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Welcome from Dominican republic, neighbour :cool:

I've had a huge problem with whitefly here in the Caribbean this summer. It seems like I'm beginning to win the battle, but the plants have taken their fair share of damage. I have been using a mix of dish detergent, alcohol, and water. Initially I made the mix quite weak, but gradually...

Awesome looking pods dude :cool:

After another google search I found this page which throws some light on it, but I am still a little confused... http://www.chillisgalore.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9667

So I used to live in London UK, and used to be quite a regular customer of Dominos Pizza. Over the years they had some pretty cool peppers on some of their pizzas - my favourites were the ones that were hot and sweet at the same time. I can specifically remember they used "Roquito" peppers for a...

So amusingly, what I thought were my first Chocolate Habanero hooks turned out to be some erroneous weed that sprouted early and grew very quick. I thought the sprouts looked strange, as the cotyledons were so much more rounded than any that I had germinated before. I just put this down to them...

I have been buying pods from a local farmer, and at least one of them was bright red. It seems to be turning more of a chocolate colour in the fridge now tho. It's a bit weird cos I have had other unripe ones from him which were green when i got them and then turned brown without ever going...

Haha yeah chuffed is a bit of an "Englishism"... as in "Chuffed to bits". I kinda wrote it without thinking and forgot that it is not an international term. And "Butchers" is a great bit of cockney Rhyming Slang - the full expression is "A butcher's look". Don't ask me where that came from tho...

So as the title suggests it seems like my first Chocolate Habanero has sprouted today. I know most people might not find that newsworthy, but I have been struggling to germinate these bad-boys in tissue paper so far. This time i sowed some directly into my new (lighter) soil mix in polystyrene...

Welcome from the DR :dance:

G'Day Gas! I got friends that live in Bris-Vegas so I've been through there a couple times too :) Must be pretty good for growing chilis up there eh? Cheers

Thanks buddy. TBH I only found some of them fresh in the supermarket. The Big Suns I actually bought as seeds during an outing to the local city, and the Chocolate Hab pods were gifted to my by a local farm. I am having mixed results so far with the seeds harvested by me from acquired pods. I...

I taught kitesurfing in St Kilda so I always lived around St Kilda, Elwood, and Port Melbourne. I loved living there - such a great city. I wasn't into growing back then but I guess with Melbourne's crazy weather it would be hard to do any serious growing without a good greenhouse where u can...

Hey Raelacea I used to live in Melbs for a while... Love that place! :)

... SO my grow list for this year reads; Chocolate Habanero (My fave) Big Sun Habanero/Scotch Bonnet Jalapeno Aji Gustoso (sweet) Unknown (from chili flakes) Unknown (from fresh Thai Green chilis?) and in the post; Bird's Eye Red Scotch Bonnet NuMex Twilight (I love the look of those purple...

Hey :welcome: I'm a UK transplant too! Here's to lots of hot!

Hey guys I am new to growing chilis and even newer to the forum. I guess I am in a pretty enviable position - growing chilis in the caribbean, but I still have plenty to learn. I am on a very small budget, but I am blessed with an awesome climate for growing so here's to lots of fresh hot chili...