Kef I have lost the tool bar that allows me to post pics but will upload some tomorrow on the computer .... It's a stunner but can grow very large although the pods are small.....
I've only ever grown the bog standard French variety and fancy a change.Firstly looking for plants that will survive northern British climate; the lag in degree days at the start of the year and the excessive "go away sun I want to sleep" hours but not intensity of sunlight midsummer. I have a S facing windowsill for small bush form factor plants, though A.T.T. it's only double-glazed and can be draughty . I don't have the degree-days measurement to hand but it's only the end of February when the zenith is high enough to get direct incident light. I've a small greenhouse which is unheated and will remain so and a S-facing patio (unsheltered) which can get really windy. I'm OK with taking large numbers of plants in the house to overwinter, germinate etc so can try out other members of the Capsicum genus. I'm looking for flavour and culinary range (no pickling, chutneys, jams though), not all out heat. If the patio/windowsill ones look good, that's merely a bonus as my garden looks like Cocky Hunter's anyway .
Frank a lot of my friends are in the north and whilst a windowledge over a radiator does do nicely most of the other varieties do need 28??? optimum to germinate. There are a lot of chillis on my list that give an excellent flavour as most of them are grown for us to make powders to grow sauces. The aji lemon and fantasy range have a mild taste but amazing flavour. The pimente puma and espelette are excellent peppers rather than chillis... The jigsaw chilli to my mind has an amazing hear that's not over powering with a hint of citrus..... I would probably reccomend going for plants rather than seeds in ur situation. Not a plug for a business but there are lots of excellent suppliers of plugs... If u want to go down this route then check out the Norfolk chilli farm as he home grows all his plants with the best soil and start off nutrients. There are many other suppliers and this is not an advert for said chilli farm just a reccomendation for an excellent source to increase ur repertoire!!
Frank and anybody else, I would recommend Ring of Fire as a good all-round cooler conditions variety.
Faster maturing than most and good flavour and heat, although not as hot as you might imagine from the name. I've never had a ring of fire after eating them
I've got a small tray of Ring of Fire, Habanero chocolate, Scotch Bonnet And Cayenne germinated, Though as I said the Cayenne will do fine I didn't do much research on the suitability for the climate and passive-only heat of the others. I don't heat the place but they germinated fine on top of the fridge with a 50mm polyiso box k=0.023 W·/(m.K).over the top.
Sweet peppers never come to anything here but I've germinated some Marconi Red and I'll see how the greenhouse repairs perform.
I think the other three varieties Stacey mentions are all F1s, and nothing wrong with that unless you also want to have a go at seed saving and getting some more predictable results.
I don't think Ring of Fire is an F1 and I'm growing it from seeds saved from last year.
There's a good reason for Cayenne being popular, and cheaply and widely available so that's another good beginners / cooler conditions variety. It's also not an F1, and closely related to Ring of Fire.
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I've only ever grown the bog standard French variety and fancy a change.Firstly looking for plants that will survive northern British climate; the lag in degree days at the start of the year and the excessive "go away sun I want to sleep" hours but not intensity of sunlight midsummer. I have a S facing windowsill for small bush form factor plants, though A.T.T. it's only double-glazed and can be draughty . I don't have the degree-days measurement to hand but it's only the end of February when the zenith is high enough to get direct incident light. I've a small greenhouse which is unheated and will remain so and a S-facing patio (unsheltered) which can get really windy. I'm OK with taking large numbers of plants in the house to overwinter, germinate etc so can try out other members of the Capsicum genus. I'm looking for flavour and culinary range (no pickling, chutneys, jams though), not all out heat. If the patio/windowsill ones look good, that's merely a bonus as my garden looks like Cocky Hunter's anyway .
Thanks for the picture/ link Chris 11
Still fancy a nosey at what you grew Stacey
Frank and anybody else, I would recommend Ring of Fire as a good all-round cooler conditions variety.
Faster maturing than most and good flavour and heat, although not as hot as you might imagine from the name. I've never had a ring of fire after eating them
Both seeds and plants available here:
http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/ring-of-fire-chilli-seeds.html
I've got a small tray of Ring of Fire, Habanero chocolate, Scotch Bonnet And Cayenne germinated, Though as I said the Cayenne will do fine I didn't do much research on the suitability for the climate and passive-only heat of the others. I don't heat the place but they germinated fine on top of the fridge with a 50mm polyiso box k=0.023 W·/(m.K).over the top.
Sweet peppers never come to anything here but I've germinated some Marconi Red and I'll see how the greenhouse repairs perform.
I think the other three varieties Stacey mentions are all F1s, and nothing wrong with that unless you also want to have a go at seed saving and getting some more predictable results.
I don't think Ring of Fire is an F1 and I'm growing it from seeds saved from last year.
There's a good reason for Cayenne being popular, and cheaply and widely available so that's another good beginners / cooler conditions variety. It's also not an F1, and closely related to Ring of Fire.
Such a fantastic source of information for a novice chilli grower - thank you!