Recent content by el hombre chilli

Not a great deal to report. Seem to be picking a couple of habs and F1s every other day and have not gotten my first ripe aji pineapple. Think i'm going to make a homemade tomato salsa to go with breaded flathead and homemade chips. Hab and F1 Hab, F1, Big Box Mystery and Aji Pineapple...

Shane, Not too sure what I'm going to overwinter. We've got limited space inside so i'll have to be selective. At this stage, my wife wants the F1 and the Hab and I want the Olho de Peixe, so they are definites. With the rest, we'll have to wait and see. My guess is the ones that my wife...

Well it's all starting to happen now. The Hab and F1 are pumping out the pods and I now have some pods coming through on the Bahamian Goat Pepper, Big Box Mystery, Birds Eye, Aji Pineapple and Aji Dulce. Pretty pleased. It also gets the wife off my back. For weeks she saying 'what do we need...

Well there has been a lot going on which has kept me away from the glog, but I have a day spare here to give a quick update. Most of the plants are going well except for my manzano red which is being attacked by something (caterpillers I think), but i'm not round enough to investgate and my...

Haven't been around much in the last couple of weeks and had a friend watering our jungle for us. But on coming home I have found that most of the pods on the Hab have ripened (all fairly small) and the F1 super hots are starting to ripen. Even though the pods are small, the flavour is good...

Success. I finally have a ripe pod. It's a hab. It's on the small side, but I figure this early in the season they may be on the smaller side. Am very happy. Told the wife that i'll be cooking fetuccini amatriciana tomorrow with the pod and she was pretty excited. Sweet. And here it is...

Almost what I said. It is hot, but I was ok eating it, whereas I really struggled with the Macedonian which you guys thought was nothing. Would be interesting to see what the Goronongs taste like ripe. We tried one the F1 super hots i'm growing today and it is more warm than burning hot and...

Thanks Doc. The pods are on the overwintered plant and the seed I planted last autumn. I can't wait for them to ripen to give them a try. Speaking of giving pods a try. Was at my cousins (Nee) place tonight and tried a bit of a 7 pot/pod that he had picked. I tried a sliver on my tongue...

Been awhile since the last update and there has been a few changes. I chucked the big box mystery chilli that I over wintered. It was struggling a bit and seeing as I have grown a couple of seedlings from seeds pulled from pods I was ok with letting it go. I also gave away one of the F1 Super...

Thanks Doc, were just hitting spring and the weather is starting to get more even (warm in the day, not as warm, but not too cold in the night). Still have a few left to plant, so here's hoping for a long season. Thanks fellas. I didn't bother flushing the soil, i'll let things be there. I...

looks great. what's your grow list this year?

Mega, those pods look great. I have been watering once every few days, so i'll swap to a little most days and see what happens. I've got two issues with the leaves, one looks like burn which are the first two photos. Is it burn or something else? There is also leaves fading and dying or...

Hey mega, thanks for the welcome. Liking the Bender profile pick. The stake seems to be working. Neither plant has carked it yet, although, the hab is started to drop leaves and flowers. Any thoughts? Did you get any pods of the orange habs from bunnings? My hab is the same and i'm yet to...

Neil, the pots didn't fall, the plants themselves had bent over in the wind so that's why i'm a bit worried. So that's why i've staked them. Hopefully they aren't banged up too badly. I might take the offer of the Mag Hab if mine doesn't recover (or start any one of the 34 flowers turning...

Butterfly-Hummingbird-Bee sounds like a pretty good system for pollination. :surprised: Being a balcony garden in the city the best i can hope for is a few abejas to help out. The Arenal area is a lovely spot (visited la fortuna and monte verde a year or so ago) to have a chilli garden...