How to Ripen Chillies at End of Season. Chilli Grow Update (2022e09)

[@JonTopping]

Another tip I've heard is to deliberately stress the plant out. You can prune 1/3 of the foliage, and even jab at the roots a bit to cut them (not a ton). This stresses the whole plant out, and it goes into survival mode, trying to finish the seeds, which will ripen the fruit.

[@spudsandroses]

Great update! Definitely going to add sweeter/milder chilis for next year. Had plenty of hot ones for this year to last us through next year 🔥 Amazing to see the Big Chump so full of green growth still and how clean and airy it was in the beginning of the year 🌿💚 Best wishes, M

[@murdog04]

We have already had 3 frosts here in North Dakota. All my plants are gone. I had next to no harvest this year due to weather and a some other challenges. Your plants look absolutely amazing. I am so proud of all the results you gotten with your plants. It is nothing but impressive. I have certainly made a dent in your seed store. Love to purchase your seeds. They always produce so much more than any other seeds I have purchased from other stores. Love this channel. Thank you for all your hard work Shaun. You certainly take care of your audience/community. Stay spicy! V/R Shane

[@PhilC74]

Fantastic crop that Shaun. You've done amazingly well. I must admit that I have also had my best year ever with chili's and I think that is partly down to your expert advice and info. Thank you Phil 👨‍🌾

[@OrtoInScatola]

Never heard of the branch trick! I’ll have to try that! I have so many green scotch bonnet that haven’t turned red yet and have no green house. Luckily here in Italy we are experiencing and unseasonably warm October with night temperatures still above 10C and day time temperatures sometimes above 20C, so I am hoping they will be able to ripen, but as soon as the weather changes I will try your trick for sure! Thank you for sharing it!

[@Reapererebos]

thank you Shaun. I will be using your tips to try and get my plants to finish up ripening. There are so many pods and so little time. I am also looking forward to seeing how your most plant does at the end of the season.

[@ChilliChump]

My pleasure mate. The tips may be simple enough, but they do work! And I also can't wait for the monster plant chilli picking. It's come round so quickly!

[@Reapererebos]

@ChilliChump Yes, sir. It's always amazing how fast the seasons end, and this it seems to be wrapping up faster than last year. I have so many more pods to pick. Some will be sauce, and others pickled or dried. I will probably start planning for next year after Thanksgiving.

[@MrRiffyriff]

Awsome Shawn! Great info about ripening chilies! Here in southern Ontario, Canada, the season is done. I harvested my last habaneros a few weeks ago. Since then, there have been 4 or 5 heavy frosts... My plants are still alive to my surprise! I cut them back today and potted them for over-wintering. First time trying to over winter, wish me luck! 😊

[@ChilliChump]

Good luck! Overwintering can certainly be rewarding for the following season!

[@flibo]

I still have loads of green pods with just a bit of blushing on them. It's reassuring to hear that they still have a good chance to ripen!

[@flyingtom75]

Wow just wow... Your plants still look amazing! waithing on my Habaneros to turn ripen, the rest is pretty much done already...

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome chilies and great tips Shaun. I think having less in the greenhouse is a great idea to make it easier for maintenance

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you mate. Yeah, better spacing will help with a few things I reckon, and likely will end up with a similar or even bigger harvest!

[@Gepstra]

Great update and tips Shaun, thanks!

[@krisbrown9064]

Your the reason why I show my peppers off as well... Love the Moz Piri Piri btw ;) Thank you sir...

[@rman126]

I ended up making a sauce out of my green tomatoes and unripened superhots. I ended up sweetening with sugar as I wanted to keep the greenish colour of the sauce. It's quite nice and ought to go well on a burrito

[@keventaylor185]

Your growing ability and greenhouses are awesome! Keep up the good work! love the channel!

[@ChilliChump]

Very kind of you to say Kevin!

[@petercheeks404]

Looking forward to the Primotali sauce. Thanks for the tips.

[@davidniemi6553]

I don't have a good site (nor budget) for a large greenhouse (yours looks amazing) -- I primarily plant in-ground. I probably have 2-3 weeks to go before the first hard frost. I've been taking out pepper and tomato plants that have no chance of producing anything useful, and also moving smaller pepper plants that are shaded out into pots. I've used the approach of cutting off branches and putting them into water for several years to good effect - I can usually gain 2-3 weeks of ripening time (works better with some varieties than others).

