The 2011 Chilli growing thread - it's scorching!

Mark A · 30 Jul 2011 at 19:04

topgun06, What size pots do you have them in? I was trying to keep my Scotch bonnets smaller so that I could keep them on my kitchen window, but they are ripening and are tiny. Think it could be due to the 3l pots. Maybe should have used 5l?

But saying that, my Naga is in a 10l tub and it doing the exact same thing. Anyone know any reason all my chillies are so small?

topgun06 · 30 Jul 2011 at 23:12

I'm not quite sure but I'll have a check for you tomorrow.

The smaller scotch bonnets in the pics were sown at the same time but have been kept in smaller pots. They took longer to produce flowers but there are now millions of them compared to the bonnets in the larger pots. They are much more compact and easier to handle too. But we will see what sorta crop they produce in the end in comparison.

topgun06 · 31 Jul 2011 at 16:41

The smaller pots are 7" in diameter and the large pots are 10". I'm not sure on the total capacity though.

Street · 4 Aug 2011 at 09:45

Does anyone have any idea why my Tabasco flower isn't fruiting? Its always covered in flowers but they never seem to fruit into chillies. All my other plants are absolutely covered in fruit now but not this one. If I look at the flowers, the pollen doesn't seem to be soft and come off like the other plants, it seems harder.

krooton · 4 Aug 2011 at 09:56

Yay, my capillary matting managed to water my plants while I was away for a week!

Plants have grown a fair bit, and one of my bonnets is now a nice bright red

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sithlord · 4 Aug 2011 at 20:16

What is the green (also fat red one) chilli type I have growing.

Im confused, I thought I was growing Cayene & Jalapeño & Habeneros. But I have 4 different types.

Habeneros I posted in previous pics and I haven't picked them off yet.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 4 Aug 2011 at 20:44

The red and green (middle and right) are Jalapeno, they start green and ripen red you can eat at either stage

Left is cayenne

Flakey · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:04

Ops forgot to update you all, basically about 10 days ago or so now both of my chilli plants stopped flowering... (the no pollen useless flowers). But they came back in force about 3 days or so later, but all of these new flowers on both plants seem quite fertile. Got about 12 chilli's on my Jalapeno now and for 3 so far on my Scotch bonnet.

Is it normal for them to flower twice with the first lot being useless, or could it have been brought on by the weather?

Anyway thanks for the advice a few of you gave.

sithlord · 4 Aug 2011 at 21:10

robskinner said:
The red and green (middle and right) are Jalapeno, they start green and ripen red you can eat at either stage

Left is cayenne

OK, so whats this one (they normally grow a little thicker) and are pretty hot:

topgun06 · 5 Aug 2011 at 00:18

Still looks like Cayenne to me... I don't know.

It's just that my Cayennes aren't particularly thin like the one in your previous photo but more like the ones in the photo immediately above. Leaves look similar too.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 5 Aug 2011 at 07:32

How close are they together? You could have cross pollinated cayenne / jalapeno hybrids

sithlord · 5 Aug 2011 at 12:45

Its probably a cayenne. As I bit into one and its too hot to be a Jalapeno

It wouldnt have been cross pollinated as it was the first to flower.

A.N.Other · 5 Aug 2011 at 13:08

robskinner said:
How close are they together? You could have cross pollinated cayenne / jalapeno hybrids

That would only alter the second generation anyway

Dave85 · 6 Aug 2011 at 13:01

Hey guys are any of these ready to pick yet. Think the small round one thats going red might be just about ready I think thats the Tepin chilli

Street · 9 Aug 2011 at 20:38

Street said:
Does anyone have any idea why my Tabasco flower isn't fruiting? Its always covered in flowers but they never seem to fruit into chillies. All my other plants are absolutely covered in fruit now but not this one. If I look at the flowers, the pollen doesn't seem to be soft and come off like the other plants, it seems harder.

Anyone?

thepharcyde · 9 Aug 2011 at 20:54

Anyone going to the Great Dorset Chilli festival this weekend? It's just down the road from me in Blandford so will be going

http://www.greatdorsetchillifestival.co.uk/

Yet to try a Naga despite being sold in the local Tesco stores.

Dave85 · 10 Aug 2011 at 00:19

No one answered so ate the red one on a slice of pizza was good

sithlord · 10 Aug 2011 at 19:21

I bought some Bhut Jolokias and Dorset Nagas from Tescos.

How best should I preserve the seeds so I can use them next year ?

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 10 Aug 2011 at 20:45

sithlord said:
I bought some Bhut Jolokias and Dorset Nagas from Tescos.

How best should I preserve the seeds so I can use them next year ?

When I dried seeds last year I removed and put onto a piece of kitchen roll then placed on top of my router for about a fortnight. Then sealed into an airtight bag and placed near router for some constant warmth all winter.

Worked a treat

sithlord · 10 Aug 2011 at 21:05

robskinner said:
When I dried seeds last year I removed and put onto a piece of kitchen roll then placed on top of my router for about a fortnight. Then sealed into an airtight bag and placed near router for some constant warmth all winter.

Worked a treat

Cheers, sounds like a plan.