Big Jim Competition

[shirlthegirl43]

FINALLY!! I have a Big Jim chilli pepper!!! It is a grand 1cm long so I have finally made it into the top 100 (well, I will have once the site is updated!)

[Alice]

Congratulations Shirlthegirl. I know how pleased you must feel. Please put it on the board so that we can see you up there with the other Grapes. I think that will make you about 41st in the world The board updates instantly when you put it on.

[bramble]

Well done Shirl. glad to see you have joined us on the board. Now that it has started to grow you will see a growth spurt once the weather is sunny again.

[shirlthegirl43]

Been a beautiful day here today - can't ask for sunnier!

[Mrs Dobby]

Our first 3 Big Jim chillies reached 13.5cm before the ends turned brown and started to go squishy, so we left them for a while, but they didnt grow any more, so were removed and Mr D used them in tea last night, the second batch of 2 on the same plant have now reached 15cm long, cant wait for a bit of sunshine to get em growing a bit quicker!

BTW - Congrats STG! You'll soon be romping away with the Big Jims and beating us all!

[shirlthegirl43]

Lol, thanks Mrs D - the plant is only 8 inches high so I might have to prop it on a brick if the chilis grow quickly

[Mrs Dobby]

Ours is only about 18" tall too STG, must say it looks strange such a small plant with such big chillies!

[shirlthegirl43]

Ours is only about 18" tall too STG, must say it looks strange such a small plant with such big chillies!

Guess we now know why they are called 'Big Jim's'!!!

[kirsty b]

My jim plants are about a foot high and I have my first fruit. Its about 5cm long at the mo.
Eldest stepson's eyes lit up when he heard me say that I had fruit, not happy when I said it wouldn't be harvested! not yet anyway

Kirsty

[Alice]

Well done KirstyB. If you enter your chillie length on the board that will put you up to about 30th in the competition. Here's the link incase you've lost it.
Look forward to seing you there.
http://www.thechileman.org/bigjim.php

[Hazel at the Hill]

Wish I was playing this game.......maybe next year.....

[shirlthegirl43]

Well done Kirstyb - go girl!!

[Mrs Dobby]

Havent been down to the plot since tuesday, so went a harvesting spuds for tea and watered in the greenhouse, to find one of our two remaining Big Jim peppers is now 19.5cm long!!!!!! Wowww!! Cant wait to see if it grows any more yet!

The second one on the plant is 17cm long, and as far as I can see thats all we've got on that one plant as yet!

[Alice]

ABSOLUTELY BRILL MRS D ! THAT PUTS YOU 3RD IN THE WORLD ! What else can I say. Maybe we'll see you in the Guinness book of records - you're well on track. Well done for a Grape.
For any interested grapes who don't know what this is about, here's a link to the competition.
http://www.thechileman.org/bigjim.php

[shirlthegirl43]

Way to go Mrs Dobby - are you feeding them with bits of Dobby to make them grow that big (only joking - but sounds like something from Little Shop of Horrors).

My little Jim is now 3 cm long but they grow flipping fast when they get going don't they. Poor wee plant is only about 8 inches high.