I started growing some cayene chilis from seed in spring, they’ve now turned into almost meter high plants with really huge fruits. I’ll allowing them to ripen a little before harvesting and freezing them for future use.
Have you ever frozen chilis? It’s a neat trick, and you can chop them up when frozen too. I’m expecting around 20-30 good sized chilis from my two cayene plants which, considering the lack of summer we’ve had, will be quite an achievement!
I also attempted to grow habeneros from seed. This was a super challenge, those fuckers NEVER seemed to shoot. I tried about 5 times with different propagators and in the end the method that worked for me was clingfilm on the kitchen windowsill..! Sadly, I don’t think there’s enough time left for fruit on those ones so I’ve kinda given up. Next year I’ll start them earlier, and probably invest in a heater propagator to speed up the process.
I bought two small plants from a garden centre, too, one of which is a scotch bonnet & the other is a sweet pepper. The sweet pepper unfortunately haven’t fruited even though it’s grown to a good size. Next year I’ll be growing those from seed and starting out earlier in an effort to get good fruit.
The scotch bonnet has had some results, there were lots of flowers leading to small potential fruits, but again, the lack of summer has resulted in slow growth. I’m hoping to harvest maybe 10 small unripened but mature scotch bonnets from this plant, they should still be usable. However, I might bring them inside and elongate their season?
Next year I think I’ll be buying a myriad of seeds from http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/, and my greenhouse really will be a chili factory!
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