Smoking chillies...

[thedonal]

...and other stuff.

Right- for the food/technical genii on the forum.

I'm growing some chillies (cayenne) this year and started thinking about how nice it would be to smoke the little fellers when they're grown.

I've had a look on the webnet-thingie and there don't seem to be any domestic smoking kilns on offer- mostly industrial stuff.

As this is an occasional project for probably not a lot of return (apart from me, my bro and a mate, not much else may get smoked!), I thought about the possibilities of making a small kiln. But there don't seem to be many websites about this, either.

Does anyone know anything about building such implements?

Please help!

[SoulKiss]

rig something up in a pressure cooker?

adapt this method of tea-smoking chicken?

2. In a small bowl mix together the sugar, rice and tea leaves.
3. Line the base and sides of a large sauté pan or wok with foil.
4. Sprinkle the tea mixture over the foil and cover with another layer of foil.
5. Place a lid on the pan and the pan on the heat.
6. When the tea mixture begins to smoke, remove the lid and place the chicken on top of the foil.
7. Season the chicken and drizzle over the oil.
8. Place the lid back on the pan and leave to smoke for 12-15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Just a thought :)

[stewie]

Thats interesting Ive just bought a mini greenhouse to grow a few chillies and peppers, If they all come to fruition, I should be able to supply ASDA and Sainsbury,s for a few weeks, plus bring some down to the AR. Im looking forward to founding out more myself.

[Bluepete]

I have made and destroyed several smokers in tha past, including one which burned the garden decking to bits!

All you need is a heat source and a box with a tube to connect them.

I have a small chiminea, a piece of kitchen hood extractor tube and a metal bin.

The chiminea provides the smoke, through the tube into the bottom of the bin. It's a cold smoke system, ideal for chillies.

You can make it out of anything tyou have to hand really!

I am growing loads this year, early Jalapenos for smoking, numex orange, pasilla bajio, chinese pot, bih jolokia (hottest in the world) aji lemon, and a few others I can't remember.

[gettin2dizzy]

Growing your own plants - how sad! :-dd I'd never do such a thing! :^o




You growing them indoors or out?
(I maintain that gardening is cool ;))

[Bluepete]

Mine are in a plastic greenhouse in the dining room for another month at least, then into the greenhouse in the garden.

It may not be the coolest thing in the world, but I like it!

[stewie]

I have made and destroyed several smokers in tha past, including one which burned the garden decking to bits!

All you need is a heat source and a box with a tube to connect them.

I have a small chiminea, a piece of kitchen hood extractor tube and a metal bin.

The chiminea provides the smoke, through the tube into the bottom of the bin. It's a cold smoke system, ideal for chillies.

You can make it out of anything tyou have to hand really!

I am growing loads this year, early Jalapenos for smoking, numex orange, pasilla bajio, chinese pot, bih jolokia (hottest in the world) aji lemon, and a few others I can't remember.

Have you tried scotch bonnet ? tried one last year, kin ell, me lips went completely numb, have you got a full sized greenhouse Pete ?

[Bluepete]

You can buy Scotch Bonnet at Tesco, and yes, I use it a lot. It's very good in marinades.
I bought 2.5kg of them a few years ago from the market in M'cr for a mass BBQ. I spent several hours chopping them up by the end of which, my fingers were blistered and I couldn't feel anything for three days!
Capsaicin is very scary stuff!

I'll share the Bih Jolokia out if they mature!

8 by 4 foot greenhouse on a two foot high brick wall for the banana tree to live in through winter.


Hundred quid for a home smoker? no thanks! (http://www.forfoodsmokers.co.uk/acatalog/Proq_Buckaroo_Food_Smoker.html)

[stewie]

Ive got the following on the go, demon red, banana sweet,corno do torro rosso, fresno chilli, jalapeno, red cherry hot and puple beuaty peppers, as with Pete once they come on, if they do come on Ill share them out as well.Now looking on ebay for greenhouses :D

[thedonal]

I'm just growing in a couple of pots indoors (was a seeding tray until Sat, when I knocked it all over the floor and had to do an emergency early re-pot! Casualties were limited).

