Monster Chilli Plant 2022: Final Episode

[@ChilliChump]

This was fun! Already looking forward to doing it again next year! Want to join in with the challenge? chillichumpseeds.com/product/dorset-naga/

[@ashleighneale4927]

Great food and company! Thank you for having us 😊

[@kaiketelsen7984]

Thank you again for having us was an amazing day!!

[@ChilliChump]

It is my pleasure mate! I just wish there was a more impressive harvest for you guys

[@LeighWinspear]

@@ChilliChump The harvest was impressive. "Wisdom comes not from age, but from learning and understanding." A Chekov...............

[@inmyopinion6836]

Producing a HUGE pepper plant has been a dream of mine for years. I am a Cane Smith by trade and have had a Pepper Plantation (in the 90s) I use all kinds of materials to develop one-off designs. I want to make a cane from a Pepper plant stem. THAT is why I'm overwintering some plants. Once I get that huge trunk base I hope to prune down to a single straight chute and develop it into my masterpiece

[@PepperGuru]

look into japanese topiary and fruit training methods..you could have your cane in one season with the right cultivar

[@ejy2807]

I’m famous! Thanks for having us, Shaun. Adam.

[@linaso9739]

Thank you for the video! Your comment on the aphid problem provided me with the idea why I had one this year too. I hope that your solution with installing the fans will help me too.

[@2076649]

Mine 7pot Douglah finaly ripened, they started flowering in the winter now mid spring in the south they ripened, just a few peppers because the cicle was stunned with pruning, but they came delicious with a great citrucy flavor and the heat close to scorpions.

[@2076649]

Time to pot up some brown and mustard reapers for winter harvest, i hope.

[@OrtoInScatola]

Pretty amazing plants, my friend! And it was good to meet Mrs C for the first time!

[@gazellecarlson6543]

sweet results ... i had 2 large pot chilli plants.. did well outside on the back deck so pretty

[@n1nj4m0n3y]

Quite enjoy your videos. Can't wait to see next year's setup!

[@PepperGeek]

Excited to partake next year!

[@AlexandreG]

@@PepperGeek this dude always glazing balls

[@ZZJohnDyerZZ]

Hard luck on the pods this year! I also should have started earlier (did mid feb) and got probably a couple of hundred at most off my DN in a 30l pot, with fruiting coming reeeeally late in the season. We go again!

[@stephenblaze4571]

Great results the plants did not look that bad good luck for next year

[@gm7304]

Dude you are so awesome the colors of your peppers and your love for your plants shine as bright as the sun. Thank You for producing such wonderful and beautiful content. Breath taking work you do from Colorado

[@ChilliChump]

Thank you for the very kind words!

[@AceYbañez-e4j]

amazing pepper plant thank you for sharing your experience

[@pepperpopper81]

I think Koos also spent extra energy on its root system to fill out that larger pot before bottoming out and focusing on fruit production. Incremental pot upsizing may help with production!!

[@Martmarttoo]

You could overwinter those two plants and have a head start for next year. That would also be a nice comparison with the new seedlings!

[@wardy89]

i enjoyed that can't wait to see what you achieve next year!

[@codys3368]

Glad you had a good year where I'm from we had a wired cold front came in and I lost 90 percent of my peppers

[@PepperGuru]

I love this and I really love the lessons learned segment at the end. Always striving to learn more each year. Maximum yield per plant should be everyone's white whale. As I mentioned to Calvin on one of his videos, bigger is better obviously, but form factor is more important. I've tested up to 202 gallon with capsicum. The wider/shallower container is better than a taller/thinner container shape due to capsicum's natural root structure habit.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

Wash the plant with a blast of water about twice per month, it will knock off a large number of aphids and the sugar excretion. For better control you could spray an incecticidal soap a few days prior to washing. If you have very hard water I would recomend a final rinse with rain water (And using rain water to mix the soap, Ca and Mg tend to bind it into soap scum).

[@MoBoostZa]

Aweh! Leka proudly South African plant names❤️🤣

[@scottfarrar376]

Great video, as always a lot of fun.

