james silverton notjimsilvertonatcomcastnet

CTC> I have been growing them on the windowsill for years but I
CTC> have now moved to a smallholding in Wales and have a
CTC> polytunnel - I now have 30+ varieties! It is amazing the
CTC> variety of flavours (I don't just go in for heat!) and
CTC> Indian/Thai/African cooking tastes so much better if you
CTC> use an appropriate variety of chilli not just an American
CTC> derived one.

I have often wondered what Indian cooking was like when the
source of heat was only black pepper, since ultimately *all*
chillies are "American derived". I suspect I know what you mean
and it is probably very interesting to try to grow chillies from
the same area as the type of recipe. How did you get seeds of,
say, African chillies?


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chilli trading company

James,

There are a number of seed merchants over here who sell chilli seeds. We
mainly use Nicky's Seeds (http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/) who have a range
of over 75 varieties of chillis and also Simpson's (http://www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk)
who are excellent for all sorts of veg seeds, not just chillis.

I had a look and Nicky's appear to ship to the US (and seeds are not likely
to cost too much in postage). I would be surprised if you didn't have
sources closer to home though.

Cheers!

Karen Dixon
The Chilli Trading Company
http://www.chillitraders.co.uk

fourmations

Hi all

My chillies (indoor) are now two foot high
but still no flowers or fruits

one plant had three flowers which fell off
and nothing happened since

I didnt tomato feed them as i though
that was for when fruit apperaed

I had planted them a little late

any thoughts

regards

niall

ace

Where are you growing them? It's most likely a temperature-related
problem - if they're outdoors in the UK they're perhaps just getting
too cold.

Ours are doing fine again this year, outside on our sun-trap terrace
in Alsace, with a couple of late new plants from seed this year in
full flower at the moment and the older plants having been bearing
fruit for a month or two.

Lack of feeding them won't be a reason that they're not
flowering/fruiting, certainly, and if it was new compost they were
seeded in this year is largely unnecessary anyway. Some of ours are in
desparate need of repotting and/or feeding, as they're only producing
very small chillies, but this is off plants that are perhaps 7-8 years
old and still in the original compost. Younger plants are much more
vigorous and produce larger fruits.

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fourmations

thanks ace

mine are seeded and grown on
indoors is dublin, ireland
(a tiny bit colder than u.k. AFAIK)

will i try them outside? cold frame?

regards

niall

chilli-heads.com

Anybody on here like to grow chilli peppers? It's great adding your own home
grown peppers to your hot Indian curries. I've been growing them for the
past few years now and you get surprisingly good results here in the UK.
This growing season started off a bit iffy with the weather, but the sun has
been shining over the past few weeks and my Cayenne chilli plants have some
nice big peppers growing on them now! Can't wait to eat them later in the
summer.
I'd be interested in hearing if others enjoy growing them also.
If you are interested in chillies and hot and spicy food, I've just started
a website dedicated to chillies and spicy food. I just launched a recipes
section yesterday and will be adding more and more recipes including
restaurant style Indian curries. I'm also selling chilli seeds and curry
pastes through the site including the second hottest chilli seed variety in
the world (The Caribbean Red Habanero at 475,000 scovilles). I will be
opening up a discussion forum on the site as well so that people can share
their growing tips and spicy recipes!

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Greg (http://www.chilli-heads.com)

dave fawthrop

| Anybody on here like to grow chilli peppers?

Chillies are as common as potatoes in the Asian shops in Bradford, so there
is no need to grow your own.

Now if I could find Jalapeno seeds I would perhaps be interested because I
can eat them raw as a garnish. Problem is that anything I plant dies, so
I would have to get June interested. Anything she plants turns into
thou^h^h^h^hmillions of huge healthy plants. --
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Screensaver. also 200,000 amateur pics. Four new pics each day.

ace

Yeah, been doing so for many years.


Why is it that people who are obviously aware of Usenet think that
web-based discussion boards are a good idea? I've tried a few in my
time but always give up after a month or two 'cos they're always so
difficult to use comapred with even a half-decent newsreader.

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elaine jones

Quoting from message <viavb1td1m123t73ish4q104sabbtf1274@4ax.com>
posted on 27 Jun 2005 by Ace
I would like to add:


Agreed; I find them very difficult to follow compared with the threads,
sub-threads/branches in my news and mailreader.

A mailing list would be preferred if there is no suitable newsgroup.

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They're SO slow!

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