What sort of chilli?

[Tinkie_Bear]

Can anybody identify the variety of chilli growing in this picture?

It is from a chilli assortment and sods law all 6 of mine look the same!! 




Many thanks

Helen

[Tinkie_Bear]

[glow777]

All 6 may look the same TB but chances are some may end up yellow and some red - I think I have the same packet!

[katynewbie]

 :-\

I have a plant that looks like that, but the chillies are about half the size! It was a freebie packet from a garden mag, "Cayenne Chillies" it said, but think it may really be called something else! There was some controversy about the name at the time of the freebie offer

;)

[amphibian]

We'll have to wait to see what colour the pods end up, and how big they are, even then it will be impossible to say, unless you have the names of the chillies sown to narrow it down. It looks like a cayenne, but there are lots of different cayennes.

There are scores of chillies that look like this while growing, and even one sweet pepper I know of*.

*Brilliant for chilli eating contests; give yourself a plate of tasty sweet fushimi and you opponent a plate of fiery cayenne.

[Barnowl]

If I had to guess, it looks very like my Aji Panca....

Three  databases with lots of photos (maintained by complete chilliheads!)  are at:

http://www.g6csy.net/chile/database.html

http://www.thechileman.org/index.php

and

http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php

[Jill]

Looks rather like my Ring of Fire too.  Could be any number of chillies.

[Tinkie_Bear]

Thanks for your answers, I guess I will have to wait until they get a bit bigger.

How do you know when they are ready - do the all change from green to red / yellow / orange?

Thanks again

Helen

[Lizzie]

Mine look much like yours in the picture. I think they were cayenne. I have some that turned red really fast, but most of them on the bush are still green.

However, I've also got some weird cobwebby effect going on, and the leaves are looking a bit mottely and droopy. Is it normal, poorly or dying?

Lizzie

[Georgie]

However, I've also got some weird cobwebby effect going on, and the leaves are looking a bit mottely and droopy. Is it normal, poorly or dying?

Lizzie

That's red spider mite, Lizzie.  You need to mist the plants every day to keep the little pests at bay.

G x

[Jill]

Tink, you can use them at any stage from green to red.  Just the longer you leave them (and less green and more red) the hotter they tend to get.  If you're having problems with identification, it might be worth trying a green one in case you do have a particularly hot one that when red you find unuseable.

[amphibian]

Tink, you can use them at any stage from green to red.  Just the longer you leave them (and less green and more red) the hotter they tend to get.  If you're having problems with identification, it might be worth trying a green one in case you do have a particularly hot one that when red you find unuseable.

Though young green fruit are often not at all hot, and will taste a bit like runner beans.

[Lizzie]

That's red spider mite, Lizzie. 

Eeek. I've just given the plant a shower in the hope it'll get rid of them. If I pick the green chillies, am I right in thinking that they continue to ripen even off the plant?

[amphibian]

That's red spider mite, Lizzie. 

Eeek. I've just given the plant a shower in the hope it'll get rid of them. If I pick the green chillies, am I right in thinking that they continue to ripen even off the plant?

They do, but if very immature they will not change colour before they shrivel up.