Green chillies
Greenfingers Offline
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I grew a couple of little chilli plants last year and picked a dozen or so red chillies and made chilli jam.
I then decided to grow more this year. I now have half a dozen big plants (varying varieties) in the greenhouse laden with green chillies. Just had 4 red chillies so far which have gone into curry. 
My question is what do I do with all the green chillies if they don't ripen soon. I do not have room for any plants in the house.
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You can use them green. Or pick them and try to ripen on a window sill. I normally leave mine on the plant till the end of this month before I give up on any more ripening naturally.
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(04-10-2020, 08:30 AM)Small chilli Wrote: You can use them green. Or pick them and try to ripen on a window sill. I normally leave mine on the plant till the end of this month before I give up on any more ripening naturally.
End of the month for me then too! Cool
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Bren Offline
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I've moved my one chilli plant onto a bedroom window sill to give the chillis a chance to ripen.

I didn't intend to grow any this year still have plenty from last year but ended up with a un-named one after giving away some pea and tom plants.
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Reading this I think I must limit myself to one plant next year.
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They will freeze as well. Just pop them in a bag and freeze.
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(04-10-2020, 01:27 PM)Roitelet Wrote: They will freeze as well. Just pop them in a bag and freeze.
Yeah they freeze really well. We're still working through last year's harvest. Sweet peppers do too, if you find yourself with a glut of green peppers. They lose their crunch but are great for cooking.
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(04-10-2020, 01:27 PM)Roitelet Wrote: They will freeze as well. Just pop them in a bag and freeze.
I have a handful of small habanero's in the freezer and keep adding them as they ripen on the plants. I want to try and get enough to make a pineapple habanero hot sauce. Cool
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