Most of my chilli plants are beginning to produce ripe fruit now, so I think it is the right moment to show you some photos of them...
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| "Red Habanero" |
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| "Red Habanero", partially ripe |
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| "Aji Limon" |
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| "Aji Limon", immature |
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| "Nosferatu" - I think it will turn red when ripe |
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| "Poblano" |
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| "Christmas Bell" - immature |
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| Unknown type from Turkey |
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| As above |
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| As above |
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| Sweet Pepper "Garnet" |
Those "Garnet" peppers are huge - about 20cm long. They are not showing any signs of ripeness yet, so I reckon I may have to cut them and bring them indoors to ripen.
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| "Numex Suave Orange" |
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| "Black Prince" |
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| "Black Prince" |
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"Scotch Bonnet"
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You probably noticed that many of the photos of chillis show moisture on the fruits. This is dew. I took the photos at about 0900 on a sunny morning, after a cool night. Really Autumny!
The dews are quite heavy now aren't they?
ReplyDeleteHow many of each chilli have you potted up? I bet they make a lovely display. Do you keep many as decorative pot plants?
In most cases I have only one example of each, and they are all in pots. If space allows, I will keep one or two indoors for next year (as I did last year with the Scotch Bonnet), but mostly I begin again each year, growing from seed.
DeleteBeautiful peppers!
ReplyDeleteThe dark purple 'Nosferatu' is so interesting with dark leaves and reddish stems.
Hope you are having a great day
Lea
Wow, I can see you do like your chilis! They really are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThe Nosferatu are really striking! What is their heat level?
ReplyDeleteDavid, this is one that I only acquired recently, and the plant only has about 6 fruits. I'm leaving them to ripen (hopefully they will be red), at which point I will be able to guage the heat level.
DeleteA good selection, they're such decorative plants.
ReplyDeleteI love the yellow and purple ones, great names too. What will you do with them all? Be nice to dry them.
ReplyDeleteCaroline, I'm keeping the bigger ones for drying so that I can make some "paprika", whereas the smaller ones are for general culinary purposes - some of them are already in the freezer for use later on. Chillis do actually last pretty well in the freezer.
DeleteBeautiful chilies. I love that purple one.
ReplyDelete*Green with envy* :P
ReplyDeleteHow I wish I could grow beautiful chillies like you do,Mark..Happy Gardening! :)
You have some really interesting chili plants like the black prince. I read an article just this morning about putting chilis on a toothache as a cure and a method people used to practice years ago.
ReplyDeleteWhat a chilli showcase Mark. Great job ;D
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