Chillies, Toms & Sweet Pepper growing

[Marc]

Right then, sorry for the lack of updates but Ive taken tons of Pics overtime, you can (apparently) check them ALL out HERE:

Chilles 2009

heres a taster of my first proper 2009 Harvest all picked today:

Toms - Orange & Purple Sweet Pepper
Jalapeno on his own, Demon Red Chillies....these taken from just 4 plants of which each has 30/40+ on!!

 

[LABHA]

If you have any room next year plz let me know,i can chuck few tomatoe plants (cough cough) in there,will give a drink^^.

 

[Marc]

Fiery Foods UK Events

Victoria Gardens next Saturday/Sunday

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Fiery Foods UK Events

Victoria Gardens next Saturday/Sunday

 

[Marc]

pics above Tom check the link out

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

pics above Tom check the link out

Your photos are quality Marc. Top work!

Pretty happy with my own madest efforts. Only planted them six weeks ago and they're already nearly a foot tall. No chillies yet. Next photo update on 25th September.

 

[Marc]

think they will struggle to Fruit, may flower though if it stays warm enough, certainly worth overwintering as no doubt I've mentioned before
My Tabasco from last year has one fruit on it now...which is nice!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

think they will struggle to Fruit, may flower though if it stays warm enough, certainly worth overwintering as no doubt I've mentioned before

It's just quite exciting seeing what happens next! Flowers, fruit, mightily growing plants, it's all good.

 

[Marc]

Todays crop picked:
Chillies....shitloads of them and loads more to come!!
Sweet Peppers - Purple, Reds, Orange & Green + a couple of tomatoes
orange Scotch Bonnet will leave it to turn red, mega hot!
Bottom pic is Spagna, probably the best looking chilli plant!

 

[London Calling]

Lovely crop above, due to the wether and having to crop outside I had a poor harvest. The best area being the flat roof which is a real sunspot. But enogh crop to keep me going for a while.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Brilliant photos Marc

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Behold The Mighty Bush! THPP will not be disappointed with that effort. At least one fully erect chilli plant of eighteen inches, with the rest not far behind. Given his time on earth again, THPP would probably not sow half a packet of chilli seeds into one patently under-sized pot, but heigh-ho, they all seem to be flourishing this far. There are tiny wee buds forming all over which promise flowers sometime soon. Which is nice. THPP chilli plant going up almost as fast as Falmer itself. Rest assured that NSC will miss non of this hot chilli action. Tune in 25th October for latest update.



Oh, and the Fiery Foods Festival in the gardens opposite the King & Queen was most splendid last weekend BTW Anybody else go?

 

[Marc]

yes the festival was alright Tom, did'nt stay too long though as I've seen it all before and its pretty much the same every time now.

Heres a helping from just TWO Pickings this past week, most in the greenhouses are now almost finished but reckon theres a good 25ish to come yet with a couple of toms & sweet peppers still going.

First Pic, all of them in a pile....Marvelous Scenes!

Second Pic, Jamaican Bell chillies, not tasted yet but a cool shape I think you'll agree!

Third Pic, laid my Sisters Guitar on them for no reason (after washing they need to be dried before going in the freezer, her guitar was there so I just thought 'What The Hell!')

-=-

 

[algie]

My god what a sucessfull harvest you had and they look like they meet EU standards.Would love to eat one.

I brought some Dorset Naga's from Tesco's the other day.They are hotter then Scots Bonnets and better.

 

[algie]

What are those purple looking peppers?

 

[Marc]

Purple ones are actually Green my phone camera does'nt do well in bad light! they are Jalapenos, did'nt come out very big though only stubby little things.

 

[Superphil]

What are those purple looking peppers?

We grew some purple ones, the seed packet said they would be sweet and mild, they were sour bitter and horrible.

Had a lot more luck with others though, about 8 differenct varieties, ended up with a real bumper harvest, not bad for a first attempt.

Have pickled some and also dried a load more, gonna be a spicy winter!

 

[Marc]

What are those purple looking peppers?

bugger thought you meant the pics above! the Purple ones are just Sweet Peppers, got them in a Mix bag with Reds/Greens/Orange. Same as Superphil they are quite sour and not that night actually!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The colours are amazing!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Close-up photo of THPP’s gorgeous pouting chilli flowers this month. Leaves starting go yellow and curly. Tune in on 25th November for what will probably be a photo of, er, a stick.