Next Year's Chillies!!

[GrimChili]

Hello all!!

I've been bitten by the pepper & chilli seed buying bug again and have extended my collection... (I also need 50 posts so I can spread the love and start swapping with you guys)!!

Currently my list of seeds (although I won't grow as many vars as this year) is as follows:

Chillies
Trinity
Fire
Rooster Spur
Hot Fish
Red 7 Pot
Yellow 7 Pot
Orange Habanero
Trinidad Seasoning
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Prairie Fire
Goat Horn
Bangalore Torpedo
Riot
Peruvian Orange
Lemon Drop
Firecracker
Hot Paper Lantern
Jalapeno
Padron
Aji Hot
Serrano
Hungarian Hot Wax
Tabasco
Scotch Bonnet Red
Joes Long Cayenne
Dorset Naga Test (My own saved seed)
Chenzo F1
Fatalii
Wenks Yellow Hot
Numex Twilight
Anaheim
Cayenne
Ruben
Fuego
Apache


Sweet Peppers
Cali Wonder
Big Banana
Antohi Romanian
Bullhorn Mix


I'm currently on the search for more interesting chillies and would like an recommendations...

I think I need to make some room for a Rocoto

Also since beginning to grow peppers and chillies 5 or so years ago I have been consistently impressed with the Capsicum Baccatum species, more or less every year they don't look as good as the other chillies so they get neglected a bit and I usually end up planting them outside in the ground - they then proceed to explode, grow huge and bushy, get covered in chillies which ripen just in time, happened last year with my lemon drop and its happening this year with my Aji Hot. They just seem to handle our weather really well, whether it be rain, sun, wind, cold. So any recommendations for baccatum vars would be great!!

Any suggestions on interesting chillies people have grown would be great as I'm definitely losing interest in cayennes (I swapped it out for Joe' Long Cayenne - which is awesome!) and other more standard varieties.

Finally perhaps consider if your interested in any of my seeds so that when I DO have 50 posts you can jump in on the seed swap post I will be adding shortly!!

Cheers Guys

[veggiechicken]

That's some list!! I'm growing a mere 3 - for the first time ever!!
There are plenty of Chillis in the Virtual Seed Parcel and you don't need 50 posts to swap into that http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nce_68032.html

[Scarlet]

Wow, thats a lot of varieties- how do you mange to stop them from cross pollinating?
I just grow a few varieties each year as none if my family will eat anything too hot. Although i love growing them and use them in preserves for presents.

I grow also rocotto,i love the purple flowers and hairy leaves, they're great in chilli sauce/jam.

Tangerine size, thick fleshy walls and the plants overwinter without a problem.

I'm also a fan of lemon drop. All of mine are kept in the greenhouse or indoors. Ive never had any success with outdoor plants.

[GrimChili]

That's some list!! I'm growing a mere 3 - for the first time ever!!
There are plenty of Chillis in the Virtual Seed Parcel and you don't need 50 posts to swap into that http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nce_68032.html

Hey VegChick cheers for the tip on the seed parcel I'll check that out!

Wow, thats a lot of varieties- how do you mange to stop them from cross pollinating?
I just grow a few varieties each year as none if my family will eat anything too hot. Although i love growing them and use them in preserves for presents.

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Tangerine size, thick fleshy walls and the plants overwinter without a problem.

I'm also a fan of lemon drop. All of mine are kept in the greenhouse or indoors. Ive never had any success with outdoor plants.

I don't worry about them cross polinating as I tend to grow from fresh seed most years, except when I'm running out of a variety, then I bag up one of the flowers so it will come true to type!

As for the amount of varieties, its too much lol!! I only have a 4 x 6 lean to!!

Also those links you attached don't seem to work

I definitely need a Rocoto in my collection though. You mentioned overwintering without a problem, do you just bring the plant in the house or do you prep them at all (cut them back, etc). I tried to overwinter this year and cut them back heavily, but they didn't make it

Keep those suggestions coming in people!!

[Tripmeup]

Ones that I would think you could try, and grown by myself this year....

Chilli: Satan's Kiss
Sweet pepper: pimento

[Pineberry]

Could you please recommend any variety to well outdoor, no space in the polytunnel here. Thank you

[Philthy]

Grimchili, I've grown quite a few of your list. Hot Fish has turned out to be one of my highlights for this season! The plant looks stunning, and the fruits as they start to swell develop vertical stripes of differing shades of green, kind of like a mint humbug, before eventually turning solid red. I've not tried any yet but will do very soon. If you're looking for other unusual types, Peter Pepper aka Penis pepper is a good one Also try Espelette pepper; to look at they're fairly standard but the interest is most definately in the taste. Dried and ground into powder, they add a very aromatic, delicate flavour to a host of dishes. They're all about the palette, not the heat.

Pineberry, I think most chillies do best under glass, even those recommended for outside. But some are definately worth trying, especially those noted for their ornamental value. These would be my suggestions:

Apache - Dwarf, quite decorative, ideal on the patio, good all-rounder.
Black Pearl - I've only ever grown it as an ornamental (it looks stunning in full sun), but the chillies are as the name suggests small and round, and very hot apparently!
Padron - Spanish, definately requires a sheltered spot, but will produce a reasonable crop outside.
Spagna - Another Spanish type with upright fruits, potentially very decorative grown in a border. If you have the space grow several together for best effect. Quite hot.
Chi-Chien - Another one with upright fruits which grow in clusters, recommended for Chinese cuisine. I grew it last year, and it did very well despite the rubbish summer. It was in an unheated greenhouse, but with weather like we've had this year I'm sure it'd do just fine outside.
Sante Fe Grande - Slightly sweet fruits, and low to medium heat so quite versatile.
Chenzo - Another one for the patio, quite a compact plant. The chillies turn completely black during their ripening process, which looks pretty impressive.
The variagated types generally do well; Calico for example. The fruit is edible but the plant is mainly grown for effect.

[kernowyon]

Black Pearl - I've only ever grown it as an ornamental (it looks stunning in full sun), but the chillies are as the name suggests small and round, and very hot apparently!

I have grown black pearl for a couple of years now and have overwintered it with no problems at all, this year I ran out of space in the g/house so put one outside and that has produced more than the protected one. And yes, they are quite hot

[spanish_gardener]

I am growing only 12 varieties because I do not have a proper greenhouse. Many of my chilli seeds are from the VSP. Do you keep a blog or some sort of on line publication? I'd love to see pictures and learn about what varieties do best with our climate, etc. because the wetter the weather the spicier the chilli.

A couple of links:

Database with over 3000 varieties listed

The Chilli Pepper Institute

[spanish_gardener]

I have grown black pearl for a couple of years now and have overwintered it with no problems at all, this year I ran out of space in the g/house so put one outside and that has produced more than the protected one. And yes, they are quite hot

I made a sauce with tomatillos, garlic and a black pearl chilli a couple of weeks ago and it was not hot (but I do love spicy food and I am used to...). The black pearl plants are gorgeous!

[chilli_grower]

Yes, Joes long is awesome! I picked some nice red ones last night, and just eat a whole one with my rice dish for tonights' tea!

I have grown red savina for the first time this year, and they are proving to be a heavy cropper with golf ball size fruits, and they are very hot.

Also, Paper lantern, this variety is stunning, and I have at least 80-100 pods on each of my 2 plants.

There are some paper lanterns in the VSP, that I put there back in spring!!!!!