The chillies are doing well but there's a lot of unripe fruit and the plants are still putting on lots of new foliage.
The ornamental varieties have lots of colourful fruit already as they tend to mature faster than the hotter varieties.
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| Loco, a very reliable shrubby plant with lots of fruit |
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| Black Pearl |
The golden Cayenne has been a real success story with plenty of large ripe pods. I've yet to try it for heat but I expect it to be quite feisty.
In an effort to encourage the plants to put all their efforts into the fruit and to help the fruit ripen I cut back a lot of the branches that didn't hold fruit and any tips that were putting on new growth.
Hopefully this will let more sunlight to the fruit and ripen them before the end of the summer.
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| Superchilli, living up to its name |
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| The Scorpions are beginning to ripen. |
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The Paper Lantern Habanero has been sensational
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| More pods than you can count! |
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| Fatalii |
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| Scotch Bonnets |
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Peach Habanero in the hydroponic 'Gurgler'
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| A bit of light pruning |
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| The casualties of the pruning. Big Jim, Lemon Drop, Paper Lantern & Friar's Hat |
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