Chillies

So begins the prepping of paper pots (prompted by tweets of New Year sowings). We are sowing chillies this year as we were given a growing kit by ♥ friendly neighbours ♥.



We don't have a heated propagator, though we'll wrap the punnets in plastic bags. The seeds will have to make their own way. How do they do it?

We planted:
4x Habanero. The fruit depicted on the packaging of the chilli growing kit looked like the Caribbean Red. A dense bush 90x90cm. Produces 4cm lantern-shaped fruit (445,000 SHU).

4x Firecracker. A compact plant, 60cm tall. Produces conical fruit about 3cm long. The fruits ripen from creamy white to purple, through orange to red (30,000 – 40,000 SHU).

4x Hungarian Hot Wax. A compact plant, 60cm tall. It takes 3-4 months to produce 10cm long mild green (2000 - 3000 SHU) or medium red ( 3000 - 4000 SHU) fruit.

4x Bulgarian Carrot. A compact plant, 60cm tall. It takes 70-90 days to produce 8-10x2cm orange mild/medium fruit (2000 - 5000 SHU).

2x Rokita. A 40-70cm tall bush. It produces up to 15cm long, red, medium hot fruit (30,000 - 50,000 SHU). Grow on a windowsill.

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