The 2010 Chilli growing thread - it's scorching!
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Two ways:
1. Strip them from the fruit and leave them in a dry atmosphere
2. Dry the fruit in a dry atmosphere and then dry the seeds separately.
I strip the seeds from the fruit first as it allows you to use the oven (at about 30degC) to dry the fruit and then naturally dry the seeds.
You probably just want really light ones - the same as they use in food prep other wise the seeds are too fiddly.
It's unlikely that flowers now will produce chillis that will get through to ripening. You may have some luck but you'll have to keep the plant indoors and may have to shine a light at it (keep it in the area where you have the light on the most will help) in addition to daylight.
It's unlikely that flowers now will produce chillis that will get through to ripening. You may have some luck but you'll have to keep the plant indoors and may have to shine a light at it (keep it in the area where you have the light on the most will help) in addition to daylight.
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Just harvested the final chillis - 37, 6 of which are green the others are a ripe red 
I've also cut the plants back to the stems ready for overwintering. So that's it for this season!
I'll sort out the seeds soon enough. I have dried out the first lot.
I've also cut the plants back to the stems ready for overwintering. So that's it for this season!
I'll sort out the seeds soon enough. I have dried out the first lot.
1. I've prepared the strongest looking plants for overwintering by cutting everything back to the stem, except they have already started sprouting new shootsShould I cut these off too or just leave them? Nick, you've mentioned bringing them indoors, do you think they wouldn't survive in a greenhouse?
Don't worry about them attempting to resprout leaves or shoots. Mine have attempted this too if they get a warm day with sun.
I've not had experience of a greenhouse (mine are indoors on a window sill) however I suspect the temperatures will get too cold shortly. The plants will cope with being on a window sill with the house heating keeping the plants above, say 4 or 5 degC. Chilli plants don't do cold or even cold draughts.
I would not expect them to survive in an unheated greenhouse.
You'd need to separate them and ensure insects don't move between the species.
Yup, I've just been a bit busy hence getting delayed (job contract stuff). I have one load all dried and ready. I'll get a set of seeds ready for sending out this week.
Deseeding these is fiddly lol. As before - shoot me an email via trust. You may get undried seeds fresh from the pod which are easy to dry out yourself to keep over winter.
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Yup, just been busy although now they've just renewed my contract for 6 months so I have breathing space.
Yup, I'll sort these out this week, problem is that a lot of the emails don't have a postal address!
Btw.. I will send out the seeds I promised to those that contacted me (too cold now for them to sit in the mailbox at -6). I was a little pre-occupied with other things and then the early cold snap :/
I've not forgotten
Oh yes - the joint colour changes are normal. Both my jalapenos and nagas' stems changed colour as they matured.
February was probably your best shot, any earlier and they'll need heat/light life support.
I've not forgotten
Oh yes - the joint colour changes are normal. Both my jalapenos and nagas' stems changed colour as they matured.
February was probably your best shot, any earlier and they'll need heat/light life support.
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