Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

annie123

Well done fay, I've had a dreadful year for chillies, worst one I think in 20 years of growing them. The pinp ones are lovely and the best crop too this year. Mine are all outside mind, so I guess the lack of sun and warmth this year has reduced my crop.

mrbadexample

I've got loads of lemon drop chillies - any idea what colour they go when ripe? No signs yet and it's starting to get cooler. :undecided

lolly5648

mrbadexample wrote: »

Very nice Fay!

To be honest, I thought the PinP were Pretty, yes, Purple, yes, but a bit lacking in the furnace department. Those in post #1523 make up for it though.

My PinP are very hot - I put a few cut in half with some vegetables I was roasting and they were unbelievably fiery and we like hot chillies.

Fay

lolly5648 wrote: »

My PinP are very hot - I put a few cut in half with some vegetables I was roasting and they were unbelievably fiery and we like hot chillies.

My pip aren't very hot either but have a nice taste to them. The jalapenos are spot on and have grown incredibly well. I'm tempted to try and overwintering one or two of them.
The pip are a lovely ornamental plant and I would grow them again just for their looks!

Little_Vics

crumbs, I'm a little worried my chilli will be too hot now because they are tiny!! Um....

I'm also going to bite the bullet with the toms. They've been inside since the gales earlier this week, following another air-born suicide attempt, so this weekend they will be picked.

Potatoes (which I didn't plant) are also ready to be lifted. Strawberry runners are potted, I have eaten the 2 sugar snap peas I managed to grow, and I have a teeeny tiny beetroot to pick.

Peppers will remain on the plant until I decide to eat them.

emiff6

mrbadexample wrote: »

I've got loads of lemon drop chillies - any idea what colour they go when ripe? No signs yet and it's starting to get cooler. :undecided

I don't grow chillies, but seems to me if the Pretty in Purple are purple, very likely the Lemon Drop will be yellow.....:D

mrbadexample

emiff6 wrote: »

I don't grow chillies, but seems to me if the Pretty in Purple are purple, very likely the Lemon Drop will be yellow.....:D

Ahh...well...no but yeah but actually they're supposed to be lemon flavoured. They're green at the moment, with no sign of ripening thus far.

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

crumbs, I'm a little worried my chilli will be too hot now because they are tiny!! Um....

Only one way to find out. Go on, eat it.

Little_Vics wrote: »

I'm also going to bite the bullet with the toms. They've been inside since the gales earlier this week, following another air-born suicide attempt, so this weekend they will be picked.

I still wouldn't. You've got plenty of time yet. Even if they don't ripen, you can still pick them green later.

Little_Vics

Little Vics v MBE = FIGHT!!

Joking aside, I'm in Yorkshire and it will now rain every day until April. Are you SURE I should leave them? I don't have any windowsill space so they'll have to be outside, and to be honest I'm getting fed up of picking up the greenhouse thingy every time we have a gust of wind.

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

Little Vics v MBE = FIGHT!!

Joking aside, I'm in Yorkshire and it will now rain every day until April. Are you SURE I should leave them? I don't have any windowsill space so they'll have to be outside, and to be honest I'm getting fed up of picking up the greenhouse thingy every time we have a gust of wind.

I don't want to fight you. Laydeez fight dirty, everyone knows that.

I say I would leave them because I'm looking at mine, which are still doing well. Having said that, they are well supported, and these winds haven't shifted them an inch. As you probably know, I support mine with string, which works much better than canes, IMO. Obviously, the ones inside the greenhouse are even better protected.

If you really have no way of providing them with shelter, then perhaps it is time to call it a day and pick them.

How about some more photos eh? I want to see that chilli too!