lurcherboy Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 On Tuesday I bought a kilo of red chillis from a greengrocer in Canterbury. I think they are Lebanese or Syrian or from somewhere in that region, anyway, I went in to buy some hot chillis to make a sauce. The woman suggested these small red ones and said 'they are very good for sauce, yes' I had a chuckle to myself and paid £ 4-07 for my 570g of small red chillis, bade them farewell. I made my way home via the Thai food shop where I knew I could get salted black beans. When home I proceeded to slice, de-seed and finely chop the chillis. All was going well until about an hour later. My eyes were streaming as if I had been chopping spanish onions. The kids left the house and the dogs were giving the kitchen a very wide berth It is now Thursday, 22:42 and my bloody fingers are still burning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't rub my eyes, pick my nose, and worse of all, I daren't scratch my ***** So the morale of the story is, let the rottie do ALL the cooking LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I reckon picking the nose is the worst, especially if you have a proper go at digging for gold - the 8 second delay, burning sensation followed by the crying is unmistakable. Incidentally, I will be growing probably about 100 chilli plants in the green house this year and will end up giving most away to my mates to get them interested in gardening. I will knock a list up for any chilli experts but invariabley all the planter tags come off the seed trays and gets a bit pot luck. Best place to get your seeds from ebay and http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/seeds.html (they take Paypal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I reckon picking the nose is the worst, especially if you have a proper go at digging for gold - the 8 second delay, burning sensation followed by the crying is unmistakable. Incidentally, I will be growing probably about 100 chilli plants in the green house this year and will end up giving most away to my mates to get them interested in gardening. I will knock a list up for any chilli experts but invariabley all the planter tags come off the seed trays and gets a bit pot luck. Best place to get your seeds from ebay and http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/seeds.html (they take Paypal). Went to that link Mung and the first thing I saw was the chillis I was prepping, Cherry Bombs/HOT Do your chilli plants take much upkeep? LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I reckon picking the nose is the worst, especially if you have a proper go at digging for gold - the 8 second delay, burning sensation followed by the crying is unmistakable. Incidentally, I will be growing probably about 100 chilli plants in the green house this year and will end up giving most away to my mates to get them interested in gardening. I will knock a list up for any chilli experts but invariabley all the planter tags come off the seed trays and gets a bit pot luck. Best place to get your seeds from ebay and http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/seeds.html (they take Paypal). Went to that link Mung and the first thing I saw was the chillis I was prepping, Cherry Bombs/HOT Do your chilli plants take much upkeep? LB Nope **** all - that is the joy of my kind of gardening. I used to grow thousands of plants each year and I mean thousands - don't ask me why, it is a small greenhouse I have but I would have seed trays in the greenhouse, on window cills, in the shed and out in at least 4 cold frames. I think it is the whole "yes those plants really do grow on trees" mindset and for pennies, some dirt and time I would have a garden in bloom, pots everywhere and hanging baskets I should have entered for Chelsea. Anyhows, now with 3 kids I ain't got the time, so I just grow Marrigolds and Chillis - low maintenance and a piece of **** to grow. Chillis - once the blighters pop up, into a standard tomato grow bag and boomshanka. Chuck a marrigold in for good measure to keep the white fly off. I will stick you down for a selection. Can't wait to see what the twilight one comes out like - looks like an xmas tree stuffed full of multicoloured lights. PS. The ones you were playing with were 6000 scoville units - did you see what the one above was - 350,000 scoville units. Even Ray Mears could start a fire with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted April 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I reckon picking the nose is the worst, especially if you have a proper go at digging for gold - the 8 second delay, burning sensation followed by the crying is unmistakable. Incidentally, I will be growing probably about 100 chilli plants in the green house this year and will end up giving most away to my mates to get them interested in gardening. I will knock a list up for any chilli experts but invariabley all the planter tags come off the seed trays and gets a bit pot luck. Best place to get your seeds from ebay and http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/seeds.html (they take Paypal). Went to that link Mung and the first thing I saw was the chillis I was prepping, Cherry Bombs/HOT Do your chilli plants take much upkeep? LB Nope **** all - that is the joy of my kind of gardening. I used to grow thousands of plants each year and I mean thousands - don't ask me why, it is a small greenhouse I have but I would have seed trays in the greenhouse, on window cills, in the shed and out in at least 4 cold frames. I think it is the whole "yes those plants really do grow on trees" mindset and for pennies, some dirt and time I would have a garden in bloom, pots everywhere and hanging baskets I should have entered for