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks Scott

[@wranther]

2,000 pods is one solid goal to strive for Shaun! What could happen if a second 90l pot were started at the same time, with the added benefit of sliding the second pot outside once the weather breaks towards summer? Try keeping nutrients and water the same. Just curious of how such a comparison may work now that you have a couple very nice greenhouses. Stay Spicy! -Bob...

[@inmyopinion6836]

N000000oooooooo..... Chili, don't KILL him! ! ! ! ! ! Prune the best ones and overwinter them! ! ! That's the only way to get 2K pods. My Tabasco and Ghosts are producing more every year . PLEASE try at least ONE. I picked and pruned Nov.4 and now they are loaded again. I am hoping to use my Red Savina as a Christmas tree. It is loaded, but I don't know if I will have the color I want by then. BUT, when it does, I would love to show you.

[@dmaifred]

Merry Christmas from Western Australia 🦘

[@murdog04]

I would have loved to have been a part of this and got an opportunity to me the famous Mr. CC and experience the awesome CC property with all it has to offer. Getting a chance to break bread with everyone would have been just a HUGE bonus. This was an awesome and very fun video Shaun. Thank you for giving your community an opportunity to be a part of your very cool experiment. LOVED IT! Stay Spicy! V/R Shane

[@ChilliChump]

Looking forward to a visit when you make your way across the pond mate!

[@bens1491]

For the 160L pot I wonder if it's worth using an overwintered plant rather than a seedling. Hopefully the root system can fill the container earlier in the season then focus on producing a bumper yield.

[@ChilliChump]

The challenge is to do it all in one season, from seed. And to be honest, second and third seasons harvests, have never really been as tasty, or as hot as first season on the plants I've done that with.

[@bens1491]

@@ChilliChump Great insight as always, Shaun. Best of luck with next years mega plant. Can't wait to see those videos!

[@LeighWinspear]

Another good video shaun. I have brought nearly all of my last unripened chilli plants into the house now, as you suggested, but the aphids have followed. I know what you mean by sticky leaves......little buggers...........probs because the leaves are wilting often now and the plant is weak as I am not feeding them. I have noticed that some species of chilli, especially my still green jamaican rosso have definitley turned yellow with red tinges since I picked some of them from the plant and am storing them in a kitchen window. Is picking the unripened fruit from the plant a known option to ripen them? If so I will just do this straight away next season instead of waiting for them to turn red in the greenhouse. Just wondering how this affects heat and flavour though. I guess I will find out!

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks Leigh! I would try ripen then on the plant as much as you can. There is a definite drop in flavour, heat and definitely sweetness.

[@LeighWinspear]

@@ChilliChump I love how you mention your mistakes and findings with aphids and rot etc...... I am an electrician and favour YT channels such as yours, those that show, working on the coal face, so to speak - right in the thick of it. It would be good to actually see things that are going on in your greenhouses, included in your videos or a seperate video of when things go wrong and how to solve them both basically and scientifically perhaps.

[@ChilliChump]

I have a few plans to change things up on my channel from next year, that should incorporate more of that!

[@LeighWinspear]

@@ChilliChump Top man.....

[@madcraic3283]

A very cool vid again. I am kinda jealous. That really looked like a ton of fun. good Job and well done to all winners and helpers. Including the little one in the backround. I hope you thought of the erythritol (and what it does to dogs) bfore feeding it wings?🤣

[@ChilliChump]

😂

[@davidarundel6187]

Aphid problem - solution ; a clove or 2 of garlic grown with the chillies may help , or , take a Combe of Garlic , cop it up , putting it into a sterile jar with boiling water over it , allow to cool , stain the milky liquid into another sterile jar , for storage , or into a sprayer unit , and spray the plants , this will make the plants unpalatable to the aphids . Hope the suggestions help with minimizing aphid damage .

[@ChilliChump]

Thanks for the suggestions David. I already treat all my plants with my neem aphid concoction, including the larger plant.

[@1000Mikey]

What was the final weight of pods from the plant's? It would be Interesting to see how they compare with pot size.

