Lemon Piri Cross Progress! Chilli Grow Update September 2024

[@ChilliChump]

Bit of a different approach with todays video, and longer too. What do you think?

[@leeschaeferfishing5458]

Longer is definitely better ! Good luck next year !

[@friendlyfox4572]

Longer the better

[@DifferentGearTV]

I like it. Very interesting with the small pots. This year I tried bigger pots and so far less successful than last year in the smaller ones. Plus I've had major pest issues, so it's going to be a slim harvest for me. Might try a small indoor setup to try and compensate somewhat.

[@gardeningtroutmaster]

It's great.. I rely on your expertise. Maybe consider some solar water heating tubes for inside the greenhouse in case you get another bad year of weather.... or start growing in December. ♥

[@PacificGardening]

Love longer content and love garden update tours. No complaints here.

[@simplifygardening]

Been such a ficle year for growing this year. and Challenging is other ways is an understatement mate. Garden looking awesome. and the chooks loving the new space

[@ChilliChump]

Had the thought a couple times to just scrap this season and start prep for next year! Seriously disheartening.

[@MsFresh619]

Not my best gardening year but I'm grateful for anything I do get out the garden. Beautiful looking plants

[@ChilliChump]

For sure....still such a pleasure to get even the smaller harvest.

[@lassehansen7672]

Thanks for the tour. Nice and relaxing . Yeah, the disappointment about late ripening - but your love for the plants is what drives you, and it's obvious. Looking forward to the next tour. I have late ripening pods too and not that many harvested, but they are coming.

[@PhilC74]

It's a real shame how this year has turned out Shaun and I feel fot you, in particular that it's also your livelihood, your business!! I've had an awful 2 years. Last year, evicted for no reason, this year having to concentrate on converting our new house into a disabled friendly house for my incapacitated mother which all in all equals 2 years of not growing a single thing!!!!😤😤😤 I will be joining you with growing the piquante pepadew peppers next year as Ive eaten them for years and always wanted to grow them and I now have my new extended greenhouse and potting shed. So, I accept your challenge and look forward to beating you.......oops! Typing error, I mean being beaten. Not!! Good luck for next year buddy and keep on going. 👍👍

[@KarenYates-r5w]

I only started growing in June so way behind and new to chilli growing so just delighted to see how far I get this year. Can’t wait to start growing with you in january

[@jonjohnvin987]

Nice space in the back yard! Just made some hot sauce today, and white wine vinegar is a game changer, excellent flavor in my hot sauce. You can plant thyme in between the chiles and that will take care of vine weed or sapphire indigo clematis, this will choke out the vine weeds. I have tried thyme but not the clematis. 😅

[@reeldeal5367]

Enjoyed the video uk weather this year has been poor.but finally my plants are pushing out lots of pods.And one accidentally cross I’m so happy with.Bananas will be placed in pots soon just to get them rip before the frosts come .Hope it’s still a little way off.But last year I was still picking peppers on Christmas Day from my small green house.But as always this time next year we will be millionaires.With bumper harvests of chillis.

[@621pw]

Certainly has been a weird season. Thinking back it seems to me that my plants didn't suffer as much with aphids throughout May/June and consequently the growth was really impressive and the foliage really beautiful and unscathed. They continued to flourish but as noted here all the pods are well behind in terms of ripening/harvests. Even my Baskets of Fire that have hundreds of pods and turn pretty quickly are still yellow/purple. All my varieties are at pretty much the same stage as in this video. Very disappointing but interesting to learn it's not just mine, too. Hopefully next year will be better!

[@Vibesoftheworld49]

In the same boat with my peppers this season. Hopefully we get one more month with good weather. The rain has put my peppers back for around 3 months.😢

[@PacificGardening]

I’ll be growing a Peppadew as large as I can right there with you. Should be fun. The Dorset Naga was a lot of fun this year.

[@SpiritOfTheHeretic]

The cool weather really kicked my plants into overdrive and they are finally loading up. I should get a full harvest from most of them before the frosts hit in a couple months.

