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

[Mitzi]

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Well after a visit to the chilli gods house this morning thats the super hots sown, we have Carolina reapers, Dragons breath, jamaican hot, scotch bonnets, white bhute jolokia (Ghosts), Brain strain, morouga scorpion yellow, 7 pot barrock poke, 7 pot bubble gum, 7 pot red, Mushroom chilli

Wow, you're really going for it! Where did you get your bubblegum seeds (and do you have any spare?) Mine have failed to germinate, the only chinenses which have failed for me this year, and I'd really like to try them.

[Mitzi]

Sown my annuums today. This will be my last sowing with the possible exception of replacements for failures.

Checked them this morning and couldn't believe my eyes - one Orange Thai Large is already sprouting!

[Small pumpkin]

Ok I have my final numbers for this year 44 varieties 69 plants. That's it! Definitely NO more .

I'd like to thank Mitzi and Chris11 for seeds
I'd like to thank Mitzi, scarlet, Deano, Trip and Aunty social for plants from the swap
( and the none swap )

And chilli Bob who I ordered some off as well

[Tripmeup]

44 varieties is great going SP..
Make sure you keep us posted on their progress..

I currently have 50 plants and despite stating that I wasn't sowing any more, I did sow 4 more varieties for someone so may end up with a few more..Waiting on the postman for a few more too, so will max out at just under 60...it's plenty

[Tripmeup]

Anybody else who swapped plugs sometimes find themselves wondering how they are doing in their new home
Or I am just weird

No, not at all SP; I am not suggesting that you take pics

[Small pumpkin]

Anybody else who swapped plugs sometimes find themselves wondering how they are doing in their new home
Or I am just weird

No, not at all SP; I am not suggesting that you take pics

Oh bl@@dy he11!!!! You've just given me a crazy idea........I think I'm turning in VC .

How about at the end of the season we swap pods from the plants we sent each other.
So I'd send you a whippets tail, Omnicolour, Guntur, Akbar. You'd send me pineapple, pink hab, scotch bonnet, naga, spike. Then we can compare to the ones we've grown, heat, taste.
See if different growing methods, locations makes a difference.

Told you it was a crazy idea !

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Well I have pricked out a few more!

My count now stands at 34 variety's that have germinated and been pricked out, 3 variety's still awaiting on germination, Prairie Fire, Bartletts Bonnet and Variegata so that's 37 and the Choc Habs have just popped their little heads today, so that makes 38.

And if all that have been pricked out and awaiting pricking out make it to full maturity I will have in excess of 120 plants

We must be stark raving bonkers....................

[AmateurOne]

As posted in another thread I've just Sowed in a heated propagator 3 of each Lemonella, Spaghetti, Golden Cayenne, Hungarian Hot Wax & Jamaican Jerk. Already growing Jalepino, Habenero, Dorset Naga, Hot Scotch and Cayenne.

Was a tad worried I was late with this latest sowing however comforted reading the posts above from the Chilli experts

[Chris11]

Checked them this morning and couldn't believe my eyes - one Orange Thai Large is already sprouting!

Have also had vigorous germination from Orange Thai Large.
Quicker than most other types and 100% rate.

[Chris11]

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

Apache F6
BOC x Yellow Primo
Bulgarian Carrot
Fresno
Golden Cayenne
Golden Marconi
Hot Wax (Uncertain provenance from a share)
Jalapeno
Joes Long
Long Green Buddha
NuMex Twilight x Cayenne F2
Thai Orange Large

Overwintering lottery possible survivors:

Aji Pineapple
Akabare Nepalese
Bishops Hat
Elysium Oxide F7
TSM Medium Red
Turbo Alberto (C. pubescens)
7 Pot Red

There are other seeds still in the propagators, too early to be sure of final list yet.

[self-contained]

Can anyone help me to identify the chillies that I am growing? Based on advice here, I realised it was getting a bit late in the year to be sowing chillies, so I just grabbed what seemed the best option at Wilko on a day I managed to get there 10 minutes before closing.

They are Johnsons Hot Caribbean Blend and neither the packaging nor the website gives any indication (bar a picture) of what the blend might consist of. I presume that the picture may only be representative, but given the seeds I planted have germinated well, it would be nice to know what I may be growing, especially as I am likely to end up giving away some plants to friends/family. Can any of you suggest what they might be?

Thank you

(Ooh, I've just noticed that I'm allowed to post without proving I'm human now!)

[Mitzi]

Can anyone help me to identify the chillies that I am growing? Based on advice here, I realised it was getting a bit late in the year to be sowing chillies, so I just grabbed what seemed the best option at Wilko on a day I managed to get there 10 minutes before closing.

They are Johnsons Hot Caribbean Blend and neither the packaging nor the website gives any indication (bar a picture) of what the blend might consist of. I presume that the picture may only be representative, but given the seeds I planted have germinated well, it would be nice to know what I may be growing, especially as I am likely to end up giving away some plants to friends/family. Can any of you suggest what they might be?

Thank you

(Ooh, I've just noticed that I'm allowed to post without proving I'm human now!)

Difficult to say for sure but it does say capsicum annuum so we can rule out Scotch Bonnets and Habaneros (which are what I would expect from something titled Hot Caribbean Blend, so I think the name is misleading.) Looks like variations on cayenne and birds eye types with some Jamaican Hot (the round ones). It's impossible to know for sure with a mixture like this.

It should still be fun growing them and the pods should be very usable in cooking.

[Scarlet]

Anybody else who swapped plugs sometimes find themselves wondering how they are doing in their new home
Or I am just weird

No, not at all SP; I am not suggesting that you take pics

Yep! You are weird

....but that said, here’s some pics of SPs plugs doing well at home with me .....I have a feeling the non isolated scotch bonnet seed dug out of the freezer may have crossed because he is growing faster than any other chilli I have here!

#trying out my new photo booth

Pink hab


Yellow scotch bonnet


Dorset Naga

[the big lebowski]

they look great scarlet ,v professional ,good work

[Mitzi]

Great photos, Scarlet. If you want them to look really professional then you need to clean up the "floor" a bit but that's a very minor point.

Is the frozen & possibly hybrid "scotch bonnet" the middle one? Because that doesn't even look chinense. It will be really interesting to see what comes of it.