I think it might be the heat, my jajapeño chillies keep ripening while small. So these ones are going into tonight's stir fry, along with a few African birds eyes. Hope to pick a bunch of green jalapeños soon for a pot, if they can stay green long enough!
Here's a couple of samples of this year's superhot #chilli varieties from the #allotment greenhouse, the big one is a Naga Morich which is our core "superhot" - it is a classic, hard to beat for balance of heat/flavour/aroma.
The evil little pointy bastard is a 7 Pot Primo and... wow... this is our first year successfully growing some (we tried and failed last year) and I thought the Naga has a "presence" when I cut it, but the 7PP hit me in the face with its aroma by comparison. There's a lot going on in this little chilli.
I am conservative in my superhot growing, basically I have a slot for the Naga as our core sauce-maker, and I have a slot for one "other" - this year it is the 7 Pot, next year maybe something different. I am tempted to make it 2x "other" superhots next year. (For context: things like scotch bonnets and habaneros do not count as superhots as nowhere near the million scoville mark, they're merely the "hot" chillies.)
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That's a second sprout! But in the mystery pot :|
2 is better than one, but I'd like more again.
Made it back home a few days ago and was greeted by this chilli plant at Grandma's house. These look like they could either be lethal or heal my injuries instantly. 😂
Managed to knock up four little jars of pickled jalapeños whilst making dinner. Not bad going.
Approximately this recipe: https://chillichump.com/honey-pickled-jalapenos-pro-food-processor-tips/
It seemed apt since the jalapeños we are growing are Chilli Chump's "CC Jalapeño": https://chillichumpseeds.com/product/cc-jalapeno/
We have two of these plants at the #allotment, with one in the greenhouse, and one in the polytunnel, plus another at home in the porch (an overwintered but somewhat neglected plant.)
#chillis #peppers
#chillipeppers
#preserving
#GrowYourOwn #GYO
Garden 🌶️ harvest - 3 kinds:
the Long, the Short and the A Very Good Morning to You
Right, have organised all the little germinated chilli pots so we I can do a proper assessment of the status of things... key question right now is: what is missing? Given I have germinations from both 7 Pot Primo and Naga Morich anything that hasn't germinated yet is very suspect:
X7 - Big Sun Habanero, last 2 seeds of this, some old seed (Feb'21), no surprise, not that important a variety for us tho.
X9 - Orange Drop, last 2 seeds from Fatali Jan'23... I do have some dehydrated chillies from 2023 I could try seed from.
Y5 - Yaki Blue - newest seed, Jan'25, from Chilli Chump... 🤞🏻
Y14 - ZERO Padrons :( - despite it being the variety I planted the most seeds of! These are some of my older seed (Dec'22, not ancient) so perhaps "that follows"... and I need to buy some more seed, pronto!
The biggest problem there is the padrons, I cannot imagine a summer without some padrons on the BBQ. (We barely had any last year, but did manage a handful.)
The reaper seedlings have had to be upgraded to these giant water bottles I found in a hedge which appear to have blown out of the bins of a care home. If I ever end up in a care home, I hope the money is spent on staff wages and not bottled bleeding water.
Anyway, all #chillis thriving despite the cold. I'm going to have to deal with the Khang Starr scarlet rose plants at the weekend before they get too big. So off to look in hedges for bottles again.
Step 1 of the chillies done! I soak them overnight (up to 24h) in a weakish chamomile tea. This is recommended in a few places and I've done it for 2 years now and it does seem to improve germination, but I've not done the "science" to really compare it to not doing it, or plain water, or some use black tea, others use peroxide. But the ritual is fun and I get to have a cup of tea out of the deal.
I vaguely sanitise things with ~75% isopropyl, but don't fuss about it too much.
This is the first 14 varieties, there will be about another 10 in a second batch. I tend to plant 2 seeds to each small 5.5cm pot and thin to 1 plant (sometimes I'll prick one out to another pot rather than murder it.)
1) 7Pot Primo
2) Naga Morich
3) Wraith
4) Trinidad Perfume
5) Scotch Bonnet (red)
6) Big Black Mama
7) Big Sun Habenero
8) Aji Mango
9) Orange Drop
10) Bishops Crown
11) Madre Vieja
12) Tangerine Tiger
13) Sugar Rush Stripey
14) CC Jalapeño
Bellycan
Yvan
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Sijie Liang
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Rob
Fat Squirrel Peppers