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Actually was referring to the difference between eating a fully ripe pod off the plant, or eating a pod that was picked ripe but then left for a few days on the bench. To me they seem to develop more flavour once the water supply is cut. This is just anecdotal though..

Possibly cuts the water supply and concentrates the sugars..?

Good question.. I'm not sure why but I like the flavours that chillies develop after a few days on the bench inside. Thinking about it perhaps removing the pod from the stem cuts its water supply, it begins to slightly dry out and further ripen which would concentrate and further develop the...

+1 Your plants and feel of your soil, as well as the weather forecast will tell you when and how much to water. Takes a little while but eventually you will get the 'feel' of it and it will become second nature.

Codeman for my 2016 season my plants were water stressed and my yield was appalling. The biggest issue I had was that I used coco coir incorrectly and as a result my pots had uneven water retention which negatively effected the root zone. For my 2017 season I changed my potting mix to one that...

I find with the Aji Jobito it's better to pick them yellow then let them fully ripen for a few days until they are almost orange. That's when they are very tasty. They seem to develop flavour with time and I totally taste that Persimmon flavour the Nigel Carter described in his review...

My picks.. Mild - Aji Jobito *once it fully ripens to almost orange colour it tastes like C.Chinense mixed with Persimons. Low heat - Aji Pineapple *does have a hit of Pineapple taste up front but doesn't linger. To me it is quite distinct from Aji Lemon in flavour. Hot - P.Dreadie SS...

This link gives a better description and is a reliable website.. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/welsh-farmer-accidentally-creates-worlds-hottest-chili/ However reading this and all other info I've come across doesn't explain whether or not the plant is actually stable. It is my...

I had a Hawaiian chilli (C.Frutescense) that grew to around 4 feet tall this season and was in the same size pots, same soil and same feeding regime as all my other plants yet did not produce any buds until very late in the season about 5 months after other plants of the same age. Yet it was...

Please correct me if I'm wrong but as crops they would be grown in the ground where they would have some form of irrigation and be able to have larger root systems to drink with as opposed to pots that would dry out and stress the plant. I know people in my local area that grow in the ground...

Agreed. The point of this study was to compare nutritional values between varieties. If they are not all fully ripe then the figures don't mean anything!

Hi Gary, your garden is looking awesome mate. You sent me seeds for the BOC a little while back and you also put some Zapotec Jals in which I have decided to grow. I am overwintering red Nagabrains and adding two more next year because I really like them. If you don't mind would you tell me...

I think I saw it on pepperlover..

I bet ripeness would affect the nutrients also, for a fair comparison they would all ideally be fully ripe.

Hi guys I was searching for nutrition facts for chillies and wandered if different species and varieties had different nutritional content and found this study.. it's quite interesting!! http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0161464&type=printable

Thanks for the info, I was curious about the heat level too.

Anyone grown or tried this one? Opinions appreciated :) http://pepperlover.com/pepper-seeds/pepper-species/capsicum-annuum/malih-helow-detail

Looking good mate. That should be plenty of light I would think. The importance thing to remember with LED's is that whilst they may not 'look' as bright as normal lights to us they are very bright in the particular wavelengths they are producing. So a white light might look brighter than...

Looking good! Interesting how the dishwashing liquid and pyrethrum does the complete opposite for us lol. Guess it must depend of many other factors.

Sometimes plants will drop flowers for a while before kicking into gear. My choc Hab dropped hundreds of flowers over a couple of months before suddenly producing dozens of fruit. Other plants in the same conditions were fruiting already. You could try adding more red light as from my reading...