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It looks like a jalapeno pepper, my favorite. But I could be mistaken they all tend to look much the same. How big are the peppers? If it is Jalapenos, you can cut them green and use or let them get red and then cut and use. If you remove the seeds and pith they will not be quite so spicy. Wear gloves when you cut them! I use them in place of bell peppers in recipes, but we like food spicy! My favorite way to have them is to split down the middle, remove the seeds and pith, fill with soft cheese and wrap in bacon (streaky bacon for you) and then roast at 400 degrees F until soft and bacon is crisp. Spicy but yummy!

This is very true Ukslim i do look@all my plants&atend their needs! or they would DIE& some times we must all admit we say things without even thinkn?

hehehe In LATIN you say! I think id have a PROBLEM THERE lol,Well beats talking2yourself :D

What's good enough for HRH Prince Charles (I think) should be good enough for us, too. We should all go around our gardens every morning and greet each plant by name, (Latin, of course) enquiring after its welfare. If it answers, then the men in white coats will definitely be around to pick us up.... LOL several times. What a load of old baloney!

What'o

Spraying with soapy water works for me. But you have to treat the undersides of the leaves too, which is a bit of a pain with a large plant. Maybe you could try brushing the leaves up the wrong way with a stick while spraying at the same time? Just a thought .... :-)

what ever next? kinda takes the fun out of growing things don't you think? and i know that a lot of us do have 'little chats' with our plants, but it's when they start talking back that you have to worry! lol

This is people with too much time on their hands!! But hey me too I guess since I just sat and read all the building instructions ;o )

....or HEARD it all , even!

OMG !!! I think that you would have to have me hauled away in a straight jacket if all my plants started calling to me in different voices. When you think that you have seen it all :)

"I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!" I actually clicked the link and viewed this! The only connection I've ever known between corroded nails and plants was to bury some at the roots of a pink hydrangea to make the flowers turn blue (this works).

"Each plant has a unique voice based on its botanical characteristics, and each has the ability to tell people when they are in need of assistance. They're also polite: they make sure to call and say thank you when they get a good watering." - from the botanicalls website

Ha Ha Ha. This must be a joke.

Shame theres no SNOW on it but BEAUTIFUL TREE all the same : )

I love trees in winter, so majestic.

It must be a few years old this tree Uk!

I could be doing with some of them - to help with the kids!!!!

Try and get plants from a nursery rather than garden centre - you will get more info and more choice. There's the South Devon Chili Farm down this way - i don't know where you are but they might post. I've had some great - and hot ones from them! Try Aji Lemon, bright yellow - devilishly hot - but calms down once its pickled. Or Twilight - a lovely small bushy plant with fruits in red, orange and purple, tiny but very powerful, this is an easy one to overwinter, keep above 5 degrees, and give it a good prune. Good luck!

I have read somewhere that if you give the plant some stress ie dont water it in the greenhouse, and give it extra heat that this will increase the hotness of the chilli. I also understand that the heat comes from the seeds, which we often dont eat.

Heat is pretty much down to variety. Smaller fruiting varieties tend to be hotter. Hungarian Hotwax, for instance, despite the name, has large fairly mild chillies, and Jalapenos are relatively mild too. We have some I'm going to plant in the New Year that have seeds you have to handle wearing rubber gloves - can't remember the name though, I'll check. They should be ripe by the time you come to visit!!

Hi UKSlim. I planted my chili plant out in the garden in May and it has been happy there until the recent frosts (I harvested a while ago though). The fruit are small and have quite a kick to them but I did nothing to them and suspect that the heat is down to variety.

Found a wiki page that might help you with this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper
Reading the intensity values is eye opening!! HOT!!

Hi ukslim,
Has your infected plant got what looks like a fine spider's web on it? If it has, get it away from all the other plants asap 'cos it could be red spider mite!
Usually find a good spray with a proprietry bug killer works if you hit it early enough
Coralie

Look up the RHS - they have lots of info sheets.

Hi, Ive just joined the site, I find this site useful as it lists pests in alphabetical order or you can pick pests that effect specific plants.
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/techniques/pests/plant_pest_disease_centre.htm hope that helps.

Hi UKSlim, to keep aphids away you'll have to wash the plant regularly. Keep an eye on it for a while next time you wash it to see when they return. You'll need to find a balance between how often you want to wash it and how aphid-free you want to keep it.

Try spraying it with a mild soapy solution using the stuff for intended for washing dishes.