Growing a Monster Chilli Plant

This is going to be fun! Growing a Monster Chilli Plant. Lets see how big we can get it!
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[@CliftonChilliClub]

Great to see youre taken on this monster experiment, will be great to see how Frikkie and Koos get along, they are looking great already. No doubt you'll end up with your 'Monster Dorset Naga' plant and have 1,000's of pods. Bring on the sun and heat.

[@2matuls]

As always, an amazing video. I tried to plant my own chillies this year, bought seeds online and now i have tomatoes growing. There is a lesson there.

[@wranther]

Awesome looking plants inside the comfort of your greenhouse Shaun! If only I were in the UK, I would be very interested in a hop on over to see your operation first hand. But alas the internet may offer the continued virtual tours as your schedule permits. Cant wait to see the growth of Frikkie & Koos throughout the season. Stay Spicy! -Bob...

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks Bob! Its going to be fun to track their progress! And of course, I will take you, and everyone else along for the ride!

[@car09180707]

I miss my Dorset Naga plant. The very first chili i ever had, kept it alive for 4 years, and it sparked a nearly insane love of the growing of chilis. Im now in the startings of trying to grow a massive Carolina Reaper in my living room in a kratky setup. Love your chan Chumpy, cheers from Sweden!

[@car09180707]

@@Nanooky oh i'm living the same mistake right now with a Starfish :)

[@danielgibbs9129]

I was also inspired by the Seaspring Seeds video of that massive Dorset Naga plant. In her video she said it was treated the same as her other plants and she used chicken manure pellets and then her regular fertilising schedule. This year I went a bit overboard with the ratios of chicken manure and have set my plants back and damaged quite a few. Big lesson learnt! Don’t over do it 🙄 Looking forward to seeing the progress of your monster plants Shawn. Best of luck 👊

[@greham]

This year, in my flat, I've got an habanero chili that I started growing in Spring 2021, in a 12L pot. Last year it stayed low and bushy, giving me flowers but no peppers. However, this year, it decided to grow close to 2 meters high, making big branches reaching high up, and it's forming a bunch of peppers already. I simply don't get it, perhaps it's what happens when you overwinter them at home.

[@mitchw5525]

Really great your doing this I remember seeing the video of Nigel I really hope you smash it and get an even bigger one

[@ChilliChump]

Its a big task, but I am up for it! Here's to hoping the weather is decent over the next few months!

[@lennieh417]

Ahh amazing I bought seeds from the lady who grew Nigel. I met her at the Wisley garden flower show and bought seeds from her market stand. I'm currently growing 6 different chilli plants, one being the Dorset Naga. I remember taking about Nigel with her. Small world.

[@ChilliChump]

She runs Seaspring Seeds with her husband Michael. Lovely people.

[@douglas7998]

Yes! I buy my seeds from seaspring seeds. I've always wanted to do that experiment to see what the optimum is for my favourite varieties, will I get more from 5 10 L pots or 1 50 L etc so will be watching carefully!

[@2076649]

Can't wait to see those giant plants fully grown.

[@ChilliChump]

I can see the increase in size on a weekly basis. Can't fathom what they will look like in a few months time!

[@DontCropMeNow]

Brilliant! Looking forward to seeing the progress. I have a 100l pot so might try one of our plants in a big pot. I used 30l pots last year bigger than usual and the plants were much bigger’

[@kh70]

💖🇪🇬Good morning my friend, I really thank you for the beauty, your sister Noha from Egypt

[@marcusskidmore7290]

I over-wintered a Peach Habanero that got to about 4 and a half feet, i could barely pick the pot up to bring it in/out of the house for winter (and I'm a labourer that moves heavy stuff every day). I kept it going for 7 years, was a beast.

[@marcusskidmore7290]

I had 3 of them but I got an aphid infestation that I couldn't shake.

[@marcusskidmore7290]

Didn't learn of Neem oil til it was too late, now i knock up a Neem oil + nicotine shake that ices them.

[@jacknissen6040]

Great info tks. Been scouring the net to learn what alternative I can try to Dorset Naga to grow a Nigelina.

