i know there has been conversations on pinching out tips before but just saw this today posted on youtube by a chilli grower and Matt Simpson from simpson seeds
only a short clip but does the job me thinks
will be having a go at it this year

Pinching Out Chilli Plants with Matt Simpson and Alex Duck. - YouTube

now I'm all confuddled cos I'm not sure what species some of mine are .......

Originally Posted by binley100

now I'm all confuddled cos I'm not sure what species some of mine are .......

do you know the name of them ? as we could work out what they are NP

harsh!!
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Blimey that looked brutal. Might try it on a couple of mine to see what happens. They're a lot more spindly and delicate than that specimen though!

Eeek!

Originally Posted by The Large One

do you know the name of them ? as we could work out what they are NP

Numex Twilight
Scotch bonnet
lemon drop
bolivian rainbow
adorno
fatalli
amerillo
purple gusto
tabasco .......

all help greatly received

I pinched out the tips of my chillies today but they're no where near the size of those. They were from a hanging basket kit from Aldi and I've got them hanging up in the conservatory. Did anybody else get that kit? There were 6 seeds in the kit and they all came up. I have 3 in the basket (instructions said to thin to 3 in the basket) and 3 in pots .

Might take some pics in the daylight and get you experts to have a look as I don't really know what they should look like.

this is what i found

Numex Twilight - Capsicum Annum
Scotch bonnet - Capsicum Chinense
lemon drop - Capisicum Bacctum
bolivian rainbow - Capsicum Annum
adorno - unable to find details on this but looks Capsicum frutescens
fatalli - Capsicum Chinense
amerillo is that Aji Amarillo ?? if so then - Capisicum Bacctum
purple gusto - can't find any genus on this one
tabasco ....... -Capsicum frutescens

Thanks for the info.....I watched the video again and this time paid attention to the type that he recommends . Habanero, jalapeno and bell peppers if my hearing was tuned in

Scratch that .......listened again this time it is annum and bell peppers ........or was it ?????

Yep just annums
I'll be trying on cayenne and jalepeno, may even try the big jim and California wonder bells
Will be doing comparisons with unpinched through the season to se if any difference

Will e trying the flower removal as discussed on another thread on some hab's

Last year my lottie neighbours bought a chillie plant from a garden centre and plonked it in the ground. It wasn't very well cared for but it did produce some small orange chillies. Apparently they go to France every summer which I thought was a bit strange just having taken on an allotment. Anyway I offered to water what few things they planted if necessary and if I had time. I haven't seen them since though they have paid another years rent. The plot is overgrown again.

For my efforts at the end of the season last year I helped myself to one of their chillies. It was small, orange and bell shaped. It was hot but not unbearably so. Maybe an inch and a half in length and width. I never thought to look at the label at the time. The other day I was tidying the cupboard where I keep my seeds and found 5 seeds that I had saved from that chillie. I think it's too late to start them off now so will try next year.

Any ideas what variety?

was it something like this ??
if so orange habenero but they are on the hotter side of hot

or Cheyenne if just hot

They weren't as long as the Cheyenne.

More like the Habanero, and I was very careful not to put too much into what I was cooking.

I'm going to sew the seeds next year and see what happens. When is the best time?