I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

Many Thanks.

Rick.

"Rick" wrote in message
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I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

This might help http://www.chileplants.com/


--
Chris, West Cork, Ireland.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

Hi..

Rick wrote:

I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Hm.., for indoors or outdoors..?

For outdoors: potted or set in patch..?

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

For outdoors: where are you located (climate/weather)..?

What do you call _quite_ hot and why _quite_ hot..? The worlds most eaten
chilli pepper sorts aren't too hot means their _taste_ made them that
popular..

Do you wish to use them fresh for dressings, fine cut in salads, on pizzas,
crunchy and fruity for salsas, dips, sauces, sourly pickled or dried for
the hot pepper mill..?

BTW: My personal interest is mainly limited to sorts that have been
cultivated in Europe for a long time..

Please give some input - then you'll get some recommendations. That's quite
fair, isn't it..? :-)
--
cu
Marco

"Rick" wrote in a message:
I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

Many Thanks.


Hi Rick,

This chili is more than quite hot, but worth trying if you are able to
locate a few seeds, and stand the heat. Phew!

-----

Researchers at New Mexico State University have discovered the world's
hottest chili pepper. It's called the Bhut Jolokia, a variety originating in
Assam, India.In tests that yield Scoville heat units (SHUs), the Bhut
Jolokia reached 1 million SHUs, almost double the SHUs of former hotshot Red
Savina (a type of habanero pepper), which measured a mere 577,000. The
result was announced today by the American Society for Horticultural
Science.Chili is spelled "chile" by some, including Paul Bosland, director
of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State's Department of Plant and
Environmental Sciences. Bosland collected seeds of Bhut Jolokia while
visiting India in 2001. He grew the plants for three years to produce enough
seeds to complete the field tests."The name Bhut Jolokia translates as
'ghost chile,'" Bosland explained. "I think it's because the chile is so
hot, you give up the ghost when you eat it!"The intense heat concentration
of Bhut Jolokia could have a significant impact on the food industry as an
economical seasoning in packaged foods, he said.

"Rick" wrote
I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

We have grown them out on the allotment for years. The one we prefer and
which always does well is Thai Dragon which is very hot. Seeds are available
from Thompson & Morgan in most good GCs or online and I plant ours about the
middle of April in a heated propagator and grow them on in a heated
greenhouse (min 50°F) until the end of May when we plant them out in an open
sunny spot (normally protected from any N. wind by the sweetcorn).
A few good feeds of Seaweed Extract seems to get them off to a good start,
after that they are left to themselves unless it's dry when I do water. The
plants never grow large, are always compact bushes.
Come the chance of a frost in Sept or Oct, although they are perennial
plants, we pull the plants up and strip off the fruit. Freeze well.
A lot of the other Chillies are from hot areas of the world and simply don't
like our short summers.
Keeping chilli plants over winter is difficult even with a heated
greenhouse, too dull, too damp.....they just wither away.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

Hi..

Bob Hobden wrote:

We have grown them out on the allotment for years.

Chillis in general - or the sort Rick remembered..?

The one we prefer and
which always does well is Thai Dragon which is very hot.

Thai dragon == Prik Khi Noo == Hot stuff..? :-)

Did you ever try out good old Red Cayenne Pepper..? It's adapted to Middle
European summers and the _hot_ base of the "Cajun Cuisine"..?

Seeds are
available from Thompson & Morgan in most good GCs or online and I plant
ours about the middle of April in a heated propagator and grow them on in
a heated greenhouse (min 50°F) until the end of May when we plant them out
in an open sunny spot (normally protected from any N. wind by the
sweetcorn).

I'd possibly make a difference between short time sorts and long time
sorts..

A few good feeds of Seaweed Extract seems to get them off to a
good start, after that they are left to themselves unless it's dry when I
do water. The plants never grow large, are always compact bushes.
Come the chance of a frost in Sept or Oct, although they are perennial
plants, we pull the plants up and strip off the fruit. Freeze well.

Yes, forgot to mention freezing. I guess the most European sorts are adapted
to our summers..

A lot of the other Chillies are from hot areas of the world and simply
don't like our short summers.

ACK..

Keeping chilli plants over winter is difficult even with a heated
greenhouse, too dull, too damp.....

Does _dull_ mean as much as "too less light" or "twilight"..?
Well actually mine are real aphid and white fly magnets.. ;-(

they just wither away.

Well some sorts seem to lose all leaves in winter but do not die..
--
cu
Marco

On Nov 3, 11:57?am, Marco Schwarz wrote:
Hi..

Rick wrote:
I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Hm.., for indoors or outdoors..?

BOTH WE ARE SOUTH FACING, AS IS OUR CONSEVATORY, I INTEND ON USING IT
AS I DONT HAVE A GREENHOUS

For outdoors: potted or set in patch..?

POTTED

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

For outdoors: where are you located (climate/weather)..?

NW UK

What do you call _quite_ hot and why _quite_ hot..? The worlds most eaten
chilli pepper sorts aren't too hot means their _taste_ made them that
popular..

Do you wish to use them fresh for dressings, fine cut in salads, on pizzas,
crunchy and fruity for salsas, dips, sauces, sourly pickled or dried for
the hot pepper mill..?

