In this post, you will learn how to germinate seeds. More specifically, you will learn the best method to germinate chili seeds. If you are new to growing chili you may have asked yourself the question “how do you germinate capsicum seeds?” There are several ways to germinate hot chili seeds and in this post, …
In this post I will write about my experience with growing and tasting one of the world’s hottest chilies; the Carolina Reaper. But first you will also find some short information about the chili variety. Carolina Reaper The Reaper is, like the Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate, a really hot chili pepper. In fact, the red Carolina …
I have been really successful in terms of growing chili. One of my jamaican bell plants gave me so much fruit. First, I did not really know what do with all the beautiful red pods! But then I started to ask around and search the web. In my tomato chili jam I used tomatoes, …
Jamaican bell (aka Nepalese bell) are one of my absolute favorite peppers. I just love the intense red color and the shape of them. In this post I will tell you my impression of this variety of Capsicum Baccatum. This season I have also grown Poblano (Capsicum Annuum), Apocalypse Scorpion, Reaper Chocolate (both Capsicum Chinense), …
Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate is supposed to be a really hot chili pepper. This year I have grown one plant of this variety. It is a Capsicum Chinense and the peppers that have ripen, on my plant, get a beautiful brown color (see photo of the chili with its nice brown color). In …
In this post, you will find images of the two Poblano chili plants that I have been growing this season. Poblano chili is a variety of the species Capsicum Annuum. The chili fruit, is not that pungent (1.000 – 1500 Scoville) and when dried it’s called ancho or chili ancho. As will become clear from the …
This is going to be my first post. Sadly, it is pictures off one of my plants that got attacked by what I think is black aphids. I was unfortunately not paying attention to this Jalapeño giant plant. I then noticed that it was infested when a bunch of leaves started falling off the plant. …
