Chilli! All Things Chillies.

[Ruger]

First mini harvest of the season.

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Slight differences in each of the red cayenne plants, a few red ripe jalapenos plus orange & yellow habs.

Pretty happy with the orange habs vibrant colour but disapointed with the faded looking yellow variety
First time growing the yellow and I was expecting bright yellow, oh well I'm sure they're hot !

The jalapeno plants are chockers with green fruit and I'm hoping to get a good harvest when the ripen to red to smoke them into chipotle peppers.

Looks good mate, I love chilies :super:

 

[Danscraftbeer]

for people who have been seeking chilli's (seedlings). I dropped into Masters today in Carrum Victoria and was surprized to see the range of chilli seedlings they had on the shelf. A supplier/label called (pot'n all). Had three different types of Trinidad Scorpions - Butch T, Chocolate, another purple something cant remember. Other exotics I have and haven't herd of. A little sceptical if they are the genuine pedegree's but still surprized to see those record holding hottest types up for sale to the unwitting public. :lol:

 

[indica86]

I have bought a few from Masters and they have been genuine.
The Choc Habs, Orange Habs were real for sure.

 

[Danscraftbeer]

I had to resist but I got the chocolate Trinidad Scorpion for color alone. I resisted that totally purple chilli plant that looked awesome. I'm going back tomorrow to get that damb thang too. Just for color.

 

[LiquidGold]

Left to right: Moruga Trinidad scorpion, Yellow Trinidad scorpion and Bhut jolokia (ghost)

 

[indica86]

Eat one.

 

[LiquidGold]

No thanks these went in the freezer. My first taste of the moruga was a tiny amount with eggs n veges and it nearly blew my head off.

 

[indica86]

Nagas.

Hot little bastards they are.
I much prefer Habs, and these little orange ones I have...

 

[Danwood]

Eat one.

Pfft....one ? Girl !

 

[TheWiggman]

Hot little bastards they are.
I much prefer Habs, and these little orange ones I have...

Totally agree, habaneros are very flavoursome but pack decent heat. The nagas however... they are just burn.
Very healthy plant you've got there, enough to ruin the next morning of a small army.

 

[shaunous]

Nagas.

Hot little bastards they are.
I much prefer Habs, and these little orange ones I have...

Orange Habs are my lifeline. I use and recommend them for everything. And damn they're easy to grow, even on my frost hammered farm.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Lemon-Aji are my Fav

 

[MartinOC]

When you guys get around to harvesting & have an excess of seeds, I'd be interested in getting some from you. Especially the cold-tolerant varieties.

Everything I tried to grow this year just failed horribly - absolutely NOTHING even germinated!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Lemon AJi are a cold variety, they are originally from Peru. They also crop earlier than most other varieties

 

[MartinOC]

Stu, I tried everything I've been collecting up until now. Not even the home-grown Rocoto kicked-off!!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

They are very pedantic seeds. they need warm ( above 20* )soil for about 3 weeks befroe they sprout. You can also some them in Miltons as this helps ( so I have been told by the internet ) break down the membrane. They are a bit like tomato seeds in that they sprout better when you let them rot in the garden. I am still getting seedlings pop up from seeds off last years crop

 

[pablo_h]

Lemon AJi are a cold variety, they are originally from Peru. They also crop earlier than most other varieties

Cool.
I thought this thread would be all about the stupid hot ones like most non specialist forums talking about chillies, nice to see it isn't.
I've grown bih jolokia and bhut jolokia, 7 pots, brain strains, trinidads, scorps etc, but I like the peruvian varieties the best. Not that hot, but completely different species mostly (baccatum), so lemon, pineapple, brown and limo are awesome liberally applied to meat, sandwiches or salsa.
Nice species to grow, different leaf shape, grow taller, flowers have colour etc.

E: I think the bhuts, bihs, nagas have a nice flavour, stupidly hot, but a good choice if you have limited room, or limited success, eg you're a black thumb. Because 1 chilli can go a long way.
The caribbean strains though (7 pots, marougas, brainstrain, trinidad scorp etc), have a really strong flavour that I personally don't like and I get gut ache from them. Exception being the yellow varieties. I don't really like new hottest red carribbean based chillies, ie what's been the "super hot" since 2009 when the bhuts from India/nagaland lost the crown. The bhuts, bihs, nagas are much nicer.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

The members of the solanaceae family, egg plant chili, tomato, potato, capsicums originated in the Americas,chili and capsicums are easy to grow from seed, once you start thinking its hard to grow them from seed it will be.

Get a 75 ml pot fill to about 10 to 15 ml from the top, gently firm down put in your seeds, cover with vermiculite or seed raising mix which has passed through a fine sieve and water.
Put a plastic bag over the top and stand in a warm light place, don't stand seeds out in full sun if its going to be sunny and hot keep them in the shade, you should have seed germinated and showing in about 10 days, pot up when they are about 25 ml high otherwise the roots start to tangle with each other.

My mother in law also eats the leaves of the chili plant.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I have had great success with those jiffy little peat plug things that expand when you soak them in water and leaving them in a warm place.

My other fav chilli is the Mexican D'Abol Blood chilli. They grow about 4-6 inches long and when they dry they are like red cellophane so store for ages.

 

[Samuel Adams]

The freezer is getting pretty full now, I need to start making some sauce & chipotle.


Would I be right in thinking these are actually white habs ?

Purchased from bunnings and labeled as yellow.