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I have a few datil plants going and of those that have started to fruit, they are pointing straight up rather than hanging down. And they have a rather large non-chinensis looking calyx too. :mope:Is this just a "funky first pods" syndrom? All the other flowers point down and have the normal...

Found this badboy in the box of "habaneros" at my local green grocers, amongst a box of mostly  mixed red habs, some big like congos, some are smaller, round and with more ribs.,, Then there was this badboy.     What do you guys think?It is definitely hotter than the average hab, not floral...

Hi all, been away from the forum for a bit as the weather has been a bit funky in the south east here. The sun's picked up a bit but so has the rains.   The good news is that the Hawks' Claw and Datil are picking up nicely, and have finally got a few flower buds on them. Even my experimental...

Hi all. I have some Hawks' Claw chillies growing at the moment and their flowers are for some strange reason pointing DOWN, even though the pods are supposed to point UP.   Shall I expect funky and unexpected pods?

So I threw out some seeds that took forever to germinate into my planter ... thinking that they have died over storage etc.   Well guess what? Now I have QUITE A FEW chilli seedlings, of complete mixed breeds! They should be generally Chinense, probably mostly Congo Reds, but I recon there were...

    Stumbled across these at a local shop, amongst the "habaneros".   Some look a bit Moruga-ish, 7-pot-ish to me, but what do I know. Please could you guys help ID these "habaneros"? Thank you. :fireball:

I know some people cross breed their chillies for the fun of it. I have tried in the past though without actually producing seeds, I have got my grow method dialled in and fine tuned a lot better.   So this year, I plan on doing crosses of just about everything that I can, and let the genetic...

Hi all. I can't help but notice that despite identical growing conditions, my habanero and reaper "plants" are *MUCH* smaller than my datils and hawks' claws. Granted, the hawks' claws are annums, so their initial grow pattern is different. But I am talking about 3 inches on the datils which as...

2016 started really cold, but I still planted a few seeds in the hope that this would be The Big Season.   It is now the middle of April, night temperatures are in the high 40s F or about 10 C, which is very borderline for the chillies. I have thrown caution to the wind and am bit by bit putting...

:mouthonfire:   Hi all.   Please could you recommend me a *HOT* annum? I like the typical cayenne, birdseye types of flavour, without the "lemoney" taste of the chinensis. I also like it pretty, pretty hot; as in, sweat over the forehead and the top of the head, runny nose, almost numb mouth...

Hi, fellow chilli growers!   Long story short... I germinated and potted up various chilli seeds around new years, indoors. I had to leave the country for a bit so I watered them well, placed them on a north facing window sill where they would be safe, kept my fingers crossed, and let them be.  ...

Hi all. Was just wondering if anyone else had experienced an extremely short inter-nodal length on their chilli plants? Most of mine are pretty textbook, with distinct sections of stem and nodes where the leaves sprout. But the Fatalii Gourmet Jugsaw is one squat thing, almost like a bok-choy...

Hi all. I started moving my plants from outdoors to indoors this weekend just gone, because the night time temperatures is getting too close to single digits (30-ish deg F).   The ones I am trying to over-winter are:   Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw - at the moment it is more leaves than anything. It's...

With approximately just another 10 weeks to go in this season, I have started to assess this year's grow, and looking at my options for next year.   I started germinating seeds from about September 2014, and kept those seedlings indoors under artificial lighting and heat. Bit by bit they started...

Hi. I have been sent some heirloom Datil seeds from St Augustine. i have been under the impression that they are chinenses, but does anyone know fore sure if they are chinese or annums, or a stabilised hybrid?   I don't mind whatever, I am just looking at them thinking how much space I am gonna...

Ok, now that is out of the way...   Yes, this is pretty insane (and probably foolish): I have just sown about 20 Dorset Naga seeds, about 6 yellow scorpions and 6 Fataliis.   I can't explain it, I just "felt the NEED".   I have away about 7 Dorset Nagas yesterday to a lady, so may be I am...

Hi all.   I am looking to grow some bamboo as a form of coverage . Preferably something quite hardy and happy in the shade, thin shoots/stems, grows to about 4-6 ft. Will be growing them in planters so I don't mind if they "spread".   Any suggestions? Thanks.  

I have just not been having much luck with my Reapers.   They either don't germinate, or, they germinate then something happens and they die/get killed.   My one and only surviving Reaper plant has been in its hypococtyl stage for weeks because something fell on it and decapitating the seed...

Spent the morning and early afternoon "juggling" my plants. I have been keeping my plants small so that I could have more in a small space, thinking that their chronological age would give them some toughness against weather and so on. (Didn't work out that way)   At the end of march I put some...

My seedlings population has just increased after some Peach Trinidad Scorpions and Fataliis have germinated. I am not looking to get much from them this year, given that they are still very, very young at this stage in the season. But I am just excited that I have them in my collection.   Who...