Topic: Chilli update

[Tinkie_Bear]

We overwintered 5 plants last winter, they are now outside and doing very well.  The varieties we managed to keep are ...

Thai Dragon
Bolivian Rainbow
Prarie Fire
Tepin
Peter Pepper

All are doing better than they did last year, the tepin is amazing, it didn't bother flowering last year but this year it is covered in flowers and tiny fruit :-)

I have no idea why these 5 plants lived but they seam happy enough.

Helen

[Mushy Pea]

Talking chilli's, we took some to my Pa (the master grower - well he has a GH  ;D ) & these are some of the plants he has been looking after.

I think these are Pinocchio's noses.

And these are a mixture - labels lost in transit  ???

When will they be ready for picking? Do we have to wait until they are red?

MP

[Tinkie_Bear]

You can eat them at any stage, be warned they get hotter as they ripen, it might be worth trying one when they stop growing but before they change colour to see if it's hot enough - if it is pick and eat green, if you want them hotter leave on the plant to ripen.  At least thats what we do and it works quite well!

Put some loo rolls in the freezer if you don't know what you are facing!!

Helen x

[dtw]

I tried my World record chillies (Bhut Jolokia) this week when they were still green and very small,
they were unbelievably hot.

[Sparkly]

Here are a few piccies of some of our chillies:

chilli purple:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SXMv2XhorB4/SJ_5E94QsMI/AAAAAAAAAKg/Ncohgxuce78/s1600-h/DSCF1480.jpg

praire fire:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SXMv2XhorB4/SJ_413ZlHVI/AAAAAAAAAKI/eYfvUcWWQJc/s1600-h/DSCF1478.jpg

peter pepper:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SXMv2XhorB4/SJ_4xcShUVI/AAAAAAAAAKA/SrKWAxsZWks/s1600-h/DSCF1476.jpg

whippet's tail:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SXMv2XhorB4/SJ_5IqjUEGI/AAAAAAAAAKo/eQ4P1T3UcL4/s1600-h/DSCF1472.jpg

http://lottieplotfour.blogspot.com/

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

that purple one is such a great shape! Prairie Fire looks good also

[Sparkly]

that purple one is such a great shape!

Not all the fruits are this shape. The first fruits to form have now developed these 'petals'. Anyone know whether this is normal?

[Barnowl]

Odd - looks as if it's trying to turn into a Scotch Bonnet.

[Georgie]

I love your Prairie Fire.   ;D

G x

[Georgie]

I tried a tiny piece of my small, upright Chilli yesterday (which I think is Thai Hot but I'm not certain) and it nearly blew my head off.  I have no idea what it tasted like, all I got was heat.   :o  Now I'm terrified of trying 'Trifetti'.  And I thought I liked my chillies hot!    ::)

G x

[Barnowl]

You can eat them at any stage, be warned they get hotter as they ripen.....
Helen x

Too right :)  Some of my (over wintered) Kung Pao, which I have always used green, have now turned red - taking a decent bite out of one I discovered to my pain that they are very much hotter red than when green.