On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:55:34 -0800, Billy wrote:
In article ,
AZ Nomad wrote:

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:52:28 -0800, Billy wrote:
In article ,
AZ Nomad wrote:

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:11:28 +0000, Yum Yum
wrote:

Hello readers,
i would like to start growing chili [Mexican/Indian ones], but i'm
told that i need heat. i don't have the room for a greenhouse. Any
thoughts on getting round this problem?
Thanks, Michael.

Growing where? Northern alaska? Phoenix? Indoors?
It makes a difference.

BTW: avoiding overwatering is more important if you want a lots of
capsaicin.

The header says U.K.

sounds too wet for decent chilli peppers. indoors might be the way to go.
Or just select a pepper much hotter than desired (like habeneros) and
understand that the wet weather will make them more mild than usual.

Possibly. I was thinkin' that if he had an otherwise sunny location for
it, a large tomato arbor set in a large pot, wrapped with clear
polyvinyl from any paint department (4 mils is probably best but 2 mils
and 6 mils will work as well). I would work as a small green house and
may allow enough heat to grow what he wants.

Habaneros are good for heat but I prefer the flavor of jalapenos. My
sweety though can't abide the heat, so I want some sweet peppers that I
can fry in olive oil and garlic to serve as a side dish.

My thought was that the wet humid weather will take them a notch down
in heat. There's a whole scale of peppers. Pablanos might work well;
they're tasty. Jalapenos might be a good choice if they are grown on
the mild side (wet).