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Like most blogs...

...this one got neglected. The chillis grew, we had lots, then they died as winter came. Some live yet inside the house where they are constantly infested with whitefly, greenfly etc. Next year I'l grow less, for sure, and probably not keep a blog about it :)

Especially good performers were Thai Orange, Indian Jwala and Aurora.

First chilli growing!

The first chilli is of course from the Black Hungarian (it had the first flowers I didn't pull off). It's an indoor plant and pollinated from itself.

A few chillis outside

These guys are outside in the yard.

Szentesi Semi-Hot, Rocoto Canarios and Tequila Sunrise. The far left pot I'm not sure about.

Black Hungarian chilli flower images

More Black Hungarian chilli flower images. These are outdoors.

Black Hungarian - First Open Flowers

What a great looking flower! This is the first one to open of all my plants. It's an indoor-only plant, on a south-facing bathroom window ledge.

Aphids attack!!

Little bastards. I noticed a couple on a kitchen windowsill plant, they probably got in through the window. I isolated it outside immediately and, as it wasn't near any others, forgot about it.

Next day I was checking my other indoor plants (downstairs) and spotted a couple more there! You know how this goes - once you see one, you see a thousand.

So, soapy water was sprayed liberally over all of them yesterday. I'm still waiting to see how it goes. There are still a few littl'uns running about the leaves, so they'll probably need more spraying.

Damn it.

Upstairs plants seem clear for now.

Moving outside, batch #1 (~77 days)

The first lot to go outside. A Thai Orange, a Szentesi and a Rocoto Canarios.

Note the wire to discourage our local cat that uses this wall as a shortcut!

After I put these guys out the weather turned grey and cold and very windy. I watched in horror from the kitchen window as they looked very cold and sad...

Some outside chillis at about 70 days

These guys were left outside right from the start, they've done quite well. They're a mystery chilli that I bought dried in a Thai shop some years ago.

Plants at 77 days

Some of the plants in the upstairs room.