From the monthly archives:

September 2008

why are chilli peppers hot – solved!

September 24, 2008

If you ask anyone why chilli peppers are hot you will usually be greeted with a long pause and a scratch of the head. Having hot fruit, and seeds in particular is rather counter intuitive from a evolutionary perspective.

Why are chillies hot?

It is generally accepted that plants produce nice tasty colorful fruit to attract and [...]

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nagas to be sold by tesco

September 24, 2008

I’ve just read (I’m shamed to say on the daily mails website) that retail giant Tesco is going to start stocking the “Dorset Naga”, what some consider to be the worlds hottest chillie (although I beleive the official record is held by the bhut jolokia from India). This is surely the clearest sign yet that [...]

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Chilli Plant Flower Drop

September 5, 2008

One of the questions we get asked a lot is why do the flowers keep dropping off my chilli plants without any fruit (chillies) forming?
Flower drop (known to some as “blossom drop”) is a relatively common problem faced not only by chilli growers but by gardeners growing all kinds of fruit and vegetables. It happens [...]

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