Chelsea. Anyhows, now with 3 kids I ain't got the time, so I just grow Marrigolds and Chillis - low maintenance and a piece of **** to grow. Chillis - once the blighters pop up, into a standard tomato grow bag and boomshanka. Chuck a marrigold in for good measure to keep the white fly off. I will stick you down for a selection. Can't wait to see what the twilight one comes out like - looks like an xmas tree stuffed full of multicoloured lights. Please do Mung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Tip a good teaspoon of cooking oil on your hands and rub it round for a couple of minutes, then wash it off with soap. Repeat if needed. That should cure the burning for you, then you can scratch your nuts all you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I am a chilli nut. There is no cure, only prevention, when you pass up the schoville scale. Washing with a "stainless" soap will help, but capsicum easily passes the dermis and once it does you are in for a rough ride until it passes. Anything under 1mil schoville is pure pussy fodder, btw. If you want "spicy" look at Blairs 12am, or if you want generally palletable, try "devils blood" - a good all round sauce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony9r Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Try rubbing your hands with lemon juice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJaxeman Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Just ordered some seed's from the Devon farm link Thanks for that Mungler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Just ordered some seed's from the Devon farm link Thanks for that Mungler. Me too, thanks Mungler. I bought a pack each of Twilight, Prarie Fire and Thai Dragon. I've grown quite a lot of Cayenne Chilli's in the past but I really like the idea of a potted chilli bush for my kitchen window rather than a plant that dies off at the end of the summer. I'll need to get them planted ASAP. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Yep you need to get them out - my tip is to put them into celled seed trays - a quick spray with water so the compost is damp (not wet) and then wrap them up completely in about 6 layers of clingfilm and leave them on the kitchen window cill. Chillis take forever to pop up and are very succeptible to temperature. I have about half a dozen 100 cell trays with chilli seeds in and they have been going for 2 weeks so far with no sign of action. I stuck some in a heated propagator as well and they ain't performing as yet either. The old marrigolds are performing as ever - easy stuff - the best I managed from marrigolds was a very hot spring a few years back - clingfilm treatment in a hot upstairs room in front of a sunny window and they were out in under 36 hours. Will keep you posted on progress - but get em out and keep em warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 First batch of chillis - cling film and kitchen window are now out, up and running - about 2 weeks from being seeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Okay chaps, the chillis are between 2" and 4" now. I have grown probably about 400 plants over about 14 different varieties. If anyone wants any PM me - I have no idea how I will transport them, but might have some small plant plastic postal pods from a load of petunia surfinias I bought off ebay last year and think have kept. Twilight (not many left under heavy demand) Jalapeno (lots of) Hungarian wax Prairie fire Santa fe grande Poblano Cayenne (lots of) Antillias carribean Big Sun Habanero Pinientos de padron Cherry bomb Thai hot (not looking too promising these) I got most of my seeds from the South Devon chilli farm so take a gander at their webby for details and the botty burn scale of each chilli. The chillis are best grown on in normal compost on a hot window cill or glass house in say a 3 or 4 inch pot (taking you to the end of June) and when they get big and fill the pot out transplant to a box standard tomato grow bag and boom shanka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'll take a few of the ring burners please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 No problems. I will do you a couple of mild (for the corn flakes) and a bundle of the twisty firestarters. Very satisfying in every sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 I know people who "claim" to know chilli peppers will say silly things, I want the strong ones. Mr Schoville doesn't know ****, I want he hot ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer rabbit (r1000) Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 I reckon picking the nose is the worst, especially if you have a proper go at digging for gold - the 8 second delay, burning sensation followed by the crying is unmistakable. Incidentally, I will be growing probably about 100 chilli plants in the green house this year and will end up giving most away to my mates to get them interested in gardening. I will knock a list up for any chilli experts but invariabley all the planter tags come off the seed trays and gets a bit pot luck. Best place to get your seeds from ebay and http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/seeds.html (they take Paypal). cheers for that, just ordered about £20 worth (love me chillies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 I am waiting for the next usual suspects meet to get rid of a load and get some space back in the greenhouse. I have maybe 500 seedlings now between 6" and 3'. If anyone wants any, drop me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 If you fancy shooting a round or two at the Terling open on sunday I will take a few plants from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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