I'm very excited and am frequently checking the shoots to see how they're doing!

Cheers for the ideas though- will look into some sort of makeshift apparatus. Looks like for cold kilning, a closed system is recommended.

My bro bought a bottle of "6 million Scovilles" chilli extract the other week- god alone knows what you'd use it for- it looks lethal and comes with all sorts of health warnings! Don't see much point myself- I'm more of a flavour and heat man, instead of heat and HEAT!!

[the_lone_wolf]

i grow cacti, partly because i find their resiliance fascinating, party because they're the only plants that i remember to water often enough...

[thedonal]

Class! I sympathise completely!!

[gettin2dizzy]

I'm very excited and am frequently checking the shoots to see how they're doing!
Hehe. I know what you mean. I've got a 50% hit rate with killing the buggers ;)

Did the seed tray 'tip' trick yesterday. Was balancing too many things on the windowsill :(

[thedonal]

I had mine sitting on top of a portable electric heater (switched off, mind) near the windows, for a bit of daylight- was tidying the flat and klutzed it, followed by much swearing.

Oh well- they're doing well. I'm hopeful, despite killing a bonsai (was gutted about that- one of the best birthday pressies I've ever had) and not having much joy re-potting Basil plants bought from Sainsburys. My flat is, understandably, usually devoid of vegetation (except me, of course).

[Bluepete]

This is my batch for this year;

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSCF4499.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSCF4498.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSCF4496.jpg

All planted on the 7th March.

[gettin2dizzy]

on the 7th?! What the hell are you feeding them? 'roids?

[Bluepete]

Nope, I just sing to them each and every evening as we eat dinner. I have also stopped putting chilli sauce on my food at the table, wouldn't want to upset them by showing their friends pulverised bodies being eaten now would I?

It's over five weeks since they were planted in a heated seed tray, then they have lived in the mini greenhouse by a west facing window. Most are quite hot chillis, so have a long maturation period, hence the early sowing.
The really big plants are about 5 inches and are the early jalapenos which shouls be fully ripe by August. The others should just ripen by mid to late September.

I get them from Chileseeds (http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/) who have been very good. Helpfull germination and care from The Chileman.org (http://www.thechileman.org/index.php) Tesco have greenhouse watering kits at four quid a go, I bought three which is enough for 45 pots.

[Ed]

makes my few tomato plants look weedy, so to speak

[sarah]

I have made and destroyed several smokers in tha past, including one which burned the garden decking to bits!

All you need is a heat source and a box with a tube to connect them.

I have a small chiminea, a piece of kitchen hood extractor tube and a metal bin.

The chiminea provides the smoke, through the tube into the bottom of the bin. It's a cold smoke system, ideal for chillies.

You can make it out of anything tyou have to hand really!

I am growing loads this year, early Jalapenos for smoking, numex orange, pasilla bajio, chinese pot, bih jolokia (hottest in the world) aji lemon, and a few others I can't remember.

The lemon aji ones are great. But seem to take forever to ripen.

[Bluepete]

It's a bit of a passion Ed! I have a big pot with three tomatos and a hanging basket with three trailing varieties aswell. Both are cherry types, mostly for the kids to pick at will over the summer.
Plus, another basket with three strawberry plants by the front door!

[Bluepete]

The lemon aji ones are great. But seem to take forever to ripen.

Thanks fot the heads-up Sarah! I'll put them on the top shelf in the greenhouse so they get more heat.

Pete

[Berlin]

You need a fish smoker! Very readily available and so are the chips in several varieties.

Like this one...
http://www.snowbee.co.uk/page14.html#smoker

I do a lot of trout salmon mackeral and loads of other stuff in one.

You can also get Savu smoker sacks that you use once and throw away.

I've tried both "flavours" and they are Ok but tend to dry fish out even when smoked with honey. Shoudl be fine for the chillies though.