[@notmyname327]

Wow that aji mango was loaded with fruit! Loved that plant

[@frankfrank6541]

Thank you from Leicestershire. Thanks for great information.

[@Huck_Fexis]

That app seems amazing just came from the vid in the garden shed n you made it that's crazy I'll defo look into it

[@wranther]

Hearing a chilli grower suggest fewer plants in a given area Shaun does sound to me like the seeds for Big Chump 2.0 have already been cast. You have so many fine late season plants still happily producing many awesome pods. Unless your weather sours it is clear that you will be enjoying November fresh harvesting. Looking like you still have a busy sauce making month ahead. Here a frost has finally nipped off plant growing for this season, although I was picking pods earlier in the week. Stay Spicy! -Bob...

[@markirish7599]

Fantastic video thank you 😊

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you Mark!

[@PreatorRaszagal]

I see that larger greenhouses just led to larger jungles 😄And cool that the calyx on those bubble gums changed colour before the pepper even started ripening 🤯

[@ChilliChump]

The greenhouse is never big enough! That was really cool to see the calyx like that, didn't really expect it.

[@brunorrfernandes]

The Spider at 0.47 like, yeah buddy move :D this chillis are mine :D

[@gazellecarlson6543]

i agree i also will reduce my number of plants...just to many...but soo beautiful

[@MrSBGames]

Still no frost forecast here in North Yorkshire. Looks like I am going to be able to push my crops into November this year 😱

[@linaso9739]

Thank you for the video! Malawian piquante is on my grow list, just not sure of which year 😃. I want to reduce amount of varieties that I'm growing but this is not easy thing to do. Your plants look fantastic, especially monster plants. I'm wondering how many pods you will pick from those.

[@LeighWinspear]

Ive just fed my chillis again, but luckily not a high feed so looks like that will be the last time. Great tips as usual Chumpmeister.......;)

[@geekay2024]

This is no hobby no more i find it wonderfull i have seen you grow so much wishing you all the best and succes mate keep it up

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you my friend It's my full time business now! What a difference a few years makes!

[@geekay2024]

@@ChilliChump thats very true you are the perfect example of that thanks to you i am into chilli's and grow some every year in my mini greenhouse lol and learning more everytime from you and hope many people do the same will be looking forward for the new grow of 2023 succes mate

[@jadus2198]

As far as I know, capsicum are very sensitive for ethylene. I used to work at a greenhouse, running the heat and power plant, what I needed to avoid on any circumstances is to feed ethylene into the bell pepper greenhouse because it would ripen the peppers and start the dying process of the plants. (At the end of the growing season, for the last two weeks it is deliberately fed into the greenhouses to ripen off the last pods.)

[@ChilliChump]

Studies show that the capsicum genus is not actually particularly sensitive to ethylene at all. The flowers of the plants are pretty sensitive to it ..but the fruits aren't

[@nitramdmij]

Great video Shaun! I really like your greenhouse(s). One question about sauces that I have come upon recently is what is the best way to age a ferment once it has completed. I often make sauces that do not really taste complete and they sit in the back of the fridge for several months to a year and then I try them again. They often taste so much better. I know that sauces like Tobasco sauce are aged in oak barrels for quite a while, in order to mature and develop their final flavor. Do you have any insight on which way or conditions might be the best for aging a sauce?

[@PlantObsessed]

Wow that is interesting about late season chilli being sweeter and spicy at the end of season. I have some mole pepper in the basement I have hopes to still get ripe. Great video. Is there a video on your scanner system?

[@ChilliChump]

There is a series of videos showing how to use it and what it is. Should be linked at my site SeedsIO.com. But here is a link to the playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLuQ_ySnkV1entyEIGv2mDlOlRuR3Gmyr6

[@j.m.k.3406]

I'm back...see you're doing nicely mate! Nice greenhouses, great job

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks! Did you have a different KZbin account before?

[@j.m.k.3406]

@@ChilliChump yea banned for life so I made a new one

[@j.m.k.3406]

@@ChilliChump was m king,( I think) before

[@ChilliChump]

Welcome back!

