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I mentioned in an earlier post that I was planting some chillies out on the allotment (in an enclosed bed), I'd only ever grown them in pots before. Anyway someone asked me to report on how they got on.

They are ripening with a heavier crop than the same varieties in pots in the garden, despite being about 6"-12" shorter. These were taken last w.e.

I grew Jalapenos successfully in a similar situation... but they didn't get to go red...
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Hi...glad to hear about your chillies...we were told it was better to plant in pots...but found they were a lot better in the ground...got so many we are freezing them....we have tried cayenne peppers i don't know how our tongues will cope....we had half of an ordinary chilly in a stir fry yesterday and my lips were numb and burned more with each mouthfull  so the cayenne's frighten me a bit.....ray & marilyn

What variety was the ordianry chilli? Chilliheads reckon cayennes as medium!

Individual chillies often vary in strength.  You might be better to dry them, then de-seed and powder them together which will average them out. That way you can better control how much chilli you're adding.

I give away my most of my hot ones - in fact the Orozco I don't even dare give away!My current plan is each year to try a few new chillies which are described as 'mild but well flavoured'  to find out which ones I like best.

Of this year's varieties, the Espanola in the photo is (just) on the mild side of medium and has a great flavour and Georgia Flame, which is milder than a pizza restaurant jalapeno, ripened reasonably early and also has a good flavour, might be a choice for you to try out next year, but there are loads of others to choose from.

I grew some Habanero Orange this year, and a friendsaid "Chillies hold no fear for me..." We warned him, but he didn't listen.
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the chillies were called hot 'n' spicy, also grew some long yellow ones, lost the packet so don't know the name, they're quite mild, they seem a lot hotter if they're dried

Hiya, would anyone be interested in swapping any seeds for next year, I had Jalapeno's, hot lemon and Thai Dragon this year (all too hot for me!).

I also have some mystery dried chillis from Bali and plan to try some of these seeds too... and they're super hot!

Cheers!

Jon

Well, the chillis on the allotment were badly hit by the frost. Leaves collapsing into green mush.

The chillies themselves seem ok so I've cut the plants down to 8" stumps, mulched them up with straw and given them a fleece tent.

I'll let you know if they survive the winter, but I'm not taking bets ;D

The chilli fruits are hanging all round the kitchen much to OH annoyance at the untidiness. :)

PS The chillies in the garden are still flowering!

My Jalapeno plants in the frame were frosted so I took them out... start again next year. I was at Kedleston Hall, (Derby NT) on sunday and they were still trying to sell Chilli plants with all the leaves scorched by the frost!
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I found that my larger chillis all split in the frost (cayenne I think) but the more compact chilli's (thai dragon) seem to have survived minus the leaves.

I grew some chillis this year they were called Pepper Cayenne (Chilli) F1 Apache, I had a bumper crop, sown them middle of march, still getting chillis now, I planted mine in tubs still in the greenhouse.
Put them on Pizza,in salads, home made Kebabs, passed em round them family had that many. ;)

Yes, I find the Apache F1 reliable with a good yield as well as being a manageable size if you're pushed for space.

No-one seems to know what it's a hybrid of, but the fruit aren't cayenne shaped...