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Pepper/chilli varieties
Womble54
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in Fruit & veg
i really enjoyed hearing about everyone’s tomato varieties. Thought we could do the same thing for capsicums.
These are what I’ve grown this year.
Sweet peppers at the back. Elfo yellow bell peppers. I had 4 plants in grow bags that produced lots of good sized peppers. Sadly most have been ruined by maggots/flies burrowing into them. The ones that survived are really sweet.
Mini snacking red peppers. 2 plants have produced loads. Quite sweet but funny after taste. Better cooked than raw.
Hot peppers in the front, left to right.
Jalepenos. The plants were pretty leggy and didn’t produce a big crop. I love these sliced and pickled.
Apache red chillis. Great crop from one plant. Nice flavour and heat. A good cooking chilli for curries. I’ll dry a few to make chilli flakes.
Chocolate habaneros. Decent crop, slower to ripen. I made a chilli chocolate sauce with these last year that was great. Pretty hot.
Yellow scotch bonnets. Also slow to ripen but lots on the plant. I’ve used a couple so far to make jerk chicken and they really pack a punch.
Naga red. Loads of chillis on the plant but I’m too scared to use them. Apparently they’re over 1 millions Scovilles. I might make a batch of hot sauce.
Would love to hear what everyone else has grown.
These are what I’ve grown this year.
Sweet peppers at the back. Elfo yellow bell peppers. I had 4 plants in grow bags that produced lots of good sized peppers. Sadly most have been ruined by maggots/flies burrowing into them. The ones that survived are really sweet.
Mini snacking red peppers. 2 plants have produced loads. Quite sweet but funny after taste. Better cooked than raw.
Hot peppers in the front, left to right.
Jalepenos. The plants were pretty leggy and didn’t produce a big crop. I love these sliced and pickled.
Apache red chillis. Great crop from one plant. Nice flavour and heat. A good cooking chilli for curries. I’ll dry a few to make chilli flakes.
Chocolate habaneros. Decent crop, slower to ripen. I made a chilli chocolate sauce with these last year that was great. Pretty hot.
Yellow scotch bonnets. Also slow to ripen but lots on the plant. I’ve used a couple so far to make jerk chicken and they really pack a punch.
Naga red. Loads of chillis on the plant but I’m too scared to use them. Apparently they’re over 1 millions Scovilles. I might make a batch of hot sauce.
Would love to hear what everyone else has grown.
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I grow about 25 varieties a year, a wide mix of various types.
I’ve made a couple of batches on chilli sauce so far. Still got lots of chillis left. I really like the chocolate habaneros, they’re pretty hot and have a great smoky flavour. The naga ones are deadly, too hot for me. I made a curry with them and it was seriously punchy.
I’ll try to save some seeds. I’d love to hear your suggestions for varitiies to try. Ideally hot, but not too hot and will grow well without a greenhouse.
I am planning to take cuttings from the old plant and also to graft other chillies on it next year. I have a small Trinidad Perfume plant, which is yellow and not so hot, so would be interesting to see if the grafting would work.
Thank you Womble
I haven't tried grafting before, but I'm planning to follow advice on this video on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF01yFK6VKo
It seems easy enough (well, what doesn't when being done by somebody else
)
I though it would be great to only have one large chilli plant with different varieties growing on it. Just like that guy on the last GW programme who has an apple tree with seven different varieties grafted on it. I found that guy and his passion for apple trees fascinating and got really inspired. Unfortunately my garden is not big enough even for a small apple tree, so chilli pepper grafting will have to do for now