[@j.m.k.3406]

@@ChilliChump thanks man, keep up with the knowledge Over wintering what plants weren't killed by hail this year, starting new hots soon, fingers crossed no more golf ball or bigger sized in the future

[@RekimNZ]

Awesome video, my season is just starting out here in Melbourne (AUS) Habanero, Ghost, Thai hot, Jalapeno's to name a few - wouldn't mind a few 7 pot promo's tho' - excellent chilli work and thanks :)

[@Chris-op7yt]

a lot of the small chillis ripen just fine right into winter, just before the plant branches start dying. bigger chillis (capsicums) not so lucky.

[@matthewsmetalworkshop]

I would be wary of making choices about how many plants to grow in the future based on this year. I realise that this is your first proper year with your current setup so it is difficult to tell, but this year has been exceptional. I have grown the same chillies, in the same way, in the same greenhouse for about 15 years. This year's crop has been ridiculous. I gave up on my plants a month ago, not because they were done, but because I could no longer justify the water and feed for chillies I couldn't possibly use. I already have 3-4 times my normal crop, and there's only so many I can eat. I have so many frozen, and so much fermented mash, that I'll only be growing a few plants for fresh chillies next year, and maybe the year after as well.

[@clivechandler8817]

Love the milder chillies. I'm a wimp when it comes to hot peppers. I feel so sorry 😞 for you and your numb tongue. 👅 glad the numbness went away.👍love garden spiders.🕷 🕷

[@garyz2043]

Another week and I will have pleny of ripe ones to make some sauce. : }

[@jalfmeister]

And doing that sauce with all your Chili's usually equal amount of all the different chili types and then again what would it be to taste and how would it how hot would it be

[@nikvalentino]

Hi Shaun, Can you let me know where you get your seeds from generally (I believe you may have done a video on this previously but I can't find it)...I'm really keen to get a hold of some Pepperdew for next season as I've never managed to find the real deal available where I have historically bought my seeds the last 5 or 6 years...Love your content and look forward to the next video!

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Nik, I have Peppadew seeds for sale chillichumpseeds.com !

[@sennen222]

A timely video, struggling to get my Orange Habaneros to ripen. Have cut back on watering so let's see how it goes.

[@ChilliChump]

Good luck! I'm sure you will have them ripening soon Kev

[@pilkyish]

Great video thanks. Do you have an opinion on pruning new growth and removing flowers at a later stage in the season? Also, If growing outside, and frost was forecast, would you prune branches with unripe pods and bring/ripen them indoors? Thanks

[@ChilliChump]

I don't worry too much about the flowers at the later part of the season. And if you expect a frost, snip the branch and hang it in your greenhouse or some other covered space. Don't need to worry about the warmth, doesn't need to come indoors.

[@pilkyish]

@@ChilliChump thanks for your reply. I’ve got a feeling I’ll still have some unripe pods when frost hits.

[@tabularasa0606]

Those peppadews look quite delicious.

[@roberttillotson6861]

You mentioned less plants crammed for bigger harvest. It’s true. You likely will have 300% increase per plant if spaced several feet apart. If you want more varieties then quantity per plant then keep strategy; yet don’t go so big on bush/plants then.

[@barrylouis8581]

hi sean been following you for a while,and have now started to overwinter for next year, but i carn't see your growing mix for the big boys, i've got and use the old mix of 10,1,1 but have missed the updated mix for the larger pot.could you please post it,thanks

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Barry, did you watch my video about a month ago where I updated on the monster plant? Titled How to grow a monster chilli plant. Let me know if that helps you out kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGHNhIdjm8-AaNU Cheers, Shaun aka ChilliChump

[@FearTec]

I watched this and realised I need a large greenhouse

[@mgrsearad5631]

Do you think that you could overwinter Koos and go for an even bigger plant next season?

[@ChilliChump]

It's a possibility. Still considering what I will do.

[@michaellinahan7740]

Shaun, are those all grown this year or do you overwinter the plants and if so what method do you use? I am in Melbourne, Australia and I tried with some Thai Hot plants that were great producers last year but all of them didn't make it, some I left in place and other I cut back and planted in sand in the garage. I am thinking about a proper greenhouse as I have just lost my second batch of 50 pots of seedlings due to a couple of hours of direct sun (whilst being dragged around the shops by shmbo!) It is getting a bit late to try again and the prospect is for another wet cold summer (La Niña).