[@jasonaliff4145]

loving this! I have thought about trying to grow a monster plant. Possibly by planting indoors earlier or carrying a plant over from this season and not letting it go dormant.

[@solanaceae2069]

Awesome project - looking forward to seeing how monstrous they become

[@ZZJohnDyerZZ]

Ha - great to see you trying this. Best of luck! I’m glad I deciphered the hint you dropped on one of your winter livestreams about the Dorset naga and ordered seeds! Mine is in a 30l pot, the largest I’ve got. The Naga Morich did well in the same conditions last year.

[@ChilliChump]

I hope a few people picked up on the hint and got themselves the Dorset Naga seeds! Will be great to see some other monster plants this year from you guys!

[@michaelbarrett2346]

Thank you

[@alixtheprofessionalcatherd6850]

Thanks again Sean(or Shawn, sorry I'm not good with, well, anything!) For a very informative video. I hope these, and all your plants, do well!

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you! (its spelt Shaun btw 🙂)

[@dterra278]

Being from texas, the chile pequin grows wild as a perennial. They twine through the mesquite and underbrush to the tops of trees sometimes 10+ feet high. When they die back even dyring freezes; they come back from the stalks. I had 1 for 3 years that survided an ice storm and came back from the stem. I had several in my red tips that grew beyond their height, at least 7 feet.

[@lawrencedale9629]

Good luck! I am also growing D. Nagas this year with inspiration from Nigel. Interested to see if you can get more chilli's 😅

[@ChilliChump]

Time will tell! I have grown the Dorset Naga before a few times, and they have always been decent plants. Great tasting chilli too...loads of heat!

[@lawrencedale9629]

@@ChilliChump yeah my money is on you to beat Nigel 👍

[@peterstevens4223]

Good morning from Auckland, New Zealand ...😊😊😊

[@ChilliChump]

Good morning Peter!

[@megaladog6517]

Would love to visit and help out, but I can't even afford a plane ticket to next state... lol.

[@patfrat666]

How your channel doesn't have more than 166K subscribers is beyond me. Great stuff, CC. Cheers!

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you. Lets hope my channel keeps growing!

[@madcraic3283]

That is because @ChilliChump isn't doing enough sauce videos!!!!! 😇🤣🤣🤣

[@KelbenArunsun]

Hey Shaun, i recently discovered a new plant, which i added to my collection. Its from the Capsicum pubescens family and its a tree, that can get up to 15 yrs old. i bought one plant and its thriving in my garden atm.

[@ChilliChump]

Lovely, which variety? Send over some photos through my contact page: chillichump.com/contact

[@ChiliGartenFreak]

Challenge accepted! I will grow some big Monster Giant Chili Plants, too. Realy love Your Plants!

[@jacknissen6040]

Love to see how it will grow! So many variables. Chillie type, timing , pot size, fertilisation, pruning , weather, temperature so waiting for your end of season and results, then try the same, but no Dorset Naga. What other variety could be a good candidate.?

[@paulgball]

I'm in Cape Town until Monday if you need anything brought back🤣

[@jorgeromero4680]

That's amazing but personally i would have placed the plant in a smaller pot first and later to a bigger pot. One issue is that the soil tends to be dense for roots to grow in bigger pots when they are small. The one you have in a smaller pot i believe will outgrow the other one in the bigger pot, so that one you will have to transplant later.

[@ChilliChump]

This is the fourth potting up, to go to the final pot.

[@murdog04]

What a super cool experiment and great idea. I would love to join you guys for a little harvesting fun and BBQ (with lots of rum to drink). Love the video Shaun and your green house is looking totally amazing. I cant wait for the next garden update. My plants aren’t nearly as big as yours but they were under artificial light until very recently. Now they are basking in the sun. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into getting these videos/information out to all your followers. I am so very appreciative. You ROCK! Stay Spicy! V/R Shane

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you my friend!

[@grolsch-nl]

Nice! I wonder how massive Koos and Frikkie end up. Would love to help you with the harvest of both giants.

[@damianv1]

Vat hom Frikkie 😉 Really interested to see how large you can get those plants and hope they do well. Cheers

[@ChilliChump]

Dankie! Will be fun to see the progress through the year!