[@wranther]

Very enjoyable video Shaun! Nice to see what feels a bit more laid back, at least from my viewing perspective. I could see so much enjoyment and opportunities at your new home location, including a possible suggestion of mini isolated grow pods. Why I would not even be surprised to see that Mrs CC could come to enjoy a few flower pods for her interests, limiting exposure to insects and pests.Hopefully frost will hold off to allow the plants to reach their fruitful stages, unless Mother Nature is doing some of Her selective processing this season. As Always... Stay Spicy! -Bob...

[@homestead.smallholding]

I find this channel really inspiring, well done bud

[@joeycerelli]

My peppers have pretty much been a disaster. Really cold spring, turned into a very hot and dry summer, and fall appears to be coming sooner than usual. Almost no chinense peppers at all. All of the plants in pots have pretty much failed or won't get ripe fruit before it frosts in mid-October, but I do have one large raised bed that has done well.

[@davecoleman6855]

Hi Shaun, as always it's great to see the season's progression. Here in Ontario I experiencing a bumper crop of peppers. I will need to review the pickling and sauce videos.

[@ChilliChump]

That's good going! Glad you have had a decent harvest! I bet you can't wait to get the sauces and pickles done. Keep you stocked up for the next few months

[@bobbywelch6035]

My Jigsaw Red is finally starting to put on pods. I guess I am going to have to put that in my grow tent this year. I like the video.

[@ChilliChump]

It's going to be interesting to see if there is enough decent weather this year for pods to ripen. It's going to be tight!

[@murdog04]

Your space always looks amazing. Absolutely love the garden updates. Your Lemon/Peri cross is looking great. Super healthy. I will be purchasing some seeds once you are ready to sell them. Hope you have an awesome weekend. Thanks for the update. Stay Spicy!!!

[@harlots_hello8734]

Lots of useful bits of knowledge and tips, I like this longer format.

[@simonysinclair7163]

Ugh, I’m also struggling this year. So far, September hasn’t helped. My plants are still full of green chillies. Still hoping to see red soon 🙏🏻

[@zachsamons5005]

My plants are never been larger and bore more fruit, but it's getting late in the year and I'd say less than 20% of my fruit has ripened. My lemon starburst are about the only thing ready to harvest and my Zapotecs are just starting to go red. Chocolate Morugas are likely ready next weekend but my SRS and Bonney peppers from Barbados are only just showing signs of turning. (Central Ontario Canada)

[@PreatorRaszagal]

Haha Barney still want to play with the chickens I see 😄JB says bindweed have pretty flowers. maybe you should see if it is true 😉Haven't seen many bees at all this year. Was happy to see a couple on my chili plants at my parents yesterday 😍Paprika is actually the Swedish word for bell pepper. The plants on my balcony also have a *lot* of flowers but close to no peppers. Luckily the plants at my parents are quite loaded. Just hope they'll have time to ripen before the season is over 🤞

[@grolsch-nl]

Barney! ❤

[@pcurtis987]

I'm doing good thanks for asking

[@ChilliChump]

Good to hear my friend!

[@gardeningtroutmaster]

my CC Jalapenos are doing so well. best year ever thank you. I'll be checking out your seed kits for sure.. i'ts not worth saving seeds unless you isolate ... and I just don't have the time. small price to pay for good quality seeds. I learned the hard way. my Aji Crystals seeds I saved and grew with turned into sweet no heat peppers

[@squidmaster9100]

bindweed is awful. One has to pull it out by the roots and try to eradicate the underground stems. It's not so bad if you have them in pots, but you may have to get rid of that soil and not compost or recycle it. I've tried sifting the soil through a sieve with some success, but I usually give up and just put the infected soil in the curbside compost. I've had a late year here in Oregon, because June was really cold and rainy with temperatures in the 5 to 9 range at night. Warmed up in July and now the plants are big and full of fruit, but only a few pods are ripening. Next week is below 10 at night, so we shall see.

[@JetLagRecords]

ChilliChump, This is awesome! I subscribed because I want to see more!

[@ChilliChump]

Excellent! Hope you enjoy this longer vid

[@steveandtedssmallspacegard8587]

Hi Shaun, my solution to bind weed, quarter fill a zip lock bag with round up herbicide, cut the stems of bind weed and dip into liquid and seal up zip lock bag. And leave four a few weeks or months. This sucks the herbicide right into the bind weed roots which are often interconnected between plants. This is the only thing I use herbicide for but I do understand people who think herbicide should not be used at all.

