Chilli/Peppers, wot u got?

[dwrudd]

Hi,

I am a total chili novice and had heard that they can be a little finnecky so I planted eight seeds of the cayenne and 12 of the Jalapeno, they are all growing well and the Cayenne are well into flower although I am waiting for my first little chilli to appear.

The earwigs seem to love them, I keep picking them off during the day when I find them hiding in the foliage.

Darren

[darlochileman]

Hi Alice,

Cayenne, Jalapeno, Hugarian Hot Wax and Cheyenne (all of which I have seen in garden centres) and any of the sweet peppers are a doddle to grow. I promise you that once youve tried growing a couple of varieties, you'll catch the bug.

If anyone needs any advice for next year, check out the growing guides on the website (www.thechileman.org). If you have any further questions I am more than happy to help.

Bramble - I eat most of my chillis of course as well as giving them away to friends and family. I also photograph them for thechileman database & save the seeds to grow more plants in following years and to swap with fellow chile growers.

Mark

[bramble]

Wow Darlochileman, you must really like chilli's. Just asked in case you had any god recipes with chilli in.

Gabrielle.

[GardenFan]

Wow chilliman thats a lot of chilli.

Fish are very easy to grow I got mine from seed's of distinction. They do have a fairly long growing season, I started mine back in early March and now have 2/3" fruits forming on them. They do look really great with a mix of white/green colors and it looks like the fruits may have different colors too They will grow very happily in pot's but are very delicate so you have to be very careful not to knock any flowers or young fruits off when handling them. Like most chilli's they do like a feed (tom food is best now they are in flower/fruit).

They are classed as hot chilli's (50/75 k scoville) they were liked by early settlers in the deep south region of the USA to flavour fish and shellfish (hench the name), I can imagine picked ripe it's got a kick.