[@ChilliChump]

Hey Michael, they are all grown this season. I prefer growing from seed. If you look back on this series of videos you can see when I started the seeds (episode 1 or 2). In fact you should be able to go to each of my previous years growing series too and see that.

[@michaellinahan7740]

@@ChilliChump Thanks for that, that is an impressive amount of growth for one season. I tried this year to use polystyrene fruit containers with clear plastic over the top to start early but twice I have been caught out with the strong Australian sun that can fry young plants within an hour which is why I was thinking about a greenhouse, obviously not on your scale but we shall see.

[@leandroraffaele]

if you have this plants so close to each other do you not risk random and uncontrolled cross pollination between the plants? How do you safely isolate to keep the seeds?

[@ChilliChump]

Isolating kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmXHc4ybgKinpdk

[@Craxin01]

I can't help but wonder how much your setup has to cost. Those glass greenhouses can't be cheap. Do you compost the plants once they're done? If so, whole or ground up? I took my jalapeno plants and ran them through chipper and dumped them into my compost.

[@ChilliChump]

This is my business, so some investment was required of course! I put my plants through a wood chipper at the end of the season too and that goes into my compost piles. The soil is partly reused for a second season, then after that I use it in my raised beds, dug in with fresh compost.

[@thav2175]

I am out of sriracha Let’s make some soon

[@ChilliChump]

It's already made, and bottled 😉 keep an eye out for my newsletter announcing the restock VERY soon www.chillichump.com/newsletter

[@FloraM44]

Great video, and very impressive plants! I'm already 2 weeks past our average frost date, which may (?) come within the next two weeks. If I know it's coming, are you saying it'd be best for me to just cut all the branches off with the green poblanos since they haven't really started ripening?

[@ChilliChump]

I would wait until they start to ripen, then consider removing the branch. It all really depends on the health of your plant at this stage. If you are getting hard frosts, then yeah, I would probably remove the branches.

[@FloraM44]

@@ChilliChump thanks! Hard frosts are down to 0C, right? I just have a whole row of pepper plants with tons of peppers but some of the plants just haven't really started to turn.

[@FloraM44]

@@ChilliChump I have a really silly question. One of the seed packets I bought was for a "mini bell mix" which was just a cheap pack from the store that looked cute and fun. The pic had green, yellow, orange, and red mini peppers. I assumed that my plants that both have orange peppers on them would be turning red at some point, but they've been orange for ages and it seems like they're not going to change at all (no hint of red). Do you think the packet had seeds for individual plants that produced yellow OR orange OR red fruits? Like, do those separate colour mini bells even exist?

[@ChilliChump]

It's quite possible that orange is the final colour.

[@FC-cz6zd]

Man, time sure does fly by...

[@Sharkdog11b]

What’s with the little piece of straw above the little chili on the stem?

[@ChilliChump]

It's to mark my isolated or crossed chillies

[@chrispyg5879]

I'm dodging frost, got a pop up greenhouse. Thinking about putting a heater on a timer. Sooo many unripe...

[@ChilliChump]

If they are fully developed, but just green...then you shouldn't need a heater. Try keep the water away, and if you can, make sure there is some airflow so you don't start getting mould.

[@shannonoconnor9671]

Can you please spell the first pepper you talked about? I'm interested in extending my pepper plant portfolio lol. I currently grow 12 kinds of peppers. Thank you in advance

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Shannon. It is the Peppadew. I sell seeds for it here chillichumpseeds.com/product/malawian-piquante-also-known-as-peppadew/

[@mossy78]

Really hope you’re doing your Piri Piri Cherry 🍒 sauce again 😋

[@ChilliChump]

I will be! Got a few others to do first, then will get that one bottled too!

[@peter-kj7hc]

Hello Chump, could u possibly make a Video about your Soil? Would be very interesting if u didnt already. My habanero chocolate didnt grow so fast and are very small. I assume its because of the Soil. Nvm great video as always 👍🏼

[@ChilliChump]

Have a look here kzbin.info/www/bejne/goOUc6xtZ5KEiMk

[@aiparamasivan9460]

How is it you don’t have pest like aphids on your plants? I only have a few chilli plants in my conservatory and have to be so vigilant for aphid infestation.

[@ChilliChump]

I do have some at the beginning of the season. But I take a few precautions that limits the problem.

