tap water is causing problems for my plants, therefore I would seriously consider trying to capture all rain water available and using that. This is even more relevant when using organic composts, where dodgy tap water can easily kill off the gazillions of micro-organisms which are essential. So, do you have a HUGE butt???

 

[PapaLazaru]

Criolla Sella is one of my personal faves, as it is prolific, colourful and tasty. The seeds can be hard to locate, although Reimer Seeds in the US do have them.

Cheiro Roxa are really nice looking and rated highly by Fatalii and Nigel Carter:
http://fataliiseeds.net/search?query=cheiro roxa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWUZHIZAKU

Black Scorpion Tongue is a beautiful plant which will grow easily as it is an annuum.
http://fataliiseeds.net/search?query=black+scorpion+tongue

Excellent. Many thanks will order some seeds now.

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Excellent. Many thanks will order some seeds now.

Just be aware that the Fatalii site is in Finland, but the seller is a real expert!

 

[PapaLazaru]

Just be aware that the Fatalii site is in Finland, but the seller is a real expert!

That's interesting to know. I am half Finnish myself.

It has a minimum 15€ order. Any others I should try? I would not mind trying a really hot one, as long as it is relatively easy to grow.

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Right, I have hacked down my list a bit and I'll try and write a note for each.

Ancho Mulato (Mexican sauces, flavour not heat, great dried)
Ancho Polbano (Mexican sauces, flavour not heat, great dried)
Black Scorpion Tongue (Great looking and tasting)
Duke Pequin (Wild tree! Linky)
Ekirike (Wild chilli with mental flowers - Linky)
Goronong (very unusual shapes, like melting wax!!)
Guajillo (Mexican sauces, flavour not heat, great dried)
Jamaican Red Mushroom (Mushy-UFO's which look great!)
Jamaican Yellow Mushroom (Similar to JRM ^ Linky)
Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion (Fiery hot SCorpion relative)
Mesilla (Mexican sauces, flavour not heat, great dried)
Naranja Picante (Habanero relative, fruity and hot)
Pusa Jwala (Great long delicate spindly chillies and great Indian food chilli)
Pasilla (Mexican sauces, flavour not heat, great dried)
Peruvian Wild (Wild chilli, quite rare)
Sant Fe Grande (Mexican fleshy low heat, salsa and salads - easy and early)
Tabasco Greenleaf (Better peppers than the original and very prolific)
Trinidad Perfume (West Indian cuisine, but not a hot one, this is for flavour and goodness!)
Trinidad Pimento (West Indian cuisine, but not a hot one, this is for flavour and goodness!)
Trinidad Scorpion Red (West Indian and a very popular superhot!)
Trinidad Seasoning (West Indian cuisine, but not a hot one, this is for flavour and goodness!)

I would like to add:

Criolla Sella (a personal fave, great looking long pods and great flowers too)
Pimenta de Neyde (An all black and purple plant)
Seranno (purchased!) (Mexican, staple food with good heat)
Cheiro Roxa (purchased!) (Very pretty and tasty)

 

[Herman Gelmet]

That's interesting to know. I am half Finnish myself.

It has a minimum 15€ order. Any others I should try? I would not mind trying a really hot one, as long as it is relatively easy to grow.

I have a mate who's a Fin too, and I know how beautiful the country is!

I was unaware of the minimum order, as I tend to purchase quite a few seeds, just in case there is a zombie apocalypse etc.

I just ordered my Cheiro Roxa from a site I haven't used (or noticed) before. They are in UK and have some of Fatalii's own breeds. I haven't received the seeds yet, but I only ordered yesterday. The chillies do look amazing.

UK Chilli Seeds http://ukchilliseeds.co.uk/cheiro-roxa-x-10-seeds-591-p.asp

I would try Fatalii Aji Gourmet Fantasy from the same seller, as it is a Fatalii strain, which looks like a superhot (i.e. Chinense type) but is an Baccatum, and therefore easy to grow.

http://ukchilliseeds.co.uk/fatalii-gourmet-aji-fantasy-exclusive-to-uk-chilli-seeds-505-p.asp

UPDATE: Just noticed that they do the Black Scorpion Tongues too:

http://ukchilliseeds.co.uk/black-scorpion-tongue-chilli-x-10-seeds-489-p.asp

 

[Herman Gelmet]

I have so many seeds, many self-harvested 'randoms' which could provide someone with some experimental mystery plants. Post here if you would grow some of these. No guarantees of anything.

I can't access my trust email but it should be correct if you use mine to contact me, but please post here first.

Likely seeds: Cap 253c (rare) and Jamaican Red Mushroom. Possibly others which I have yet to check.

 

[neil_g]

winter hasnt been kind to me. despite giving the plants shelter in the shed and trying to keep them as warm as possible most i think have fallen foul of low temps.

the other half has asked to tone it down a bit this year though and do more "normal" plants/veg with a couple of chilli plants. we'll see what happens though

 

[NickK]

Hello - it's that time again..

I'll be interested in starting again.. getting the propagator out of retirement and growing a few nagas The danger being that the conservatory gets so hot in summer it kills plants.. so I need to find a way to get the best for them using natural light (I don't think the Mrs will like the HPS lamp on all the time!)

 

[FrenchTart]

I saved some seeds from my purple jalepenos which I've just now put in some tupperware with a damp paper towel near the boiler. Hopefully I can get them going decent this time so that I got a better harvest compared to last year...

 

[NickK]

Decided to go for Naga Morich (i.e. fruit flavour like the Dorset Naga), looking at lower head indian such as the Pusa Jwala for Jafrezi and possibly a mexican Pasilla Bajio

 

[Zenduri]

I'm currently overwintering about 7-8 Aji's and 5 Scotch bonnets. I think when they get going again I'm going to keep the best 2-3 of each and either give any other good plants away to folks at work or bin any that are struggling.

Wasn't impressed with the Scotch Bonnets but i will give them ago again this year.I have tonnes of Aji Limon chillies currently sat in the freezer and the plants did really well despite me messing them up a bit.

I think i'll go for a 3rd type this year and grow another 2-3 but unsure what to get

 

[Herman Gelmet]

Decided to go for Naga Morich (i.e. fruit flavour like the Dorset Naga), looking at lower head indian such as the Pusa Jwala for Jafrezi and possibly a mexican Pasilla Bajio

A really good choice there. I haven't grown Naga Morich but I have used a lot of them fresh in a big batch of chilli relish, and it has a really good kick!

The Pusa Jwala is a plant I started late last year and was intending to o/w it, but decided that as it grew really quickly, and put out quite a lot of baby green worm chillies, I would grow from scratch again this year.

I have dried Pasilla chillies, although not sure if "Bajio" is any different. Mine were bought from South Devon Chilli Farm, and they taste unusual in a good way.