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Hi Everyone,
Just joined the site as it seems a friendly place to exchange gardening banter, and full of useful info from members.
I got into gardening a couple of years ago as a way to relax after a stressful day at work, and started off with an Apache chilli. I've given up on the Apaches for various reasons but am now coaxing along a jalapeno plant (great all rounder), hungarian hot wax (for a bit of a kick and massive pods), cherry bomb (this thing wants to take over the place), and a bulgarian carrot (bit of a kick apparently and bright orange pods, hence the name).
Since then I've broadened out a bit, and grown quite a few strawberries in that time, a mango sapling that sadly died, and a few types of flowers.
To help my chillies thrive I've spent a lot of effort on their summer home - I've got a pimped up mini wooden greenhouse, fully insulated/bubble wrapped and sealed and furnished with two mini tube heaters, an auto vent opener on the roof, and a wireless thermometer linked to the house.
I've just moved the chillies into their winter home, which is inside the house, I've got a wooden shoe rack off which hangs three 4-foot high output T5 fluorescent tubes, these cost just over a fiver a month to run, and based on last year's results the chillies seem to thrive under them. They have a corner in my lounge, and it's worth the effort to have something fluorishing in the house over winter. Last December I got about 50 pods off a jalapeno I was growing.
I will post a thread in Vegging Out to show the chillies.
Tim
Just joined the site as it seems a friendly place to exchange gardening banter, and full of useful info from members.
I got into gardening a couple of years ago as a way to relax after a stressful day at work, and started off with an Apache chilli. I've given up on the Apaches for various reasons but am now coaxing along a jalapeno plant (great all rounder), hungarian hot wax (for a bit of a kick and massive pods), cherry bomb (this thing wants to take over the place), and a bulgarian carrot (bit of a kick apparently and bright orange pods, hence the name).
Since then I've broadened out a bit, and grown quite a few strawberries in that time, a mango sapling that sadly died, and a few types of flowers.
To help my chillies thrive I've spent a lot of effort on their summer home - I've got a pimped up mini wooden greenhouse, fully insulated/bubble wrapped and sealed and furnished with two mini tube heaters, an auto vent opener on the roof, and a wireless thermometer linked to the house.
I've just moved the chillies into their winter home, which is inside the house, I've got a wooden shoe rack off which hangs three 4-foot high output T5 fluorescent tubes, these cost just over a fiver a month to run, and based on last year's results the chillies seem to thrive under them. They have a corner in my lounge, and it's worth the effort to have something fluorishing in the house over winter. Last December I got about 50 pods off a jalapeno I was growing.
I will post a thread in Vegging Out to show the chillies.
Tim
They scare me! However, I have 8 plants, all with chillies, in the greenhouse - and I'll never pick them. Secretly, I hope that they'll die so I don't have to touch the chillies!
The hot ones I find, are pure heat and obliterate the taste of whatever they added to.
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