Somewhere recently I saw some chilis in an arrangement and they looked brilliant…so I thought to myself in my little brain…I thought…I’ll have some of that action.
In order to ‘have some of that action’ it is important, indeed imperative, that the seeds are sown el pronto as they need a long season in order to produce an abundance of fruit…{If you can call them fruit?}
I’ve never grown chilis before so this is a first for The Higgledy Garden so if you have any recommendations they would be gratefully received by yours truly.
Benji
January 17, 2011 @ 7:56 am
They do indeed need a long season, especially if you want them to turn red. Like JW we were late with ours last year and still had ‘fresh’ quite late in the year. I also string and dry them and make up wreaths with them.
January 17, 2011 @ 10:14 am
JW makes fantastic wreaths…you can see them on her site…just click on the JW below. ;)
January 15, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
I grew them last year, sown direct in the polytunnel and they did brilliantly. Again, in my usual professional style, I just bunged in a packet of mixed varieties with no labels, so can’t recommend any, but I sowed them quite late (late-March, I think), which meant they were still going in November and I managed to keep them fresh for Christmas wreaths. I didn’t grow them this year just gone as I was growing a lot of flowers in the tunnel and wasn’t sure about the effects of the ethylene. x