Chilli Growers - what's on your growing list for 2018?

[Scarlet]

Yes, he’s the middle one! I’m giving him a good chance, would love to see how he turns out - any other non isolated seed I’ve tried seem to have crossed with something milder.

Hmm, as for the dirt crumbs, I was using a piece of paper as I didn’t want to get dirt on my acrylic boards.....it’s not supposed to be for gardening products!

[4Shoes]

Yes, he’s the middle one! I’m giving him a good chance, would love to see how he turns out - any other non isolated seed I’ve tried seem to have crossed with something milder.

for isolation ..
I was looking for bird netting and came across this fleece tube.

Would it be any good for isolation?

https://www.gardening-naturally.com/tube-fleece

Tie off the top and put under pot?

[Scarlet]

^^^yep! That will work!
I use wedding favours bags- the large ones- really easy. Just bag a few flowers before they open. Though I had a lovely black naga plant and every time I bagged any flowers the flowers dropped off

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Scarlet, I keep reading about you using these said wedding favour bags.

Where would you purchase such things please?

As I really am gunna have to pull my finger out with seed saving chilli's this year

[Scarlet]

I got mine from @m@zon and you can also get them from the bay. You need the bigger ones as you can bag the end of the branch.
Mine are 15cm x10cm. They are reusable so you don’t have to buy any more the following year.

[sparrow100]

Scarlet, I keep reading about you using these said wedding favour bags.

Where would you purchase such things please?

As I really am gunna have to pull my finger out with seed saving chilli's this year

I get mine in packs of 50 organza drawstring bags from a well-known auction site. Extra-large to cope with squash flowers.

eta: they are washable too and I use them to hang seedheads in to dry in my shed in late summer. V handy!

[Scarlet]

Photo of bagged plant!.....some chilli plants can get huge so wrapping a whole one up can be troublesome.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

That was the reason I asked!

Following on from 4 Shoes post, yeah I get it that would work, but bagging an entire plant could prove a mission in itself!

[Scarlet]

It’s a good option for smaller plants...but some chillies can get huge. One of my Naga plants was over 7ft one year. Leaves were huge - no chance bagging that!

[Bluenowhere]

Photo of bagged plant!.....some chilli plants can get huge so wrapping a whole one up can be troublesome.

Wow that’s enormous (the plant, the plant) no wonder you lot try to over winter them. Mine only got a bit bigger than the bag looks to be last year!

[Scarlet]

That's a first year plant....it was an annum I think - name escapes me at the moment but it was prolific. Great crop in a year.

[Bluenowhere]

That’s incredible, clearly a great green finger input to get it to that size in one season.

[Scarlet]

That’s incredible, clearly a great green finger input to get it to that size in one season.

It was the variety, really easy, no experience required honest ....just wish I could remeber what it was! I'll be back!

#just checked my little black book . - Numex Bailey Piquin.

[4Shoes]

^^^yep! That will work!
I use wedding favours bags- the large ones- really easy. Just bag a few flowers before they open. Though I had a lovely black naga plant and every time I bagged any flowers the flowers dropped off

Really good idea. I'd watched a video on Victorian Garden site where they bagged the plant. Then again they would be looking to save much more seed, so would work better for them

I can see the wedding bag being really useful for when you just want a couple of pods from a number of plants.

I've seen them bags round the house... must investigate

[Chris11]

Some seedlings and overwintered plants lost, probably to cold conditions.
Updated list so far:

Amy Sweet Hungarian Wax
Apache F6
Barancio F2
BOC x Yellow Primo
Bulgarian Carrot
Elysium Lantern F2
Fresno
Golden Cayenne
Golden Marconi
Hong Gochu Korean
Hot Wax (Uncertain provenance from a share)
Jalapeno
Joe's Long
Long Green Buddha
MoA WHP
NuMex Twilight x Cayenne F2
Orange Thai Large
Pot Black
Ring of Fire MX F1
Santa Fe Grande
Serrano Wahaca
Space Yellow
Turbo Alberto (C. pubescens cross)

Overwintering lottery remaining survivors:

Akabare Nepalese
Bishops Hat
TSM Medium Red
7 Pot Red

Some other seeds still in the propagators, want some more C. chinense.