The 2011 Chilli growing thread - it's scorching!

Xelene · 10 Aug 2011 at 21:14

A.N.Other said:
^ Those are some good sized plants!! Wish we had a garden here

Don't you have a window ledge?

Spook187 · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:15

I have found these caterpillas on mine some are light green some are dark,with a yellow stripe munching on my leaves,anyone know what these are thanks.

Charlie Bravo · 12 Aug 2011 at 13:21

Spook187 said:
I have found these caterpillas on mine some are light green some are dark,with a yellow stripe munching on my leaves,anyone know what these are thanks.

Get yourself some vegetable safe bug spray from Homebase or the like.

ZuG · 13 Aug 2011 at 12:36

I finally have some Dorset Nagas ready. Any good ideas what I can do with them? They are ridiculously hot, too hot for a curry really. I am thinking I should just make a couple of sauces.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 13 Aug 2011 at 13:51

Acid are you still watching this thread?
If so have you made any progress with your non pollenating nagas?

Ive some news, I got annoyed with mine and put them outside as they were on my windowsill and I wanted to open the window, and as they werent producing I figured sod them stick them outside. A week later they have pollen .... no idea why its not nice out there, not hot and very damp but its done the trick by the looks of it and shocked the plants

Absomalutely · 13 Aug 2011 at 14:21

Aji Lemons ripening up.

Couple of Cherry Bombs.

Tabascooooo

WTF?

Street · 15 Aug 2011 at 12:09

Your Tabascos look good! I can't even get mine to fruit!

Heres how mine are looking now..

Had my first crop of chillies this weekend..

My GFs peppers are doing OK too, got some big bell peppers..

krooton · 15 Aug 2011 at 14:57

That first red bonnet went in to my jerk chicken brilliantly, and now the others are ripening

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FosterK · 15 Aug 2011 at 16:01

After growing only cayennes last year, I've gone for allsorts this year. Fresno, Anaheim, Cayenne, Hungarian Hot Wax, Jalapeno, Pinnochio's Nose and Naga Morich (which has FINALLY produced a fruit!! Even if I get just the one from the two plants I managed to get from five seeds, I'll be happy!)..

Regardless, I picked a green fresno off last night to chop up and bung on a pizza, expecting something similar to a Jalapeno... but **** me, not even close! Whether it's to do with ripeness or freshness, I dunno, but this thing was a damn-sight hotter than any Jalapeno I've had before! Bloody brilliant

Will take some pictures of them in the greenhouse in a bit and upload them, got a fantastic crop so far, on the ones that have actually bothered to do anything!

topgun06 · 16 Aug 2011 at 22:58

Absomalutely said:
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Nice penis. Err, I mean your chilli. Similar to a Peter Pepper in it's phallic shape.

Harvested around 10 Cayennes this evening. Chopped them up and bunged them into the freezer for storage. Scotch bonnets are getting close now, exciting! :D

Chiz · 29 Aug 2011 at 14:57

I'm harvesting my Apache chillies tonight.

Unfortunately they are the SMALLEST chillies in the world. No more than 2cm each wtf!!

Anyways, I've tried one and they are hottttah!

FosterK · 30 Aug 2011 at 19:24

Picked a few off today. Top left are Hungarian Hot Wax, top right are Anaheim. The bottom? No idea. They're the seed from a bag of 'finger chillies' from Sainsbury's, and they're all quite small and rather hot indeed. If anyone knows what they might be, I'd be interested to know!

The ones at the bottom, are only half the current crop, and all from one plant - it's more like a bush

Oh, and it's just started flowering again too. So does anyone know a good sweet chilli sauce recipe? Gonna have millions of these.

Had a couple of fresnos and hot waxes sliced up on a pizza last night... nom!

topgun06 · 30 Aug 2011 at 19:47

FosterK said:
So does anyone know a good sweet chilli sauce recipe?

Also interested in this. I have chillies coming our of my ears.

Anything specific for Scotch Bonnets?

valve90210 · 31 Aug 2011 at 14:07

Got quite a few chillies growing but they're not ripening as there's been so little sun of late.

topgun06 · 31 Aug 2011 at 14:17

Tell me about it! I have loads of tomatoes which are just not bothering to ripen due to the horrendous lack of sunlight!

Enzo · 4 Sep 2011 at 17:38

Mine have finally started to ripen

had a fair few off in the last week or so, and a piccy of tadays harvest

Fatalli, Naga's, Choc Hab, Antillias and some very small statch bonnets

Glaucus · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:38

One plant was almost alive when I got back, took the chill is of and dried them out.

Got another two plants that are still doing nicely, both full of ripe bumper crops, so need to do something with them soon as well.

Karl · 8 Sep 2011 at 16:17

Has anybody had a go at growing some bhut jolokias this year? If so, got any pictures?

I left it a bit late to grow them, and they're just growing flowerbuds now - If I'm lucky, I'll get some fruit before winter kicks in!

Yurka · 8 Sep 2011 at 16:32

Yes, but I don't know which plant it is

I didn't label any of mine and only know what a couple are. Will be amusing find out which ones which

NickK · 9 Sep 2011 at 08:08

Some good crops here

I've not been so lucky - due to the new job and getting engaged, the plants and everything have taken a back seat.

I'm vowing to get an crop next year as the place we're looking at has a garden \o\ |o| /o/

My nagas took an age to start setting fruit. They really shone in their next season.