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

[Mitzi]

I do love chilli jam.... although the one time I made it, I overcooked it and it turned into chilli toffee. The kind you have to break with a hammer!

Same here! Well, not quite that bad, but it did need warming up before it was "loose" enough to be spooned out of the jar. Slightly chewy. My favourite use was to put it on chicken breasts then oven cook. Yummy!

[Mitzi]

So there are some favourites which I always sow a few seeds of to ensure guaranteed continuous supply (so whether established plants overwinter or not):
- Fatalii
- Lemon Drop
- Espelette
- Paper Lantern
Tried and tested, with favourable attributes. Next year I'm thinking I'll grow again:
- Habanero Chocolate
- Habanero Monster (if I can track down seeds; Simpsons packet last time but not found since)
- Santaka
- Chi-Chien
New ones I'm keen to try (about fifteen at the moment), but a selection for 2018 might be:
- Aji Panca
- Aleppo
- Datil
- Pasilla Bajio
- 7 Pod Yellow
- Sugar Rush

Nice list. Which Sugar Rush? I grew Sugar Rush peach this year and love it but I don't know where to get seeds for the other colours. I also grew Aleppo and really like that too. Would like to grow both again next year.

[More basil]

One of the great things about this forum is that how ever bad you think your veg/chili addiction is, there'll be someone on here making you look like a complete lightweight.

The modest list so far:

Aji lemon drop

A chilli similar to a proper kebab one (ideas welcome)

Espelettes

Trinidad perfume for the hab flavour without blowing my sock off. And some form of hot hab

Ring of fire

[Philthy]

Which Sugar Rush? I grew Sugar Rush peach this year and love it but I don't know where to get seeds for the other colours

I was going to try Peach as well. That one went on my list a couple of years ago. Just had a quick look for the variants and have seen the Sugar Rush Cream; wow.. the pods look gorgeous! Almost remind me of buttermint candies.

Found this link Mojo Pepper chili pepper seeds - Sugar Rush Cream (10 seeds)
but have no idea if it is reliable or not.

And this one Sugar Rush Red Pepper Seeds US based but looks like they'll ship to the UK. They offer Cream variant as well.

I can't find any UK seed stockists offering anything besides the Peach one either.

[Philthy]

A chilli similar to a proper kebab one (ideas welcome)

I don't know that there is a specific one to expect with a doner
I asked similar question myself awhile back..

From memory I think we came up with Lombardo, which certainly looks the part and it's rated for pickling.

There's Guindilla, bit confusing as the name is just Spanish for hot pepper (I think, don't quote me) so really could apply to a whole range. But the pickled chillies are sold in jars in the UK under that name.

These also look promising: Chilli - Friggitello (Pepperoncini)
"This popular chilli from southern Italy is a favourite picked green for pickling where it is often served on sandwiches in salads and antipasto, but is also great for frying.
These tasty mildly spicy fruits are long and wrinkled, thin skinned and sweeten as they ripen to a rich red colour.
Outside Italy Friggitello are more well known as a Pepperoncini and can be found pickled in jars."

Some folks would suggest pickled green Jalapeno as an option too.

Can't help you with seed sourcing of those first three, as yet to grow them myself

[More basil]

Brilliant Philty, thank you for that. My list of chilies to grow has suddenly expanded exponentially...I know the doner chili may not be the classiest capsicum out there but I do have a soft spot for them, glad to know I am not alone.

[Mitzi]

Surely it should be one of the Turkish varieties to be a proper kebab chilli?

[1Bee]

(The chilli toffee: I microwave it for 20 seconds then spoon it out to use in cooking. )

[Chris11]

I'll probably start sometime in December or January, depending on when there are no cold spells forecast. My earliest sowings are usually the oldest seeds, the ones that might take longer or not even germinate. That way it's a bonus if they do, and I've still got time for others if they don't.

I'll be aiming for around 30 varieties of chillies/sweet peppers in total, and will keep sowing until I've got around that number. I probably won't have room for all of them, and will find new homes for them locally.
Overwintering with some luck will also contribute to the mix

Final growlist will probably include:

Amy Sweet Hungarian Wax
Aji Pineapple
Akabare
Barancio F2
Big Sun Habanero
Bulgarian Carrot
Cayenne Large Red Thick
Cherry Bomb
Cheyenne F1
Hungarian Black
Elysium Oxide F7
Golden Cayenne
Jalapeno
Joe's Long Cayenne
Lemon Drop
MoA Scotch Bonnet Yellow
Numex Sandia
Orange Habanero
Palermo Pointed Red
Pot Black
Ring Of Fire
Santa Fe Grande
Thai Orange Large
Turbo Alberto (C. pubescens cross)

[Mitzi]

My list is completely out of control. There are lots of things I want to grow but haven't even put on it yet, and it's already far too big.

Annuum:
Aleppo*
Fish
Goat Horn (curly pheno)
Golden Cayenne
Hong Gochu
Orange Thai Large
Peter Pepper*
Piment d'Espelette
Rezha
Thunder Mountain Longhorn
Trifetti

Baccatum:
Aji Brazilian Pumpkin
Aji Melocoton*
Aji Omnicolor*
Aji Pineapple*
Aji White Fantasy
CAP 334 (Champion)
Sugar Rush*
Uber Aji Mango

Chinense:
Bahamian Goat*
Brazilian Ghost
Burkina Yellow*
Cappuccino SB
Carolina Reaper*
Choc Hab*
Elysium Oxide*
Nagabrain Chocolate
Purple Peach*
SB MoA*

* I'm trying to overwinter these. If they don't survive I might grow some from seed in 2018 (e.g. Aleppo, Sugar Rush, Bahamian Goat, Purple Peach) but won't bother with others (e.g. Peter pepper, Carolina Reaper.)

Then I think I should grow at least one rocoto as people seem to like them and I've never tried one.

I'll start the chinenses in December (probably between Christmas and New Year) then the baccatums and rocoto (if growing) in January and annuums in February.

[Small pumpkin]

Nice list Mitzi
Have you grown thunder mountain longhorn before? I really fancy trying them. I've not found any uk seed suppliers unfortunately. I do like to keep my seed purchases from the uk.
Where did you get your seeds if you don't mind me asking?

[Mitzi]

Nice list Mitzi
Have you grown thunder mountain longhorn before? I really fancy trying them. I've not found any uk seed suppliers unfortunately. I do like to keep my seed purchases from the uk.
Where did you get your seeds if you don't mind me asking?

I haven't actually got them yet! But it's a swap that I'm doing. I might only get a couple of seeds but if there are plenty I could let you have some.

[Small pumpkin]

I haven't actually got them yet! But it's a swap that I'm doing. I might only get a couple of seeds but if there are plenty I could let you have some.

That would be brilliant thanks Mitzi. Obviously only if you have enough and only if there's something in my list you would like a few of

[Guest]

Overwintering (but I have never managed before) I have

Marlene Rocoto (which is a beast of a plant)
Aji Pineaple
Aji Amarillo
Bubba
Lemon Drop
Devils Tongue
Monkey Face
CGN21500
7 POT White
Mesilla

Sowing will start 14th Feb but I have a very short list for 2018

Ohnivec
Lemon Drop
Jalapeno Traveller
SP - Fatima
SP - Love Apple
SP - Lunchbox Orange

[Dalrimple]

i'm new to growing chilli ,this year iv'e grown jalipenos with a fair amount of sucess so can I ask where do you get all these different types of seeds and plants from ? as I would like to try some of these wonderfull sounding chillies ! atb Dal