Anybody grow chillis

Forgot to add that upon shaking as recommended when growing indoors to encourage pollenation, leaves just drop off for fun be down to just a stem soon.

It's probably down to the level of watering,either too much or too little.I've grown them successfully in the past,both outdoors and in a growing frame.The problem that I've had is with storage.Tried storing them in olive oil but the 'heat' disappeared.Drying them wasn't much better.

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I agree with Crisp 77

i agree with iamajambo

over is my guess..

Had the worst year ever with my corno di toro peppers (like a chilli, only sweet). Loads of leaf curl early for some reason, while the fruit has been a magnet for burrowing pests.

For now I'll just put it down to one of those things and hope for a December 2010-style freeze-up to wipe out the pest population. I think the lack of any frosts last winter has had all sorts of knock-on effects, good and bad, this year.

Yup , got loads growing in  a back bedroom window(sun in the morning).
Started them in January , the plants look superb and are covered in flowers at this time.

I've had flowers since April but not a single chilli. Still eeking out last year's dried ones.

626 surely January planted ones should be if fruit now not flower >?

Not so good myself

My cajan has produced 5/6 flowers but only one chilli has come from it(still hanging on) - has been indoors all the time planted at Christmas.

My jalapeno was looking quite bad but has flourished since being outside, much healthier with green healthy leaves and the buds are almost ready to flower.

My scotch bonnets are not doing well at all, they need a fresh start, will need to try and save them.

They need a long growing season , not unusual for fruit to appear late in the year and into next year.

1 plant I bought as a plug plant bearing loads of fruit but no flowers. I haven't been picking many and probably why it's stopped flowering. It's Apache variety which is too hot for me.

Is there any way to store these? Can you freeze them?

I'm going to over winter my plant so it will be soon time to bring it indoors.

Was bought a comprehensive chili growing kit as an xmas present. Followed the instructions with great care. Never got a single one!

Did you read the instructions out loud? if not, that could be the reason.

I wonder if the hotter ones are harder to grow??

Mine are ring of fire 50,000 scoville and long thin cayenne 60-80,000 scoville.

cayenne are easy enough, my scotch bonnets are hard to grow 100,000-350,000,

Mine has just set 2 fruit after dropping flowers for 4 months.

It knows about this thread.

Quite so the cayenne variety are the ones I have had at least some success with

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cayenne are easy enough, my scotch bonnets are hard to grow 100,000-350,000,


how long do they take to grow

so you make sauces out them

This plant of mine, from last year, after setting 4 fruit all summer, now has about 50 flowers, 1/2 of which are setting fruit already. WTF?

Yes, I've got Chillis .. they're multiplying.
In fact, I think I'm losing control.

Put two of mine in a chilli tonight , they were hot stuff mmmm

Any recommendations for a mild chilli for this year?

Looking at Anaheim which is a bit milder than Apache from last year (which I ended up chucking out). I'll be growing this on my window sill but I'm open for recommendations.

How do you dry them?

better frozen imo .

Chili's are not diff to grow ...never pay them that much attention ,grow from seed ,pot em on ,take plenty punishment and neglect over watering ect .

would not use any insecticide on anything i was going to eat ,in fact dont even use full stop .

folks are wondering where all the bees(wild) ,insects and flies have went but its not hard to work out .

slug pellets should be banned ,plenty ways to control .Would not worry about blackfly ,try a inch or two  layer of sand in top of pot .

The flowers should just fall off as the fruit comes through .Not sure about the stuff at this time of year though ,just grow them from seed every year,dont get any special care ,red and green and grow some  peppers as well but they are harder

How do you dry them?

Put them in a really low oven for an hour or so. I've plenty of dried at the bottom of my fridge but I doubt I'll use them. You can also crush them into a powder when you dry them. I've also some pickled but Apache is just too spicy for me, that's why I want to grow a different variety.

Someone mentioned you can buy them but that's not the point, it's the pleasure of planting the seed, nurturing it and watching it flower and fruit that's the appeal.

I just found a garlic segment that had really started to sprout.

Couldn't bring myself to eat the plucky tryer, so I've stuck it in an old flower pot