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RE: Complete chilli novice - Small chilli - 23-05-2021
Congratulations
. You’re chilli plant is looking fantastic. What wonderful meal are you going to create with your very first ripe chilli?
RE: Complete chilli novice - JJB - 23-05-2021
(23-05-2021, 10:12 AM)Small chilli Wrote: Congratulations
What wonderful meal are you going to create with your very first ripe chilli?
I've no idea, not very adept at using chillies in the kitchen. I'll start off easy and do a Chinese stir fry I expect, but will have to buy some bits. How long can I leave it on the plant, are they prone to rot?
RE: Complete chilli novice - Small chilli - 23-05-2021
They can stay on the plant for a good few weeks. They stay in pretty good condition just sat in your fruit bowl for a couple of weeks as well.
RE: Complete chilli novice - toomanytommytoes - 23-05-2021
Very healthy looking plant! Is it Razzamatazz?
Here's my overwintered Alberto's Locoto Rocoto. It's going to be a monster, not even been repotted yet!
RE: Complete chilli novice - JJB - 23-05-2021
(23-05-2021, 01:56 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote: Very healthy looking plant! Is it Razzamatazz?
Here's my overwintered Alberto's Locoto Rocoto. It's going to be a monster, not even been repotted yet!
Will your monster stay indoors? He looks a fine beast.
Yes, it's razzamatazz, from this spring's seed swap. Didn't have the donor's name but the seeds were in a small grip seal plastic bag with a printed label. Looking online some razzamatazz seeds purport to have multicoloured fruit, but my little fellow is red and all his mates are green, although one or two have darkish blotches in their skin colour.
I've potted on jalapeno and cayenne this morning. Not sure what I'm going to do with the chillies if they fruit though
RE: Complete chilli novice - toomanytommytoes - 23-05-2021
Nah he'll be outdoors in a pot. Last year none of the flowers set fruit when the plant was in the greenhouse, it seems to prefer lower temperatures than other chillies.
RE: Complete chilli novice - Bren - 23-05-2021
(23-05-2021, 09:39 AM)Bren Wrote: Congrats JJB
No sign of flowers on my overwintered orange hab.
I spotted tiny flower buds this afternoon
RE: Complete chilli novice - JJB - 24-05-2021
Not wanting to boast but..... I'm going to anyway
I have a 4" green cayenne, several jalapeño fruits and a sweet pepper or two in the gh all looking a bit worse for wear because of the temperatures and the greenfly I'm battling though.
I'm not convinced I'll be bothering with chillies again next year though, except razzamatazz, hopefully my freezer will have enough in store to last me years
RE: Complete chilli novice - Small chilli - 24-05-2021
Get some ladybird larvae in your greenhouse. They’ll soon sort out your greenfly.
RE: Complete chilli novice - JJB - 24-05-2021
(24-05-2021, 10:11 AM)Small chilli Wrote: Get some ladybird larvae in your greenhouse. They’ll soon sort out your greenfly.
Do you buy them or hunt in the undergrowth for them?