{"id":861,"date":"2012-11-06T03:01:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T10:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=861"},"modified":"2012-11-06T03:21:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T10:21:04","slug":"chilli-sweet-and-hot-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/chilli-sweet-and-hot-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Chilli, Sweet and Hot Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chilli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-862 aligncenter\" title=\"chilli\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chilli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chilli.jpg 362w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/chilli-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Help Growing Peppers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6017\">Sweet Bell peppers<\/a> ripen from Green to Yellow, Orange, Red or Chocolate colour.<\/li>\n<li>Average plant height is 30 inches and most varieties can be grown in 8 inch pots from seed which takes 1-3 weeks to germinate. Hotter varieties may take a bit longer.<\/li>\n<li>Pinch out the growing tip to get laterals and give plants plenty of support<\/li>\n<li>A nitrogen feed helps young plants followed by tomato food once flowering starts.<\/li>\n<li>Peppers need a long growing season<\/li>\n<li>Orange Bell is a productive plant producing typical &#8216;blocky&#8217;, thick walled fruits with delicious sweetness. The fruits start green, ripening to a gorgeous orange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14706 aligncenter\" title=\"london 034\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/london-034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/london-034.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/london-034-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/london-034-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Hot Chilli Peppers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>None Bell peppers have conical, curved or long tapered fruit. Arousa is used in Spanish Tapas and Conquistador can be dried then ground to make Paprika<\/li>\n<li>Extreme heat is found in the seed oil. Flesh is hotter at the shoulder than the blossom end.<\/li>\n<li>Capsicums Chinese are some of the hottest <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/chillies-for-greenhouse-garden-and-home\/\">Chilli Peppers<\/a> around. Seeds from 10 Habanero vaieties and\u00c2\u00a0 Scotch Bonnet are able to compete with C. annuum &#8216;Tepin&#8217; and C. frutescens &#8216;Zimbabwe Bird Pepper&#8217; for the hottest seeds around.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=peppers\">Available from Thompson Morgan <\/a> a seed, Chilli and vegetable specialist.<\/li>\n<li>Jalapeno are a traditional early strain popular in tex-mex cooking. They are a mid range heat.<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Flame sounds like a good variety for a salsa with thick crunchy flesh.<\/li>\n<li>Heat can vary even on the same plant so test several to find a varieties you like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gardeners Tips<\/strong><br \/>\nNaga types need heat to germinate<br \/>\nCayenne types are generally quite prolific.<br \/>\nBell peppers have no heat and are ideal for salads, stir fries and stews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881929204\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0881929204.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Complete Chilli Pepper Book: A Gardener&#8217;s Guide to Choosing, Growing, Preserving, and Cooking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bell peppers have little or  no heat and are ideal for salads, stir fries and stews. Cayenne types are generally quite prolific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}