You can get them online from various places and they are the cheaper options at about £2.25 each

http://www.foodsmoker.co.uk/other/savu.htm

The Alder is milder than the Hickory

Cheers,
Carl

[sarah]

Did the seed tray 'tip' trick yesterday. Was balancing too many things on the windowsill :(

Our cats have a habit of doing that and of digging in seed trays...

Here are some of the bits and pieces I grew in 2006 (including the lemon ajis)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7417/dscf3796lr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[gettin2dizzy]

Our cats have a habit of doing that and of digging in seed trays...

Here are some of the bits and pieces I grew in 2006 (including the lemon ajis)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7417/dscf3796lr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
That's amazing! I'll be ordering some of them tonight ;)

Want me to bring some catnip seeds to the next Taffia meeting? I've got hundreds.

[sarah]

Want me to bring some catnip seeds to the next Taffia meeting? I've got hundreds.

Bonnie would love that. She goes crazy for catnip.

[thedonal]

This is my batch for this year;

...

All planted on the 7th March.

Blimey! Nice work. Mine are doing a little less well in my 'cold flat that only gets slanting sun rays at the end of the day' situation- but they seem to have survived the drop on Saturday and are still growing. Some pics will follow when they get a little bigger...

[Bluepete]

I see a chili web-cam scenario approching!

[sarah]

I see a chili web-cam scenario approching!

lol, i can also see all this chilli growing getting v competitive!!

[thedonal]

>sticks out chest all proud, like<

My chillies are best!

Lol! Nar- first time grower, so I'll be happy with a few handfuls of nicey spicey cayenne chillies in October. Hell- I'll be happy with the plants living that long!!!

[stewie]

Keep checking mine as if something is going to happen really quickly, but its only a week and they are outside in a 4 tier mini greenhouse thing, come on, grow will ya :D

[Bluepete]

Well, a few weeks have passed and the chillis are now in bigger pots, some are out in the greenhouse.

These are the Bih Jolokia, Numex Orange and Chinese Pot, all need more heat.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0011.jpg

and the ones in the greenhouse

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0005.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0007.jpg

and for scale, and bragging rights, my biggest is an Early Jalapeno!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0008-1.jpg


although my fave plant this week has been the banana, no need for a sunshade, just sip beer in the shade of this beauty!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0010.jpg

[thedonal]

Ah - you grow Triffids too!!

I'll post a pic of mine shortly- narrowed the crop down to two pots now- 9" each so they have plenty of room to grow out. Will spend the weekend in the sunshine. Lovely!

[gettin2dizzy]

Any update? ;)

[sarah]

Any update? ;)

i'll take some pics at the weekend

[Bluepete]

Chilis are doing really well, I've just potted them up into their final 10 inch high pots. Some of the Pasilla Bajio and early Jalapeno have flowers just starting.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0121.jpg

[gettin2dizzy]

Chilis are doing really well, I've just potted them up into their final 10 inch high pots. Some of the Pasilla Bajio and early Jalapeno have flowers just starting.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0121.jpg
Gorgeous :) love the set up too!

[thedonal]

Here's mine. They're about 14cm to the top of the stem, with the leaves extended above.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4308/chillissideht0.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2293/chilliestopus6.jpg

[stewie]

Just lost most of mine when my greenhouse was wrecked by high winds the other day, got a few in the conservatory, will have to wait and see :(

[Eric39b]

Hi everyone. I have been growing some chillies and am intreged with smoking them. One plant is currently in flower and the others are a few weeks behind. I have access to a large smoker (my dad makes his own jerky) once smoked are they eddable as they are or are they for use in cooking. Presumably they are not for roling with some backie and getting high??? :smt0281648

[Bluepete]

Smoked chilis make "chipotle" which can be used as the basis for a really, really superb sauce. I buy this stuff (http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/index.php?target=products&product_id=33).

