Another chilli question

chops

I have loads of chillies on plants in the garden but they are all green, how long should I leave them on the plant in the hope that they go red or is it a case of if they haven't gone red yet they're not going to?

Omertron

Do you need them to be red for a specific purpose? i.e. display or flavoured oil? If not you can use them whenever you want. Sometimes my chillies take a few weeks to turn red.

tim_n

mine are purple = ) not sure where I've gone wrong ;- )

FTB83

You lucky things! I was given a chilli plant this year and it's only just started flowering, one flower has dropped off and I can see a little green bulbous bit which I think must be a chilli . Is there enough summer time left for them to grow into fully-fledged hot ones??

Sarahsaver

Red and green are different types.

Numptie

If the chillies are still green when its time to bring them in from the greenhouse then I usually take a piece of thread and tie the chillies in a line and hang them in the window. They will usually turn red after a couple of weeks. I then leave them to dry out for use over the winter.

newleaf

Sarahsaver wrote:

Red and green are different types.

True. Don't be waiting for them to go red if they aren't a red variety! You can get them in all sorts of colours, including purple, and there is a lovely variety (called 'Firecracker', I think) that has multiple colours on the plant all at the same time, it's very pretty!

Wizwoo

Well what ever colour they are - they'll be great. Ours were green. We gave a load away and chopped a load up and put them in the freezer so that always have a stock of frozen chilli.

zippychick

Hi all, I have a chilli related question. Ive never bought chillis before and was surprised there isn't "the ultimate chilli thread". They are finger chillis and i don't know how to store them, chop them, use in food (seeds, no seeds, ? etc) quantity to use - i do like hot but am used to chilli flakes and have no idea how these bad boys work. I don't know when they get added in cooking and i don't understand if i can use them in the same dishes i would use chilli flakes . I don't know how long they keep and ive no idea how to freeze them - whole, chopped, etc.

Any help ? Web searches don't offer me the help you experts could;)
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