Chilli growing thread

[stinkwheel]

[Slacker24seve...]

Question for you hot heads as Im a bit of a noob at this. I've grown four plants each of Serrano and F1s and now I've got LOADS. Even if I put chilli into everything I cook I will still have loads leftover.

What shall I do with the leftover ones? How do I go about drying them? Can I make a sauce?
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Here are mine - mostly Aji Limon that's fruited well:
https://daverave999.com/pics/chillies20140821.jpg
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[stinkwheel]

I was listening to Bob Flowerdew on GQT on Radio 4 the other day. He'd been experimenting with his tomatoes and found that if you pick them as and when they ripen, the remaining ones ripen faster and the plant continues to fruit for longer.

In essence, the presence of ripe fruit inhibits the production of more.

On that basis, I've decided to harvest my chillis as they become ripe and freeze them in plastic take-away containers for each type instead of leaving them on the plant and using them fresh. Essentially not leaving them up there to show off to visitors.

So this is my first pre-harvest. The long slim Cayennes and red hot cherrys are from the mixed bag of seeds I bought this year. The scorps and Habanero aji Chombos are from last years overwintered plants. There are plenty of much larger, unripe fruits on there so I'm hoping removing these early, slightly stunted ones will bring them along.

Looking at the others, I think I have some satans kisses, early Jalapenos and fresnos ready to ripen. There may be a bhut jolika plant in there too. One plant is a lot slower getting going so I'll earmark it for overwintering if it does nothing this time around. That's what happened with the aji chombos and they've romped away this year.
https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/chillis%202013/CIMG1636_zpsdb71e103.jpg
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[Howling Terror]

Getting a steady flow.
The yellow ones were like green peppers before they ripened, but now lightly feisty.
The thin green ones I haven't tried yet...[currently chewing on one..Hmmm picked these too soon..Damn it]
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[CieL]

In case you didn't know about it...

Festival of Heat London - tomorrow (28/09/2014)

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[WizardofNos]

Did not know this post existed!
I've brought some PETER PEPPER PENIS SEEDS!


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Penis-chilli-pepper-seeds-chillies-salsas-PETER-PEPPER-PENIS-SEEDS-10-Seeds-/261480965257?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3ce17ae489

cant wait to grow
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[P.]

Holy fred resurrection.

Pete kindly gave me one of his plants, Serrano I think he said?

However, since getting it home one of the dark green ones has turned a real nice red whilst being left on my window ledge with low levels of sun, however its now moved into the warmest room in the house, around 21 degrees all day and sun facing so... heres hoping

With regards to watering etc, when should I be doing this, also Pete mentioned the seeds inside, that I should save and replant. Sorry for being a turnip but are they obvious to get and plant, I'd like to give it a go! Any specific times I should do this?

All help is appreciated

[Pete.]

I water when there's no spring left in the compost. If the leaves start to droop it's drying out so get it watered. I have found that the serranos don't mind over-watering, they lived through all that rain anyway.
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[Howling Terror]

In the freezer with you.
https://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/howlingterror_2006/6CA629BA-634B-421A-BC5A-044D39C68366_zps9xwsw58e.jpg

I'll try preserving the remainder in oil.
Tip: Incision to allow ingress of oil.
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[Pete.]

What's involved in this 'over-wintering' I read about here? I'd like to preserve my plants for next year but I have no idea how to go about it. I have a couple with ripe chillis and one that still has green fruit on it.
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[Howling Terror]

Same here Pete. Lots of little blighters I don't want to lose.
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[stinkwheel]

I overwinter mine by cutting them back fairly hard to maybe 18" high (this will vary with the type of chilli).

Essentially leaving the main, woody stems, branches and the leaves attached thereto then placinging them somewhere light as possible that is protected from frost. Watering only very occasionally, just enough to prevent them drying out.

Check there's no greenfly.

Once they start growing again in spring (temperature and light levels get above a certain point) I give them a damned good feed, consider potting them up if they look a bit rootbound and start watering more frequently.

Old fruit and flowers seem to inhibit new ones forming so if you want to leave fruit on for decoration over winter, take it off in the spring.

Just how I do it, this may not be "the" way to do it.

I chucked all my plants this year, I suspect I've carried greenfly over the last couple of years so I'm having a clear out.
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[stinkwheel]

[Howling Terror]

Indeed. My first attempts at jam making were interesting before my Nan told me about boiling the jars.
I read that a dishwasher on full cycle does a good job on jars but not tested it myself.
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[stinkwheel]

No chilli updates?

This year, I'm growing:

Super chillis. Had a good crop a few years back with them and they are excellent for drying. Going to try hardening some off for outside too.

Bangalore torpedos. Should ba able to harvest green and red for indian cooking.

Fresno. For pickling sliced for on pizzas/nachos etc. A bit like jalapenos but maybe a little hotter. I grew both last year and the fresno cropped better.

Peruvian lemon. Just for something a little unusual. I've never tried citrus chillis before.

All in the propogator. Planted on the 14th. I have germination of all types. The Supers are romping away as are the torpedos. The fresnos and lemons seem a little more delicate. I've had to open the covers up to drop the humidity because they're trying to grow hair-roots off the stems rather than drive down into the compost.
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[BillyJ]

Advice?

I planted 10 Jalapeno seeds about a week ago, had 2x15mm shoots, 1x5mm shoot and one 3cm shoot which is much thicker, quicker growing and red.

Is it a different chilli?

Anyway, I am just keeping them on the window sill and watering every few days, should I keep going, and when will they need repotting?

Thanks
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[BillyJ]

Awesome reply! Thank you.

I have all 10 seeds in a tiny pot... I think I'll buy some small pots from poundland or something and a baking tray to water them.

The two green stems have a pair of tiny little leaves at the top, are these the cotyledon?

Also the red one, has a kind of rain drop tip, where the end is bent over. Does that help identifying it at all? Probably a weed to be honest, I just put them in compost from my garden.
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