Before and after

[jacks10]

Well I tried the banana method with the chillis and as you can see my pics one has changed colour and a very black banana!!!!

Picture 1 taken 25th September
Picture 2 taken 30th September

I also got some on the windowsill but no change and the rest Still on plant.

[Nicos]

Looks like it's doing the trick!
...have you tried putting them all in a paper bag to trap a bit more of the gas?
Might speed things up even more?
2nd experiment perhaps?

[jacks10]

They are still in the bag but the next lot will do them all at once as I really want to try to make chili jam

[Nicos]

Yummmmm!!!!!!

[jacks10]

I have just checked again and one chilli is officially red!!!!
Now added the ones from the window sill and next week will go in homemade pasta sauce!!!

[Scarlet]

You can make chilli ham with them green too.

[Mrs Bee]

They are still in the bag but the next lot will do them all at once as I really want to try to make chili jam

Wow have you got enough to make chilli jam? I have to buy mine from the Chinese cash and carry.

What sort of chilli jam do you want to do? Red hot chilli jam, smoky chilli jam, chipotle chilli jam or tomato chilli jam?

[jacks10]

Don't know yet! Never made it before. I have about 20 chillis not a lot I know but have just noticed 1 flower and a few buds coming throug. Thought I had done the pinching at the ends
I guess I will have to cut it down next month at some time

[jacks10]

Good morning all
One of my chillis that is still on my plant is finally going red.
So I guess I won't be over wintering just yet.
Still getting use to this patience thing!!!

[jacks10]

Chilli update!!
Now have 4 nice red chillis in the freezer. Just picked 2 nearly red chiilis of the plant which has now joined 1 that has been in the bag with a banana and a very squishy yellow one that has got squashed back of the cupboard. (But making sure these ones don't go squashy so put right at the back out of mind and out of sight.)
And 9 green chillis with the banana.

Getting there slowly but surely and aiming to cut back the stems start of next month and been very good not watered for a while l!!

[Jungle Jane]

Are your plants indoors now for the winter? I'm thinking of bringing one of my sweet pepper plants in,it's on the patio table at the moment & it's got new flowers on so I'l have to cut all that off maybe? I don't usually overwinter them but it's a really nice shaped plant & it's done really well in it's small 12" deep pot,I wonder how it would be in a proper sized pot so it has to be done

[jacks10]

Yes chilli plant and my sweet pepper plant have been indoors for a while now. Sweet pepper plant didn't start til july so never really flowered, it has hasn't shifted in size for donks now so needs must I guess cut it back the same time I do the chilli so they can regrow together in harmony!!

[Jay-ell]

Do you need the whole banana or just the skin?

[jacks10]

Yes whole banana with skin in a brown bag and afterwards I make a nice banana loaf as the banana is now squidgy perfect!