#chilligrowing — Public Fediverse posts

I almost didn’t dare, but I did it: harvesting the chillies! 🌶️

It’s a small harvest because I really want to leave the chillies on the plants for as long as possible and only pick the ones that are truly ripe.

Curious to see how they’ll taste! 😊

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By the way, this is Dragon Breath.

I harvested one this morning, and now I'm on my way to visit a dear friend. We'll see whether we end up trying a very small piece of it together! 😊

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Little Chilli Quiz! 🌶️

Can you guess what type of chilli this is? 🤔

It's growing in my garden, and its fruit has one very distinctive feature... wrinkly red skin! 🌱

Pop your guesses in the comments. 😊

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After 186 days of care, and a well-earned shower today, these chillies are looking absolutely gorgeous! 🌶️🌿

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Sampled my homegrown bird's eye chilli. Pleased with the result 🌶️🌶️🥵 #GardeningAustralia #GrowOwnFood #ChilliGrowing #BirdsEye

While I wasn't paying attention, my chilli plants are doing odd things! 🌶️

One fruit is green and finger-sized, but all the others are tiny and black. Any idea why they're growing so differently?

I got these seeds in a swap from a friend in Germany. The envelope was labelled “Buschpfeffer”.

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I need the wisdom of the crowd on this one 😊

Could it be that chilli plants draw a lot of nutrients from the soil, meaning chillies don’t grow as well in the same spot the following year?

If chillies do deplete the soil, what would be good plants to grow there afterwards to help the soil recover?

Any tips welcome — and feel free to boost this so more experienced growers might see it 🌱

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Feeling a bit excited about my chillies! 🌶️ Today, I planted them in the community greenhouse and mulched the soil with straw to keep it from drying out.

Fingers crossed I didn’t plant them too early—weather forecast says it'll drop to 9°C the coming nights!

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First day outside and enjoying the sun.
In a few days, the chillies will move to the community greenhouse, but there isn’t enough space for all 20 plants.

A difficult decision—which ones will stay at home, and which will go to the greenhouse? 🌶️

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Good morning ☀️
Time to let the sun in and open the shutters. The chillies are already a bit grumpy that I’m still in bed and haven’t opened the bedroom window yet… alright, alright—here we go 🌶️

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I really can’t resist. Now that the chilies are next to my bed, I just have to say good night to them: “Good night, darlings.”

I do wonder if plants dream....

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New sleeproom mates 🌱
Today I welcomed three new chili plants (Sibirian house pepper) into my home. Since the living room is already taken over by lemon drops, dragon breath, and UFO chilies, these little guys earned a spot in my bedroom.
Falling asleep and waking up surrounded by these beautiful plants… not a bad vibe at all.

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Awww, I just can’t stop watching them. This little chili plant — a Lemon Drop — is only a few days old, and she’s already looking so pretty. 🌱

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Isn’t she gorgeous?!
This Buschpfeffer chili plant is absolutely loving the sunshine, and watching her grow makes me so happy. 🌱

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The warm weather convinced the chillies to grow but this year it’s sloooow 🌱... and only 17 out of 30 seeds have sprouted so far.
Still playing plant detective - Why did only half make it?
Too cold during the day (less heating while I’m out)?
Or did I accidentally use seeds from a hybrid plant?
What are you thinking? 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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This year my seeds are clearly on strike. So far, only three brave souls showed up — two Buschpfeffer and one Lemon Drop. The rest are still hibernating.

Apparently 17°C in the living room felt like the Arctic, so I moved them to a “tropical” 19°C. Let’s see if that convinces them it’s time to grow. 🌱

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Oops, I may have accidentally planted 4 types of chillies! 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

* Lemon Drop: Mild & productive
* UFO: Using 3-year-old seeds (fingers crossed!)
* Dragon Breath: For a spicy sauce project with a dear friend
* Buschpfeffer: Early harvest

Let’s see how they grow!

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Making choices… the spicy kind.
I’ve got more than 10 chili seeds. The last two years went way too well, so this year I’m challenging myself: only 3 chilies.
But seriously… which ones?! 🌶️🤔

* Lemon drop
* Ufo
* Habanero
* Dragon Breath
* Purple Haze
* Buschpfeffer
* Muite Forte
* Mini Till
* Dorset Naga
* Chile Passila
* Black Hearth

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Oh wie schön. Die Lemon Drop Samen hängen beim SeedExchange in Halle H. Neemt sie euch gerne mit und tauscht fleißig.

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By the way, this is what a two-year-old chilli plant looks like when it's on strike... 🌶️🌶️🌶️
It’s already a little miracle that this ufo chilli plant made it to TWO years old! But I have a feeling it might be pushing its luck for a third…
Is anyone else out there with a chilli plant that's over two years old? Have you got any tips? 🌱

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Schaut mal, unsere Tütchen sind richtig schick geworden und passen perfekt zum Design des Kongresses.

Insgesamt gibt es 52 Tütchen mit jeweils 10 bis 20 Lemon-Drop-Samen für den Saatguttausch.

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Crazy chilli harvest today! 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Collected a box full of lemon drop peppers from the nine plants in our community greenhouse.

Next mission: choose the best way to preserve this spicy treasure…

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🌶️ Same age, totally different!
One lemon drop chilli in a pot outside —10 chillies, 2 ripe.
One in the greenhouse —bushy with 30 chillies, none ripe yet! Hope they ripen before it gets too cold!

Already dreaming of next year's grow, greenhouse might be the way to go! 🌱

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The lemon drop chillies have officially moved into the community greenhouse — and they're thriving! 🌶️

But with the heat in there, the soil dries out super fast. To keep the moisture in, I mulched the ground with organic straw from a nearby community farm. 🌾

Fingers crossed it does the trick! 🤞

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🌶️ First harvest of the year!
I picked these tiny habanero chillies from my two-year-old plant. I didn’t give them much attention this season, so they stayed small — but they still pack a punch! 😅
I accidentally snapped a branch (oops!), and after a few days in a glass of water, the chillies turned red while the leaves wilted.

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