[@jalfmeister]

What about picking and making a sauce of all your chilies all your chilies all added together and making a sauce from that how would that taste and how hot would it be

[@ChilliChump]

Like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXPIgqWHa9Z0ac0

[@clivechandler8817]

Love your set up. I'm from Warwickshire England. Where are you. Are you a chilli farmer? Your place is pretty big.

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Clive, I'm in Lincolnshire. I am a chilli farmer now pretty much

[@chrisbrown835]

How do your plants not cross germinate and take on flavor profiles of other varieties? I have to put a lot of distance between plants so that doesn't happen...

[@ChilliChump]

Cross pollination doesn't affect the fruit of that years crop...it can only affect the seeds, and what grows the next year from those seeds. Take a look at this video on isolating. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmXHc4ybgKinpdk

[@chrisbrown835]

@@ChilliChump Thank you.

[@DexterJettster49ers]

How did the Chinese 5 Color turn out?

[@ChilliChump]

It pretty much topped out two update videos back (around July). And has just kept producing for the last few months. It is slowing down now

[@bytesysed]

next year, you will get a natural, cross. . those peppers wil show you..

[@kh70]

Good evening my dear friend I wish to communicate with you my dear brother

[@brandonhoun]

Ghost pepper plants and fruits look nice and insanely hot.

[@francoisdebruyn4424]

Do you ship to SA.

[@ChilliChump]

I do...but no guarantee they arrive. Postal service in SA can be hit or miss. Around 50% success

[@Jardin-de-invierno]

Are peppadew and peachadew the same?

[@ChilliChump]

No, they are different AFAIK

[@FearTec]

Awesome

[@gazellecarlson6543]

pepper jews.. is that how you spell it?

[@ChilliChump]

Peppadews

[@bobbywelch6035]

That is bad, tongue numb for two days. Count me out with trying that pepper.

[@terrylawyer8870]

Forgot to say pick the remaining flowers off

[@ChilliChump]

I have tested this a few times in different seasons....doesn't make much difference at all at this late stage of the season.

[@pspeybro]

nice update and good tips. Just a minor constructive criticism: the background music during the ripening tips was quite distracting or too loud compared to your voice. Some room for improvement there 🙂

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks. And yeah, balancing the volume between dialogue and music is a tough one. I mostly prefer no music because of that.

[@kenbirkin7753]

SEEDS- looking for some ornamental seeds for the spring id rather give you the business but looks like way too much paperwork with our gong show government, very little choice in Canada, several in the USA, still a chance of customs issues but i will have to take the risk, im stuck in a care home for now, want to try some edible ornamental s, mid heat and lower, any suggestions ? similar Chinese 5 Colour , regards

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Ken, I am selling seeds. Check out chillichumpseeds.com I have the Chinese 5 Colour for sale. And a few others. The Chinese 5 Colour is a great ornamental, doesn't get too large and is easy to take care of

[@kenbirkin7753]

@@ChilliChump im watching your Potting up the chilli plants to the final pot size! (2018.E09 , why no added worm castings ? or have you since incorporated them into the mix ?

[@ChilliChump]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/goOUc6xtZ5KEiMk

[@stevankolarevic8626]

👑🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪

[@pcurtis987]

First baby

[@roberthunter5059]

Rumpelstiltskin!

[@Talimgoron]

Pls send me Red Primotali Seeds. I grew Carolina Reaper and cooked a sauce from it, my friend said the sharpness is ok. I need something harder! 😅😁

[@ChilliChump]

They will be on my seed store very soon chillichumpseeds.com

[@Talimgoron]

@@ChilliChump Do you also ship to Germany?

[@ChilliChump]

I do

[@francoisdebruyn4424]

HI, Don't your chillies cross breed. In the last few years I bought chillie seeds from so called chillie growers. When mature the chillies don't look like the name describe. Very Hot chillies sometimes taste mild. So negative when you care for the plant a whole season and then sit with a cross breed or a wrong seed

[@ChilliChump]

I sell seeds. The seeds you get from me will grow true. I have a couple methods I use to isolate the seeds I use and sell.

[@francoisdebruyn4424]

Are you from SA. Koos en Frikkie. ​@@ChilliChump

[@ChilliChump]

@@francoisdebruyn4424 I grew up in SA,

[@francoisdebruyn4424]

Can I get seeds from you, in Pretoria.