Growing chillis

[m3jappa]

This year I have started growing some chillis outside.

I’ve got them all in full south facings positions and I think I’ve been helped by the fact it’s been so warm and so sunny for what now feels like months!

For my first go in really pleased with what I’ve got, there’s loads on them!
A lot are starting to ripen now, infact I’ve had a couple of tiny ones which were ripe and they were excellent!

Been feeding chilli focus every few days.

Fresno chilli


F1 apache


Chenzo


Red dragon in the front and habanero at the back, habaneros I got not long ago so don’t think I’ll get much off them


Sweet pepper

[hairy v]

Your's are much more advanced than mine - I haven't got any fruit yet.

[smifffymoto]

Try Padron peppers,the sort you get for tapas.Like a small sweet pepper but with a bit of a kick.

Dry fry in a pan,char the skin and add a bit of oil and salt.

[bimsb6]

smifffymoto said:

Try Padron peppers,the sort you get for tapas.Like a small sweet pepper but with a bit of a kick.

Dry fry in a pan,char the skin and add a bit of oil and salt.

I’ve never had one that was hot despite all the threats .

[Sticks.]

smifffymoto said:

Try Padron peppers,the sort you get for tapas.Like a small sweet pepper but with a bit of a kick.

Dry fry in a pan,char the skin and add a bit of oil and salt.

I've been doing padrons for years as they're more useable. This year the seeds didn't take first time so I bought Cheyenne, which are similar, and banana chillis, which weren't hot tbh.

Great range there OP, what are you going to do with them all?

[.:ian:.]

Those look pretty good for having grown outside of a greenhouse.

I've got Thai dragon, Anaheim, Orange Naga and Habanero in the green house.
The Thai dragon is far ahead of the others with a load of green chilli's and the odd red one.
Anaheim has a few large green fruit.
Habanero is still flowering and has a few tiny chilli's.
The orange naga looks healthy, but the flowers don't seem to set.
Thai dragon at the back, then anaheim left, orange naga right, habanero is at the front left, can't remember the other two!

Edited by .:ian:. on Sunday 7th August 19:59

[Another project car]

My chili growing has gone well this year


I was given a few very small plants this year no idea what type of chilies they are but they do have a decent kick to them. They've been kept indoors next to the bifold doors so get a lot of sunlight and we always have them fully open in nice weather. We've definitely got a lot more chilies than was expected

[.:ian:.]

Another project car said:

My chili growing has gone well this year


I was given a few very small plants this year no idea what type of chilies they are but they do have a decent kick to them. They've been kept indoors next to the bifold doors so get a lot of sunlight and we always have them fully open in nice weather. We've definitely got a lot more chilies than was expected

I would say, based on the clusters of upwards pointing chilli's, that is Thai dragon.

[SS9]

Some healthy looking plants here. I planted 4 of these explosive embers in a window box sitting against a south facing wall - they've been enjoying the conditions it seems. My others don't seem to be doing so well - I put it down to a poor choice of compost this year which just can't hold any water.

[m3jappa]

I haven't a clue as to why they have come out so well. I just bought a few plants, bought some compost and put them in.

I have been well on top of watering and regular feeding with chilli focus but apart from that nothing else.

The weather here in essex has been hot for what feels like months, they are full south facing and against a wall so must get some heat there too.

The habaneros i got were greenhouse grown and were tiny and way way behind the others i had been growing, maybe the chilli focus is the answer!

Im hoping to:

make hot sauce
make tomato and chilli relish
dehydrate in air fryer

Although at the minute im not sure how many ill end up with.

Some other good looking chillis there as well

Anyone grown any of these stupid varieties? I might do one next year just for fun

[Gareth79]

m3jappa said:

Anyone grown any of these stupid varieties? I might do one next year just for fun

I bought a Dorset Naga plant this year from https://seaspringplants.co.uk/ plus a few others they get delivered as plug plants. The others I bought have done well, but the naga only has very small fruit right now and I'm not confident it will grow anything decent really. I think the very hot weather might have caused it some issues. I think I'll try and properly overwinter it this year, with a few others.

Also this year I've had an INSANE problem with greenfly on all my chillis/peppers, and nothing seems to help! They seem to have grown ok, but are sticky with all their goop. Any suggestions appreciated!

[Shappers24]

hairy v said:

Your's are much more advanced than mine - I haven't got any fruit yet.

Same as mine. I’ve had a fair few flowers but no fruit. Had success in previous years with bell peppers but this years hasn’t produced any fruit either.

OP looks like a decent haul you’ll have there. Enjoy!

[smifffymoto]

I grow lots of Cayenne to dry and blitz to make my own Cayenne pepper powder.

My germination rate for Thai Bird’s eye chilis is very poor for some reason.

[m3jappa]

Gareth79 said:

I bought a Dorset Naga plant this year from https://seaspringplants.co.uk/ plus a few others they get delivered as plug plants. The others I bought have done well, but the naga only has very small fruit right now and I'm not confident it will grow anything decent really. I think the very hot weather might have caused it some issues. I think I'll try and properly overwinter it this year, with a few others.

Also this year I've had an INSANE problem with greenfly on all my chillis/peppers, and nothing seems to help! They seem to have grown ok, but are sticky with all their goop. Any suggestions appreciated!

I cant imagine the heat from these type of things, im going to try some next year certainly

I had a ripe chezno chilli the other day, these are fairly mild 45-55000 scu but even that made me have a little cough, i wasn't expecting it. It felt like a scotch bonnet to me.

Earlier on i had a problem with what i think was aphids, may have been green fly though, tiny little green specs on the undersides.

I must be honest i sprayed them (way before they were flowering). They did come back mid flower as well so i gave a careful spray of water and washing up liquid and then for a few days i checked the undersides, scraping them off. Seem to have been clean now for the whole fruiting stage.

Have also done 1 tomato plant for the first time and theres loads on that as well. It must be the essex air perhaps

[mickk]

First time grower here, I left one plant in the conservatory and planted 3 in the ground and have about 7 plants scattered around in various sunny positions in pots, all have had flowers and have started showing signs of fruit.
The conservatory one looks the weaker I thought the heat in there would be helpful.

[droopsnoot]

I've got some in pots - sweet peppers from the seeds inside a supermarket pepper, and two different types of chilli pepper from packet seeds which I haven't labelled so am not sure exactly which is which. I've got one sweet pepper growing, one that grew to about 2cm and then fell off, and a handful of chillis across two or three plants. Nothing like the results others seem to be getting on here, but then I keep forgetting to give them a weekly dose of tomato food.

[UTH]

My three plants are showing no signs of being anything other than pots of leaves

[hotchy]

Iv got banana chilli's (zero heat... won't grow again)
Jalapeños are doing very well to make poppers.
Also got scotch bonnet, cayenne peppers and another 2 types I can't remember the name right now. Only one to be a disaster is the scotch bonnet. That won't fruit this year. However the others are all now got hanging chillies on and ready to use.

As another poster I also had alot of green fly things this year. Squished loads, sprayed them, soapy liquid etc and still they come back for more. Never had any last year so don't know why it's been such a problem this year.

[spitfire-ian]

UTH said:

My three plants are showing no signs of being anything other than pots of leaves

I reckon they need bigger pots.

The few plants I still have in small pots because I couldn't be bothered to repot them look similar.

The two in grow bags are a mass of leaves and chilies.

[otolith]

Ours have fruited heavily and been cut back.



I grew a good selection a few years ago, including some extremely hot varieties and some heatless habanero types. I think what they really need is warmth and sunshine.