Birds Eye Chillis
 

Hi All,

Does anyone have any tips for growing the small Thai chillies. I'm normally
pretty successful at growing the regular chillies, usually from seeds
harvested from supermarket bought ones. I know this probably isn't the best
policy but I've done alright so far until last year when I tried it with the
bird's eye variety. I usually germinate them in a propagator and plant them
out late May to early June time in compost in a mini-greenhouse. Last years
attempt germinated ok but were really slow to grow in the compost and only
really started to take off in September.

Are there any varieties I should be trying or this of chilli a bit
adventurous for the London area?

Cheers

Birds Eye Chillis
 

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"Fredrick Skoog" writes:
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| Does anyone have any tips for growing the small Thai chillies. I'm normally
| pretty successful at growing the regular chillies, usually from seeds
| harvested from supermarket bought ones. I know this probably isn't the best
| policy but I've done alright so far until last year when I tried it with the
| bird's eye variety. I usually germinate them in a propagator and plant them
| out late May to early June time in compost in a mini-greenhouse. Last years
| attempt germinated ok but were really slow to grow in the compost and only
| really started to take off in September.
|
| Are there any varieties I should be trying or this of chilli a bit
| adventurous for the London area?

Perhaps. Many bird's eye chillis (and there are many varieties
called that) are grown in the true tropics, so a UK summer is
pretty feeble. It's not just the temperature, but low light
levels.

I failed with habanero, which likes highish temperatures and
(even) highish humidity. Not a problem, as I don't think much of
it, anyway. Thai dragon seems to do well, and has a good taste
as well as heat.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.