If all goes to plan, I will be smoking the early Jalapenos and some Pasilla Bajio which are long, black and have a natural smoke flavour.

There should be so many chilies on the 35 or so plants I have that I may even be able to dry some and offer them on here for a reasonable offer!

[thedonal]

Nice looking plant Eric.

Mine are still very green and a while from flowering. I do hope we get some decent sunshine this year...

If you have a Waitrose nearby, try Chipotle (or Smoked) Tabasco. £3 a bottle of one of the finest sauces you could possibly lay your hands on!

[sarah]

If you have a Waitrose nearby, try Chipotle (or Smoked) Tabasco. £3 a bottle of one of the finest sauces you could possibly lay your hands on!

+1
Chipotle Tabasco is great.

[sarah]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3417/img4335po3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[thedonal]

nice! How old is that plant?

I reckon I've got until late summar/autumn before mine really starts to show any fruit.

[sarah]

nice! How old is that plant?

I reckon I've got until late summar/autumn before mine really starts to show any fruit.

not sure, i'd have to check my gardening diary. yes, i have a gardening diary.

[thedonal]

Crikey- that's organised. I guess it was planted this year, then?

[Bluepete]

Sarah, what variety is that one? Flowers already? Mine were planted on the 7th March and have lived in the house and greenhouse ever since. Some early Jalapenos and Passila Bajio have flower buds, but no actual flowers yet!

Good going, fancy swapping some pods later in the year?

[Bluepete]

I have had babies! Some varieties are flowering madly, and I have chillis!


http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0159-1.jpg

and for scale, a pic of my helmet! (ooer missus)

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0162.jpg

Pete

[sarah]

sorry, not been keeping an eye on this thread

Crikey- that's organised. I guess it was planted this year, then?

yup

Sarah, what variety is that one? Flowers already? Mine were planted on the 7th March and have lived in the house and greenhouse ever since. Some early Jalapenos and Passila Bajio have flower buds, but no actual flowers yet!

Good going, fancy swapping some pods later in the year?

That pic is of a bulgarian carrot chilli, they seem to be doing really well this year. Oooh, seed swapping, good idea.

I have had babies! Some varieties are flowering madly, and I have chillis!


http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0159-1.jpg

and for scale, a pic of my helmet! (ooer missus)

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0162.jpg

Pete

Wow, those plants look biiiiig.

[thedonal]

Here's mine as of this week. I've decided to name them Burt n Ernie. Burt, of course, is the taller of the two, Ernie already has some flower buds. Earlier (Ernier?) than I was expecting.00

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9964/burtnernieuq8.th.jpg

The bottom leaves are starting to die on mine- is this a problem?

[Bluepete]

And so the saga continues. The chilis are now taking over, some are 3 feet high and it's a pain keeping up on the pollination every evening (ooer missus!)
I have taken the first crop of pasilla bajio, some of which are about 8 inches long and they are currenly in the smoker, which is new today! It works a treat and smells really good too!

Most importantly though, the super hot, burn the skin off your tongue and make you wish for beer slushys Bih Jolokia are flowering and are being pollinated all in their hundred! The bigest is only about 1cm yet, but there should be one hell of a crop!

The smoker;

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0013.jpg

Early Jalapenos by the ton

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0014.jpg

Baby hot stuff

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0015.jpg

Pete

[sarah]

Looking good.

[Bluepete]

Looking good.

Ta very much,

Oh, and the new toy to cook them on!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0017-1.jpg

[thedonal]

A gas bbq?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LOL!

I had a slight disaster- you see, Burt broke in 2 when I was repotting recently. I put the severed top half in a pot and with some rooting hormone the next day. Now I have 3 chilli plants- Burt, Ernie and Klutz.

Sadly, Klutz withered away over 2 weeks. However- I trimmed a lot off and left just stem. There are a few little shoots appearing, so I hope to have Englands first Phoenix chilli coming soon!

Burt, however- has properly bushed out now- the root to stem ratio is pretty high. Am hoping for a bumper crop later this year!


