So who's growing chillies this year?

[prog99]

I haven't grown chillies in a while. Still using scotch bonnets I grew and dried over 10 years ago.
Anyway, anyone tried growing these? ají amarillo, I noticed them in a recipe for a peruvian stir fry and they sounded interesting.

 

[IainM]

I haven't grown chillies in a while. Still using scotch bonnets I grew and dried over 10 years ago.
Anyway, anyone tried growing these? ají amarillo, I noticed them in a recipe for a peruvian stir fry and they sounded interesting.

Yeah, I grew three last year to explore Peruvian food. Massive lanky plants that need support, giving massive pods that need a very long season to ripen, so I'd recommend starting them off in Dec/Jan indoors, preferably under light but a sunny window would be ok. Pot up frequently and feed, feed, feed. I started them in Feb and despite the awesome chilli growing weather last year, and their relative tolerance of the cold, I had to bring the plants in overnight as the winter rolled in, in order to get a decent crop. Taste is excellent, a sweet/crunchy/fruity baccatum flavour with some nice heat but nothing overwhelming, and a nice colour. There are a load of Peruvian dishes you can't make properly without it, including cerviche, causa, aji de gallina, papa a la huancaina and lomo saltado, the last of which I guess is the stir fry recipe you were looking at, so it's well worth having a few pods or cubes of paste in the freezer if, like me, you like Latin American food.

 

[Kinneuchar]

Totally agree with IanM, they need a long growing season! I managed to get a small crop last year from three plants and it was one of the best years for a while. I started the ones in the pic under a grow light in January thinking I would be way ahead of the game by now, but as you can see they are still waiting to take off. The three on the right are Scotch Bonnets that I started from seed a couple of months ago and the avocado seed is there to give a bit of perspective. Birds eye and cayenne peppers are flowering/fruiting, east coast of Fife south facing.

 

[foxbat]

Progress report! Mine are doing great. Still no idea what they are but the tallest one is now a meter above the pot and some of the flowers have been pollinated and are pushing out fruit. If all the buds turn to flowers and then fruit I'll be harvesting more than 200 chillis this year.

 

[IainM]

Mine are doing pretty well too. Invested in some quadgrows and chilligrows this year and they work pretty well. I've eaten a few padron already, and plenty of antep aci dolma, thunder mountain longhorn, yellow rocotto and jalapeno pods on the way, plus a handful 7 pot primo and peach scorpion. The habs and superhots are covered in flowers too, so even if a fraction of them set I should have plenty. I've still got some in the freezer from last season! The toms are doing nicely too, I've had a fair few cherry ones already and now some of the bigger ones are turning red.

 

[Oneflewover]

It's difficult to get in the by greenhouse at the moment let alone take any decent photos. I'm getting loads of pods now, picking them as they ripen.

Aji limo

Madre vieja

Supertramp

Spike

 

[Clint]

I've had a look at mine earlier and I've got a couple of weird ones...sort of a tri lobed pear shape??

 

[Oneflewover]

Bishop's crown? Could also be Tinkerbell or Wrecking Ball

 

[Clint]

Yeah I've had a look...they're bright green at the moment...another might be aji fatalli... we'll have to wait and see!

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

my explosive embers are ready for harvesting

 

[MmmBeer]

Had a check of mine earlier, initially couldn't see anything, but then saw the flowers an one green fruit.

 

[Keith 66]

I have been growing them for about ten years, this year i have oneAji Limon & two that were supposed to be them but are obviously not, they look like a Habanero? Ring of fire cayenne, loads of these they are extremely reliable & crop heavily, Pot black which start black & turn red as they ripen, pretty hot! Also very reliable. And three jalapeno plants, these get used with peppers split in half seeds scooped out & then filled with cream cheese & a spiral of streaky bacon wrapped round them, then roast in oven for ten minutes, drool!

 

[Horners]

One I have not heard of before - Thai Dragon - bought as a small plant, it has been outside all Summer. Plant is ober 2ft tall and a massive amount of fruit about the length of ring finger.

 

[gar]

anyone know what type these are?
When they're green, they are hot and flavoursome. When yellow, they're very hot.
I've left this plant to see if they go red....

 

[VW911]

Look a lot like yellow cayenne, though could be banana chillis.
Very much doubt that they will turn red...

 

[Rack&Ruin]

Yeah, I grew three last year to explore Peruvian food. Massive lanky plants that need support, giving massive pods that need a very long season to ripen, so I'd recommend starting them off in Dec/Jan indoors, preferably under light but a sunny window would be ok. Pot up frequently and feed, feed, feed. I started them in Feb and despite the awesome chilli growing weather last year, and their relative tolerance of the cold, I had to bring the plants in overnight as the winter rolled in, in order to get a decent crop. Taste is excellent, a sweet/crunchy/fruity baccatum flavour with some nice heat but nothing overwhelming, and a nice colour. There are a load of Peruvian dishes you can't make properly without it, including cerviche, causa, aji de gallina, papa a la huancaina and lomo saltado, the last of which I guess is the stir fry recipe you were looking at, so it's well worth having a few pods or cubes of paste in the freezer if, like me, you like Latin American food.

Interesting.....Are these from seeds-or do you have the plants from a supplier ??
I expect they may do well in the greenhouse...If I can find some for next year.Assistance appreciated.

 

[gar]

Thanks vw911. And with the help of Google images, they are yellow cayenne.
The neighbours gave us a plant when we moved in 3 years ago. Mrs gar has kept them going since, the photo is of my pet plant. I'm might try drying some and pickling some. Not sure how, but will give it a go.

 

[foxbat]

I came back from a week on holiday and am pleased to see that mine are ripening really well and I've got loads to pick. I still don't know what they are but they look nice!

 

[stz]

Do people put plants into greenhouses over winter or inside or in garages or what? I've about 28 plants outside at the moment started from seed indoors in january and I feel it'd be worth trying to keep them alive over winter. Garage is prob warmer than the greenhouse tbh for me.

 

[IainM]

Interesting.....Are these from seeds-or do you have the plants from a supplier ??
I expect they may do well in the greenhouse...If I can find some for next year.Assistance appreciated.

I got the seeds online from Spices on the Web and they all grew true. I think a greenhouse would be essential up until late spring if you want to get a decent crop.