Calling all chilli experts - can anyone help please

I'm no expert but the individual chillies can vary from one pod to another
so don't despair    I've grown cayenne before and they were fine, not the hottest though as you say

I've grown a very hot one this year and it's ripening in the greenhouse. Some on the plot, in a cobbled up frame were going black, so I put them in a grow house (plastic zip up job) and I hope they're going to ripen     They are incendiary, only tried one unripe one  :shock:  It's called Lemon Drop and it's 9 out of 10 on the chilli Richter scale  :shock:  The plants are smothered and if they all ripen I will be very happy. I fear though that once dried they will be even hotter  :shock:  Once ripen they reckon they taste distinctly lemony.  Hope so  

I've got lemon drop for next year

How big do the plants get ( width / height ) ?

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Cayenne aren't really hot - they're just advertised as such in case  Joe public complains.

Try a larger slice from higher up towards the shoulder of the pepper - Good on Pizza either way    Lack of heat seems to be a common problem this year.

Lemon Drop / Hot Lemon - Love these, 100s on my plants at the moment still all green though.   :cry:  Grew mine in a builders bucket last year plant was around 5ft tall and 3ft spread, made tubs and tubs of powder with them. Great for fish, chicken, chocolate and vodka.  Not so good with heavy red meat as the lemon taste is lost and they dont carry the heat of some of the other peppers.

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Grew mine in a builders bucket last year plant was around 5ft tall and 3ft spread

Hmmm, guess I need to go find a building site :roll:

Thanks

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Chillies will accommodate well to the size of growing space you give them.

The heat is a bit of a mistery as to our current knowledge. The same variety produces completely different heat in diff climates and the same variety in the same field next to each other can differ in heat a lot and - as CQ says fruits on the same plant differ in heat a lot. We just don''t bluudy know. :shock:

I do not overfeed or over water, have not not had any probs yet. Will do one day, I'm sure.

it is due to the bad summer we have had.. mine are the same. Even my Orange Habs have been the same. Brought a few into the kitchen and after a few weeks the heat and taste has come into the fruits.

I have some bright red Cayenne with no heat and some green with a fair bit of heat...... roll on next year and some warmth and sun for all our chillies.

Smilydog could you please tell us how big the containers are you're growing them in? CQ could you do the opposite and tell us your yeild? I'm torn between growing chillies next year or more garlic.

... a few different chillies sometimes it's good to have a few different strengths for different things ... salads, thai food, indian.

Cayenne are really quite mild, if you're a keen chilli fan, but if you use them in salads, they have a bit of a bite.  If you dry them and then use them you will find that ups the heat.

At the moment I have Black Pearl, Numex Twilight, Prairie Fire, Jalapeno and one that I don't have the name of it, but it's enough to blow your hat off.