ON A SCALE 1 TO 10 ------ 7 BUT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TRY A 10?

BTW: My personal interest is mainly limited to sorts that have been
cultivated in Europe for a long time..

Please give some input - then you'll get some recommendations. That's quite
fair, isn't it..? :-)
--
cu
Marco

MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE HELPED WITH THIS QUERY SOME INTERESTING
ANSWERS

REGARDS

RICK

"Rick" wrote in message
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I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.


Simpson's Seeds in Wiltshire specialise in tomatoes and peppers, we have
grown many of their peppers on our allotment in N. Wilts. Matthew Simpson
has written a book about chilli peppers, and it and their seeds are
available from their walled garden nursery (near Longleat).

I would recommend their Bulgarian Carrot Pepper.

http://www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk/

someone

In article . com, Rick
writes
I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.


One that always works well for me is 'Apache'. That said, I've usually
grown it in a greenhouse, but its an attractive plant in itself and fine
on the patio.

Its a smallish plant in terms of height (actually a 'dwarf' variety),
but gets very bushy and has gazillions of beautiful small red chillis on
it all summer long. They might not be the hottest in the world -
supposedly around 5 on the scale - but they certainly do it very
reliably for me.

I also over-wintered last year and whilst it wasn't as prolific this
year, it wasn't bad considering it was totally ignored all
autumn/winter.

It also didn't suffer from any of the little caterpillar infestations
you can get on some bigger leaved chillis (particularly in a
greenhouse).

With some chillis, I find that I sometimes get no heat at all. Apache
is always hot for me. One chilli - without the seeds - is usually
enough for a small meal - eg, a tomato sauce for pasta. They are about
5-7 cm long and a cm wide at the wide end.

I'm not a chilli fanatic - I don't like to burn to excess - but Apache
gets my vote everytime.

There's a pic at
http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/apache_chilli_seeds.htm

--
regards andyw

On Nov 5, 3:53?pm, newsb wrote:
In article . com, Rick
writes

I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

One that always works well for me is 'Apache'. That said, I've usually
grown it in a greenhouse, but its an attractive plant in itself and fine
on the patio.

Its a smallish plant in terms of height (actually a 'dwarf' variety),
but gets very bushy and has gazillions of beautiful small red chillis on
it all summer long. They might not be the hottest in the world -
supposedly around 5 on the scale - but they certainly do it very
reliably for me.

I also over-wintered last year and whilst it wasn't as prolific this
year, it wasn't bad considering it was totally ignored all
autumn/winter.

It also didn't suffer from any of the little caterpillar infestations
you can get on some bigger leaved chillis (particularly in a
greenhouse).

With some chillis, I find that I sometimes get no heat at all. Apache
is always hot for me. One chilli - without the seeds - is usually
enough for a small meal - eg, a tomato sauce for pasta. They are about
5-7 cm long and a cm wide at the wide end.

I'm not a chilli fanatic - I don't like to burn to excess - but Apache
gets my vote everytime.

There's a pic athttp://www.chileseeds.co.uk/apache_chilli_seeds.htm

--
regards andyw

Thanks for all the advice everyone

Rick

"Rick" wrote in message
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On Nov 5, 3:53?pm, newsb wrote:
In article . com, Rick
writes

I was watching a gardening program a while back, I think it may have
been about a "Gardening Show". One guy who was exhibiting was showing
chili's, which got me thinking about having a go at growing some so :-

Can anyone advise me on a chili that is, easy to grow, quite hot and
is versatile in use.

One that always works well for me is 'Apache'. That said, I've usually
grown it in a greenhouse, but its an attractive plant in itself and fine
on the patio.

Its a smallish plant in terms of height (actually a 'dwarf' variety),
but gets very bushy and has gazillions of beautiful small red chillis on
it all summer long. They might not be the hottest in the world -
supposedly around 5 on the scale - but they certainly do it very
reliably for me.

I also over-wintered last year and whilst it wasn't as prolific this
year, it wasn't bad considering it was totally ignored all
autumn/winter.

It also didn't suffer from any of the little caterpillar infestations
you can get on some bigger leaved chillis (particularly in a
greenhouse).

With some chillis, I find that I sometimes get no heat at all. Apache
is always hot for me. One chilli - without the seeds - is usually
enough for a small meal - eg, a tomato sauce for pasta. They are about
5-7 cm long and a cm wide at the wide end.

I'm not a chilli fanatic - I don't like to burn to excess - but Apache
gets my vote everytime.

There's a pic athttp://www.chileseeds.co.uk/apache_chilli_seeds.htm

--
regards andyw

Thanks for all the advice everyone


I'm a bit late on this one, but my Chilli "Tepin" has just managed to
produce some chillis this week. Of all my chillis they are only one to do
so, and I'vebeen rather badly hit by cold, wet and dark weather ever since
may through to september. So I'd recommend them. They are supposed to be
perenniels too, I'll see if it makes it through the Scottish winter first
before commenting on that score.
--
Rhiannon_s
There is no God but Eris, and Jay and Silent Bob are her Prophets.