Quick question for those in the know- is it possible to keep an annual plant on as a perenial? Will it flower again next year if I do?

[Bluepete]

Burt, quick question for those in the know- is it possible to keep an annual plant on as a perenial? Will it flower again next year if I do?

Yep, you can keep chilis, you juct need to trim them right down and keep them warm and only slightly damp over winter. Come spring, lots of fertiliser and water, warmth and tcl and off you go again!

Never tried it, but read about it and plan on trying it myself.

Pete

[rob13]

Whats the craic with smoking them guys? Is this during the growing process to aid them or is it post picked for self satisfaction? Never heard of smoking Chillis before.

[Bluepete]

A well rolled chili smoked in a quiet moment is a pleasure to any true gentleman!


In all honesty, it's a flavour thing. Smoked chili makes chipotle, which is a superb ingredient in sauces and general cooking. Use Mesquite, Hickory or like me, cut down a pear tree and use that instead! Just keep the smoke under 90C or they get cooked. Then dry in the oven at about 70 - 80C overnight.

Pete.

PS, hows the leg?

[rob13]

A well rolled chili smoked in a quiet moment is a pleasure to any true gentleman!


In all honesty, it's a flavour thing. Smoked chili makes chipotle, which is a superb ingredient in sauces and general cooking. Use Mesquite, Hickory or like me, cut down a pear tree and use that instead! Just keep the smoke under 90C or they get cooked. Then dry in the oven at about 70 - 80C overnight.

Pete.

PS, hows the leg?

Getting there mate, not quite back at work yet but targetting a return next month. Life at the end of the tunnel for sure. Hoping to be crutch free in a month. Last op next week Hurrah!

[Bluepete]

Good lad! Well done.

[thedonal]

Yep, you can keep chilis, you juct need to trim them right down and keep them warm and only slightly damp over winter. Come spring, lots of fertiliser and water, warmth and tcl and off you go again!

Never tried it, but read about it and plan on trying it myself.

Pete

Blindin'! Cheers! I've grown rather fond of these plants and the sagas I've had with them!

[gettin2dizzy]

The smoker;

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0013.jpg

Early Jalapenos by the ton

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0014.jpg




Pete
Well done that man!

You tried smoking anything else? I'd love to give salmon a go.

[Bluepete]

Well done that man!

You tried smoking anything else? I'd love to give salmon a go.

Cheers G2D!

Nope, not tried anything else yet, but salmon for sure and venison shaved into biltong style strips are high on the agenda. Anyone got any juniper trees they need cutting down?

Oh, the inside of the bin lid looks like a flip paint job! Superb :D

[gettin2dizzy]

Cheers G2D!

Nope, not tried anything else yet, but salmon for sure and venison shaved into biltong style strips are high on the agenda. Anyone got any juniper trees they need cutting down?

Oh, the inside of the bin lid looks like a flip paint job! Superb :D
Wonderful!

Billtong for sure. I tend to jerk-off most nights in my local. Frickin' love it!

[Bluepete]

I tend to jerk-off most nights in my local

:smt103:smt103:smt103 Don't the locals mind? :D

[gettin2dizzy]

:smt103:smt103:smt103 Don't the locals mind? :DThey're used to it now. Only the people at my table get a bit miffed at the spicy aroma.

[Eric39b]

OK my tomato's are rip and i have approx 20 ripe chillies (Caian(cant spell. blody hot though)) I am thinking of making some kind of ketchup. anybody got any recipies????

[Bluepete]

I haven't made it yet, but Jamie Olivers Ketchup lookes superb! Just stick some chili in it to your own taste!

It's not published, but it's here (http://forums.vogue.com.au/showthread.php?t=247459) in basic form.

I'm going to give it a go too. Love chili ketchup.

Pete

[DanAbnormal]

For a minute there I thought you meant 'smoking' them. Phew.

[sarah]

omg, my bulgarian carrot chillies are fierce.

