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Produce => Edible Plants => Chillies Ahoy => Topic started by: Sparkly on July 10, 2009, 13:03:42

Title: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Sparkly on July 10, 2009, 13:03:42

Mine seemed to be slow earlier in the season (didn't plant till April). They have really picked up now and have flowers and the first chilli set. These are in a greenhouse.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: davyw1 on July 10, 2009, 13:21:12

marvelous bloody marvelous, got some just about ready

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: 1066 on July 13, 2009, 08:08:05

Quote from: davyw1 on July 10, 2009, 13:21:12

marvelous bloody marvelous, got some just about ready

Me too! Mine are all outside in pots on the patio. Just waiting for them to go red  :-X

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: BarriedaleNick on July 13, 2009, 08:20:57

Left mine out in a cold spell and they suffered a bit but picking up nicely now.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: JoeCocker on July 13, 2009, 08:29:15

I've plant two types this year, Serrano and cayenne. Both are producing fruits, although still green. I'm a bit worried though, the flesh doesn't seem to be producing the hot wax's? It my first year growing them and i expected to find the skins producing this wax so i could determine how hot they're going to be. Probably it only produces this after picking?

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Deb P on July 13, 2009, 10:32:28

I've had an interesting split between sweet peppers and chillies....the sweet peppers (Sweet Banana, Ramiro and some saved seeds) are going great guns, some almost ready for picking. The chillies are all flowering well, but just starting to grow fruits......they have all been repotted and fed the same!  :-\

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: oliveoyl_25 on July 13, 2009, 10:35:54

Mine are going great guns... got lots of little chillies appearing. The variety is something like Sizzler or Hot Sizzle... can't remember properly - I was given them.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Georgie on July 14, 2009, 21:04:27

Hi Sparkly

As promised, here is a photo of the Chilli Purple plant  I grew from the seed you sent me and sowed on 16 April.  It's over 30cm tall now and has the first flower buds forming.  I'm delighted with it.   :)

G x

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/georgie_girl15/Edibles/P7140017.jpg)

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Sparkly on July 14, 2009, 21:09:08

Glad it is doing well GEorgie. Just beware as the fruits are very hot!

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: dtw on July 15, 2009, 18:44:04

Mine are just about flowering, one plant on my allotment has produced one chilli, I think it's a Georgia Flame.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: elhuerto on July 17, 2009, 22:27:08

I lost a lot of seedlings in April when the tray they were in was knocked onto the greenhouse floor. Managed to salvage half a dozen and they're looking good, plenty of flowers and a couple of chillies set. Problem is I don't know what varieties we have left.  :-\

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Hector on July 17, 2009, 22:36:55

Quote from: elhuerto on July 17, 2009, 22:27:08

I lost a lot of seedlings in April when the tray they were in was knocked onto the greenhouse floor. Managed to salvage half a dozen and they're looking good, plenty of flowers and a couple of chillies set. Problem is I don't know what varieties we have left.  :-\

Elheurto, this site has chili fans who help each other identify chilis
http://chillisgalore.co.uk/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=b6183181303af8ae64f27f691c23f166

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: BrianK on July 17, 2009, 22:39:37

Big and green  whether they redden   who knows

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: terrier on July 17, 2009, 22:53:59

How do I know when my chilis are 'ripe' to use? Tomatoes are easy, they change colour and go a little softer but sweet pepper and chili I'm never sure. Is there a optimum number of days from flower setting to mature fruit?  ???

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: mummybunny on July 17, 2009, 23:10:24

Mine are doing really well have some big ones but would like to pick them when they have gone red! How long does this take??

Thanks lucy

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Digeroo on July 18, 2009, 07:03:00

Mine very slow indeed, but nice little plants.  Growing Heatwave.  Put them outside to harden off too soon.  Put a whole one in a stew a couple of years ago and nearly blew my head off.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: twang20 on July 18, 2009, 13:42:41

Mine vary, some are slow and only have a few pods on. Others are ver prolific, im picking (or could do but sometimes leave them) around 1kg a week...I took a few pics today but only of plants I have at my house, most are at my mums.
(http://)(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo307/twang20/chilliandgardenpics18-07-09018.jpg)
Peito da Moca
(http://)(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo307/twang20/chilliandgardenpics18-07-09013.jpg)
Aji Omnicolour
(http://)(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo307/twang20/chilliandgardenpics18-07-09014.jpg)
Orange Hab
(http://)(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo307/twang20/chilliandgardenpics18-07-09015.jpg)
Rainforest
(http://)(http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo307/twang20/chilliandgardenpics18-07-09017.jpg)
Jalapeno

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: aggie on July 18, 2009, 18:06:17

I have three plants in my green house all going great guns lots of flowers and quite a few set. Picked one two days ago just over 1inch long. Got my daughter's boy Friend to try just a tiny bit, nearly blew his head off. Not very popular with daughter!!

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: mark_h on July 18, 2009, 18:21:57

Growing 7 pots of T&M 'tropical heat' outside and so far, quite a few flowers and 1 or 2 fruit have set.    Hopefully the sun will be back before long as that will help things along nicely.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Biscombe on July 21, 2009, 21:37:01

Got 103 varieties on the go here, some sweet, looking forward to the riot of colour in a few weeks  ;D

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: staris on July 24, 2009, 20:19:43

some of mine are doing well, appache, f1, bolivian rainbow, others i'm struggling with ,i've got some dorset nagas which have only just started to flower.
the one i'm having the most trouble with is cherry chilli i'm getting plenty of fruit but most seem to be rotting around the stalk and dropping off any ideas as to what i might be doing wrong, some kind of watering issue maybe?

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: Biscombe on July 25, 2009, 08:28:57

Plot 1 of 3

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g220/Biscombe/Chilliplot1.jpg)

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: amphibian on August 02, 2009, 22:02:41

Mine are outside in the ground without cover, they are doing well and a few nibbles of green ones has confirmed plenty of heat. They all very bushy this year and loaded with fruit despite the cold damp weather. They look to be the healthiest I've ever grown, no leaf curl, no wilt, no necrosis, no BER, no bloom drop, no aphids, no viruses, just big healthy bushy green plants. Only plant that is not doing well is a C. Chinense but no surprises there, it's healthy and leafy, but has only set two fruits so far.

Title: Re: How are your chillies doing this year?
Post by: 1066 on August 03, 2009, 06:47:33

My outdoor green chilli and cayene are all ripening up nicely and the Thai ones have just started to fruit  :) . Think I'll bring the Thai chillies in for winter and see how they do next year