Chillies - what are you growing/overwintering?

[cptncrackoff]

How how would you say..i'm still looking a green ones.

All the reviews I'd watched on YouTube people talked of an 'explosion' When you bite into it.. there really is, I'm a millisecond the heat and flavour just hits you and makes you go.. Wow!!

[cptncrackoff]

Very hard for me to say, not being an accomplished chilli head.. but judging by my other peppers probably 80,000- 100,000 bit that's a very rough guide!
..I can eat them raw and I'm a wimp with big heat! Lol

[Scarlet]

A question - I've only ever overwintered chilis once and the missus got very upset because of the amount of tiny black flies that seemed to live and breed in the compost. Has anyone any tips for stopping this? I'm thinking of cellophaning the top of pot, tight around stem, and watering from saucer at bottom. Will that work?)

Yes, that should work. I rarely get them..(though some years worse than others for no reason?? Keep the top of the compost very dry. Just water from the bottom trying not to let the earth on the top get too wet. I know others that cover the compost on the top but I think making sure it's dry stops them coming.

How many are you going to try to overwinter?

[Scarlet]

I would! You could send some to Scarlet as part of the chilli seed swap??

I'm interested too!
Love the look of it M's T

[Scarlet]

SP, your Simon is amazing

[Scarlet]

Ive never grown Sante Fe but that looks like a huge crop on there Gingo...especially as they are grown outdoors!

[gringo]

Yes, that should work. I rarely get them..(though some years worse than others for no reason?? Keep the top of the compost very dry. Just water from the bottom trying not to let the earth on the top get too wet. I know others that cover the compost on the top but I think making sure it's dry stops them coming.

How many are you going to try to overwinter?

Thanks Scarlet!

I'm not sure yet. All of them are in big pots, too big for windowsills! I might, if I'm lucky, have room for two at the (glass) backdoor.

But then again, all of my plants this year seem a bit stunted compared to previous years so is it worth the hassle I wonder?

The sante fe grande harvest is indeed spectacular but to tell you the truth, I'm disappointed that they're such a gimmicky thing. Yeah it's good fun taking some to the pub for chili russian roulette, but I grow them to cook with! I'd have been far happier with a decent fresno harvest.

(Now where did my happy pills go????)

[Scarlet]

I often over ŵinter the "slow" plant. The crop of a two year old plant is worth the hassle from the Mrs imo

[Small pumpkin]

I'm looking forward to next years growing season already ( I just want this year to be over, even though my chilli's have done well ). So I thought I would show you my list for next year ( so far ! ) and we can compare notes.

habanero.
lemon drop.
cayenne.
jalapeño.
early jalapeño
pretty in purple
ring of fire
vampire
joe's long.
jays peach ghost scorpion.
Thai dragon
holy mole.
Hungarian black
Hungarian hot wax
scotch bonnet
scotch bonnet yellow
Vietnamese tear jerker.
black naga.
Kashmiri mirch (daily used in India)
Krishna jolokia (ripens black to red)
spike
Dorset naga
rooster spur
fatalii jigsaw
numex twilight
chiang rai (big Thai )
Delhi hot
basket of fire
cherry bomb
ghost

This is just seeds, there will definitely be a chocolate habanero & filius blue plant ordered ( and probably a couple of others

I'm also trying to over winter Simon (Dorset naga), tree chilli and a Delhi hot.

[Scarlet]

With a list that long we might need to start a new thread I think you are bonkers SP!

[Small pumpkin]

Yes I know

[Scoot]

What on earth do you do with that many chili's haha?

[Bacchus]

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[Bacchus]

That's an impressive list indeed. I'm going the other way next year and focusing on only 5 varietles of which jalapenos will make up 60%. I'm aiming for about 200 plants in total.

But then I have a plan

[Scarlet]

200! OMG...another nutter!

I'm going to cut down next year