When are my chilli peppers ripe? This is one of the most common questions we receive here at The Chilli King. In this post we will give you some tips to help you pick your chillies at the right time. This will enable you to maximise both the flavour and yield of your chilli crop….
About a week ago i noticed that one of my plants (an orange habanero) was infested with aphids. Aphids (sometimes called green plant lice) are small (usually, though they can vary in size quite a bit) green insects that feed on plants mainly in temperate regions. They quickly multiply and can be very destructive, usually…
As mentioned in my last update I put my plants under a cfl grow light to give them a boost having started off this season so late. As you can see from the pictures the plants have made great progress under the lights At the weekend I re potted the plants from the 3″ plastic…
One question we get asked a lot here at The Chilliking is how much should I water my pepper plants? Below we’ve compiled some tips to help you give your peppers the right amount of water they need to flourish. Watering Tips for Chilli Plants Plant your seedlings in clear plastic drinking cups. Not only…
Up until a couple of weeks ago the chilli seedlings had been under regular flourescent tube lights down in the cellar. With the arrival of some good weather a few weeks ago I moved them outside into the mini greenhouse. Unfortunately the weather seems to have taken a turn for the worse again – sunny…
I made some cracking pizzas at the weekend. Following on from my pizza consultations last year with Scott at RealProjects I believe I have now perfected my pizza dough recipe. Below is the latest cut of the recipe; This recipe makes about 4 10 inch thin pizzas. Ingredients for the perfect pizza dough recipe: 1…
Ok so the class of 2009 are well and truly germinated, one week after planting the seeds. To help speed things up i used a heat mat from a reptile aquarium (check out our post on speeding up chilli seed germination) to provide the seed trays with a constant source of heat. I germinated the…
Well usually at the ChilliKing our growing season starts some time in November. Unfortunately due to other projects we have not had a chance to get some seeds in the ground…..until now! Here are the varieties we got under way yesterday: Orange Habanero Chocolate Habanero Aurora Tabasco Bulgarian Carrots Scotch bonnet Jalapeno None of the…
Most people are scared of attempting to cook a curry from scratch. The common misconception is that it is easier to reach for a ready made curry sauce from the supermarket in the belief that you will save yourself the hassle and worry about what spices you need, what order to use them and in…
