Anyone saved Dorset Naga/Morich chilli seeds?

[sarraceniac]

I just checked a test batch of seeds and one has sprouted!!! Come ON SPRING!!!!

Mine have just started too. The first to show is a pot of Tepins. I am well pleased because I've always wanted to grow this one and never managed to get a proper germination, but this time success. 6 seeds planted, 3 showing now and still time for more. This is the original wild American chili. Considering it is not Chinese it is supposed to be as hot as Hades but looks more like a berry. Pity I am not allowed to eat hot chillies anymore but I am sure OH or someone will give me a report if I can get it to fruiting.

[Toleman]

There is no reason why seeds from Tesco DN pods won't come up. Make sure you take seeds from a well ripe pod to ensure maximum viability.

Depending on how close its been grown to other varieties, and the method of pollination, will determine if they give you 'true' pods.

You will still end up with something mighty hot though.

Check out the Trinidad varieties if you want something considered hotter in a lot of chilli fans opinions. They are called the '7 Pot/ Pod and the Scorpion'.

Chris

[Brengirl]

I live just up the road from where the Naga was born. The local farm shop sell them at 45p each. How do you know if they are fully ripe?

[Toleman]

They should be nice and red and I would also give them a week or two before removing seeds. Make sure the seeds are dried out well and stored in a cool dark place. Seed contains a dormant life and bad storage can give you problems both germinating and growing.

Chris

[Llamas]

The sprouted one is still pretty small. Possibly too warm (on a shelf above the aga) for it but I'm happy to see that they'll maybe grow!

[Toleman]

Too warm and lack of light they will become leggy. Providing its not doing this your fine. Chilli seedlings will be happy up to 30 odd degree's.

[HotStuff]

Check out the Trinidad varieties if you want something considered hotter in a lot of chilli fans opinions. They are called the '7 Pot/ Pod and the Scorpion'.

Chris

Hmmm, I thought the Nagas were recognised as being the hottest, according to their Scoville rating.

[sarraceniac]

@Hotstuff - They are.

@Llamas - Nagas love it plenty warm. If light is a concern then you can put a desk light up there with a low energy bulb in it as close to the pot as possible. Keep it on about 15 hours a day but do give a period of dark as well. I have one set up for my Tepins which are also a bit of a problem to grow without damping off.

[HotStuff]

@sarraceniac - Yes, I know they are, I was just making a point

[sarraceniac]

@sarraceniac - Yes, I know they are, I was just making a point

Ummm. Me too

[Toleman]

The naga's (which have been tested) are the hottest acording to their scoville rating. The Trinnidad 7 pot and scorpions which have never been tested are considered hotter by the vast majority of chilli fanatics (Chillis Galore, The hot pepper and firefoods).

Go down to the scorpion and 7 pot
Chilli pepper seeds hot pepper seed, the hottest there is.

Try a fresh chunk of a 7 pot or scorpion and its clear which is hotter.

[Toleman]

The Capsicum oil which is a common sight within 7 pot pods.

[Llamas]

Hmm seems to me I have no choice but to grow both!

[sarraceniac]

This discussion on the world's hottest chilli can run and run, and I mean internationally not just here on the vine.

Any chilli grower knows that the heat of a fruit is detemined not only by the plant's genes but also by its growing environment. Bit like humans that way.

A chilli can be anywhere between it's 'natural' (whatever that is) heat and half that and up to 50% more depending on it's conditions. Hot sunny weather increases the heat of the fruit. Over feeding and over watering reduces it. The summer before last was very poor in this area. I think it was poor everywhere in the UK. My chillies produced in abundance but not one was as hot as expected. Even last year which was a little bit better weatherwise they were not as they should have been. The flavour was 'thin' and the heat had no robustness. Difficult to describe but I'm sure every serious chilli head will know what I mean.

[Naga]

A good chilli grown in the right conditions will fill up your mouth with flavour, these ones you get in the supermarkets, I think, taste thin and a bit, I dunno, "generic"(?) only good for spicing up a dish of spag bol or curry etc. Same goes for those that haven't grown properly, the ones I kept inside and put out in about June had much more flavour compared to the others dumped outside in April.