chilipepper's Journal

One of the peppers I got in Lanzarote is a chilipepper,  I think. (Largo de Reus). I hope they are as colourful and tasty looking as all your chilipeppers.

Today I bought a chilli growing kit - or rather, I went to a garden centre with my daughters and they saw this and really wanted to buy it for their dad, who is the only person in the family who loves hot dishes, and addd spices all the time to his own meals while we eat our "bland" ones! I was a bit disappointed to realise afterwards that there is no variety indicated, but we will give it a try and see what grows!

Dave, is it worth trying to plant a few chillie seeds indoors in south facing extension that gets loads of light as an experiment?

i love a hot chillie.i will be try that kind next year.

Hi Fran, seeds will germinate and grow on your kitchen window no problem! but don't sow seed till the middle of February, you could grow them indoor no problem, but choose a small type of plant that wont spread to much, scotch bonnet would be ideal, in summer leave it out on the patio as long as weather is reasonable (no strong wind, cold breeze or heavy rain) and it will be quiet happy and give you a good crop of chillies! 

Hi Paul, recommend it, compact and easy to grow, just rember they are HOT!!!!

Hi Claire, strange it had no name, they mostly use a cayenne chilli in those kits, well you will be in for a surprise! best of luck with it!!!! 

Hi Jacinta, Largo de Reus, its a bell pepper, vigorous, grows to about 50/60cm, dense sweet flesh!  

Actually, I eventually found the name, it was on the seed packet, at the bottom of the pot. It's called "purple tiger". The instructions say that it should be in a temperature of 25ºC, I hope it will germinate at less otherwise we are in trouble, as even the warmest room in the house, the kitchen, rarely reaches this temperature!