[@mkannemeyer]

Love the names 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Showing your "roots" 😍

[@linaso9739]

Looking forward to the progress of those plants! This is definitely great experiment. Based on your results I may try something similar next year.

[@koosvandyk9525]

Hey Sean. Glad to see my name is used 🤣😭 Koos will win

[@aaronsvoboda5897]

Super cool, looking forward to these!

[@benphu]

damn, as soon as you started the intro speech, but didn't mention Nigel yet, I was thinking: "yup, Nigel" :D . then immediately, you said Nigel :D . nice. i'm always on it every season as well to grow a monster one. unfortunately my three (third year) overwintered monster candidates are having a really slow start, and i'm losing hope with them growing huge this year, but there are a couple of new seedlings that may make it to "little brother of Nigel" category by the end of the season

[@ChilliChump]

Good luck!

[@JigjagjugXyz]

Stoltman bros also say stay spicy. A crossover would be awesome.

[@ChilliChump]

They could join me for one of my superhot wings videos :D

[@juleswernes]

hei mr. chump. this sounds like a funn application for a "partial least square" regression, to find the optimal combinations of variables. aka machine learning but not yet black box.

[@ChilliChump]

would need a LOT more inputs for that to work, but I like your thinking! I am using machine learning on SeedsIO (free to use btw: seedsio.com) and my IOT application

[@Beltloop29]

Love your channel. That and the accent as well. Inspiring really as well as informative.

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you!

[@dansmith1009]

I'm growing 8 dorset nagas at the moment just waiting to get a little bigger and repot them also carolina reaper and chocolate habaneros, my girl friend msg you on your site I was the one that had small plants that wasn't grown well but very healthy and yes the problem was over watering and now all have taken a massive growth spert , thank you for the advice

[@ChilliChump]

Fantastic, I'm glad the advice helped!

[@didanz100]

Have you ever considered experimenting with air pruning type pots?

[@ChilliChump]

I have experimented with them a few years back. It didn't suit my growing style, and the results weren't impressive. I may give it another go in the future though.

[@derrickc8366]

Hi Shaun, won't it make sense to put Frikkie & Koos on pallets with wheels? That way you can easily move them around and also get them off the cold floor...

[@ChilliChump]

I am realising quickly that is a good idea! I have a dolly trolley that should do the job. I can at least move the smaller pots....not the 160l one though. Will need to figure that out before the plant gets too big!

[@themightymustache69]

I want to try this

[@51rwyatt]

very fun project

[@DonPandemoniac]

I'm very curious about this! I reckon there is a limit to the volume of roots a chili plant will develop. Maxing that out while also encouraging the plant above ground to get monstrous looks like a multi year endeavor, with the full bag of tricks at hand. Much luck, and I would love to be there when it's time to harvest.

[@JustOneAsbesto]

I would love to see you try to grow one into a tree in Big Chump over many years.

[@richjowen]

Amazing! I'm English and I actually know a Koos and a Frikkie!

[@ChilliChump]

I am also not really a fan of the Aji Lemon. They look great however. I am glad your season is going well!

[@PhilC74]

Goodluck with the mega monster plant Sean. One quick question though, what do you do with all the thousands of chillies that you harvest?? Surely you cannot eat them all yourself?

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you. I run a business, selling hot sauces and other spicy goodies. Www.chillichump.com/shop

[@roktoka]

Great video as always!

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you Karolina!

[@Chris-te8fg]

what about over-wintering it and starting year 2 in the same pot , my Chili's from last year are going nuts!!!

[@ChilliChump]

With the cost of electricity, keeping the large greenhouse heated overwinter would be ridiculously expensive. And without heating, the plant will die. Would be nice to do though.

[@Ultracity6060]

♪ We're only growing plants for Nigel ♫ We only want what's best for him

[@Skibidibing]

@@Ultracity6060 hahaha nouvelle vague

[@Ultracity6060]

@@Skibidibing Oh, hadn't heard that version before.

[@madcraic3283]

That is an interesting experiment, in which i would love to be involved! Harvesting Chillies with the man of Cillies. I would be so there for it. As always i am there for your videos! Great! Can't wait for the live stream!

