Chillies - what are you growing/overwintering?

[Muddy_Boots]

Just repotted my:

Carolina Reapers
Dorset Nagas
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Yellows and
Bhut Jolakias

Next pot will be the final ones being my CFB's

Still got no flowers on my Peruvian Lemon Drop but its bushing out lovely and looks very strong.

[cptncrackoff]

If you want to save from one plant, wait until it's got some flowerbuds and move it indoors. Isolated in the house should be fine.

Scarlet, I can't get them into the house.. they're all in MFB's and I'd get told off!

I have a very warm conservatory but it has an open window and the sliding door is normally open.. the greenhouse with the other chillies is around ten metres away.. is it possible I could dodge crossing!?

[Scarlet]

Hmm, just to be safe it may be best to bag them.
Great link her on how to save seed using the Mrs' tights !!!
DIY Pepper Seed Saving Instructions from The Real Seed Catalogue

[Scarlet]

Scarlet, I can't get them into the house.. they're all in MFB's and I'd get told off!

My OH keeps his bike in the living room so I get to bring my plants in when I want

[cptncrackoff]

I have fishing rods in the bedroom..

[cptncrackoff]

I'll check the link thanks, I'm hoping to save seed from the Hungarian, pretty in purple and the crosses..
Also aiming to overwinter the purple and crosses.

[Ms-T]

I will be adopting a Vezena Piperka chilli plant tomorrow from an allotment friend. Has anyone else grown this variety before? They look very interesting!

I just looked them up...interesting

[Scarlet]

^^^^ I thought the same Ms-T. How's the vision? Feeling any better?

[Philthy]

I have fishing rods in the bedroom..

I've got a tiller in mine! Hahaha Throttle handle needs replacing. Doubling as a clothes horse at the minute

My habanero chillies are growing much better than a week ago thanks to a decent few days of sun. Even the sickly Moruga has recovered a bit of it's vigour, though the shape is ruined for this year.


On balance though it's not been the best start to the chilli growing year.
I lost several of my biggest plants (3 yr or older) late on in the winter dormancy.
It's been a winter that never really got going, though it still insisted on lingering well into spring. When finally there was a suggestion of warmer times ahead, a final blast more akin to February than April just succeeded in upsetting the balance once more. So it's been harder to gauge the watering requirements during 'winter' (possibly why some died), and everything that survived has been set back several weeks.
Greenfly have been worse than usual (debilitating, but especially at a time when the plants are already low on energy).
And I lost all my seedlings this year (my own fault), though I have since substituted with a range of plug plants, now potted up and doing well.

[Ms-T]

[QUOTE=Scarlet;1450498]^^^^ I thought the same Ms

To day I can see some blobs of colour, so taking that as a good sign,.but still very painful.

[cptncrackoff]

...I've eaten one...

My largest Hungarian started to show slight signs of Orange..I wanted to try one 'Green'..

It was very nice, thick crunchy skin, very fruity taste, hints of citrus and a bit cucumbery.. lol

The heat was fine, not that hot.. although the stalk end with the seeds in was hotter, do they get hotter as they ripen!?

[Ms-T]

that sounds nice.will remember to try them green and I think they do get hotter as they ripen but not to much...you will have to let us know .

[cptncrackoff]

Will do!

I don't really like a lot of heat, so I'm experimenting this year, next year something slightly warmer!
But nothing like the superhots!
If I can't eat it, I don't want to grow it!

[Ms-T]

My Hungarian have only just got the flower pods coming.but look really strong plants.

[MissC]

My new adopted chilli plants are very little but look nice and strong Tomorrow I will repot and take a picture.

Slightly off topic... I got three 'mystery' plants at the allotment plant sale a few weeks ago. But have no idea what they are (other than that they are chillis/peppers) is there any way of identifying them or will I just have to wait and see what they produce? They're going great guns in the blowaway at the moment, some teeny tiny flower pods are forming.