Chillis for free (Chili)

Member Name: evelyndunton

Product:	Chili
Date:	02/06/09 (86 review reads)
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Advantages: One pack of seeds and I will never need to buy chillis again!

Disadvantages: Too many to know what to do with!

I may never need to buy chillis from the shops again!

Last year in the spring I bought a packet of B&Q chilli Pepper de Cayenne seeds for the princely sum of £1.48!

The instructions on the pack said can be grown in a greenhouse or in a sheltered spot on the patio, living in Scotland I thought the greenhouse was a safer bet! I planted some in a pot and waited for results, sure enough some green shoots appeared after a short time and I pricked these out and put each one in its own pot where they happily grew to tall very gangly plants each producing a profusion of lovely green turning to red chillis, they were fairly hot and I found that I had too many to use and too many to give away to friends so I threw some in the freezer and am still using them in June the following year!

Although I grew in my greenhouse I am sure they would have done equally as wekk on a sunny windowsill. This is a great way to get chillis, and good for the environment as there is no transport involved!

Being a canny Scot, I took some of the seeds from one of the chillis last year and stored them in one of my kitchen drawers, these I through into a pot this spring not expecting any results, but low and behold they have germinated and I am starting over again with free chilli plants this year. I have already given some plants away!

This year I have pricked the top out of each plant in the hope that I will have bushy plants in stead of very tall gangly ones - I will have to wait and see!

Summary: Value for money and environmentally kind