ollie Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Lovely corking on the jalapeños. They can be picked dark green or red. They are referred to quite often as the pizza chilli as that is one of the main uses of them. The growing season is coming to an end. I have loads of green chilli's waiting to ripen, but I don't think they all will before the first frost. I have got a good crop so far though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I have a load of jalapeño and birds eye drying above our aga. I also freeze some in butter and make up some chilli oil. My Numex Twilight and scotch bonnet have not done so well this year, I have some chillin is from them but not as many as I expected. I am still waiting for my Naga Morich (ghost pepper) to give me some fruit. All are now in the poly tunnel so we should get another month or more out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I have a load of jalapeño and birds eye drying above our aga. I also freeze some in butter and make up some chilli oil. My Numex Twilight and scotch bonnet have not done so well this year, I have some chillin is from them but not as many as I expected. I am still waiting for my Naga Morich (ghost pepper) to give me some fruit. All are now in the poly tunnel so we should get another month or more out of them. Are you overwintering any of the plants. I am gonna leave mine in the greenhouse for another couple of weeks and then overwinter an orange hab & peri peri. I have frozen the majority of my chillis this year. When the chillis stop ripening then I will dehydrate them all and turn them into powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I am going to leave them over winter in the poly tunnel and see how they go, but down here in Cornwall we don't do prolonged freezing weather, last winter I think we had maybe 3 frosts or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I am going to leave them over winter in the poly tunnel and see how they go, but down here in Cornwall we don't do prolonged freezing weather, last winter I think we had maybe 3 frosts or so. I hope they last the winter for you. They are not too keen on cold weather though. If they do last the winter then you should have a good early crop next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double10 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 well that chillie is completely red now, and that is fine to pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I hope they last the winter for you. They are not too keen on cold weather though. If they do last the winter then you should have a good early crop next year. I am hoping that maybe 1 or 2 plants survive, the tunnel is well protected. Mind you I am hoping for some frost to bring the pheasants back to the feeders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Any thoughts on overwintering in an unheated conservatory? Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I am hoping that maybe 1 or 2 plants survive, the tunnel is well protected. Mind you I am hoping for some frost to bring the pheasants back to the feeders. I'm the same. on one hand I would like the weather to stay mild for my chilli's to ripen and on the other hand I would like some hard frost for the woodcock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman99 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I put 3 scotch-bonnets in the bedroom at this time of the year then fetch em out & re-pot in the spring. My best bonnets ever this year bigger than any supermarkets. Had them 4 years now! fenman99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Juicer Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I keep 4 plants, cayenne, jalapeño, on my kitchen windowsill year round. Trimming them back and overwinter them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Well it's heading for that magical time where I fail to grow any decent chillies. I've taken a punt and ordered from here http://www.semillas.de/shop_en/index.html This was the order, a couple of daft varieties and a couple of sensible ones. I'll put the unused ones in the seed swap thread 7pot Brainstrain Red Naga Viper Sweet Cayenne Jimmy Nardello´s Sweet Frying Anyone else got plans for this years chilli growing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm gonna give the chilli's a miss this year. I grew that much last year that I sill have hundreds in the freezer, I have made powder, flakes & sauces and I still have loads to use. My greenhouse is being used for sweet peppers, toms & strawberries this year. Good luck everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Here's a surprise,I tried a different approach this time and used jiffy plugs watered with a diluted 3% hydrogen peroxide solution, in an unheated propagator in the airing cupboard. It's not even been 10 days and I have this :-)Assuming they are the correct varieties I ordered I wouldn't hesitate in ordering from the link I posted as they are clearly good quality seeds.Is this the time to now put in sunlight or should I wait until the rest are showing? I'm only gonna need these so check out the seed swap thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 they need to be in the light , they have grown lanky searching for light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 They're in light now, I'm guessing it's not a huge drama as the leggy ones I can just plant deeper no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Another year passes it's that time again. I tried overwintering for the first time and 3/4 survived, one liked it so much it fruited which was unexpected! The seedlings are 5 Cayenne and 2 Brainstrain SR. Yes I know leggy they shot up in airing cupboard before I noticed, as per my last post potting them deeper sorts this issue. These will all be hydroponic when they're big enough. Who's growing what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Another year passes it's that time again. I tried overwintering for the first time and 3/4 survived, one liked it so much it fruited which was unexpected! The seedlings are 5 Cayenne and 2 Brainstrain SR. Yes I know leggy they shot up in airing cupboard before I noticed, as per my last post potting them deeper sorts this issue. These will all be hydroponic when they're big enough. Who's growing what? <script pagespeed_no_defer="">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=f8390d874e29ac0415d571959e608170&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=192470&p=3026767&md5check=845a020e895db4f1fb15ab7a2af9a482&isRte=1,B6nXayd9mu,true,false,gmjYsGlCGI4');//]]></script> &&0 Yours arrived so cheers again fella. Will get them sorted this week and hopefully see good progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Nice one Sako, glad they arrived in one piece. Fingers crossed you'll have some success with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Unfortunately I'm still between houses at the moment so won't be growing chilli's this year. Good luck everyone, look forward to seeing the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Update,The seedlings are ticking along on the window sill, I've been brave and cleaned out the greenhouse and set this up. diy deep water culture hydroponics. at the moment 3 as one of the overwintered plants died but I'll set the forth up when one of the seedlings is big enough.New this year also is topping the overwintered plants, I watched an interesting video on youtube and true to the video it's stimulated new growth and will hopefully give a bushier type plant.Each of the pots is 10L and I've used 5ML per litre of chilli focus food. Hopefully these will explode when the roots escape from the net pot and start drinking the good stuff! Edited April 12, 2016 by Muddy Funker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Update, The seedlings are ticking along on the window sill, I've been brave and cleaned out the greenhouse and set this up. diy deep water culture hydroponics. at the moment 3 as one of the overwintered plants died but I'll set the forth up when one of the seedlings is big enough. New this year also is topping the overwintered plants, I watched an interesting video on youtube and true to the video it's stimulated new growth and will hopefully give a bushier type plant. Each of the pots is 10L and I've used 5ML per litre of chilli focus food. Hopefully these will explode when the roots escape from the net pot and start drinking the good stuff! <script pagespeed_no_defer="">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=bb11c2b6c2fd09cb16fe312920acb276&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=192470&p=3041380&md5check=ff205472fdade450dbd550c68de80a08&isRte=1,B6nXayd9mu,true,false,2i9IkAobR-w');//]]></script> &&0
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