Growing Chillies

Red and White · 14 Aug 2009 at 15:04

looked a recipe up on net. just made it, havent tasted it yet but it looks :/

got hundreds of chillis now though

SkeeterUK · 14 Aug 2009 at 15:17

Dont see why not.

utajoker · 14 Aug 2009 at 21:08

Deluxe1 said:
How often are you watering them?

a good soaking once a week, every other week do it with tomato feed

NickK · 14 Aug 2009 at 21:12

Deluxe1 said:
Mine get watered twice a day,morning and evening.

Full bucket immersion?

SkeeterUK · 14 Aug 2009 at 21:18

Btw is baby bio regarded as tomato feed or not, if not what is a good tomato feed to buy?

utajoker · 14 Aug 2009 at 21:45

SkeeterPSA said:
Btw is baby bio regarded as tomato feed or not, if not what is a good tomato feed to buy?

i just got a generic one from homebase

Deluxe1 · 15 Aug 2009 at 20:51

NickK said:
Full bucket immersion?

Each pot gets a panfull of water (about a pint and a half) twice a day or if its a really hot day then 3 with a watering in the afternoon.

jot1962 · 15 Aug 2009 at 23:58

10 confirmed chilis today!

The oldest ones are still green and are showing no sign s of changing colour

HeX · 16 Aug 2009 at 08:44

Been away for a week, and i've come back to a rather excellent haul of chilli's growing, good ol' mother-in-law kept em watered while we were away...

utajoker · 16 Aug 2009 at 10:29

most of my chillies have ripened or have started to ripen, only a couple still green, but ive still not managed to stop the green fly, they just keep coming back. so ive heavily chopped them back, taking out as much of the plant without chillies on as i can.

when ive picked all my chillies can i trim everything off back to just the stem(including leaves)?

forgot to put some pics in

dl763 · 17 Aug 2009 at 10:47

My chillies are growing nicely now, cant wait to try them

SkeeterUK · 17 Aug 2009 at 11:26

Loads of flowers now and first jalapeño i spotted this morning about 1cm

VFR_KID · 18 Aug 2009 at 08:30

Hey Chaps, sorry i have been rather absent again. my chillis are all now turning red, even the ones without the stigma at the bottom, think i mite have to freeze a lot of them as i havent been using many chillis recently

It has taken a realy cold snap up here recently and both plants have stoped flowering

krooton · 18 Aug 2009 at 09:44

The kids are a month and a half old now

jot1962 · 19 Aug 2009 at 22:06

13 chilis now, but they still haven't changed colour. I am wondering if they are the same as the little green thin ones you can buy in the supermarket.

Deluxe1 · 20 Aug 2009 at 22:07

Just had a homemade burger which i mixed half a naga in whilst making it earlier and the afterburn is scorching.

Lovely tho.

NickK · 20 Aug 2009 at 22:45

Deluxe1 said:
Just had a homemade burger which i mixed half a naga in whilst making it earlier and the afterburn is scorching.

Lovely tho.

The Naga when cooked in isn't as bad as people make out. Yes it's hot but not as bad as attempting to eat one raw!

Deluxe1 · 20 Aug 2009 at 22:51

I did have a sprinkling of last years dried chillies on aswell so that added to the heat.

Peri peri bbq sauce mixed with a equal amount of reggea reggea spicy tom sauce goes great on burgers.

SkeeterUK · 21 Aug 2009 at 16:55

Wow at the rate the jalapenos are growing at per few days to a week at a time. I think all my flowers are going to be jalapenos too.

I will try to get some pics taken on the weekend.

Btw a q question. When using a spray on the leaves etc do u just use water or tomato feed or baby bio as atm im using spray with tom feed in it. Not sure if im suppose to or not tho hence the question.

Oh and how long from when they start to grow till there ready to pick are jalapenos?

Busa · 21 Aug 2009 at 17:03

NickK said:
The Naga when cooked in isn't as bad as people make out. Yes it's hot but not as bad as attempting to eat one raw!

I bought some nagas from tesco and i thought they were a bit disappointing, I was expecting to much i think after all the hype.