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First chilli growing!
2007-05-31 21:05:00
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.
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A few chillis outside
2007-05-31 21:03:00
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
2007-05-31 20:58:00
More Black Hungarian chilli flower images. These are outdoors.
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Black Hungarian - First Open Flowers
2007-05-21 15:36:00
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.
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Aphids attack!!
2007-05-10 17:30:00
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.
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Moving outside, batch #1 (~77 days)
2007-05-10 17:27:00
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...
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Some outside chillis at about 70 days
2007-05-10 17:25:00
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.
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Plants at 77 days
2007-05-07 17:22:00
Some of the plants in the upstairs room.
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Flowers!? At 67 days old!
2007-04-27 15:15:00
Yikes, flowers are growing on several of my chillis, after less than 70 days!I'm in the process of clipping them off, as most plants aren't even 1 foot tall yet and not bushy at all.This shows the flowers forming on the Tequila Sunrise.
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Black Hungarian Identity Image
2007-04-19 20:33:00
At about 60 days, this shows details of plant as whole, stem and leaf of the 'Capsicum annum 'Black Hungarian ' chilli.
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Tequila Sunrise (~ 56 days)
2007-04-16 18:20:00
'Tequila Sunrise ' chilli at about 56 days. This is going strong, seems to be a fast grower. Now putting out many side shoots, medium-sturdy stems. Average-sized leaves.
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Tam Jalapeno (~ 56 days)
2007-04-16 18:17:00
Tam Jalapeno (Capsicum annuum ?) at about 56 days. Slighty-darker, frequent leaves, medium-fast grower. Average build.
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Jamaican Yellow (~ 56 Days)
2007-04-16 18:15:00
The Jamaican Yello w chilli (Capsicum annuum) at about 56 days. Medium-speed grower, fairly light-coloured leaves, not stocky.
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Fatali (~ 56 days)
2007-04-16 18:12:00
The Fatal i chilli (Capsicum frutescens ?) at about 56 days. Recently replanted it seems to be a slow grower, quite stocky and broad-leaved. I suspect it will not be a tall plant.
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Group shots (~ 56 days)
2007-04-16 18:09:00
This is the bedroom group, which get more sun than any others. The big one is the Ole Jalepeno.And this is the dining room group.
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A selection of chilli plants at 44 days
2007-04-05 19:37:00
These are the average size of plants I have at the moment. Some much larger and some still only two-leaf seedlings.
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Szentesi (~44 days)
2007-04-05 19:35:00
The 'Szentesi' chilli at about 44 days. Note the really long 'starter' leaves.
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Hot Purple Prince chilli (~44 days)
2007-04-05 19:33:00
The Hot Purple Prince chilli at about 44 days.
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Tequila Sunrise (~38 Days)
2007-03-30 13:24:00
This 'Tequila Sunrise ' (Capsicum annuum) chilli is the second largest of all the plants so far.
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Hot Purple Prince (~ 38 Days)
2007-03-30 13:21:00
This is the largest of the Hot Purple Prince s (Salvia lyrata?), and the darkest of all the chilli plants so far.
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Money Spider on Orange Thai Chilli Plant
2007-03-26 15:23:00
This little money spider has made its home on one of my Orange Thai chilli seedlings in the bathroom. No harm, it can stay!
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Tequila Sunrise (~ 30 days)
2007-03-22 13:37:00
This is the 'Tequila Sunrise ' chilli (Capsicum Annuum) at about 30 days after germination.Been repotting a few more plants each couple of days when they sprout about 3 or 4 leaves.
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Paper Lantern (~ 27 Days)
2007-03-19 15:25:00
Quite a slow developer this, the Paper Lantern chilli. Note the yellow-hued leaves - the most yellow of all of the chillis.
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Hot Purple Prince (~26 Days)
2007-03-17 18:27:00
Detail of the Hot Purple Prince seedling.
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Black Hungarian (~ 26 Days)
2007-03-17 18:26:00
Detail of the Black Hungarian seedling.
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Repotting at about 25 days
2007-03-16 13:31:00
Transfer into larger pots from the mini-trays. Fill the pot and make a hole large enough (and deep enough) to push the knocked-out seedling and soil into. If you do it quickly you should be able transfer it all without the soil all falling off and finding yourself grasping at slim stem and delicate roots in your big banana-like fingers.Once potted, water and leave to settle in.
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All seedlings at about 22 days
2007-03-14 12:38:00
Some of these started growing after others of course.
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Bugs?
2007-03-13 17:50:00
I just found one of these guys crawling beside one of my seedlings and picked it up and threw it out of the window before I thought to take a picture. The image below is taken from [here] (I'm sure they won't mind) It looks as if it's a 'carpet beetle', and not a threat...So, my stair carpet may be in danger, but at least the chillis are fine...
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Rocoto Canarios (21 days)
2007-03-13 11:41:00
Another picture of the Rocotos - it is the biggest of all of the seedlings now. It is finally putting out some new leaves!All seedlings are out of the propagator now. It seems that I don't have any Goat Horn after all - I was misreading my labels! All others have sprouted at least one though.
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Late developers
2007-03-09 18:19:00
Finally, I have a sprouting Goat Horn, Jamaican Yellow, Szentesi and Indian Jwala.All going well so far. Other, more developed seedlings have started to push out the first real leaves to replace the starter sets.
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