[@ChilliChump]

That's a good plan, thank you for sharing. I don't use any chemicals typically for pest removal but at the end of the season once I have harvested all the chillies, it may be an option.

[@Jacqui-Pen]

Loved the video, Shaun. How do you store your fresh chillies until you want to use them, or do you leave ripe ones on the plants and then harvest everything at the end of the season. Is there a video explaining the difference between capsicum etc and how to identify which family a chilli belongs to. I've had a couple of ripe jalapeno, but they're thinner than yours.

[@ChilliChump]

I usually process them straight into a ferment...alternatively I dry or freeze until ready. I have a video in the works talking about the different species. Keep an eye out!

[@Jacqui-Pen]

Brilliant Shaun. Hopefully it will teach me a few things. Thank you 😊

[@gazellecarlson6543]

can't wait to get some of those lemon piri seeds

[@geemapflowersbirdsoutdoorg576]

Hi Chillichump so what do you do with your chilli plants during winter months

[@Visukinttu1000]

27:55 Hoverflies eats nectar and are great pollinators, but their larvae are predators and they eat aphids. 🙂 Thanks for the video 👍

[@somethingboutgardening9532]

Great video! I noticed that you are attempting a cross with Rocoto Costa Rica . Interested to hear what you're crossing with

[@dieselpower3202]

Hows you CCPiriPiri going Shaun? I have only just started getting a few flowers in the past week. Being an Annuum I was expecting them to be one of the first to produce this year.

[@ChilliChump]

Like I mentioned in the vid, latest I've ever had a harvest from them. They really have not liked this inconsistent weather.

[@TheMetattron]

Poor year in Northern Ireland too. I've got plenty of Padrons and a yellow habenero I overwintered is kicking out plenty of pods. I grew Malawi Piquantes a few years ago, very large thick fleshed pods that produced late into the season. Not overly spicy but great flavour.

[@kevpage]

I plan on getting an outdoor mini greenhouse, a fabric one, is there any problem with the green coloured covering rather than white?

[@michaelcleary1049]

Great looking sweet peppers Shaun.. unfortunately most of mine have been written off by BER. do you notice that BER is more of an issue when growing larger peppers in pots? I’m starting to suspect that’s the issue

[@ChilliChump]

Sweet peppers like a lot of calcium and are prone to BER without enough. Are you using my soil mix recipe? You need to start right, with a solid amount of calcium. Adding calcium later isn't ideal.

[@chrispyg5879]

I'm made Piri piri sauce with CC Piri piri, fallowed you recipe to the T. Sooo good! Great taste, bright color and the heat I'm looking for!! One of my new favorites!

[@chrispyg5879]

Need to get some Peppadew for next season.

[@ChilliChump]

That's awesome mate! It really is a great chilli! 🔥

[@haydenkelliher2859]

Is it worth overwintering aome plants for next season?

[@TheDistur]

Glad you'll be getting something even if it's not a banner year.

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you. Even though it is nowhere near where things should, it still brilliant to see the ripe pods coming through.

[@kevpage]

I’m back growing after many years off, I’m only growing indoors on the windowsill and I’ve had a small crop but I’m struggling to get fruit ripe, I’m holding back on water but I fear they won’t ripen in time

[@lilyshambles5644]

Had to pause to comment when you said you hoped the weather would hold up, ha, have you seen the forecast? We currently have 24 amber warning for rain and then next week some night temps. of 4-6 and I'm only about 65 miles inland from you so I wish you all the best.

[@ChilliChump]

I am not optimistic about it....just hopeful! 😁🫣

[@cherylb.9766]

Bind weed... I'm thinking this is the same as our morning glory isn't it? Bane of my garden! These roots go on down forever!

[@Nitsuj238]

Great video! Longer is good!!!

[@MrBcotte]

Bind weed = FIRE 😆

[@Murzington]

How do you prevent your hots and sweets from cross pollinating when they are in the same greenhouse? It seems you had some of them quiet close as well.

[@ChilliChump]

I isolate what I gather seeds from. Cross pollination is only an issue with the next generation...not the current one

[@timtyndall4025]

Thanks for sharing your experience, and advice here. I just finished my first batch of fermented “hot” sauce. It’s not that hot, maybe a little hotter than Frank’s. But the flavor is good. I wouldn’t have been able to even attempt it without watching your videos, and others that are similar.

