Chillies - growing and overwintering 2019

[Mitzi]

That's beautiful; is it the chupetinho? Mine nearly died when I was on holiday and lost all its leaves - every single one. Is making a bit of a recovery but only has about 4 pods.

Are the pods on your Pumpkin also small and fiddly? It's difficult to get the scale from the photo you posted. Mine are really small, I'd say ranging from pea sized to the size of a small marble.

[Small pumpkin]

https://spicesontheweb.co.uk/chillie...-chilli-seeds/

This is where I got mine from originally - I checked. I might have to order some more myself as I had a quick look and don't think I've got any true seeds left. Oh - they are out of stock. Not good.

I'd be interested to know which are the 18 varieties you are dropping and why. Obviously people have different tastes and requirements but I'm always interested to know which you think aren't worth bothering with.

I looked at that site and saw they were out of stock. I’ll have to keep checking back.

That's beautiful; is it the chupetinho? Mine nearly died when I was on holiday and lost all its leaves - every single one. Is making a bit of a recovery but only has about 4 pods.

Are the pods on your Pumpkin also small and fiddly? It's difficult to get the scale from the photo you posted. Mine are really small, I'd say ranging from pea sized to the size of a small marble.

Yeah it’s a chupentinho. Yeah about the same as the pumpkin pods, and yes I’d agree they range from pea to small marble. Another one off my list along with.
Numex twilight
Basket of fire
Cherry bomb
Krakatoa
Little elf
All of the above are to small for my needs
Fish
Serrano
Cheiro roxa
Failed to isolate, may buy more seeds at some point but not next year.
Ring of fire
AJI pineapple
Both to similar to others I grow
AJI strawberry drop
Teja
Akabar
Take far to long to ripen ( not harvested any yet, but they’re all loaded with pods)
Farmers market jalapeño. I’m so on the fence with this one! I love growing it, but it’s so corked it’s difficult to use, it takes to long to ripen to red so I can’t turn it into chipotles, and it’s to mild to put into my chilli powder.
Jalapeño fooled you (no heat), there are better heatless chillies out there.
My very unique not white ghost, I only want true varieties
Savina, I just don’t like it. No reason for that at all, I just don’t

[toomanytommytoes]

I looked at that site and saw they were out of stock. I’ll have to keep checking back.

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[Small pumpkin]

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Ooh I hadn’t realised that. Thank you

[Tripmeup]

I like variety, 2 of them are to give my Chilly sauce flavour and aroma ( Champion and Mayan Black )
the heat will came from whatever i have left at the end of the season.

As an fyi, Filius Blue is nice to look at but fiddly to use so I don't bother with it

[Tripmeup]

Let me know if you manage it. Everyone that grows early with light seem to get a huge aphid party.

Interesting that Philthy thought that my lack of aphids was to do with none being around ( no neighbours) so with that in mind....your closed space may be the answer.

But I want to know as soon as they land if they do

Not sure I would be classified as early by starting in Jan but I do use lights as you know and have had no aphids this year.....I think it has been overwintering plants that might have caused some of the problem, but who knows

[toomanytommytoes]

This year I only got aphids after buying some Hungarian Hot Wax plants from Aldi. Fungus gnats are usually more of a problem for me early in the year.

[stigs]

As an fyi, Filius Blue is nice to look at but fiddly to use so I don't bother with it

I was thinking that, I have a few that I think will be almost useless I suppose you never know until you try it, I mean some people would never eat a Lamb Phal !

[Scarlet]

Not sure I would be classified as early by starting in Jan but I do use lights as you know and have had no aphids this year.....I think it has been overwintering plants that might have caused some of the problem, but who knows

I've started mid Jan without lights and I haven't had aphids (mine are grown quite slow- not much heating in the house!) but I have a friend that grows with lights and has "soft green leaves" that are particularly attractive to them.

Overwintering plants have cause problems for me in the past - but it was on plants that was indoors early to isolate. So I thought too much heat - not enough light. Loads of soft growth and long leggy stems and they just exploded when I brought all my plants in for the winter! I won't do that again.

Just interesting....

[Scarlet]

This year I only got aphids after buying some Hungarian Hot Wax plants from Aldi. Fungus gnats are usually more of a problem for me early in the year.

I had fungus gnats this year! I got them
On a delivery of dahlia tubers....I had them all Spring and my dahlia cuttings were a disaster....I posted a macro photo of the maggots eating the stems

[Scarlet]

I was thinking that, I have a few that I think will be almost useless I suppose you never know until you try it, I mean some people would never eat a Lamb Phal !

I think they are useless for sauces...but I find one enough chucked in a curry. My family don't like to much spice
Not so good though if you want to do a big batch of cooking.

[toomanytommytoes]

I had fungus gnats this year! I got them
On a delivery of dahlia tubers....I had them all Spring and my dahlia cuttings were a disaster....I posted a macro photo of the maggots eating the stems

For in the house, yellow sticky traps work well. I also used a neem oil soil drench (1tsp in 1 L of water) to kill the larvae and it seemed to work. Once everything was potted up into the greenhouse their numbers exploded again. Don't like using sticky traps in the greenhouse as they also catch other insects that I don't want to harm e.g. spiders and hoverflies. Had good success with the predatory mite Hypoaspis Miles: a £6.99 bottle treated the whole greenhouse (~40 pots) and since applying them in June I've barely seen a fungus gnat.

[Mitzi]

These scary looking pods are grown from the mystery pods ChilliWilly70 sent me last year. They look more like Brainstrain this year whereas i thought they might be Moruga scorpions last year. Any thoughts?



Just waiting for them to ripen now. Not sure I'm brave enough to try them.

[Small pumpkin]

Wow they look evil!
I’m leaning towards brain strain.

[Scarlet]

For in the house, yellow sticky traps work well. I also used a neem oil soil drench (1tsp in 1 L of water) to kill the larvae and it seemed to work. Once everything was potted up into the greenhouse their numbers exploded again. Don't like using sticky traps in the greenhouse as they also catch other insects that I don't want to harm e.g. spiders and hoverflies. Had good success with the predatory mite Hypoaspis Miles: a £6.99 bottle treated the whole greenhouse (~40 pots) and since applying them in June I've barely seen a fungus gnat.

When I realised I had them - I tipped up the dahlia tubers and bagged up all the infected compost. I then had to wash off my tubers and start again - but I lost most of the cuttings that I had started in the house.

I will be very vigilant next spring.