Chillies - growing and overwintering 2017

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Very interesting read from me too!

Cheers for posting!

[Chris11]

Here's a really good artical explaining how genetics and cross pollinating of chilli peppers work. Its worth a read. Explains how the F1 plant will have the same colour fruit as the original but over time how the mother/father parentage traits begin to show.

guide to crossing chili peppers

It's not the F1 plant that will have the same colour fruit, so perhaps you've misunderstood. It's the F0 mother plant that will have the same colour pods whether it's been self-pollinated or cross-pollinated.

The F1 plant will have pods that may have various characteristics including colour from one or the other parent, or more likely a blend of the two. Not all characteristics are dominant/recessive, and both sets of parental genes can contribute to pod shape and colour in the F1 generation.

But you're right, it's a good article. I've had a long standing interest in genetics and read that article a few years ago. I don't think the chileman website has been updated much recently, but it's still one of the best Chilli websites and I've linked to it many times here.

[Scarlet]

Sorry, I should have said "can". The fruit of a cross can often appear exactly like the mother plant, with maybe the father traits showing in taste and size of pod - which has happened to me. But crosses in the first instance can often go unnoticed and with this in mind saving non isolated seed is a definate no no for me.

[happyhumph]

Complete newbie to chili growing question - I have lots of unripened chilies on my plants - the dedo des mochas hasn't started ripening at all yet.
As it's starting to get cold at night should I bring them into the house to ripen?

[Ms-T]

I would bring them in now.

[happyhumph]

Thanks Ms T - will do it today. Quite big so now to find space!

[Scoot]

Got absolutely loads of chillies in the freezer in seperate bags for each kind. Got a load more to come as well.

I'm not really sure what to do with them so i think i will wait until i have harvested them all and then just blend them all into a paste and freeze it and then just add it to things as and when.

[Small pumpkin]

More photos of my little chillies!
Just to mix it up a bit, photos taken form other end of the tunnel





Had a major cane / support crisis ( I didn't have enough ) this year as you can see from photos. But I've been very lucky only loss 2 branches. A few plants with minimal support have found their own way to prop them selves up by leaning on a neighbor.
Some are starting to look a little past their prime.
I think on the whole they're doing great.

[Scarlet]

Still looks fab SP. have you split those big buckets for drainage?

[Small pumpkin]

Still looks fab SP. have you split those big buckets for drainage?

Thanks Scarlet
The splits were already in the pots (big blue barrel) when we found it washed up on the beach ( on one of our beach combing trips last year ). Last year I put compost bags around the inside sides. This year I didn't, to see if it would work as a big air pot type thing. It didn't . Back to the compost bags next year

[Snadger]

I managed to overwinter two Jalapeno plants. When this years plants had fruit on them, the oldies were still fairly sickly looking specimens.
Eventually though, they have leafed up again and it looks like I may get a small crop from them.

It has put me off overwintering though and I think I will just stick to sowing early in the year.
I have only grown Jalapeno's and Padron peppers and they have both done well and are ample hot enough for me.

I have nearly eaten a large jar of pickled Jalapeno's up until now and should have enough on the plants for a couple of jars to see me through the winter!

[Small pumpkin]

Anyone grow cayennetta? What did you think of them?
I got some seeds (random free gift with seed order).
They look quite interesting after gooooogling. A compact cayenne basically ( no real surprise with a name like that! ), suitable for pots / hanging baskets.
Will be giving them a go next year.

[the big lebowski]

wow sp that looks fantastic ,you should be very proud of what you have achived there ,give yourself a pat on the back mate

[Small pumpkin]

wow sp that looks fantastic ,you should be very proud of what you have achived there ,give yourself a pat on the back mate

Thanks , I am quite proud of my chillies this year
There's still room for improvement!

It's nearly time to get Area 51 up and running again

[Welsh76]

Anyone grow cayennetta? What did you think of them?

I grew Cayanetta this year and although I havent tasted them yet (they're currently drying out ready to use at a later date) the plant cropped well and I've had around 100 chillies from each of the plants so far (with maybe another dozen or so left to ripen).

As long as the chillies pass the taste test (I'll try a fresh one from the plant later) then I would definitely grow again because they had produced a good crop and it was a nice compact plant that also looked aesthetically pleasing.

I grew a few different varieties this year and the Cayennetta was by far the best with regards to the number of chillies produced and the physical look of them.

I grew the Cayennetta chilli plants from seed and they stayed indoors until the last frost then they spent all summer outdoors on the patio and they still produced well with the 'summer' we had.