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are you supposed to remove the side shoots from chillie plants the same as you do on tomato plants

no, just pot on when large enough and water when the top of the soil goes dry.
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We are, or should I say Steve is!! Growing chillis this year, he has Tepin, Habernero, Scotch Bonnet, Jalapeno, Cayenne. The Cayenne germinated fine, followed by Jal and Hab, but the scotchbonnet adn Tepin have been a little reluctant to germinate.
What chillis is anyone growing, and what do you think the hottest is?
Sue

we got that many last year, we've still got 4 bags in the freezer and loads dried so we're leaving it this year..can't remember any we grew apart from cayenne and hot wax..all i know is, they're hotter when they're dried  ;D

I have lemondrop, prairie fire, Thai hot and orange habanero all growing in pots at the moment. They're barely 2 inches tall.  ??? Hard to believe that they'll bear any chillis at all this year, but I must be patient.  ;D They're quite tricky plants to germinate, I find!

The hottest chillis I've tasted so far are the really small Thai birdseye ones.

vw

Never grown chillis before but we've sown demon red (i think), 2 seeds per 3" pot, no sign yet (sown just over a week ago).  I'm hoping they germinate soon, getting impatient  ;D

hi all,
        1 have 450 plants,
                                      i am making all my own produce which i will be selling at farmers markets........buy the way the hottest are bhut jolokia/bih jolokia/naga morich and the dorset naga. i have a few plants of each, they are 3 times hotter than the red savina which used to hold the record.

woody :P

We're growing Joe's Long and also habanero, we also have 3 huge plants that we overwintered from last year, so hopefully more chillies more quickly... ;)

I growing Cayenne.  Perhaps I should say "trying to grow" as they've not germinated yet.

I've never grown chillies before.  I planted about 6 seeds in a 4" pot and will transplant them into individual pots when they get big enough.  I've got them o the kitchen window sill with a plastic bag over the top of the pot.

This thread reads that they can be difficult to germinate.  Any tips from anyone?

Hubby has 15 varieties this year, most are growing fine and he is a little obsessed with them !  I read somewhere that the hotter the chilli the slower it is to germinate, not sure if that's true but it appeared to be the case with the ones we planted.....

Helen

That's the method I use PJW but I start mine off in February.  I don't find chillies hard to germinate - perhaps I'm just lucky? - and my plants are about 10 inches tall now with the first flower buds showing.  I don't know the variety - I just save a few seeds each year.

G x

We have jalapenos and cayennes growing. They germinated quite quickly in the propagator.

thanks for the replies. i am growing tepin, demon red and cayenne. the cayenne are about 4 inches tall but the tepin and demon red are only about1 inch so i have put them back in the electric propogater to hopefully get some more growth. thomson and morgan reckon that tepin are the hottest in the world but we will just have to wait and see. i grew pinochios nose last year and they were fantastic, the only problem is they grow as big as tomato plants so am trying to grow only dwarf varieites now as i havenet much room in my 2 greenhouses. before you say anything the cayenne were free with a magazine. i also have an appache but that was given to me. does anyone know wether this is a dwarf or not

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

This is a great link to find out about the chillis you are growing this year

woody :P

veggiewomble - watch out for thise lemon drops!! they kick a**  :P
Woodie - Thats loads of chilis!! cheeky but can you share any recipies?

Last year I grew about 20 varieties, this year around 35. I usually prune the top off some to encourage side shoots. Seems to me to increase fruiting, but haven't done a proper comparison yet.

I'm growing tepin, poblano and cheyenne. Apart from tepin which I've only just started off, they all now all out in my cold frame awaiting to be planted out (under cloches) in the next couple of weeks. No probs with germination.

I'm growing two of last year's favourites:
Super F1
Fiesta

Plus new for this year:
Apache (thanks Barnowl for the rec)
Ring of Fire
Pepperoncini
Greek Golden Pepperoncini (the ones pickled in jars from the Greek shop)

They went in a couple of weeks ago and are all up, late I know but I've only got a tiny mini greenhouse so I have to pace meself.

Its like having a full time job ;D

We have a few of several varieties... Habanero (Orange and White) a stray Purple one, Krakatoa, Ring of Fire, loads of Cayenne and Jalapeno... Suprised Deb P hasn't commented her OH is a chilli fiend as well...
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