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you sir! Lets hope for a beast! I will get the sign-up form sorted out for you guys (Patreons and Members) soon!!

[@gerdawhite4630]

You are a Chilli GURU!

[@brazziarex7070]

Hi from Australia. Enjoy the videos a lot! Did you by any chance have a recipe from a while ago with cloudy apple juice? A non ferment hot sauce? In desperate need for this tongue tingler and didn’t keep a copy. Hoping it was your recipe. Cheers

[@ChilliChump]

G'day! No, that wasn't me.

[@MrSBGames]

Ooh i'm not a patron but would love to get involved in this! I'm yorkshire based so not *too* far from you I think ha

[@ChilliChump]

Make sure you are on the next livestream!

[@old-fashionedcoughypot]

That is the same way California growers get huge cannabis plants. They start 'em early & vegetate them for months before being planted outside in giant pots. And .... uh.... first?

[@alixtheprofessionalcatherd6850]

In theory you could keep a cannabis plant in the vegative state for a long time before you let it start the flowering stage. That would produce a s**t ton of goodies

[@DaUltimateFuzz]

You need a 3rd plant called Gatiep 🤣🤣

[@ChilliChump]

😂

[@waynestrydom1512]

Die naame is is bobaas. Koos gan mooi loop. Sterkte

[@sennen222]

Lucky you didn't let the British public choose the names - you'd have ended up with with Chilli McChilliFace :-)

[@ChilliChump]

That was one of the entries. It was open to people globally!

[@zardzewialy]

The largest and healthiest plants that i've been able to grow so far were actually scotch bonnet variety.

[@ChilliChump]

My Scotch Bonnet plants are my earliest fruiters from the c.chinense species. They can certainly get big.

[@hiddysonday1]

Koos en Frikkie... klink goed swaer.

[@JaneDeer1]

Cool afrikaans names for your plants 😊

[@ChilliChump]

Well, Nigel is about as british as it gets...so I thought why not some Afrikaans names for mine 😃

[@JaneDeer1]

@@ChilliChump surname van der merwe?😁

[@ChilliChump]

😄

[@JaneDeer1]

@@ChilliChump hope you succeed with your mission. P.s thanks for the tip when making hot sauces with fruits. Worked wonders.

[@stephenblaze4571]

Good luck I think the Frikkie in the 90litre bucket will win

[@ChilliChump]

Thats my thinking as well. I was talking about that when I first revealed this during a livestream 2 months ago. I have a feeling the smaller pots (90, or even the 50) could produce the bigger plant. We will see what the weather is like over the next few months, that will certainly play a massive part!

[@stephenblaze4571]

@@ChilliChump Been thinking about it and if you trans pot the plants to a bigger pot every time they touch the sides using mycorrhizal fungi you could end up with a plant bigger than Nigel, Tony O'Neill from simplified gardens did something similar with a single chit from a potato

[@ChilliChump]

There are a bunch of things that I'm doing that should help this succeed. Will reveal them in a later video like I mentioned. So far, they are on track with my predictions....so as long as we have at least 75% to 80% sunny days over the next 3 months, then I am pretty confident in a solid result

[@krisbrown9064]

I'm interested if you have any more of those Mozambique Piri Piri seeds.. Thanks ChilliChump :)

[@ChilliChump]

I do....have a new batch just starting to ripen, and will be restocking my store soon!!

[@henryrood1093]

Frikkie freeflow

[@ooppsful]

What do u have to get lucky...???Is it enought to be online next stream??

[@ChilliChump]

Yes, will be the same as my usual giveaways that I do. Random draw, but you need to be on the stream of course.

[@1000Mikey]

I remember seeing that video of the massive Naga plant. I wonder if they overwintered it to get that big?

[@ChilliChump]

No, it was grown in one season (planted Jan 20th, harvested early Nov)

[@jacknissen6040]

So Nigel started life early . Tks. !

[@nobody77623]

I recently named a Trinidad Moruga scorpion plant i have, after being violently attacked by my dog, and being able to stay alive and keep growing.......it's now....Johnny Pepp

[@ChilliChump]

Maybe your dog stepped on a bee?

