Comments on: Chili Pepper Seeds

By: The Chilli King

The Chilli King — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:45:03 +0000

BecaM – It’s most probably a Numex Twilight pepper plant. These plants produce small multi coloured fruit (all the colours you’ve mentioned). Their not the most flavoursome peppers but are fine to eat and pack a little bit of punch. Enjoy!

By: BecaM

BecaM — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:36:09 +0000

Ok we bought a chilli plant and it has really small red, yellow, orange and a few white ones turning purple. What are these ones called? and how do I know when they are ready? Will they all turn red ?

By: Con Carne

Con Carne — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:22:07 +0000

Thanks for that Chilli King, I’ll update you on the progress. I might by some Scotch Bonnet seeds when I’m in the UK over Christmas as well. Also very interested in your chilli oil recipe!

By: The Chilli King

The Chilli King — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:44:26 +0000

Con Carne – Sounds like a great plan. As you get warm weather over there you could probably start the seeds off a bit earlier if you can keep them inside until spring arrives. You should get some fruit by early summer – June/July time if the plants get plenty of direct sun.

By: Con Carne

Con Carne — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:36:40 +0000

Evening all,
I’m planning on growing some chillis from seeds harvested from fresh chillis (not sure what the variety is called, they’re you’re ’stereotypical’ long red ones if you will). I live in northern Greece, climate wise we get quite cold and sometimes wet weather until March/April, and from there on the average temperature is ~20C, with plenty of hours of sunlight. My plan is to dry the seeds out and start germination around Easter, and from there on leave them outside to grow. Do you think this sounds good, and if so, when can I expect fruit?

Thanks for the help and keep up the good work!

By: The Chilli King

The Chilli King — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:09:00 +0000

Dan – Traditionally seeds are harvested at the end of the growing season (autumn) and dried in order to store them ready to plant the following spring. I’ve never tried to germinate seeds straight from the pod. Give it a try and be sure to let me know how you get on! Good Luck!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:11:32 +0000

Hi I’m growing chillis I got out of a pack which seem to be doing well.

I recently took out the seeds from bird’s eye chillis, and most sites said to dry them out, so I put them in the airing cupboard, however I plan on planting them (indoors) straight away. Do they need to be dried out or can I try germinate them now?

I’m a bit confused as I don’t understand why I need to dry them if I’m then going to be putting them in damp kitchen roll to germinate them.

Thanks for any answer given