MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: rich83 on June 25, 2012, 11:34:05 pm
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So... i know theres a few of us on here that are 'growing' at the moment. Lets see what youve got :happy2:
Here are some of mine.
These are Cayenne Chillis... so should be hot but not stoooopid hot.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/301862_10150777915750882_756198772_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/149301_10150810131155882_1778366924_n.jpg)
And this is where we are now... just starting to bud flowers.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/380687_10150864625230882_1914557021_n.jpg)
Bhut Jolokia.... stupid hot :evilgrin:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/389271_10150810131575882_959568663_n.jpg)
This is where they are now, they are reported to be quite slow growing (I should have them inside really)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/598841_10150864625295882_2045650779_n.jpg)
Got some Scotch Bonnets too, but no upto date pics yet.
:happy2:
Rich
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These are Cayenne Chillis...
So they're overweight, thirsty and shift like a train? :laugh: :pomppomp:
Looks a good setup Rich. I'm always someone who likes to push their heat tolerances in balti houses but enjoy it while doing so. Bet those will pack a good punch :happy2:
P.s. tried a friends phaal curry last Friday night at a local franchised Balti restaurant and they'd certainly given him a challenge, plenty of Jolokias in that we were told. To be avoided unless expected :surprised: :party:
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Fancy a weekend of it.http://www.westdean.org.uk/garden/news%20and%20events/chillifiesta.aspx (http://www.westdean.org.uk/garden/news%20and%20events/chillifiesta.aspx)
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Looking good Rich, just got the one plant myself, need to get a greenhouse set up for next year. :happy2:
I'd be up for a visit to the chilli fest :evilgrin:
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Fancy a weekend of it.http://www.westdean.org.uk/garden/news%20and%20events/chillifiesta.aspx (http://www.westdean.org.uk/garden/news%20and%20events/chillifiesta.aspx)
We go there every year, well worth the entery fee. Try the Ghilli and Garlic ice cream. :)
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I've been going for many years now. Friday is usually the quietest. :happy2:
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Have to keep note of this thread, had some plants last year, but ended up getting rid as i had the porch full of flies.
Only have one small plant this year, flowers just starting to bud.
Anyone feed there's? Just been using tomato feed before.
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I've tried to grow them a few times and failed, either getting infested with unshiftable bugs or not really giving decent yield.
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Sounds like this could be a hot topic...
When's best to plant chilli seeds?
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Well fingers crossed that I get some chillies. Im also growing loads of other veg. Ironically I don't like veg. :-/
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Yes use tomato feed. Little and often.
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I have just received my seeds today. Got everything to start them or at least I thought I had, forgot the soil :signLOL:
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Seeding compost to start them off matey.
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My porch makes a great greenhouse, gets so warm each day until late evening.
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Got plenty of flower buds on my plant and a couple have opened. :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fad39%2Fnorthernthor%2Fchilliplant1.jpg&hash=7ad9ec53d3f6522c4ffaa39a26f91849f8b5327d)
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Have a few flowers on mine this morning, think its time to re-pot in something larger.
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Got plenty of flower buds on my plant and a couple have opened. :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fad39%2Fnorthernthor%2Fchilliplant1.jpg&hash=7ad9ec53d3f6522c4ffaa39a26f91849f8b5327d)
Looking good Chris. :happy2:
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Little update on mine. Ive been away in Plymouth all week so they were left unattended :scared:
Bhut Jolokia
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/179507_10150876049165882_411269217_n.jpg)
Various
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Cayenne
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/246580_10150876049775882_226455544_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/8032_10150876049705882_54856039_n.jpg)
Scotch Bonnet (these need potting up soon)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/602298_10150876049250882_648875492_n.jpg)
Sweet Peppers
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/391391_10150876049610882_801061878_n.jpg)
Hopefully ill have some chillis within 2 weeks now, I just wish I had planted them a bit sooner.
Rich
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can never get mine to grow from seeds for some reason, but always successful from seedlings :stupid:
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Little update on mine. Ive been away in Plymouth all week so they were left unattended :scared:
Bhut Jolokia
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s720x720/179507_10150876049165882_411269217_n.jpg)
Have you eaten one of these?
I have :rolleye:
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/309364_10150909872730882_1096466088_n.jpg)
Probably my biggest plant, its got a ton of buds on it.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/549576_10150909873405882_987156701_n.jpg)
First chill...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/315316_10150909873135882_170287307_n.jpg)
Naga
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/179947_10150909874150882_131367224_n.jpg)
Scotch Bonnets
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/422367_10150909874295882_66028441_n.jpg)
Do you think I've planted too many? :signLOL:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/182098_10150909874560882_171315987_n.jpg)
And in other news.....
Our tomatoes are going well... we've got loads of trusses with about 8-10 on each.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/382392_10150909873770882_1985110233_n.jpg)
Snozzcumber :signLOL:
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/582110_10150918892175882_1830849706_n.jpg)
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GAH! APHIDS ON MY HABANERO!!! :fighting:
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Greenfly spray?