[@nobody77623]

@@ChilliChump LOL

[@bebop2599]

Was Nigel grown in one season?

[@ChilliChump]

Yes

[@davewest3137]

Hi I'm new to pepper growing but Iv read up etc an learnt over the years how u do it but I'm taking my Naga chilli's an jalapenos plants outside iv been hardening off but after an hour they just wilt so I have to move back under the grow lamp there all a nice size to go outside but I'm confused why there wilting within the hour I'm putting them in shade to as at 1st I had them in direct sun so I thought that was the issue pls help 😃

[@ChilliChump]

The problem you have is that the leaves on that plant developed under much lower light levels than you are exposing them to now. It's like a really pale person going into the midday sun in Arizona without a shirt on in the summer. They will fry! Get some shade cloth over the plant, or put it in indirect sunlight until it starts developing new leaves.

[@davewest3137]

@@ChilliChump thank you so much for reply sorry if it was a daft question I'm just new to this process

[@ChilliChump]

No problem at all! We don't learn unless we ask! Have a look through some of my other videos, in particular the beginners guide series (from seed to sauce) kzbin.info/aero/PLuQ_ySnkV1en8UPfuoJVWCLT9dIZnKCQa Should help you out!

[@GavinMannion]

Koos and Frikkie 😭🇿🇦

[@swatch12345]

Have you ever thought of pumping CO2 into the greenhouse?

[@ChilliChump]

I monitored CO2 and O2 levels throughout 2 seasons. The amount of CO2 in a well ventilated space is more than enough for the plants. I think it would be worthwhile if you were in an enclosed space (i.e. grow tent etc)

[@TheNetsrac]

Thank you for your great and very informative videos. Last year I had more than 250 Aji Limon chillies from two plants in 3 liter pots... I never expected that (too bad that chilli is kinda meh) They didn't survive the winter though... Sorry, I'm not sorry 😆 This year I bought your seed pack, and they're all growing well Best wishes from Denmark 🌶

[@grolsch-nl]

1000 views and only 201 thumbs-up? Come on, people. We can do better!

[@andrewr900]

Oh man, I laughed hard at the names😂 Couldn’t help but think of the scene of the Springboks from the movie Khumba🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZWvaoFmrMeSpqc

[@ChilliChump]

lol, been ages since I watched that 😂

[@dieseljunkie9951]

Not moster chili plants not even close

[@ChilliChump]

ok

[@gerdawhite4630]

What is your secret?

[@dragon4989]

I’ve currently got a Fatalli chilli in a 32ltr pot. It’s currently 4’ tall by 3’ wide. Hoping to keep it getting bigger!

[@tvHTHtv_is_A_Crackhead]

The best way to grow giant plants in general is DWC Hydroponics I’ve seen monster cannabis plants grown in a 5 gallon bucket DWC indoors you being in England you’d definitely be better off growing indoors too

[@ChilliChump]

For chilli plants this isn't necessarily the case. Ebb & Flood works better in my experience. You can see the results of my experiments in previous years videos.

[@tvHTHtv_is_A_Crackhead]

Umm How is 160 Liters 42 gallons by my mouth it’s actually 40 gallons 160÷4 it’s 40 not 42 there’s 4 L per gallon so yeah

[@ChilliChump]

1 US gallon is 3.75 litres

[@tvHTHtv_is_A_Crackhead]

3.785 actually my bad I mistook liters for quarts you british ppl always gotta make stuff difficult with your measurement system

[@tvHTHtv_is_A_Crackhead]

160 liters!!!! Can’t you just say 40 gallons make it much easier? 🤣😂🤣

[@ChilliChump]

There are three countries in the world that use Imperial measurements. United States, Liberia and Myanmar. The rest of the world uses metric.

[@tvHTHtv_is_A_Crackhead]

@@ChilliChump lol why a asian and African country use America’s shit lol they’re not worthy to use our system there’s a reason it’s called imperial it’s just better plus America might be 1 country but it’s almost 1/12 of the world’s population

[@ChilliChump]

The Imperial system (or the full name, the British Imperial System) is from Britain. But because the Metric system is better in nearly every way, the vast majority of the world now uses it instead of the imperial system, including Britain.