Newbie on here and delighted to be a member of a club that would have me!
My first(of many) questions relates to chillies.
We were given two Cayenne plants in early spring and then bought a Jalapeno
and a Scotch Bonnet Plant from a highly reputable Garden Centre.
We tended them with loving care all the way through the summer and beyond.
They grew vigorously, fruited and have all ripened beautifully.
Now for the crunch..... they have no taste, sorry there is a taste...a lovely fresh clean green peppery taste, just like you'd expect from a green pepper ! but no heat whatsoever. We didn't expect too much from the Cayenne, but from the Jalapeno and Scotch Bonnet, surely ?
I've just googled 'Scotch bonnet no heat' and found several sites where people are complaining about this. There's a seller on Amazon with some very poor feedback re Scotch bonnet chillies.
It sounds to me as if there's a duff batch of seed out there somewhere. I would talk to the garden centre you bought your plants from and give them some constructive feedback.
I've grown several different varieties this summer, only moderate heat-types as we're not real chilli-heads, and grown outside in our garden we've harvested chillies with really good flavour and plenty of heat, so it doesn't seem as if it's anything to do with the weather conditions this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Weedy- I've grown both jalapeño and Scotch bonnet this year and both have been fantastic with loads of taste and heat. It sounds like you might have had a duff batch
I grew cayenne peppers this year the first time that I have grown any kind of pepper and they are really hot and peppery, in fact we have to be careful not to put too many in the dish and we remove the seeds before cooking.
Thanks very much for knowledgeable replies, I did google per your comments and did indeed find that there must be some dodgy product about. So annoying after waiting a whole season to find I 've got a load of duds. Especially because we love cooking with our crop.
Not enough to put me off but I will be paying my favourite garden centre a visit this week, samples in hand. Watch this space...
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Hi All,
Newbie on here and delighted to be a member of a club that would have me!
My first(of many) questions relates to chillies.
We were given two Cayenne plants in early spring and then bought a Jalapeno
and a Scotch Bonnet Plant from a highly reputable Garden Centre.
We tended them with loving care all the way through the summer and beyond.
They grew vigorously, fruited and have all ripened beautifully.
Now for the crunch..... they have no taste, sorry there is a taste...a lovely fresh clean green peppery taste, just like you'd expect from a green pepper ! but no heat whatsoever. We didn't expect too much from the Cayenne, but from the Jalapeno and Scotch Bonnet, surely ?
What have we missed?
Weedy Annul , did they have seeds in them ? If they have , no idea , after all that's what give you the heat
just thought where they ornamental , not for eating ?
interseting problem , sorry can't be more help full
best wishes
Thanks for prompt reply GWRS, yes they were brimming with seeds, all types, and the seeds have no heat whatsoever either!
Flummoxed.
I've just googled 'Scotch bonnet no heat' and found several sites where people are complaining about this. There's a seller on Amazon with some very poor feedback re Scotch bonnet chillies.
It sounds to me as if there's a duff batch of seed out there somewhere. I would talk to the garden centre you bought your plants from and give them some constructive feedback.
I've grown several different varieties this summer, only moderate heat-types as we're not real chilli-heads, and grown outside in our garden we've harvested chillies with really good flavour and plenty of heat, so it doesn't seem as if it's anything to do with the weather conditions this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Weedy- I've grown both jalapeño and Scotch bonnet this year and both have been fantastic with loads of taste and heat. It sounds like you might have had a duff batch
I grew cayenne peppers this year the first time that I have grown any kind of pepper and they are really hot and peppery, in fact we have to be careful not to put too many in the dish and we remove the seeds before cooking.
I would talk to the garden centre that you got them from
must be a duff batch
don't give up though I grow a couple of plants every year and they are always fine , just one of those things that happen with gardening
Thanks very much for knowledgeable replies, I did google per your comments and did indeed find that there must be some dodgy product about. So annoying after waiting a whole season to find I 've got a load of duds. Especially because we love cooking with our crop.
Not enough to put me off but I will be paying my favourite garden centre a visit this week, samples in hand. Watch this space...