Preserving chillies
I think I'm going to try salting some green chillies, as it used to
work well with my mother's runner beans. If anybody's done it, how did it go? Should I slit them open, or even halve them lengthwise, to let the salt in? -- Mike. |
Preserving chillies
Mike Lyle wrote:
I think I'm going to try salting some green chillies, as it used to work well with my mother's runner beans. If anybody's done it, how did it go? Should I slit them open, or even halve them lengthwise, to let the salt in? Much easier to shove 'em in a plasic bag and stright into the freezer1 pk |
Preserving chillies
On 10 Oct 2006 07:25:22 -0700, "Mike Lyle"
wrote: I think I'm going to try salting some green chillies, as it used to work well with my mother's runner beans. If anybody's done it, how did it go? Should I slit them open, or even halve them lengthwise, to let the salt in? Going off slightly on a tangent, I'd like some chilli advice. I have a plant in a pot, which I grew from seed from a red chilli from the greengrocer. It is growing well, and has 3 green chillis the size of the parent one, but they are not turning red. If I remove them will they ripen? Will they dry and keep? There are other flowers and tiny fruit which I want to develop. This is my first time growing them. Pam in Bristol |
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Chillies do take several weeks to ripen. Frost will kill it, but even if it is cool at night the chillies will eventually ripen provided they get enough light, though further fruit will not set if it is cool. It is enough to bring it inside and put it on a light windowsill before the first frost. It should continue to ripen/produce chillies for at least 6 more weeks. You can then prune it back, and with luck it will start growing again next year, and it will then fruit earlier and be more productive. Water modestly at this time, they naturally grow in places with dry winters. Though it isn't guaranteed - if you had 10 plants you would probably loose at least half, especially if it is a C. annum variety (the most common). |
Preserving chillies
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:20:41 +0100, echinosum
wrote: Chillies do take several weeks to ripen. Frost will kill it, but even if it is cool at night the chillies will eventually ripen provided they get enough light, though further fruit will not set if it is cool. It is enough to bring it inside and put it on a light windowsill before the first frost. It should continue to ripen/produce chillies for at least 6 more weeks. You can then prune it back, and with luck it will start growing again next year, and it will then fruit earlier and be more productive. Water modestly at this time, they naturally grow in places with dry winters. Though it isn't guaranteed - if you had 10 plants you would probably loose at least half, especially if it is a C. annum variety (the most common). Thanks Echinosum; very useful advice. The plant is already on a west facint window sill and getting TLC! Pam in Bristol |
Preserving chillies
Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:20:41 +0100, echinosum wrote: Chillies do take several weeks to ripen. Frost will kill it, but even if it is cool at night the chillies will eventually ripen provided they get enough light, though further fruit will not set if it is cool. It is enough to bring it inside and put it on a light windowsill before the first frost. It should continue to ripen/produce chillies for at least 6 more weeks. You can then prune it back, and with luck it will start growing again next year, and it will then fruit earlier and be more productive. Water modestly at this time, they naturally grow in places with dry winters. Though it isn't guaranteed - if you had 10 plants you would probably loose at least half, especially if it is a C. annum variety (the most common). Thanks Echinosum; very useful advice. The plant is already on a west facint window sill and getting TLC! Note, though, that as your plant is a seedling from a supermarket chilli, it's most unlikely to be best suited to British conditions. Mine are the same: just for fun I grew two from a Tesco bird's-eye, which probably came from Thailand. The plants are very different: one fruited early and well, while the other is very shy and a couple of months behind in fruiting, even though it's been a bigger plant right from the start. I've never been lucky enough to find second-year chillies, however cosseted, more productive than an early spring sowing; though I've never had any trouble in keeping them alive. Not that it usually matters unless one has only a single plant: you generally get more than you need anyhow. Yes, p.k., you can freeze them; but I'm asking about salting. -- Mike. |
Preserving chillies
echinosum writes
Pam Moore Wrote: Going off slightly on a tangent, I'd like some chilli advice. I have a plant in a pot, which I grew from seed from a red chilli from the greengrocer. It is growing well, and has 3 green chillis the size of the parent one, but they are not turning red. If I remove them will they ripen? Will they dry and keep? There are other flowers and tiny fruit which I want to develop. This is my first time growing them. Chillies do take several weeks to ripen. Frost will kill it, but even if it is cool at night the chillies will eventually ripen provided they get enough light, though further fruit will not set if it is cool. It is enough to bring it inside and put it on a light windowsill before the first frost. It should continue to ripen/produce chillies for at least 6 more weeks. You can then prune it back, and with luck it will start growing again next year, and it will then fruit earlier and be more productive. Water modestly at this time, they naturally grow in places with dry winters. Though it isn't guaranteed - if you had 10 plants you would probably loose at least half, especially if it is a C. annum variety (the most common). IME the presence of ripe or developing chillies on a plant doesn't in any way inhibit the further development of chillies, so there's no need to remove them on this score. -- Kay |
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