Getting the feeding right is one of the most important things you can do as a chilli grower. Feed at the wrong time, with the wrong product or at the wrong strength and you’ll either starve your plants of nutrients at the point they need them most, or create a salt build-up that causes the…
Should you pinch out chilli plants? Find out what it does, when to do it, and when the UK season is too short to make it worthwhile — with step-by-step instructions.
Many moons ago we declared we had discovered the ‘perfect pizza recipe‘. Well after a few more years research we have upped our pizza game here at Chilliking HQ. If you have been wondering how to make great pizza at home then look no further. I think you’d really struggle to make better pizza than…
Freezing curry leaves is by far the best way of preserving them. Using the leaves dry tends to lose some of that delicate, aromatic fragrance that fresh curry leaves have. After much experimentation my preference is to freeze some whenever I have a supply of fresh curry leaves. How to Freeze Fresh Curry Leaves I…
Knowing how to make chilli flakes or powder with your homegrown chillies is very simple and perhaps the easiest way to use up a glut of ripe chillies. Making flakes is the perfect activity for an autumn when you plants are heaving with ripe fruit. The easiest method that produces the most consistent results is…
A few years ago I got a slightly random phone call from my father asking if I wanted a tandoor oven. He was at a local auction and had spotted a lot containing four fully functional, clay-lined tandoors that had presumably been used by some now-defunct catering business. The guide price was £30-50 each —…
A simple guide to propagating curry leaf plants from cuttings. Here’s how to propagate them from cuttings, overwinter them successfully and keep them producing fresh leaves
It seems like I’m forever watering my plants or worrying about if they’re drying out while I’m at work or away for an odd day or two. In fact it is the bain of my gardening life. A while ago now I posted about how I’ve built some self watering pots to use over the…
After many years of growing chillies it’s become a habit to use artificial lighting early in the year to start my seedlings before Spring arrives in earnest. For the last few years I’ve mainly been using my old grow box which has been cluttering up the house every year for far too long. After a few…