[Bluepete]

Sarah, I bet they aren'tas hot as the bih jolokia! Just had a nibble of a tiny pod, barely the size of a garden pea and had to go somewhere quiet to sit! Couldn't stop giggling, drooling all over the place, burning like a bugger it was!

So then I decided to try one off the Chinese Pot! Holy mother of all that is holy, those little pods are like hand grenades going off! Barely one centimeter long, but trust me, they have a huge bite!

The plants have hundreds of pods on each, and I have two plants!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/796258f0.jpg

I lost count of the pods at 300 just on this one.

For scale, here is a ripe one. Hot little bugger!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/d9a00fbc.jpg

Love it!

Pete

[stewie]

My chillies are just ripening and I was wondering if the plants can be kept for next year or are they just annuals ?

[Bluepete]

Finally cropped most of the chilis now. I'm making them into sauces to preserve them and so far have done the Aji Lemon which became all colours from yellow, orange, purple green and mixtures of everything. I think it's from pollinating them with the same brush as all the others. The sauce is raw chilli, cider vinegar, fresh lemon juice and a dash of salt. Fresh and easy!

The sauce the Aji's make is FIERCELY hot. A real raw, in your face heat with loads of punch! Much hotter than expected and I have about half a litre of the stuff!

Also made today is the first batch of Bih Jolokia sauce. I'm not sure how to describe the flavour of this stuff! Twenty pods made 60ml of sauce. The pods are no more than 1cm long and about five to eight milimeters across. It's the hottest thing I have ever tasted. The endorphin rush is HUGE from just a tiny drop. It's hot, really, really hot with a magnificent flavour. There is so much depth to the taste, it has real flavour as well as the punch of the heat. Did I mention it's a bit hot? There will be enough pods to make another three or four bottles at least!

They look like this.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/05c8e89c.jpg

I have run out of cider vinegar, so will make the others tomorrow if I survive tea which will have some chilli sauce on it!

The Chinese Pots are also now fully ripe, there must be 500 plus on each bush, so I am picking them and drying them in the airing cupboard to make my own chilli powder. Some will get smoked a bit to make some smoky powder.

I had to throw away about six plants, all the numex orange and a couple of other, unknown types. They just wouldn't set fruit, so were a waste of space. They stayed in the garden though and looked very good too! The recent frosts have well and truly done them in, so they are in the bin now.

The greenhouse is now a banana and canna nursery again, all wrapped up in fleece for the winter.

Just need to choose which varieties to grow next year now!

[rob13]

Pete are you selling any of it? :D Im like a junkie with a habit to feed

[Bluepete]

If I get enough Bih Jolikia made, you can have some!

[sarah]

Thanks for the chillies Pete, they arrived today :thumright:

[Bluepete]

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do! If there's enough Bih Jolokia sauce, expect a Christmas pressy!

[rob13]

If I get enough Bih Jolikia made, you can have some!

So I dont have to go selling packs of Mach3 in the Red Lion?

[sarah]

Bump

[Bluepete]

Bump indeed Sarah!

It's that time of the year folks, get the chilli seeds ordered,

These guys (http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/hot_chili_pepper_seed.htm) are the best, over 200 varieties of every possible type of chilli you could imagine, from small, window sill ornamentals to 5 foot high jungle plants!

Sow indoors in very early March for good crops this year.

Shall we get a chilli exchange going?

Pete.

PS, still got a litre or more of the hottest sauce I have ever met left! Only a few drops needed to get those endorphins rushing!!

[sarah]

I've already sown mine...

[Sally]

This thread title confused me..
I thought like grinding them down, mixxing them with some baccy, and putting it in a skin..
Think its possible?

Back on topic, easy to grow chilli plants?

[maviczap]

Bit late on this thread, but maybe for next year. Plenty of smokers here.
http://www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/search/smokers/0/

[Sally]

Nono, i thought the thread meant physically smoking the chilli, like you smoke a fag...
I got confused again :(

[Magnum]

Nono, i thought the thread meant physically smoking the chilli, like you smoke a fag...
I got confused again :(

I thought the same. I can't imagine it would taste very nice.

