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[Hells Kitchen]

Dunno if its the right place, but I thought I'll share my chillis. I'm growing Ghost and Carolina Reapers, and have a number of other plants that look like Birdseye chillis. 
 
 
Ghost and Reaper when planted in mid-Cocktober and November
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
3 week old pic
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New pics of Ghost chilli
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reaper
 

 
 
 
And my other chillis
 

 

 

 

 

 

[dragonsfire]

Very Nice Spread

 

[peppersproutfarm]

These look great.! What do you plan to do with all the ripe peppers? Sauce? Powder?

 

[Hells Kitchen]

These look great.! What do you plan to do with all the ripe peppers? Sauce? Powder?

 
 
Most likely powder, as it's what I tend to use most. The ones in the shops are pathetically mild, this country is terrified of anything spicier than a watermelon lol

 

[peppersproutfarm]

Most likely powder, as it's what I tend to use most. The ones in the shops are pathetically mild, this country is terrified of anything spicier than a watermelon lol

interesting that you say this. Some of the hottest stuff I've eaten recently are products that came from your country. my girlfriend also just ordered more seeds for the collection from hippie seed company. Those also happen to come from your country. I think you have chili heads around you but just like here in our country the masses prefer wimpy mild sauces.

 

[Hells Kitchen]

interesting that you say this. Some of the hottest stuff I've eaten recently are products that came from your country. my girlfriend also just ordered more seeds for the collection from hippie seed company. Those also happen to come from your country. I think you have chili heads around you but just like here in our country the masses prefer wimpy mild sauces.

 
 
Nah I meant in the mainstream supermarkets and the like. True there are a number of dealers offering super hot stuff online. But if you simply are on a trip to the shops, no chance. In the big shopping centres in the larger cities there are Asian and European delis which tend to stock some "exotic" items not found in the supermarkets, but you have to go out of your way to find them.
 
Took a ghost pepper off yesterday, went to wash it and accidentally cracked it. I put my tongue on the crack, and goddamn the pain just crawls up on ya, eventually it's like I've licked molted lead. Then I wiped my forehead,  that started stinging, even my hands felt hot, and this was not like cutting it up or anything. 
 

 

[woodlouse]

I'm not an expert, but I touched myself when I looked at the pictures. 
 
Question: What would be the average price an Aussie pays for a 10 gallon plastic bucket, fancy molded designs aside?

 

[Hells Kitchen]

@woodlouse are you talking about a typical plastic bucket, as opposed to a pot? 20 litre buckets are common, about $12-15.  A 500mm diameter plastic 52 litre pot is $9.50 on the Bunnings website. 
 
I've scored free pots (smaller ones though) from a nursery once, if you have nurseries or similar type of garden places around, try asking them, you might score some surplus pots for a reduced price or even free. 
 
 
Just a couple more pics I took on a whim today, that tomato potting mix and fertilizer I've used is apparently better for chillis than for actual tomatoes lol
 

 
 

 
 

 

[Hells Kitchen]

Ripening over the last few days. Got a couple of red reapers now aswell
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
Reaper
 

 

 

[ze_test]

           
great plants

 

[UnNatural]

Wow! very healthy looking plants with great production and beautiful pods. Very jealous, can't wait till its my turn here in New York.

 

[Hells Kitchen]

Today's harvest in honour of my days off. Will be dehydrating these and grinding them up into chilli powder.


65x clean Reapers and 98x Ghosts from my potted plants. Total count thus far is higher but had to jettison some due to sunscald. Plants still have more ripening and they are throwing out new flowers.

Ghosts

Reapers

 

[dragonsfire]

All that red, like Christmas.

 

[Hells Kitchen]

Harvested probably over 100 Reapers and Ghosts each in total so far. Dehydrated them and keeping them in small jars.
 
 

 
 
 
 
Pics from today. Still going. Had an Aphid attack a couple weeks ago, and sprayed them with an "insecticide" which was white oil. After that, the plants looked very sick, yellow leaves, flowers dead, I thought I had just committed murder one. I was friggin pissed at my self. 
 
 
The plants now: 
 
Ghost
 

 
 
 
Reaper
 

 
 

 
 
And some Reapers that fell off when the stupid wind blew the plant over, these look cool as when they are ripening. 
 

 
 
 
 
Dehydrated and ground some of the Reapers
 

 

 

 

[Hells Kitchen]

No sign of stopping as of May 3. 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

[aaront596]

"Cocktober" that's funny.