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Tag Archives: chiles
No dig diary, 9th September 2026
Today I removed all the mesh bags that I’d put over sweet pepper and chile plants in the hope of being able to save seeds from the plants this year. In order that I can remember which fruit should have … Continue reading
A first batch of pickled chiles
In this case, they’re Hungarian Black. I have no ripe Jalapenos yet. There was a little pickling solution left over from a previous pickling session, so I went over the plants and removed any of the chiles that were black. … Continue reading
No dig diary, 25th August 2026
Between sleeps this afternoon I got out and did some weeding in the polytunnel. It was unpleasantly hard work despite sitting on a stool and the weeds only being small. However, to cheer me up a little I found a … Continue reading
No dig diary, 20th August 2026
First pepper harvest of any significance today. The larger red ones are Zativa. I’m going to split those, scrape out the seeds, dry them and turn them into paprika. The rest are Hungarian Black (which actually turn a beautiful red … Continue reading
No dig diary, 6th August 2026
I started (attempting) to save seeds from my pepper plants today. I’ve not had much success using bits of stocking to isolate the flowers and prevent cross-pollination, so I ordered some drawstring mesh bags to try instead. Once I’d identified … Continue reading
Chiles looking nice
Chonky Chayennes 🙂 and Hungarian Blacks that actually look ready to pick.
No dig diary, 25th July 2026
I spent some time today potting pepper plants up into ten litre (roughly) pots. I say “pots”; actually they are twenty litre dairy hypochlorite jugs that I cut in half and drilled drainage holes in. I’m running low on bought … Continue reading
Non-black Hungarian Black chiles
If they’re left on the plant, this is what happens to mine. It’s a gorgeous colour and very glossy, More attractive than a red japapeno, I’d say.
No dig diary, 9th July 2026
Again it was far too hot to achieve much today, but I did manage to pot up a few more peppers. Once temperatures had dropped a fair bit in the evening, I thought I’d have a poke about in Frankenstein’s … Continue reading
No dig diary, 8th July 2026
Too hot to be outside most of the day, at least for me. I don’t enjoy excessive heat to start with and I don’t think the BP drugs are helping me to cope. Eventually however I managed to find somewhere … Continue reading