Chillies 2024

@Stephen_Maturin

https://badskinsgarden.be/winkel/peper/chili-superdeal-1/

https://badskinsgarden.be/winkel/peper/chili-superdeal-2/

https://badskinsgarden.be/winkel/paprika/paprika-superdeal

@Stephen_Maturin Above are the links. Planted all 10 seeds per pot as germination can be hit and miss.

Stephen_Maturin

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Jayz some collection

How do you find the superhots go in our climate? Know they can be a bitch to germinate (hence you planting all 10 of the seeds I imagine), even my habanadas didn’t germinate this year - chocolate habs were the same last year, and that’s with scarification, heated propagator etc. only ones out of 15 varieties that didn’t germinate last year

My first year was last year. My fish pepper did really well but nothing else as far as I know. Labels rubbed off.

Got them from Karl last year.

Trying this crowd in Holland this year. A lot cheaper. First batch germinated well only for the slugs. I saved 5 plants which I have in the propagator under light

ECO_Mental

Chillies coming along well enough...I am thinking of getting them into their main big pots and maybe plant directly into the soil in the polytunnel....might be still a bit cold but the tunnel can reach 30degs no problme if we get any sun at all. (hit 35 this week with the windows closed)

Might still be a bit too cold at night though, although I could cover them inside the tunnel at night. I feel they are getting too big for the little pots they are in.

Question what size pots do you use I have a load of 9.5 litre ones are they too small?

Deub

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They are nice !

Mine are not so far along. They are tiny in comparison. I did them at the end of Jam but stil…

Stephen_Maturin

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Looking good!

I would probably opt for the pots, the soil might not be as warm?

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Night time is the problem. It's still very cold , even in the tunnel

2011abc

Stephen_Maturin , I’ve just started reading Master and Commander so you can imagine how your username caught my eye ( “My good sir”…I am having to resist talking to the family like the two boys in the books ) Anyway my chillis seem to be going well .Majority of seeds kindly donated by Karl Butler from FB Irish Chilli Growers group as I do a lot of horticulture in my secondary school .Fortunately they are also paying for most of the heat and light as this chilli business seems to be energy intensive! Anyway they are at home with me for the fortnights Easter hols .The Mrs will be glad to get her windowsills back .I put some outdoors in a plastic box in direct Sun for an hour or two yesterday .Depressingly it was 23 degrees about five warmer than indoors .Curse you Irish government not putting a cap on energy costs !!!

2011abc

Varieties include red , orange and yellow Habanero ,Rawat Thai Chilli (hot!) , Romanian Giallo ( yellow ) Bhut Jolokia , Buena Mulata , Prairie Fire , Hungarian Yellow , Purple fLash and tons of Cayenne and Padron etc

ECO_Mental

Lady Birds doing a great job on one of my chillies….over all they coming grand, weather obvioulsy slowed them down a bit over the past few weeks. Hopfully the bit sunshine we will get over the nxt week and a change in the weather will bring them on better

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Are yours planted in beds?

ECO_Mental

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Yeah I have just over half in in the beds in the polytunnel…Ill see how they get on there, I think I read somewhere that in pots they might put more energy into the fruit if they are in pots but we will see

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Ill be interested to see how you get on. Ive about 30 coming up in small pots. will transfer into bigger ones as they progress. planted 48 tomatoes into beds yesterday in the tunnel. Mine is full with leeks,celery, onions and garlic.

Stephen_Maturin

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A drink with you sir! My hearty congratulations, I wish you good health and a fair wind on what I can promise is the most marvellous journey. Handsomely now with the chillies!

When you get onto the second book stick with it - it’s very different from all of the other entries and some people (damn’d cowards and scrubs all if you ask me) give up because of that. Persevere and you’ll be rewarded with one of the finest series of novels in English (it really is hard not to start talking like the lads haha, I finished them years ago and it comes back as easy as kiss my hand…okay that’s enough! 😂)

Haha anyway back to the chillies

My handful have gone well oversize for their little starter pots - have been mad busy with work and travel and fun to get around to repotting them (always find that particular task a bit of a chore) but am determined to get them into their next pots this evening

They’re generally looking good, I’m a little bit concerned about the Serrano though it’s looking a bit leggy compared to the others (middle back) and not as lush in foliage…not sure why as they all get the same amount of light. Anyway I’m sure moving to a bigger pot will do them all the world of good

ECO_Mental

Is this the first flower starting to bud??

Chillies are coming on grand, the ones in the pots are doing a lot better than the ones in the beds..I think the black pots I do have them in absorbe the heat more as well. Keep going anyway.

