So who's growing chillies 2021?

[Oneflewover]

How do you over winter? Any tips?

Never managed it myself, I suspect because I always leave them in an unheated greenhouse. Theory is repot in new compost and clean pot, prune right back. Bring into a cool part of the house. Water only very very sparingly. One day.....

 

[Horners]

How do you over winter? Any tips?

Well mine have been v successfull but pure fluke barely gave them any maintenance other than bringing them unto my largely unheated summerhouse, gave them the occasional blast under a uv lamp, mainly because I have the blinds permanently drawn and then cut right back in spring and back outside into a pvc frame once frosts had passed. No new compost just plenty of feed. As I say pure luck.

 

[Fatcontro11er]

What feed?
I have some blood/bonemeal to one of mine and all the leaves fell off within days!!!?

 

[MirtazaPaul]

Got my first jalapeno which fell off the plant today! Season seems very late this year. Maybe due to rainy June?

Tried to sprout a hit naga seed but it never took off

 

[Ade McDade]

Did someone say Jalapenos? Today's harvest from 6 plants, the first I've ever grown.

 

[johncrobinson]

Chillies are very greedy plants and are best fed with inorganic fertiliser.
They are like junk food addicts and demand an instant hit.

The short time from germination to fruiting does not allow things like bonemeal to break down properly.

I have overwintered them but they were indoors in my living room which had electric storage heating so never got cold at night during the winter.
The second year crop was mamoth.

 

[foxbat]

Chillies are very greedy plants and are best fed with inorganic fertiliser.
They are like junk food addicts and demand an instant hit.

The short time from germination to fruiting does not allow things like bonemeal to break down properly.

I have overwintered them but they were indoors in my living room which had electric storage heating so never got cold at night during the winter.
The second year crop was mamoth.

Did you cut them back at all for overwintering and if so how much?

 

[johncrobinson]

Its about 12yrs ago now. I do remember I got only a very few fruit the first year as I started them late in the short Scottish growing season.
I may have trimmed them a bit,.
The seeds came from supermaket chillies,I used to grow allsorts of things like that,Advacados, Ginger ect.
These ones were jalapenos.

I gave one plant to a friend who grew hers in a conservatory the plant grew over 5ft tall and produced enough fruit to make several jars of chutny.

 

[VW911]

What feed?

I use Chempak No. 4 High Potash feed (Thompson and Morgan) on mine, works a treat. Tomato feed at a push...

 

[Cheshire Cat]

 

[will4009]

Picked these today. Red ones are Super Tramp and the yellow are lemon drops.

 

[Hanglow]

I usually overwinter a few plants, about three quarters make it and tend to crop better and earlier the second year. I usually cut them back aggressively once it's cropped and keep the pot slightly damp and in my south facing conservatory. Another way Ive seen is to not cut it back until March, then do so.

I'm not going to do it this year though as I want to try new varieties next year. Some types like rocotos can live to 15yrs apparently, others only a few.

 

[JohnBoy27]

Did someone say Jalapenos? Today's harvest from 6 plants, the first I've ever grown.


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I’m so jealous! They look amazing. Mine ended up in the compost heap in the sky after the slugs had a great fest over night early on in the season.

 

[foxbat]

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Picked these today. Red ones are Super Tramp and the yellow are lemon drops.

I love those colours!

 

[Fatcontro11er]

Thanks very much for the info guys!
If I don’t get a harvest I’ll try to overwinter and hope for better next year!

 

[will4009]

Used a couple of my scotch bonnets yesterday to make Jerk chicken which was really nice. Cooked the chicken on the barbecue, over indirect heat. Used some apple wood chips too, to give it a bit of smoke.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Used a couple of my scotch bonnets yesterday to make Jerk chicken which was really nice. Cooked the chicken on the barbecue, over indirect heat. Used some apple wood chips too, to give it a bit of smoke.

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looks fab - are the 'bonnets sufficiently lethal?

 

[will4009]

looks fab - are the 'bonnets sufficiently lethal?

Yeah they had a good kick. Really like jerk, so scotch bonnets are one of my favourites.

 

[D86]

Hi all - can anyone identify this chilli? My seeds got mixed up during the planting phase. I believe this may be a ghost chilli or Carolina reaper?

 

[Oneflewover]

Hi all - can anyone identify this chilli? My seeds got mixed up during the planting phase. I believe this may be a ghost chilli or Carolina reaper?




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I'd say reaper