2012-09-11 09:15
This chilli I grew this summer has just produced an endless crop of chillies. I will take some seeds and germinate them in warmed seed trays over winter and hopefully next year the plants wi… Read More
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2012-09-11 09:13
In July 2009 I planted Birds Eye Chilli seeds in trays. It took approximately one month for the seeds to grow as it was winter in South Africa and the cold weather slowed down the germinatio… Read More
2010-07-21 08:25
It is July 2010 and the middle of winter in South Africa. Here in Durban it is a little warmer than the rest of South Africa thanks to the warm Indian Ocean. It is the time to sow seeds agai… Read More
2010-01-12 10:10
Well something is attacking some of my chillies and stunting the growth. The new leaves seem to be the most attacked and where this happens the plants cant produce flowers or more leaves. T… Read More
2010-01-12 10:10
Well something is attacking some of my chillies and stunting the growth. The new leaves seem to be the most attacked and where this happens the plants cant produce flowers or more leaves. T… Read More
2009-12-22 13:49
Ask me if I'm impatient and I will say YES. I planted the seeds in July and today have seen one of my chillies beginning to turn RED. Wow I just cant believe it took that long, or was it the… Read More
2009-12-22 08:05
I planted this chilli seed in July 2009 and now the plant is approximately 28 cm high. It has already produced 4 chillies. The photo shows the largest chilli now 9 cm with a smaller chilli… Read More
2009-12-22 08:05
I have weeded the new bed and added compost to boost the nutrients in the soil. Made 9 rows with 5 seeds per row. It is the 3 November so as soon as the first seedlings appear I will record… Read More
2009-12-22 08:04
I have a section of my garden that is overgrown with grass and weeds and I have decided to grow chillies there. This section of my garden gets plenty of son and is sheltered a bit from wind… Read More
2009-12-11 12:40
When cooking toad in the hole and wanting to make your toads look scary. Use fresh chillies and cut 2 round pea sizes from toads eyes. Make it's mouth with a red fresh chilli and the combin… Read More
2009-11-10 11:42
The hottest chilli in the world is the Bhut Jolokia which has allegedly been tested by the Chile Pepper Institute of the University on New Mexico at a whopping 1,001,304 Scoville units.If a… Read More
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