You can also dry them - strung together and hung up in a warm dry place ( the old fashioned AC is good for this purpose ) . Once completely dry, store in an airtight jar. You can then take out what you need and chop or grind them. I agree about the inability to throw plants away
You can also dry them - strung together and hung up in a warm dry place ( the old fashioned AC is good for this purpose ) . Once completely dry, store in an airtight jar. You can then take out what you need and chop or grind them. I agree about the inability to throw plants away
Thanks, I dont have an airing cupboard but I wonder if the greenhouse would suffice for drying them?
Tempted to pick some whilst they are green and start using them.
The Indian couple who used to run the corner shop across the road were gifted lots of chillies from local growers. She blitzed them in a processor, then put it in freezer bags - not too much. Then she pressed the bag flat so it was about 5mm thick and froze it. When she wanted some to add some chilli to food, she'd just snap a bit off.
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The Indian couple who used to run the corner shop across the road were gifted lots of chillies from local growers. She blitzed them in a processor, then put it in freezer bags - not too much. Then she pressed the bag flat so it was about 5mm thick and froze it. When she wanted some to add some chilli to food, she'd just snap a bit off.
Thanks, I dont have an airing cupboard but I wonder if the greenhouse would suffice for drying them?
Tempted to pick some whilst they are green and start using them.
Depends how much watering you do in the GH and how humid it is. I've used the AC, a light, dry garage and above an Aga ( or similar ). I guess even hanging above a radiator when you have the heating on would also work. You've got quite a while yet ( hopefully) for the fruits to ripen so by that time, you may want the heating on No harm in trying them green and seeing what you think. Good luck for a good harvest however you use them
Well I'm lead to believe that the green chillies we buy in the supermarket are simply chillies that haven't yet ripened to a red colour?
Yes, that is right. I pick them when they have reached the full size and just freeze them whole like in the photo 👇. When needed, I just take 1 or 2 out of the freezer, chop it and add it during cooking. BTW, these are from last year. HTH.
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What I did with my best chilli plant at the end of the season was to prune and leave a bare 6 inch sick. Remove from pot. Trim the roots and repot in a clean pot the same size with fresh soil. Left on window ledge in kitchen watering occasionally as chilli roots do not like sitting in water then into our small unheated green house in the spring. My three year old plant has only produced half the crop that it did last year so this may be its last year but we will try again. I have taken seeds which are at present drying on a paper towel on top of a book case in the living room. I also grow chillies from seed just in case there is no show. Then I give them away as I do not (should say my wife does not want) a freezer full of chilli bags.
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Some are turning red which is good. Will need to plan how I store them, maybe bagged up whole and frozen and some chopped into ice cube trays?
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I agree about the inability to throw plants away
Tempted to pick some whilst they are green and start using them.
She blitzed them in a processor, then put it in freezer bags - not too much. Then she pressed the bag flat so it was about 5mm thick and froze it.
When she wanted some to add some chilli to food, she'd just snap a bit off.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
No harm in trying them green and seeing what you think. Good luck for a good harvest however you use them