So who's growing chillies 2021?

[A fool's paradise]

I grew a pepper that looked very similar called Basket of Fire Chilli Pepper 'Basket Of Fire'

Yes, i'm growing those for the very 1st time this year, picked some on Monday to throw into a pot of chilli con carne, took a small piece to taste, hottest thing i've ever tasted, nearly dissolved my tongue..........:)

 

[bobukbrewer]

FatC - they need a lot of heat to germinate, then medium heat. Try putting the neck of a plastic drinks bottle over each seedling to give them their own mini greenhouse - or do you live in alaska.........

 

[Fatcontro11er]

FatC - they need a lot of heat to germinate, then medium heat. Try putting the neck of a plastic drinks bottle over each seedling to give them their own mini greenhouse - or do you live in alaska.........

I’m in Derry, the plants themselves look healthy!?
I’ll post some pics!

 

[Fatcontro11er]

That’s in the house

 

[Fatcontro11er]

That’s in the house

 

[VW911]

Has been a really odd year here (Somerset).
Most of the super-hots - Reapers, Scorpions etc. are really slow (about where I'd expect them to be early June), apart from the Scotch Bonnets, which are probably the best I've had in years.
The milder ones like Jalapeno, Kashmiri, Serrano, Ancho's are superb.
The Low/No heat peppers like Corno di Torro and Salad Fest are even better...

 

[bobukbrewer]

why would you grow a no heat chilli ?

 

[Oneflewover]

why would you grow a no heat chilli ?

I've grown no heat habanero type chillies before now for the unique fruity flavour to use in dishes for the kids / people who don't like heat.

 

[VW911]

why would you grow a no heat chilli ?

Most people know them as "Sweet Peppers". Purely for flavour (and bulking out Chilli Jam!)

 

[bobukbrewer]

Not sweet peppers - mild chillies surely

 

[foxbat]

Not sweet peppers - mild chillies surely

Yep, they're hybrids. Draky is my favourite. Very big like a pepper but long shaped like a chilli and still has a very mild heat and a delicious flavour. Stuff with goats cheese, sun-dried toms and a sprinking of your favourite hotter chillis and enjoy in the sun with a pint of cold homebrew pilsner.

 

[Brew_DD2]

Yep, they're hybrids. Draky is my favourite. Very big like a pepper but long shaped like a chilli and still has a very mild heat and a delicious flavour. Stuff with goats cheese, sun-dried toms and a sprinking of your favourite hotter chillis and enjoy in the sun with a pint of cold homebrew pilsner.

That sounds tremendous.

 

[Shirley Bassett]

Can I ask?

Is the picture below a greenfly, or other nasty, infestation.

The plant is an Apache Chilli that I brought for not much cash out of Homebase. It was fruiting well, and has stopped flowering. I’ve been away for the weekend and returned to find these bugs on the fruit and the leaves are still green, but have sticky or greasy feeling.

Friend of mine say to spray it with water with a small amount of detergent added. Will this cure it?

Otherwise I thinking I’ll harvest what I can off it and either hoof it in the bin, or cut it right back and see if it will shoot again.

Any advice gratefully accepted.

 

[Oneflewover]

Can I ask?

Is the picture below a greenfly, or other nasty, infestation.

The plant is an Apache Chilli that I brought for not much cash out of Homebase. It was fruiting well, and has stopped flowering. I’ve been away for the weekend and returned to find these bugs on the fruit and the leaves are still green, but have sticky or greasy feeling.

Friend of mine say to spray it with water with a small amount of detergent added. Will this cure it?

Otherwise I thinking I’ll harvest what I can off it and either hoof it in the bin, or cut it right back and see if it will shoot again.

Any advice gratefully accepted.

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Looks like aphids to me. If you keep plants in the house they have no predators and can get out of control quickly. Yes soapy water (you may be able to dunk the plant upside down in a bucket of it) will do them no good at all. Might need to do it a few times.

 

[Shirley Bassett]

Cheers

I’ve just sprayed it and rubbed as many as I can off it.

It will get dunked later, but not in my bottling bucket.

 

[Backtobrew]

Shirley,
I have grown 8 plants from a dried chili off last years plant. All grown at various sizes and early on I had the same problem. I used to spray them with soapy water but never got shut properly so now I wet my hands in soapy water and rub the leaves and squash the little s****. Seems to work as not had any for a few months

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Get some ladybirds they love greenfly.

 

[Backtobrew]

Hard to catch and harder to train.

 

[Horners]

These hot lemon ones seem to be enjoying life - apparently 100,000 scovilles.

And these two are plants from last year that I kept in the brewcave over winter and cut right back in spring

 

[Fatcontro11er]

How do you over winter? Any tips?