I used to grow my own chillies. Before we had the second bathroom decorated it was made redundant for a couple of months. I i set up an indoor greenhouse in there, along with a table with sprouting plants. I only ever got one harvest in the end but it was pretty fun. They need a lot of care though, not enough watering and they can die in a day.

[gettin2dizzy]

This thread title confused me..
I thought like grinding them down, mixxing them with some baccy, and putting it in a skin..
Think its possible?

Yes.....but I wouldn't bother ;)


Back on topic, easy to grow chilli plants?
Yes....And I WOULD bother!

[Bluepete]

I'm getting some of these! They are called Peter Peppers.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/pepperorpenis.jpg

for no other reason than they make me giggle! I'm going to grow them in an old toilet I have (don't ask!) so I can point at the Peters in the porcelain!

[stewie]

Ive got 4 seed pods from last years harvest, they,ve been out all winter so far, will these grow form seed do you think Pete ?

[Bluepete]

They should do Stewie, so long as the pods dried well with no mould. Give it a go, can't hurt can it?

If you fancy, PM me your address, I'll pop a few seeds in the post for you.

Why does that sound so dirty?

Pete!!

[stewie]

Thanks Pete, very kind of you mate, Ill knock up a pm with my address
Cheers
Stew

[yorkie_chris]

I fancy a go at this, but have no idea where to start. I do like the odd drop of tabasco sauce or the extra-hot piri piri stuff, but I'm not quite as mad for it as bluepete!

What type of plant you reckon is a good one, or just pick some that sound nice?
Is now about the time to start planting?

I have windowsill and a greenhouse.

[Bluepete]

Chris, just choose a packet of seeds from http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/ They have hints and tips on growing etc. It's cheap and easy and you already have the expensive bit, the greenhouse!

[sarah]

I'm getting some of these! They are called Peter Peppers.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/pepperorpenis.jpg

for no other reason than they make me giggle! I'm going to grow them in an old toilet I have (don't ask!) so I can point at the Peters in the porcelain!

:lol:

[sarah]

This year I am mostly growing:
Wenk's yellow hots
Westlandse Lange Rodes
Early jalapenos
Auroras
Bulgarian carrots

Yay :-D

[Bluepete]

I've just sowed mine today, heated tray in the dining room. Seven types,

Cheyenne Chilli
Demon Red
Goat Horn
Maya Pimento
Padron Chilli Pepper
Ring of Fire
Tongues of Fire.

I chickened out of the Peter Peppers, I just couldn't face explaining them to the kids!
Imagine it,

"Dad, why does that plant look like it's covered in willies?" then asking to take some to school for show and tell.

Social services would have a field day!!

Have yours germinated yet Sarah? The early Jalapenos were awesome last year, I smoked a load, used them in salsa, salads, on pizza. They made superb sauces too! Loads of fruit.

Pete

[sarah]

Have yours germinated yet Sarah? The early Jalapenos were awesome last year, I smoked a load, used them in salsa, salads, on pizza. They made superb sauces too! Loads of fruit.



Yes. They are in unheated propagators on the windowsill, but there's a radiator under the window and i think that they like that!

[sarah]

How are everone's chillies doing?

[Bluepete]

Not too bad Sarah. Good germination rates this year, soaking the seeds in cold weak tea seemed to work. I potted them on from the seed plugs a week ago.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/DSC_0003-2.jpg

How are yours doing?

Pete

[sarah]

Mine are indesperate need of (re)potting. They are currently still in the seed trays that i sowed them in. Looking pretty healthy though. I'll do some repotting and and pics in a bit :-)

[thedonal]

I'm late onto the wagon again this year- going to plant seeds this weekend.

Anything I can do to speed up germination?

I have purple jalapenos, purple princes and cayenne.

[sarah]

Anything I can do to speed up germination?


warmth