[Sadgit]

Well I thought I would grow just a few types of chilli this year i.e. 2 or 3 perhaps, then I saw a bargain and ended up buying 15 different types, and that doesn't include the ones I have from last year still
Got a Dorset Naga and SB red overwintering very nicely, wish I had saved more now. Anyway this is the global list of chillis I am going to try and grown this year.. please give us a nice warm sunny summer!!

1. Dorset Naga (Morich) from Bangladesh (20 seeds)

Simply the worlds hottest chilli. Over 1 Million SHU. Even handle the seeds with care. End of the world Atomic hot

2. Scotch Bonnet Red from Caribbean (20 seeds)

Grows large round fruit on a compact bush. Extremely hot 300,000 SHU

3. Thai Sun from Thailand (20 seeds)

Grows very small upright bullet shaped chillies on a small bush. Heavy cropping variety. Very hot

4. Mek Phet from Laos (20 seeds)

An uncommon chilli producing long slim fruit from 2ft plant. Massively heavy cropping variety. An ultimate all round chilli. Very hot

5. Cayenne from French Guiana (20 seeds)

The ultimate multi use chilli. Heavy cropping plants. Fruit are used fresh, dried, flaked, powdered  Hot.

6. Szechuan from China/Asia (20 seeds)

Small thin walled 4 inch chilli matures to red. Very popular recipe ingredient. Plenty of pods from a medium sized plant. Hot .

7. Chocolate Habanero from Jamaica (20 seeds)

Late maturing large round fruit on a short bush. Ripens green to deep chocolate brown Extremely hot. 450,000 SHU

8. Mongolian from Mongolia (20 seeds)

Medium sized plant growing relatively small fruit. Medium heat

9. Filipino Hot from Philippine Islands (20 seeds)

Good yielding plant shows small red fruit. Really only medium heat.

10. Meght from India (20 seeds)

4 inch long thin fruit on a medium sized plant. An uncommon chilli but grows well. Dries well for storage/flaking. Plants crop heavily Medium heat

11. Peruvian Red from Peru (20 seeds)

Quite rare. Good yielding plant shows large, thick walled, round(ish) red fruit. Could be stuffed  Hot.

12. Bermuda Hot from Bermuda (20 seeds)

Quite rare. Thick walled fleshy, torpedo shaped fruit from a small bush. Very early to ripen. Medium heat.

13. Sudanese from Sudan (20 seeds)

Quite rare. Small red fruit on a medium sized bush. Medium heat

14. Birds Eye Demon from South Sahara Africa (20 seeds)

Good yielding plant shows small upright fruit. Mature green to red. Can grow into a sturdy upright plant that will overwinter. Hot.

15. Peach Habanero from Mexico (20 seeds)

What Chillis are you planning on growing this year? I am going to start some off at the weekend - i.e. Dorset, SB etc

Cheers
Mark

[bigben]

Better get the loo roll in the fridge now then!

[compostqueen]

One of the best ones I've grown is the Lemon Drop, a lovely bright yellow, prolific fruiter and one of the hotter ones 

Sowing only 3 varieties this year though due to lack of space

Purple Tiger
Thai something or other
Habanero

Modest compared with Sadgit.  Have you room to grow anything else then Saddo 

[Sadgit]

My fav are Hot Lemon (same thing really I think) and will be growing those again this year as well

My Habs will be in the greenhouse and other stuff going on the patio and various other places, it does get quite packed out. No Chillies on the plot

Thai Bangkok upright?

[jazzbyrd]

Sadgit

Do you sell your chilli plants ? I grew five different types of chilli last year and still have loads of chillis in the freezer. This year I am cutting them down to three types. Can I ask what you do with all the chillies ?

Jazz

[Sadgit]

I don't sell them, they are for personal consumption only

I use a lot of chillies. I dry them, pickle them (ate the last picked on my salad last night ), blitz in a mini blender and then freeze. Plus I do give some chillies away to friends/work colleagues.

We don't have patio plants in the summer, just about 20-30 chilli plants but they look great, nice colours etc.

[Lardman]

Im cutting right back this year, I had such a poor yield 2009, hopefully it was just because of poor compost.

I have overwintered Dorsets, hot lemon and rocoto orange although the rocoto looks very sickly.

I put more dorsets, rocoto orange/red/yellow and a few big suns in compost last week. My seeds are getting on a bit now (5 years old) so Im expecting poor germination results.

Might start a few annums off later in the year but I pretty much stick with the 3 varieties for cooking the rest are for novelty value.

Im still waiting for the seed box to arrive from another forum to see if theres anything else that catches my eye.

[mumofstig]

I am overwintering a 'Pretty in Purple' chilli (OK so far ) I have some yellow chilli seeds from Agapanthas and some Padron seeds...........and that already a few more than I have space for

[Yabba]

Im still waiting for the seed box to arrive from another forum to see if theres anything else that catches my eye.

If that's the box I'm thinking it is yer gonna need bl**dy big eyes

Currently germinated  ( and living under my computer desk ) :
Lemon drop ( to early but I love them and can't wait until they fruit )
Numex Twilight ..to early as well
Bhut Jolokia ... just the one so far ... fingers crossed for the other two
Biquinho  ... almost 100% germination ... ooops, gonna need more pots

Germinating :
Rest of the bhuts
7 Pot/d
Jamaican Red Hot
Antilias

Dunno if they'll survive but, overwintering :
Pretty in Purple
Peach Hab
Lemon Drop
3 * unknown thia
Couple of lantern

Got a fair few more to spark off (including the mystery seed ), but not for a few weeks yet

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[janet12000]

How do habaneros compare to scotch bonnet?

[plum crumble]

I love chillies, but am not very successful - could someone tell me the ideal growing conditions for them? I would be most grateful!!

[Lardman]

If that's the box I'm thinking it is yer gonna need bl**dy big eyes

Yes it is    ..... I wasn't going to participate this year but when I realised how old my seed stock was I thought I better recycle them before they lose viability.

[Lardman]

I love chillies, but am not very successful - could someone tell me the ideal growing conditions for them? I would be most grateful!!

Depends on what variety but most are happy enough to be treated like tomato plants, What have you tried and what were your problems.

[plum crumble]

well, the main problems, irrespective of variety, tend to be lack of ripeness - I have them in a mini greenhouse - should I do them indoors instead, on a window-sill?

[sunshineband]

As well as the ongoing dorset nagas I have
peach habaneros
yellow cayenne (heatwave)
red bullet
joe's long
tabasco
anaheim

and overwintering is one purple maui, a red bullet, a couple of random scotch bonnets, and a hungarian yellow wax