Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[fluffybunnyuk]

ok well heres a leaf sorry its had a day or so off the plant so its a bit mushy.


Hope it helps.

[Scarlet]

Can you take a photo of the whole plant as well?

[Mitzi]

I think I have a chili on the Fooled you!!

No, you have TWO chillies on the Fooled You!

[Mitzi]

That sugar rush peach is also from you'! OMG! I'm slacking



I need to sow more seed!

I think it came from me in the first place.

[mcdood]

Chillies turning red on my loco. How do I know when to pick please?

[burnie]

I pick chillies as soon as I'm hungry, green ones are milder than colourful ones.

[Small pumpkin]

I'd pick those red ones if they are red all over.
Like burnie says you can pick at any stage and they are usually a little milder. But I often find flavour being much nicer when ripe.

[Scarlet]

I think it came from me in the first place.

Maybe - mine was from the seedling swap
All those in that post - choc hab, pink hab and the sugar rush peach are from SP seedlings. Last year and this.

[Scarlet]

Chillies turning red on my loco. How do I know when to pick please?

Nice looking plant - you can pick chillies anytime. Obviously the riper they are the hotter.

[veggiechicken]

No, you have TWO chillies on the Fooled You!

Yep - it Fooled me.

[mcdood]

Thanks for the replies. I'll sample one later.

[Mitzi]

First few pods in the greenhouse

Bhut Jolokia peach


Carolina Reaper (sorry it's out of focus)


Bhut Jolokia white


I really hope the two Bhuts are what they're supposed to be. They are grown from seed this year but the Reaper is in its third year now. Still waiting for a decent harvest from it! This is its last chance as I am definitely not bringing it in to overwinter. (I said that last year though.)

[Mitzi]

ok well heres a leaf sorry its had a day or so off the plant so its a bit mushy.
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Hope it helps.

Some of my older leaves go a bit blotchy like that. I'd never thought it was anything particularly scary as long as the newer leaves look green and healthy. Now I'm worried. Should I be burning the plants?

[Tripmeup]

Must put up some more pics of my chillies but my Chocolate Scorpion is growing and flowering really well..Some of the leaves are massive; bigger than my hand in some cases.. Hope it fruits well; think I will save some seeds and see what happens

[Small pumpkin]

Anyone got any ideas ?
This is allegedly a birds eye chilli !
It's from the same packet of seeds as the not scotch bonnet .











I haven't a clue what it is but I like it. It's very compact with some very nice fat chillies coming. I've isolated it to save seeds. Will be very interesting to see what colour it turns when it ripens and what heat & flavour is like.

VC I've tried my first jalapeño fooled you. You're safe . It's like a tasteless sweet pepper.