Chilli heads.

AWWW YISSSS!!!!!!

Garden is still producing, including some terrifying tiny chocolate habs.

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Garden is still producing

..same here! Though my "garden" is a windowsill basically, and "producing" is maybe bit of a big word for what's happening here, but yea, there are some berries!

On the bottom there are some Habaneros, not sure what kind exactly but I think it was from seeds of chilies bought at the organic food store last year.
Upper left are "Pinzón", from a plant that did really well last year, and almost-died during hibernation last winter.. I thought about binning it multiple times but then, quite late in the year new leaves sprouted, and it produced about a dozen berries.
Upper right are some store-bought "Rawit", will save some seeds from these and plant next year.

In other news the silly little plant refuses to accept summer is over now, still flowering and producing berries (first pic from beginning of the month, second from today) -

500g dark brown soft sugar
200ml cider vinegar
3 large deseeded scotch bonnets

combine, rolling boil, decant into coffee jar. would make half as much next time. delicious though.

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Seasonal (not) sauce. 1 x Bhut Jolokia 5 x Scotch Bonnet. Lots of coriander for green colour.

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Currently in Thailand where these taste sensations exist. Crinkle cut crisps with piles of dried chilli slices in. 🤤

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Ship back 2 pallets please.....

(Enjoy Thailand!)

first real effort at chillis this year
seeds given to me by a neighbour not sure what they are
have had a little nibble on the end of a couple and they're not too pokey, nice in a chilli or some indian food for that little bit of kick

My dad's homegrown chilli's including some superhots and scotch bonnets fermented for 6 weeks with some garlic. Tastes amazing

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Pure win.

I had a dismal year, totally distracted, managed to grow a few choc habaneros and these Chinese Fire Tongue from @Kat_Balou if memory serves. They are really good, saved a few seeds too.

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Anyone want to reseurrect the LFGSS postal chilli seed circle? 🌶 ⭕️
It worked nicely last year! For the price of a postage stamp or two, you get to try growing different varieties of chilli... here’s how it works.

Who’s in?

1. @Olly398. Fire Tongue and (hopefully) Ancho Grande.
   
   
   
   

I'll be in. I've got some chilli bomb, chocolate habanero (from you) and some smoked/dried genuine Mexican chillis which I hope might still germinate

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Sweet. What about @Kat_Balou @jb000 @rhb @eyebrows

Chilli seed postal circle 2018

1. @Olly398. Fire Tongue and (hopefully) Ancho Grande.
   
2. @moocher. Chilli bomb and chocolate habanero.
   

I only have bog standard dull varieties so it'd be unfair trading, unless anyone is short of Scotch Bonnet/Habanero?

To my mind, any variety I don’t currently have is of interest. So get in on the list! :)

I've got a shit ton of dried chillies, most of which dried on the plants. Not sure best thing to do with them? Do you need to re hydrate to make chili oil?

Dried ones make a better oil actually, which will last longer. You can just steep them or warm the whole lot gently.

Ok, cool

Chilli seed postal circle 2018

1. @Olly398. Fire Tongue and (hopefully) Ancho Grande.
   
2. @moocher. Chilli bomb and chocolate habanero.
   
3. @rhb Dull standard varieties. Scotch Bonnet/Habanero
   

I can add South Dorset Chilli Farm Apache seeds

Excellent. cough list

@Olly398. Fire Tongue and (hopefully) Ancho Grande.

@moocher. Chilli bomb and chocolate habanero.
@rhb Dull standard varieties. Scotch Bonnet/Habanero
@EB South Dorset Chilli Farm Apache

So i’ve just got my crop going for this year. I didn’t grow anything at all last year so it’s all from scratch. The varieties are as follows;

Jalapeño
Cayenne
Peter’s pepper
Chocolate habanero
White bhut jolokia
Trinidad scorpian
Carolina reaper

I’ll probably also do some fatali and scotchy b’s. They are in a heated propigator atm and will have LED help once they sprout. I’m also going to have a crack at making a homemade hydroponic system, most likely doing a super hot and mid level to compare against the others.

I managed to kill the whole lost off at the last attempt, so hopefully this time i do better. Any hydroponic tips will be greatly recieved. Anyone else seeding yet?

I've not planted any yet. Still got a couple of fruits ripening from last season.

Will seeds from smoked/dried chillies be likely to germinate?