THE 2017 CHILLI THREAD

The toppington serrano chillies are still going! They are thirsty plants and get a bit droopy if not watered every other day. Chilli production is in full swing despite them sitting on a windowsill! Currently have about 10 chillies growing with more flowers and therefore more chillies on the way.

If they come off the plant easily, they are ready. I accidentally knocked one off this morning whilst watering (whoops) so decided to try some raw and cooked in my lunch and see what they were like.

The answer is: ace!! The pepper itself wasn't quite ready, still tasted a bit green, but the spice of the pepper was good - not too hot but tasty and tingly. I am definitely not a naga person!! Looking forward to when they ripen (if they ripen!) and creating some more food with them then - and collecting seeds for next year!

 

This is possibly where I could do a bit better - haven't been around much the past week or so, and have only managed irregular watering! Hopefully this week will be a bit better, with less droopy plants!! Thanks for the tip @shiney

 

I've not needed to ... the Big Man upstairs is taking care of the watering here

 

I have Padrons this year - mine are a much deeper green though:

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All behind this year, mostly due to the weather being super hot & then dull for weeks - hopefully it will settle down now & the plants will stop sulking:

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On the other hand, the cucumbers have enjoyed the last couple of weeks !

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My 'Joes Long' from T&M's seeds




And below is what they should look like, from T&M's website
And only one out the whole packet germinated
So that's lost me my crop of them for this year
And lost me seeds to save for next year
And if I complained now they'd maybe send some of seeds that should be sown this year as a replacement that wouldn't germinate at all next year

 

That is why I avoid T&M these days too many wrong plants in the past, I often wonder why anyone buys from them.
regds sandy

 

Just a few weeks more before I can test their potency on some unsuspecting manimals, muahahaha...

 

Silly question but are they hot??? Hmm maybe I should rethink that how hot are they???

 

I grew Chillis (Chenzo) for the 1st time last year. I ended up bringing the plants indoors from the greenhouse to ripen the Chillis as the season was coming to an end and my greenhouse isn't heated. I managed to overwinter a couple of plants and they are now in their 2nd season. They have ripened "fruits" much quicker than any I have grown from seed this year.
I have loads of red Chillis on the plants and not sure exactly the optimum time to pick them? Am I best to pick as required or pick and freeze the ones that are red?
Also, is there any point in trying to keep these older plants going for another season? I am growing quite a few other Chilli plants from seed this year c/o shiney. These are groaning with Chillis and are on the turn colour wise but a bit behind the older plants understandably.