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks Tim. I'm glad my videos have helped you out! And hot sauce doesn't always have to be scorching!

[@timtyndall4025]

@@ChilliChump it’s about 50% jalapeño, and 50% mirasol(guajillo). Basically a knockoff sriracha, with garlic and honey. But I got some Serrano, and cayenne, seeds to make a blend next year. I’m staying away from super hots for now. Although it’s hilarious when you blend them up, I’d rather not. At least not for a while. BTW, do you have any issues with kahm yeast blooming in the finished product? I skimmed some off the mash, then it reappeared. But the ph was 3.8, and I added 25% vinegar. I don’t want to pasteurize, if possible.

[@ChilliChump]

@@timtyndall4025 the kahm yeast appears in the presence of oxygen. Which is why you keep things sealed during ferment, allowing co2 to displace the oxygen. When bottling, make sure you steriliser and sanitise well, and you won't have an issue

[@timtyndall4025]

@@ChilliChump cool. I started the ferment in a vacuum bag(for about 2weeks) then added some honey and garlic. Due to the added liquid, I used a jar and bubbler. But I guess most of the fermentation was done, so it didn’t produce as much CO². 🤷 but I boiled the jars, and used a sanitizer. Fingers crossed.

[@FerdinandFake]

I have a huge second year jolokia, but failed to properly support the heavy weight of innumerable pods and a few branches broke during a thunderstorm, the biggest one got ripped off😢

[@jamesbrandon8520]

I seen a plant on your video that looked like one of them ornamental Christmas peppers that I never can figure out if they’re edible or not just wondering if they’re the same thing or if the ornamental ones are edible or not?

[@ChilliChump]

Ornamentals chilli varieties are edible....it's just a matter of how tasty they are! Some actually are pretty decent and pack a punch. I will have 2 ornamental varieties in the store this year that are both beautiful and tasty!

[@ando5899]

Please enlighten me how you knew it'd be a bad season? I followed your advice but would love to know your methods

[@ChilliChump]

I've talked about this in a few videos now. It stems from El Niño and La Niña. These occur naturally every 2 to 7 years. The 2023-2024 El Niño cycle was particularly severe due to its strength and timing, making it the fifth-most powerful cycle/event on record.

[@ando5899]

@@ChilliChump thanks, just going back now. Just back from a a month and a half in Brazil so catching up now :) interesting chilli's there!

[@MrBcotte]

I am guessing you do not have rocoto amarillo seeds in stock yet, as you don't have any pods yet this year?

[@ChilliChump]

@@MrBcotte I am busy with harvesting and seed testing at the moment. Once I get my results I will be updating the store all at once. I don't want to drip feed products. Shouldn't be too long now. And I do have a good number of the Rocoto Arequipa Amarillo!

[@MrBcotte]

@@ChilliChump I'll be on the lookout to place my order!

[@haydenkelliher2859]

Worth overwintering palnts for next season?

[@ChilliChump]

It brings it's own set of challenges. But I usually overwinter a couple plants. No way to overwinter too many without increasing costs massively.

[@danielscott8170]

The seasons have all pushed back 1.5months from previous years

[@madcraic3283]

Well i've been telling you: telephone book!😎 It sure has been slow growing in good old kraut land. But i am more peeved about my lack of success in germination. Wanted the Dorset naga really bad and a couple of others that failed me. I have got your CC jigsaw brain coming through, and i am not going to kill myself over them! Just playing it save!

[@ChilliChump]

Consider it practice for next year! 😁

[@nicflanagan6662]

Our chillies have been a bit of a disaster, normal red peppers prolific 🤔. Growing inside a polytunnel in 30 litre pots

[@KDAblockerJojo]

Getting rid of that bind weed is hard, every piece of green stem can easily grow new roots, getting rid of it means you also have to make sure cut off pieces don't end up on/in the soil again.

[@capsicumco]

The worm is a leaf roller caterpillar. They chomp the leaves then rolled them up with cocoon.

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks for that! Been bugging me not knowing!

[@capsicumco]

​@ChilliChump the plants are looking really healthy though. Very nice 👌🏼

[@jonathanflud492]

Having so many plants in one area do you have problems with unwanted crossing of plants?

