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Hi Guy's I've grown all sorts of chinense varieties this season and some grew faster than other's some were more productive than other's some are better looking than other's now comes the important bit , how they taste and how to use them 🤔 I'm not one for munching raw chili pepper's...

Hi Guy's Looking for a bit of advice from the gristled veteran peppers growers..............hopefully my question and your answers will help other newbies too seed saving and selection of pod's etc My Example: Basically I bought a packet Burmese Naga seed's from a UK website .....sowed a...

Hi Guy's Been an interesting sesson ...........grown lots of chinense this season Naga's, Bonnet's, 7 Pot's etc Discovered I really like "Naga" flavour and heat 😋 7 pot Douglah.........? Not made my mind up yet 🤔 Gave my Dad a Scotch brains Yellow F5 he cooked a chicken in yogurt dish 😋...

Hi Thanks for the suggestion .......... Currently I'm looking at Bishops crown, Nepalese Bell and Brazilian starfish......... Remember outside in Scotland even during summer can be a challenge 😐 I not expecting all the varieties to ripen so I'm looking at harvesting "green " and still...

Hi Guy's I'd like your opinions on these pepper's Trinidad moruga scorpion Red vs Yellow............growth/size ? Pod/size production? Heat/Flavour? Early/late ripening? I'm particularly interested in White hot pepper varieties..............I'm toying with trialing them next. This season...

Hi Guy's A few pod's from my Fatalii gourmet jigsaw..............very Naga like. Strong Naga like scent but different if that makes sense 🤔 Haven't tasted it .......yet going to cook it into one of my favourite curries to evaluate it rather than scoffing it raw :whistle:

Hi Guy's Being new to growing Bonnet's this year I tried Red (Halal shop saved seed), Chocolate WHP, Papa joe's Yellow, Beth Boyd, Yellow Scotch brains Yellow F5 WHP. I tried the three Yellows along with the other in 5 litre pot's ............... For me in my little Scottish greenhouse the...

Hi Guy's Jonah vs Douglah results in my wee Scottish greenhouse............ My Biggest Jonah ! ................... most were a little smaller less productive and took longer to ripen than my Douglah Not my biggest Douglah but one of the top half dozen ! Way more prolific, bigger...

Hi Firstly your spot on the Bengle Naga 👍 it's one of my favourites too prolific, good sized pod's and very aromatic with a respectable heat. I've only grown the one I got from seaspring seeds. Re my Fatalii gourmet jigsaw (daft name) mine are still on the plant ripening......... I have to...

Hi As always when I'm trying out new varieties in my little Scottish greenhouse is varieties that mature faster enough before I run out of year ! 😞 Interesting you say the Jonah takes a long time to mature..........my Douglah thrashed the Jonah in that department ! In there 5 litre trial...

Hi Guy's I love curries 😋 love hot curries 😁 Not a fan of hot sauces.............I made loads following different recipes a friend and I tried them all .......don't like tomato based don't like fruit based ........ Ended up making a very simple fermented red scotch bonnet, "Tabasco...

Hi Guy's Weird..................... 🤣 Again typical Naga scent but Again not fruity like my Dorset Naga's Stephen

Hi Guy's Split Burmese Naga................ Typical Naga scent but no fruity note's like my Dorset Naga............ Stephen

Hi Guy's Interesting shaped pod's very similar to the photo on the website I bought them from Smells just like my Red Halal shop scotch bonnet but seeds seem concentrated at the top like the Bahamian goat. Stephen

Hi Guy's I'm now pretty certain the sole Black king Naga plant I kept is infact a Mustard king Naga 😊 😎 And I must say I'm delighted :dance: as its completely unexpected 🤪 It did say that my Black king Naga seeds could well produce red pod's but I never expected "mustard" 3 pod's have...

Hi Guy's My Halal shop red scotch bonnet saved seed experiment in a 5 litre / 1.3 gallon pot has had its ups and downs........times I thought just scrap it ! 😲 times I thought it might be worth while and times I was back to forgetting the whole thing and make room for a more trusted/ known...

Hi Guy's Just picked my first ripe Burmese naga :dance:I've two plant's one in a 5 litre/1.3 gallon pot and another a late convert to Kratky hydroponics......that went a bit mental and started growing like a weed :rolleyes: but finally started pumping out flower's and then pod's so it's a...

Hi I'm growing 5 brown varieties this season none of them has taken this long ti change colour........... Took this picture 5 min ago all the pod's that started to change from the light green have stopped ar this colour at least 7 day's now I reckon ! Stephen

Hi Guy's I was trialing a few chocolates this season not overly impressed with my Chocolate Habanero big disappointment ! Poor germination and weak/feeble. Even my Jamaican hot chocolate haven't impressed but I was trialing in 5 litre that's 1.3 of your us gallons :shocked: However my 7...

Hi Guy's This season I've been trialing 7 different capsicum pubescens "out side" in Scotland obviously after the last frost's. And from the this trial I've identified 2 or 3 varieties that show alot of promise 🙂 This in mind I'm toying with a Capsicum baccatum Scottish "outdoor" trial and...