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Ladybirds.
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Ladybirds.
Thats what i'm hoping for just not seen many of them this year :sad1: They better turn up soon otherwise i'll be resorting to spray.
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Wouldn't mind having a go at this...
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My Chilli plant now has some very small fruits developing, however my bell peppers and tomatoes are progressing well. keep going out on Slug patro at 10pm each night to kill the little blighters before they make it to my plants :fighting:
Bell Boy Pepper plant
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fad39%2Fnorthernthor%2FPepperendJuly.jpg&hash=4c4460dd027a9e59c79c71b3128ae26b9cfa8af2)
Money Maker Tomato plant - just working two trusses at the moment, once it gets to 6ft tall I will allow other trusses to develop. :happy2:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fad39%2Fnorthernthor%2FMoneymakerendJuly.jpg&hash=43f171815efb7f453dab1279b8455a8c776d06a3)
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For the slugs just bury a pot in the garden with some beer in. The slug smells it, goes for it and drowns a happy slug. :wink:
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Looking good Thor. Our largest tomatoes are at a similar stage, weve got 3/4 plants and a ton of trusses. Do tomato plants only flower once? i.e. when youve picked them all, thats it?
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Yes Rich. I would treat toms as one shot only.
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Yes Rich. I would treat toms as one shot only.
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Better get the recipes prepared already then :signLOL:
I think this is the Leon Tomato Ketchup Recipe.... nom nom
Tomato Ketchup (makes about 1.5l – 2l)
2-3 large onions, chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic, smashed
1 teaspoon Spanish paprika (not of the smoked variety)
3 cloves
1 blade of mace or 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon celery salt
5 tablespoons sunflower oil
2kg very ripe tomatoes
4 tablespoon fructose
200 ml apple juice
140 ml red wine vinegar
salt and pepper
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These are 2 very good books with lots of useful recipes in them. The tomato book has a very good green tomato chutney recipe as you will probably end up with a few green ones.
http://www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk/shop/copy_of_Books.html (http://www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk/shop/copy_of_Books.html)
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My Scotch Bonnet plants are sick - I think the Pyrethrin spray I bought to control the aphids has hammered them, it's so disheartening to see them dying after growing from seed in April. Is it terminal I wonder? :sad1:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi915.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac351%2FMatt_S_2009%2FScotch%2520bonnet%2Fth_DSC01309.jpg&hash=db0a4d6d129d44b9adb955a5bead04e6feb96c7c) (http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/Matt_S_2009/Scotch%20bonnet/?action=view¤t=DSC01309.jpg)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi915.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac351%2FMatt_S_2009%2FScotch%2520bonnet%2Fth_DSC01310.jpg&hash=75c8787986eca6a6abc3c0d43964c7abe7a7dd7a) (http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/Matt_S_2009/Scotch%20bonnet/?action=view¤t=DSC01310.jpg)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi915.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac351%2FMatt_S_2009%2FScotch%2520bonnet%2Fth_DSC01312.jpg&hash=1845d6d42a71c8b6ff29f283e8a8fff349af8ed8) (http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/Matt_S_2009/Scotch%20bonnet/?action=view¤t=DSC01312.jpg)
Habs are fruiting nicely now though :jumpmove: not as satisfying though as I bought it as a plant from Sainsburys.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi915.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fac351%2FMatt_S_2009%2FScotch%2520bonnet%2Fth_DSC01315.jpg&hash=448ee26cbf02094041263000fa53d552d569e86b) (http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/Matt_S_2009/Scotch%20bonnet/?action=view¤t=DSC01315.jpg)
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Anyone have any clue about the damage to my scotch bonnets, it's the black patches on the underside of the leaves that worries me the most. Aphid damage? Although it hasn't been that heavily infested. Or pyrethrin burns? Will it recover?
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When I had trouble I emailed my pictures to a website. Just can't remember which one. :ashamed:
I'll ask the guys at work. :smiley:
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When I had trouble I emailed my pictures to a website. Just can't remember which one. :ashamed:
I'll ask the guys at work. :smiley:
That would be great, cheers!
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I'm convinced that some of my cayenne plants are actually Jalapeños!! :-S they look totally different!
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Bah! No idea how I missed this thread, looks like good fun!!
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Here we go...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/378332_10150957154020882_878417827_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/530261_10150958263770882_208125391_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/405246_10150957154320882_93398305_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/483933_10150958265170882_256399619_n.jpg)
Naga
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/484573_10150957155595882_1954498562_n.jpg)
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http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/St-Paul-s-shoplifter-scuppered-Scotch-Bonnet/story-16738476-detail/story.html (http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/St-Paul-s-shoplifter-scuppered-Scotch-Bonnet/story-16738476-detail/story.html)
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Naga...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523803_10151021391360882_214852415_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/429299_10151021391365882_788561967_n.jpg)
Scotch bonnet...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/250757_10151021391350882_722484560_n.jpg)
Ive brought a few plants inside now as its getting bit cold in the greenhouse :smiley:
Rich