[@ChilliChump]

Crossing is only a problem if I use the seeds the following season. For those, I isolate

[@jonathanflud492]

@@ChilliChump thank you for your quick reply new to the channel great video s and information appreciate the content

[@ChilliChump]

@jonathanflud492 welcome aboard!

[@darealrulezbreaker9493]

with so many different plants so close together is there ever risk of accidental cross-pollination?

[@ChilliChump]

Yes there is, that's why I isolate the fruit that I get seeds from

[@waltertshuma646]

Greetings Shaun, l like you videos. I was just wondering, what advice you would have for a would be open field farmer of cayenne in southern Africa.

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Walter, it may be worth sending me a message through my website chillichump.com/contact

[@colinmoore8553]

Hello I have 3 pepper plants and 1 Chilli plant they are all flowering but I only have a few inches away from the top of my propergator 2 things not getting many peppers/chilli coming through plus do I keep them in the propergator with the lid of with grow lights hope you can help ?

[@ChilliChump]

@@colinmoore8553 if they are flowering, they shouldn't really be covered over in a propagator. Is this indoors?

[@colinmoore8553]

Yes indoors I have put them outside now and do I keep them outside ?

[@ChilliChump]

@@colinmoore8553 are you in the southern hemisphere? And are following my beginners guide? kzbin.info/aero/PLuQ_ySnkV1en8UPfuoJVWCLT9dIZnKCQa

[@colinmoore8553]

I'm on the south coast I will have to watch your video again

[@ChilliChump]

@@colinmoore8553 south coast of which country? It is coming into winter here in the northern hemisphere. So I am guessing you are in the southern hemisphere (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand etc.)

[@dontswitchoff607]

I've got very few super hots this year, just threw out most of the plants because we're getting frost soon and they had zero pods. Tones of bananas peppers...with no heat lol. Disappointing grow this year.

[@linaso9739]

I would also like to know how to get rid of bindweed. Our garden is infested by them.

[@ChilliChump]

@@linaso9739 some good tips in the comments! Dip the end of the bind weed in a container of weedkiller and apparently it soaks it up and kills just the bindweed.

[@kingofdeath5600]

Will you have any 7 pot primo seeds for sale this year?

[@ChilliChump]

Yes I will. They are coming through nicely.

[@kingofdeath5600]

@ChilliChump I'll keep an eye on your store then.

[@craigdawson7632]

Can you buy parasitic wasps and lace wings there? They are keen on aphids

[@ChilliChump]

Not sure about buying them here. I'm sure you can. But thankfully my marigold attract the parasitic wasps (hoverflies) nicely in a normal year

[@roberttillotson6861]

I have my jpgs white scorpion plant that is pushing out hundreds of peppers. Insane. All others late in maturing. Chili Chump, If you want any seeds from my plant hit me up.

[@ChilliChump]

That would be kind of you! Can you get in touch through my website chillichump.com/contact or on discord? Thank you

[@keithatkinson7649]

not a great chilli year up here in Sunderland either. best performer was a 5ft Rodeo. after that a santa fe grande has done well. numex twilight is only just colouring. few ripe lemon drops, but heat and neat habanero is disappointing

[@chubbyschillis1065]

Did i give you seeds for the cabai tree? I seem to remember the name. Your plants look so much healthier than mine do now.

[@ChilliChump]

Nah, I got them from a source in the US. The Warped realities are healthy though

[@chubbyschillis1065]

@@ChilliChump great looking plant. I have some small pods on my warped reality and really good consistent shapes now too

[@garydyke1]

baverian radish recipe plz!

[@Sandyman406]

I have some amazing sugar rush stripeys but look nowhere near ripening

[@PlantObsessed]

I can tell you pulling and swearing at it is not a cure.👍🏼🌶️😁

[@homestead.smallholding]

Comment 101, just sayin'

[@boneysworld]

Been poo this year

[@GavinMannion]

It’s been an awful season for me. What I have managed to grow has been decimated by slugs.

[@ChilliChump]

Thankfully no slug attacks for me this year. Although there seems to be plenty about. My beer traps work well to keep them away. Place a small container on the floor with some beer in it, works great as a slug trap