Curly chilli: ID please

**sdgtiger** · 17-10-2009, 01:16 PM

look a bit like joes long/pinochios nose. I grew them last year and the ones i left outside looked exactly like your picture. Weren't hot at all so i didn't bother this year.

**Jillyreeves** · 17-10-2009, 06:38 PM

Sorry no idea what sort they are, but they look pretty :-)

**Luci** · 17-10-2009, 06:40 PM

Yup, looks like a Pinocchios Nose. I've got some growing in the greenhouse and they look exactly like that.
They didn't seem to be that hot when green, but got a fair bit warmer when they turned red.

**OllieMartin** · 17-10-2009, 06:51 PM

Here are Joe's Long from thechileman.org database:

There's a good search function on there if you can narrow down any of the following details:
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**Mustard** · 17-10-2009, 08:27 PM

Looks just like the Joe's Long I grew this year, more so than the ones shown from the database.

**rustylady** · 17-10-2009, 10:12 PM

I got some of those too - may have been from the Chilli Shake pack - I seem to remember giving you some of those. My original thought was Joe's long, but they all seem to be straight(ish). Very similar, apart from the curlyness.

**ginger ninger** · 17-10-2009, 10:30 PM

Mighty fine chili you have there TS, I couldn't be sure but it looks like Joe's long.

**Two_Sheds** · 18-10-2009, 08:01 AM

I thought Joe's Long too, but I didn't find any examples of curly ones when I searched

**stupot** · 18-10-2009, 08:08 AM

I'd say Joe's Long too. I grew some from a bought packet this year and some of mine curled, some more than others.

**Two_Sheds** · 19-10-2009, 08:05 AM

OK, so what causes the curling?
Most of Joe's Long are straight ...

**rustylady** · 19-10-2009, 10:15 AM

Just picked another 23 Joes Long chillies. The curly ones are definitely this variety, I just had 2 curly ones on a plant with straight ones. Definitely labelled Joes Long, grown from named seed. As to what causes the curling, no idea.

**stupot** · 19-10-2009, 12:01 PM

Maybe the curling is caused by incomplete pollination? Sometimes I get the odd pepper with one side not fully formed. lat year I had a few tomatoes, grown next to chilli plants, with little chilli-like phallus's growing out the side. Most odd - Esther Rantzen would have loved it!

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