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@ spicy chicken... forgive my aussie non- comprehendus but are you talking about the old cheap plastic water buckets?? or these things???

@wildfire... thanks for that.. i was going out tomorrow to buy black pots!! re think me thinks!! what about large styrofoam boxes??? would there be any problem with those???

goddammit now IM hungry!!!

@ spicy chicken..... mate ive still got minor burns to the face after stupidly standing over it while it was slow cooking!! end result is quite fruitier than you'd expect though... the heat is up there without blowing the back of your throat out but it lingers for oooohh sooooo long.......

im with you on the winter thing... gives me a chance to relearn and resow.... i got given a magnificent book called "the complete chile pepper book" by dave dewitt and it has some incredible info in there... the only problem is its based around the northern hemispheres weather and soils etc...

:onfire:i would never have come to learn any of that if i hadnt found this place... thanks for the posting.. my brain is reeling from the information input in only 24 hours of being here!! :cheers:

i love dean koontz... i cant believe i didnt pick up on that!! @wildfire... yep thats what ima gonna do!! pot the sick little buggers and throw some fresh soil, dolomite and gypsum into the garden and get it ready for next season..... meanwhile... i guess i can still cook em!!

chilli.... the one fruit that doesnt go well with nuts.

ive noticed that the plant that sits in the middle of the septic pit is fine and is growing pods prolificly ... its the ones outside the tank that are suffering... definetly will try the dolomite and gypsum.. i think i might pot these sick little buggers and rework the garden soil for next...

:welcome: from ballina australia!!

@ nick..... rofl :rofl: dude i didnt even think about dean r koontz!! i love the guy! dude i promise if they were impregnated by computers id be a bloody millionare!! the right program and my chillis would be 10,000,000 on the shu!!! lolz...

yeah... ive worked in the cooking industry for years and thought i may as well put my pods to some use!! its a very simple sauce consisting of habanero pods, salt, tomato puree, whole black peppercorns, vinegar and garlic... i just chop the chillis up and add everything to a slowcooker for...

thats been the general consensus.. clay soil and the fact that the garden has been built on top of an old septic tank.... i think i will have to expend some cash on some pots and good soil next week.... :think: its so good to be able to chat to people from all around the world about chillis!!

hey guys... just dropping in to introduce myself. my name is david and i am a bit of a newbie to the chilli world but i have very quickly fallen in love with everything about them!! i am trying to grow habaneros and bhut jolokia here on the northern coast of nsw and i am having problems with...

a streaker?? as in totally nude and running for its life across a field before being pounded by security?? lolz i think ill start fresh with a new crop but id dearly like to save these ones... they did give me quite a few pods over summer but since all the rain theyve just keeled over and said...

always on the lookout for the guatamalan insanity pepper....

im guessing then that the ground i have then in has just too much clay in it.. i think it might be time for a replanting into pots... should perform surgery on these plants or will they spark up by themselves??? AND.... with my younguns... how and where do i tip to get them nice and bushy??

i was wondering where'd i'd heard of him b4!! shall do Hot Pooper.. thankyou. and the fish emulsion is from "multicrop".... ill get onto it.. cheers :woohoo:

weve tumultuos amounts of rain over summer here... how would i go about saving them?? they are in an area of the yard that is not protected from anything!! would i be better off pruning them back and replanting into movable pots??

and thankyou.... i have finally found a place to call home!! lolz.. looking through this place amazes me very minute.. im going to love it here..