morning sunshine

the 3 dorset nagas (and a Trinity hiding behind the curtain) sunning themselves in the morning sun. The Trinity's, rooster spur and apricots are all coming on well and i'll be posting an update on those next.

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dorset naga

The dorset nagas have really shot up in size over the last few weeks. Plenty of flowers but so far no chilli pods.

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Potting on, new pots

Dorset Nagas

                                                                  Trinity & Apricots

                                                             Padrons, Jalpenos & Aji Limo

                                        
                                                        
The Chilli plants have all been growing well (despite the grey British weather) so I was going to do an update on them today, but this afternoon my potting on pots & trays came in the post so I decided to take some photos of the chilli plants that were big enough to pot on after transplanting them this evening.

The pots are 8mm wide and should be ok size wise for the slow growers untill planting outside, not too shure about the Padrons & the Jalpenos tho' as they are starting to grow nice and quickly now. I shall wait and see.

I was expecting the pots to be really cheap and flimsy but they arn't bad considering I got 108 pots & six pot trays all for under £20. Once all the pots are full & watered the weight is too much for the trays really but as long as you support them while carrying them they are fine, also chillis don't like their roots in water so its good to keep them fairly dry.

Chilli powder

This is a great way to store any surplus of chillies. Last Years Dried Chillies (Birds eyes, Jalpeno & Dorset Nagas) Were hung up in our window to dry out & then when totally dry put into a coffee grinder/food processor & blended into a fine powder. Super hot home made home grown chilli powder. store in an air tight container.

dorset naga seeds planted

Dorset naga seeds taken from last years crop are planted and hopefully will starting to germinate. Last year the Nagas took a couple of months to germinate on the window sill and were very slow growing. This year I thought I'd give them a headstart and start them off nice and early on our heated bathroom floor.

I think I might of killed off all my chilli seeds by overheating them in the drying out process last year, just to be on the safe side I've ordered some more seeds so I don't waste a month or two waiting for dead seeds to germinate.

Seeds I'm going to be attempting to grow this year are as follows:

Rooster Spur
Aji Limo
Trinity
Orange habanero
Dorset naga
Apricot
Caldero Jalapeno
Pimiento de padron

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