The Heat is on!!!! 2013 chilli growing thread

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I've adopted some plants! They're putting mine to shame. It feels like I'm cheating my way to chillis now.
Saying that though, guy said that one of the strains is a 'yellow scorpion' and can achieve upwards of 1million scoville, don't think I'll be cooking with those. What do you guys do with your ridiculous hot chillies?

I now have 3 of the scorpions and 3 scotch bonnets.

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One of the plants he's given me is looking in a bit of a state, covered in white fly, he said he had a bit of an outbreak in one of his pollytunnels but has treated all his plants. Looks a bit grim but they all seem to be dead.

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If I see any signs of life from the little buggers I'm going to stick the plant outside for a bit and see if nature can thin the herd of beasties. I don't really want my greenhouse full of them.

A couple of his plants are looking fairly yellow, much more noticeable in the pictures, I'll see if I can get them back within acceptable parameters.
 
Don't worry, you shouldn't have started already.

Overwintering is a technique which allows you to keep the current year's chilli plant over the winter to allow it it to have a head start in the new year.

You basically chop off a load of foliage to reduce the stress on the plant and keep it indoors out of the frost. Then in the new year, when the days get longer and the temperature increases the plant begins to grow again.
 
Is it normal for chillies to lose their leaves around October?

This is my first plant and recently I went away for a few days and a weekend and I gave my chilli some ferts and water and think I may have killed it, through over care. I was so worried that I had over watered or fed it that I repotted it, but seemingly healthy leaves are still falling off. :( I'd say I have lost almost half of the leaves it had.

There are quite a few fruits just turning orange that I really don't want to lose, but I suppose I will have to chalk this one up to being a novice in plant care. :(
 
One of my Nagas is turning red and my cayenne have gone from green to yellow in like one day! Maybe I'll get some ripe ones just before it goes cold.
 
Please explain, indoor plant.

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Well mine have all been a total disaster this year due to the weather. It is just too cold now and some of them are still trying to flower.

I've got one good one, though what variety it is I have totally forgotten. :o

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Noxia said:
I thought it was aliens, any harm in letting them stay? They give the pot a bit of character :p
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Not in my experience. When I had them (also indoors) a few seasons ago I left them and they didn't seem to restrict the plants. Don't go eating them, though. I have to admit I thought about a mushroom chilli omelette.
 
Some of my chilli's that are just starting to turn red have gone all squishy.. Why? :/ Guessing that means they arent usable?
 
I had an issue when my basket of fire first started to ripen that a few chillies rotted at the stem end end before ripening, I believe it CAN be caused by over watering but I'm not 100% sure, the plant went on to be fine, all other fruits have not had the issue.

The ones that I moved into the bay window are still doing incredible well, ripening very fast, especially the scotch bonnet, Apache and Cheyenne, even the Jalapeno has given another harvest. Unfortunately one of my kittens knocked the Krakatoa off while I was at work and snapped it :l

I have the basket of fire another Cheyenne and an Apache hybrid still outside and they are ok, quantity of fruits ripening is large (especially the Apache) but they are much slower reaching full ripe.

I've had such a huge amount of chillies from these plants, I gave so many away and I've made a couple of sauce batches so far, first one being absolutely amazing but it wasn't one that would really keep past a couple of weeks (not boiled for a long period or 20% vinegar), I then made one from a Hot sauce addiction recipe which will last but tastes nowhere near as nice! high vinegar content.

I'm still looking for the Holy grail of sauce recipes that tastes amazing and will keep for months.
 
Ok guys can I ask here my Naga are coming out now and need to ask as shes only 5" tall can I prume her and let her grow more on the height. or can I wait till they are done and she will keep growing like other plants?
 
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Some of my chilli's that are just starting to turn red have gone all squishy.. Why? :/ Guessing that means they arent usable?
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Of course they are! Chop them off of the plant and cut them open. If they look good then use them! In most cases you're really not going to be able to tell the difference anyway :)
 
topgun06 said:
Of course they are! Chop them off of the plant and cut them open. If they look good then use them! In most cases you're really not going to be able to tell the difference anyway :)
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Turns out the chilli had come loose at the stem and wasn't attached the plant anymore but still hung on. It had become all mouldy inside. Shame as it was my biggest but plenty more!

Going to put up some pics of my haul to ID as all my labels are mixed. Also lost quite a few when I got stuck in London for 2 weeks work.
 
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