Bill Hook

Yep, that looks like a flower and your plants look really healthy. I'm jealous, mine are all still small and miserable looking.

Supercell

Starting to harden mine off now, going out in the sun for an hour a day, which will go to two then three. I saw a youtube video where a fella said if you have a few cloudy days forecast thats a great way of hardening them off, was thinking of just popping into a shady spot but afraid the bloody slugs will get them before they are big enough to fend them off themselves.

Deub

My Cayenne chillies are shocking. They are small even though they stay inside since Jan. It is like the last 2 months were wasted I’ve just put them outside in a small greenhouse and they will decide what they want to do.

ECO_Mental

Chillies are flying along and getting more and more flowers, they look fine and healty and well. The ones in the pots are a lot better thn planted in the ground. Might start thinking about feeding them?

Chilles planted in the ground arent doing as great at all but they have come on a lot over the last week or so with the added heat and sunny days (embarassed buy all the grass coming up the side of the tunnel😯 strimmer is broken thats my excuse…)

scarepanda

I was just coming on here to ask about chilis in the ground. I know on YouTube a lot of people grow them in pots. I was hoping to plant them in the beds with the tomatoes this year as I have automatic watering set up for the toms and I'm not the best at regular watering, especially now I have the soaker hose set up.

I wonder is it the confines of the pots that they like or that pots are probably warmer? If it's the confines they like would planting them in an open bottom pot in a bed be a happy medium?

Deub

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I think the pots are warmer. In the ground, the roots can go where they want to get nutrients. In the post, they cannot so you have to “feed” them and water them more often.
We will see what @ECO_Mental say at the end of the season. The ones in the ground may take more time but could produce more overall.

scarepanda

I fecked them straight into the beds today with the toms. They do what they do, can't be any worse than last year anyways, I was so poor with watering , even though I was out there everyday 🫣.

It will be interesting to see what over all difference eco_mental notices with theirs.

ECO_Mental

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Certainly, the soil in the pots is warmer, even to the point where you could say it's hot. My dark gray pots absorb the heat on sunny days and become quite warm to the touch. The plants in the ground are progressing much better now, and it's possible that the nutrients in the soil could be better to those in the potting compost in the long run. Also I believe the plants in the ground were held back because they were eaten by slugs, which took some leaves off the plants and may have stunted their growth.

Anyway it's a worthwhile experiment, and I'll keep everyone updated on the progress.

ECO_Mental

The chillies are thriving in this heat, and the fruit is beginning to come in as well. Since I haven't labeled any of them, it's going to be like playing Russian roulette later in the year….should be fun😋

The plants in the ground have made significant progress and are somewhat catching up.

The pots are still a lot leafier and look healthy, but the ones in the ground just have as much fruit as the ones in the pots

ECO_Mental

Chillies are flying along, to be honest I think the plants in the ground are over taking the ones in the pots…they are putting on a load of fruit. The more spicier ones like the Carolina Reapers are only now starting to fruit so we will see how successful they have been. Weather has been great not too many sunny days to bring them on but My tunnel has good heat especially into the afternoons .😪

ECO_Mental

Harvested my first chillies today…they are a lot smaller than I thought they would be, maybe there will be bigger ones later

This one was a Khang Starr Leamon Starrburst (3 out of 4 heat level from the seed packet), had a little sliver off it it

actually had a really nice sweet flavour but you could deffo feel the heat! eat a whole one and you would be in trouble.

This is a Purple Carolina Reaper…again smaller than I thought it would be and I might have picked it a few days early as the other side still has some green. I DID NOT TASTE THIS ONE yet!! 😉

Could do with some sunshine to bring on the rest of the chilles…

Supercell

First of my chillies ripening outside, pleased to see it, hasn't been the most sunny of summers, hopefully enough warmth left in the season for a lot more!

ECO_Mental

Coming to the end of the season …here are some of my chillies that I picked yesterday… the Carolina Reapers are mega hot! Even the bigger peppers here have a nice bit of spice to them.

For the smaller super hots and just ordinary hots, I dehydrated them in the air fryer (it does a great job!) and then blitzed them to make chilli flakes/"Devil Dust". I will pickle the medium-sized ones today and see how that works out.

All in all, a good enough season. I think for next year I will plant all my chilli plants in the ground; they did a lot better, and there wasn't half the hassle of looking after them, e.g., watering all the time.

Devil Dust…!!

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What do you use the pickled ones for?

ECO_Mental

I havent pickled anything yet but normally use them then on pizza toppings, fajitas, tacos etc