Topic: What chilies are we all growing this year

[BarriedaleNick]

Well it wont be long till I start some chilies off - al least some of the long season ones which for me marks the start of the season.
So what, if anything, are you growing this year?

I am doing Gambia Red,  Medusa, Thai birds eye, Fatali Red and some saved seed from god knows where!

[RenishawPhil]

Goats horn chilli.
Long , sweet and nicely spiced!!! They look fab to

[Hi_Hoe]

Still got a greenhouse full of Patio Sizzle going strong - they seem to do well and crop prolifically every year - so will be growing some more.

Also doing cayenne, Habenero, Birds Eye, Scotch Bonnet, probably jalapeno and whatever other chilli seeds fall into my lap! May try Bhut Jolokia again as they failed last year Cant wait to get cracking!!

[sparrow]

Habanero, jalapeno, hungarian hot wax, lemon drops, chenzo, papecchia and padron. Nothing to really blow your head off, but enough to keep our dinner spicy. :)

All in the propagator today....am saving seed from all the non-F1s in that lot this year.

[Jayb]

I'm definitely growing several Caldero OP plants
Most likely but not yet sown;
Black Hungarian
Rocotto
Black Prince
Cayennetta F1
Pyramid
Pretty in Purple
Carli Ston Mild

[Paul.and.Lynda]

We are doing Vampire and Ring of Fire chillies this year.

Paul

[telboy]

Still finding Jalapino in the freezer after many years after a mega crop.
Gonna grow more.

[sparrow]

thanks to a seedie gift - now adding alberto's locoto and facing heaven to my sowing for this year.

Whooop!!

[BarriedaleNick]

Looking good so far.  Good germination rates and early warmth/sum in the window and they are racing ahead, Particularly the Thai and some Reaper which have been potted on already.

[RenishawPhil]

Looking good so far.  Good germination rates and early warmth/sum in the window and they are racing ahead, Particularly the Thai and some Reaper which have been potted on already.

Our chilli seeds were dispatched on Friday from Real Seeds so will hopefully get them monday and get them sown!, Never normally planted them to the end of March

[BarriedaleNick]

I go a little early esp on the hot long season varieties.  There is a danger of them getting a little leggy but they seem to do fine on a window sill until it is warm enough for them to go into the poly-tunnel.  End of March is perfectly fine for most varieties.

[Debs]

I have some green birds eye in the fŕidge which I will remove seeds from & sow.
Am I right in presuming they change from green to red as they ripen?
I would prefer them to be red for use

Debs

[BarriedaleNick]

They will ripen to red and they are nice chilies - apparently easy to grow even on a window sill!

[Pescador]

Sowed 24 Padron today so that I can have lots of games of "Spanish Roulette".  I had 6 plants last year and they performed very well outside on the allotment, but I could do with a lot more. They make a fantastic bar snack and I take platters of them down to the Local on Sunday lunchtime.

Also sown 24 Heatwave, which are very good for pickling, very visually attractive in a jar as green, yellow and red mix.
Both varieties are from saved seed, so I hope they're OK. I'll find out in a week or so!   

[Obelixx]

My chilli seeds have just arrived - Red Padron, Bulgarian Carrot and Black Hungarian so I'll be sowing them this weekend along with seeds for two new tomatoes I'm trying - Brandywine Sudduth Strain  and Indigo Rose, all from Plant World Seed.

I'll also be trying seeds from some dried Kashmiri chillies I've bought on mail order.  Nothing ventured and all that.

[Pescador]

First of the Padron peppers, sown 6th March in heated propagator,  sprouting today. First time I've used saved seed, so I hope the others show as well.

[Pescador]

Now 15 out of 24 showing, so tomorrow morning they all come out and the Heatwave go in.

[Jayb]

I got a bit carried away but have finally sown my chilli seeds 
All tucked up in the propagator

De-hybridising Caldero

Aji Fantasy
Black Hungarian
Black Prince
Carli Ston Mild
Cayennetta F1
Fish Pepper
Pink Habanero
Pretty in Purple
Pyramid
Starburst

All Rocotos;
Rocotto Yellow - seeds from More veg last year unfortunately didn't grow true, trying the remainder this year.
Aji Largo
Red Peruvian
Guatemala Orange
Albert's Locoto

And fingers crossed for these as older seeds
Lantern
Mild Jalapeno
Nigels Outdoors Green

[Jayb]

Lots of seedlings through now 
No shows Guatamala Orange, which I've resown a couple of seeds and Nigels Outdoors Green, none left to sow. I think one each growing of Mild Jalapeno and Lantern, which is great as the seeds  are well past their sowing date.

[chriscross1966]

Jalapeno
Cayenne
Numex Big Jim
Apache
Chesno
Vampire

All germinated well from seed that is at least a year old (50p sale in September), currently in 3" pots waiting to be potted on but not pot bound so no rush.... will be going direct into the ground in the greenhouse once the half-hardy stuff like pumpkins finish moving out (next week sometime hopefully)

chrisc