Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[veggiechicken]

I'm joining you on this thread this year never grown chillies from seed before!
Blame SP for challenging me. She's promised me that these aren't hot :-

Trinidad perfume
Jalapeno Fooled you (I'm a bit worried about that one as I think SP may be fooling me)
Apple Crisp "very low heat"

I'd better read up on what to do next!

[Scarlet]

Add a pink hab VC....it's a beauty of a plant!

[veggiechicken]

It looks pretty, they all do, but they scare me.

[Small pumpkin]

Welcome to the dark side VC

[Small pumpkin]

I'm going to buy some of these

Habanero Peach Chilli Seeds - Brighton Chilli Shop

Fingers crossed we can do a plug plant swap.

What you go and put that link up for !!? I've not seen that one before. I now want lots of chillies from their

Plug plant swap is on. I have lots of spare babies already.

[veggiechicken]

Welcome to the dark side VC

I'll get my own back, don't worry. There'll be another challenge that you won't be able to refuse.

[Scarlet]

I obviously didn't look at the label and thought it was peach by the colour of the pod?? Anyone else grown a pink.....are the pods peachy?



My chocolate hab is flowering and fruiting. Fingers crossed it looks this healthy in March

[Small pumpkin]

I obviously didn't look at the label and thought it was peach by the colour of the pod?? Anyone else grown a pink.....are the pods peachy?

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Exactly! And that link you put up the peach hab looked quite orange! So how orange is an orange hab ?
I'm confused......again.............or is that still

[Scarlet]

I've grown orange hab a few times- it's bright orange.
But I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the peach and the pink
Wondering if I had two pink? It was only when I made jam with just the "pink" and tasted it and realised something was amiss. Ate a whole pod of the plant - no heat at all.

[IainM]

Hi all, I'm still sorting out my grow list, but so far:
Aji Peruvian - these did so well last year!
Rocotto, yellow and red - My rocotto succumbed to frost before ripening last time :-(
Peach ghost - I picked up a load of these at a market on holiday is Australia, and they taste gooooood and hot hot hot
Padron - nom nom nom, I could eat these every day
Biquino, yellow and red - I'd love to have a go at sweet pickling these
Jalapenos - to make that cowboy candy recipe that someone posted here
Habanero, chocolate and orange - becuase they taste so good

Most will be from seed, but I'll order some plugs later on too and might add a few other varieties as we go along.

I've also overwintered 10 superhots (2x 7 pot primo, bhut jolokia, 3x reapers, peach scorpion, chocolate doughlah, moruga brainstrain, fatali) and a trinidad perfume, all of which are thriving. Miraculously, some amarillo plants are still alive in the greenhouse, which might make it (probably not). I'm thinking of splashing out on some chilli focus and a couple of quadgrows too.

[Tripmeup]

I see lots are up and running already

best get my skates (or prop ) on...esp seeing as VC has entered the murky world of chillies

[Mitzi]

Hi all, I'm still sorting out my grow list, but so far:
Aji Peruvian - these did so well last year!
Rocotto, yellow and red - My rocotto succumbed to frost before ripening last time :-(
Peach ghost - I picked up a load of these at a market on holiday is Australia, and they taste gooooood and hot hot hot
Padron - nom nom nom, I could eat these every day
Biquino, yellow and red - I'd love to have a go at sweet pickling these
Jalapenos - to make that cowboy candy recipe that someone posted here
Habanero, chocolate and orange - becuase they taste so good

Most will be from seed, but I'll order some plugs later on too and might add a few other varieties as we go along.

I've also overwintered 10 superhots (2x 7 pot primo, bhut jolokia, 3x reapers, peach scorpion, chocolate doughlah, moruga brainstrain, fatali) and a trinidad perfume, all of which are thriving. Miraculously, some amarillo plants are still alive in the greenhouse, which might make it (probably not). I'm thinking of splashing out on some chilli focus and a couple of quadgrows too.

Very impressive on the overwinters. Did you get good crops from your superhots?

Not familiar with Aji Peruvian so just had a google - looks good. Perhaps a bit like Aji Omnicolor that I grew two years ago.

[Mitzi]

That is the Chilli season started. Just setup my propagator and heated bed along with grow lights and timer.

Last year Chris gave me a selection of seeds with a Yellow Scotch Bonnet, Orange Habanero and Elysium Oxide in the mix. None of these grew... I think this was because of the propagator was only at 20C. Now sitting at 24, but could up temperature it advised.


Going to sow my other C.annum seeds during February due to space restrictions.

Generally speaking the hotter chillies do need higher germination temps and 20C was almost certainly not enough. 24C will be better, why not try at that and increase it if they don't germ after a couple of weeks?

February is fine for annuums, they should have plenty of time to grow and fruit (as long as you don't then fail to pot them up like I did last year.)

[IainM]

Very impressive on the overwinters. Did you get good crops from your superhots?

Not familiar with Aji Peruvian so just had a google - looks good. Perhaps a bit like Aji Omnicolor that I grew two years ago.

Not really. I got a fair few reapers before bringing them in, but the rest had to ripen under lights, which ripened what was there, three peach scorpions, two douglah, half a dozen bhuts and primos, five or so moruga brainstrains and two fatalli. All pretty small pods, but very pungent. Overwintering has been a pain, a constant battle with aphids, but the plants are happy with plenty of new growth and even a couple of buds. Hopefully today's dose of neem oil will see off the last of the aphids so that I can plant some seeds without having them devour the babies.

The aji Peruvian are great. A bit bigger and longer than the aji omnicolour, and it doesn't ripen in as many stages, but more prolific with a similar good taste. Both plants were enourmous and the freezer is full of them.

[Scarlet]

Hopefully today's dose of neem oil will see off the last of the aphids so that I can plant some seeds without having them devour the babies.

This is the downfall with overwintering chillies, it's very difficult to get rid of the aphids When they have arrived. I wouldn't grow any new ones in the same room as it will be highly unlikely that they won't attract them too. Seedlings can't cope with the attack and if you inadvertently introduce them to your green house early in the season it's not likely that you will get rid of them.