suggestion for chilli variety

[greasyfire]

I am going to grow chillies and i am preparing to grow some, i am looking for a variety that is not extremely superbly hot but also is not a bell peper. Any suggestions anything hardy or something.

[northepaul]

I have an alba and a border, which are supposed to be mild - er, well on the chilli scale anyhow

I am going to have a go with the free chillis from the mag, as my daughter wants to sell little seedlings for the school....it might be worth a go? You dont have to shell anything out that way

[HotStuff]

For a Chilli that has some heat but isn't going to burn your face off like a Naga I think my favourite has to be Apache. They produce loads of small fruit that I dry and then whizz in a blender to make my own Chilli flakes and keep in a jar in the kitchen.

[coreopsis]

I'm not the fan of the hottest ones either-I'd go for Anaheim,Jalapeno,Hungarian Hot Wax.If you look at Scoville scale it tells you what's the range of heat in chillies.Most of the seed suppliers gives you the info about particular variety.Good luck

[Snadger]

I must profess to being a bit boring and set in my ways with chilli's!

The Jalapeno, with it's miriad of colours, ease of growth, meatiness and mid range flavour suits my taste.

I might try a few round ones or 'sticky up ones' for there novelty value, but rely on the jally as a mainstay!

[rustylady]

There is no such thing as a hardy chilli. Not in this country anyway. You may be able to get away with sowing indoors and planting out in May/June after the frosts, specially as you state your location as London.

I start mine from seed in a heated propagator on the kitchen windowsill, usually late March. Soon as they've germinated they go onto the windowsill proper. Get pricked out into individual cells asap, kept on the windowsill for a bit to acclimatise, and then transferred to unheated greenhouse. The trick is to time the sowing with the aftercare you can provide.

I had great success last year with Joe's Long, Cayenne, and Chilli Shake (mix offered free with GYO). All grown to maturity in the unheated greenhouse in large(ish) pots. None of them too hot, and I've still got strings of them decorating the kitchen curtain rail. Drying nicely, and cut down as and when I need them.

[smallblueplanet]

(Hot) Portugal are an easy to grow, quite plentiful mid-range heat, big 'meaty' chilli.

Chilli Seeds - hot portugal

Chilli Peppers - Portugal

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk...es_PEPPER.html

[cupcake]

I've grown Cheyenne for 2 years now and managed to get it through last winter and was rewarded with a much bigger crop.