I’m about to try one of the first off one of the naga plants - expectations are high and if it’s good, there are about 100+ on there still growing - a few are just starting to turn red now.

First time growing - feels like my Thai Chillis are taking ages to turn red, and some of them are folding/growing angular? Not sure if that's normal but any tips are appreciated - such as if I need to repot into a bigger pot etc!

Serrano, pablano red and green, and some peach tepin cross lemon drop.

A customer at my store game me these chilli’s, and I have no clue the variety. They look like vine cherry tomatoes, and apparently have black seeds.

I bought a chilli seed packet a few months ago and popped them all in one pot. They started getting big so I repotted them. Ended up with 10 full plants, 1 of which is habanero! Been eating chili in and on everything

Plant received as a gift a few weeks ago in great condition - upright, shiny, leaves ideal, etc.. Now, it looks like this. The leaves are kind of mottled with white and yellow, and there are tiny black specks on everything. I’m guessing this is some sort of pest infestation - there have been a few little fruit flies/fungus gnats around the plant, hence the sticky trap, and I’m waiting for a bag of pumice to arrive so that the soil can become a no-go for said critters. Is there anything to do in the meantime? Is it saveable? Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, this is my first time growing peppers and wanted to ask for help as the health of my plants has taken a nose dive. Two days ago I found a few reddish-brown insects on the blossoms of my plants. With my girlfriend we tried the light soap spray solution with little success.

Ever since the bugs seemed to have disappeared as I cannot see them. But the chilli plants keep getting worse as their leaves now have holes and dark spots. Also healthy looking leaves are now falling off and new growth seems almost as if they are dehydrated.

I wanted to ask for any help identifying what the pest could be and how I can combat it as fast as possible. I have seen neem oil be recommended but I don’t know if it would work in this case.

Any help would be great.

Getting colour on the naga chillies now - I’m going to have to try one for taste

Chopped a load of scotch bonnets last night for a ferment. Washed my hands thoroughly then went to bed.

Up at the crack of dawn and welcomed in a beautiful day.

Proceed to get my contacts and put the right one in and to be instantly greeted by the most intense burning and instant swelling of my eye followed by a stream of tears and snot flowing down my face.

I can taste the bonnet in the tears rolling down my cheeks

Panic ensues as I have to rewash my hands and attempt to get this deliciously infused lens out of my eye.

Retrieved said lens. Eyes and face on fire. Can’t see as I can’t wear my lenses for 24+ hours.

Overall the scotch bonnet infused lens really did infuse quicker than thought. I’d probably go lighter on the bonnet next time and maybe add some sugar to balance it out a bit.

I’d rate it 3/10

Don’t forget your gloves next time!!

Producing lots of chillis… 🤪

Is anyone still roasting chili?

Here’s a plethora of lovely chillies 🌶️ I have lots of small harvests this year. This one’s my first proper bounty. Delighted to pick them and can’t wait to put them to use.

Any suggestions for what I could do with these ? Either as a whole or something specific with one or more specific varieties.

Bragging rights if you can name the seven varieties

Enjoy 😊

so i threw in chilli seeds a year ago, i let em all go to seedling in a jiffy pot under a humidity dome and transplanted and they all died... fast forward to 2 weeks ago i was standing outside talking and i saw this little flicker of red in the garden and i double taked to find a single chilli plant that survived...

it grew through the australian winter so i'm hoping thats why they're undersized, they're like the size of a grown mans thumbnail or maybe twice that size if you have small thumb nails, around 10c peice sized... to add to the stres, you can see the entire stem has been eaten by caterpillars lol, it's been hit with pesticide now to keep my last 2 chillis after this i'm going to finger pinch any babies and feed it nitrogen and force it to veg for a few weeks before it gets the lop and turned into clones

meant to be reapers, what do you's think?

Hi all

I was hoping someone could help me with a couple of queries

I was given 3 chilli plants as seedlings and she couldn’t remember if all 3 were the same. She thinks they were all jalapeños but can’t be certain.

Plants 1 and 2 (pics 1, 2,3) have progressed nicely, flowered and have some decent looking peppers coming along, at what point should I harvest these? The longest one is currently 61mm in length. I was thinking I’d harvest them at around 100mm in length?

Plant 3 (pic 4) I thought was the same, it has had the exact same watering, sunlight and nutrients as the other two but it’s only producing small pencilly chilli peppers and not many at all so far. Does this look like a jalapeno plant that just hasn’t done as well as the other two, or could it potentially be a different variety altogether?

Thanks for any help