[@FC-cz6zd]

Quick question. You've convinced me to try a 25 gallon (close to 90L) potted plant this season. What size potted up plant would you suggest? Since I usually plant my 3-4" potted up plants into their final 10 gallon pots, would you go larger on the potted up size going into a 25 gallon pot? I'm not sure why, but in the past I've found that trying to plant a small plant into a much larger pot doesn't work very well. Thanks for your time and great videos!

[@ChilliChump]

You would need pot up to a 9l or 10l pot before going to the 90l. I go with a rule of thumb, of 10 to 1 ratio for potting up

[@FC-cz6zd]

@@ChilliChump Thanks for the quick reply and info👍. Actually rethinking this and going with a 15 gallon. Easier to move if/when a hurricane comes around.

[@BlackJesus8463]

That was easily the biggest chili pepper plant I've ever seen. Better luck next year I guess. 😅😅✌

[@beth5765]

I’m just wondering if you might be a little heavy on the nitrogen fertilizer. Aphids can often be a sign of too much nitrogen just something to think about.

[@ChilliChump]

My system is fully automated and on the same feeding regime for all my plants. So if that were the case, then I would see similar damage on other plants

[@jamesbrandon8520]

I bought the buffalo extreme and the sting, I like both but the sting is a little more vinegary than my preference and I was thinking that both of them would be hotter, so what do you have hotter than these two hot sauces? And any with less vinegar or none at all? They don’t have to have the vinegar if they are fermented do they?

[@ChilliChump]

The Sting is my version of the Scorpion Tabasco, so needs the vinegar for the style of sauce it is. And my blazing buffalo is a Louisiana style sauce (like Frank's, Crystal etc), so again is going to need vinegar for the style of it. The heat level of those two aren't ridiculously hot...but should be hotter than the examples I gave. I have a few more superhot sauces coming out in the next 2 months. Problem is, I do those in smaller batches, and they'll out ridiculously quickly! My Pain in the Bhut sauce just recently sold out. My Weapons Grade sold out without 3 days of putting it in my store. Make sure you are signed up to my newsletter to get alerted when I have new stock ready..

[@TheDmx250]

Hey Chillichump! I have a question: Which pepper has the potential to grow the tallest? 1. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion (choc) 2. Ghost pepper. (salmon) Do you have experience with these species? Love your channel btw💪🏻🌶️💥

[@mpmccurry]

Can you do a video on making the brewing fridge (fermintation)?

[@ChilliChump]

Ok, here you go Ferminator kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6wk5d6h6-Ui7s

[@mpmccurry]

@@ChilliChump thanks

[@AceYbañez-e4j]

do you use bio-char in peppers?

[@davidpreston3624]

have you considered growing hydroponically? you can grow faster, and if you over-winter the plant indoors, you get a head start on next year. pepper plants will live for years if they aren't killed by frost or disease. love your channel, btw. i'll be checking back in to see what you do next year for sure. 🌶🥵😁

[@ChilliChump]

Hey David, I have done a lot of hydro growing. There are benefits for sure. Some hydro videos in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLuQ_ySnkV1ekm5F9SFKmmETRr2ezyM6ze

[@leandroraffaele]

For those who don't know: Nigel the chillie plant with the most peppers on it (dorset naga) had 2,407 red chillies and 116 green chillies on it. Cheers 🍻

[@BlackJesus8463]

How come we don't go by weight? not that it was close

[@leandroraffaele]

@@BlackJesus8463 It does: Yield in weight of Nigel: 9.535 kg red chillies 0.265 kg green chillies

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@leandroraffaele Wow!

[@brucecook502]

So this plant achieved its size in just a single season including germination? That's insane, my chocolate bhutlah DM plant that reached 6.1 took a whole two seasons to get that big but didn't have any where near the girth that your plant achieved. Now I didn't bring any of my plants indoors to save during the winter time this time around but I did pull many of my plants out of thier 5 gallon containers and buried thier base Underground with a little bit of plant food pellets in the soil to see if it keeps the plants alive during the winter. Just an experiment, I thought if maybe I can prevent the roots from freezing and dying that maybe the plant will spring back to life next spring. It doesn't get too cold here in Georgia in the US so I want to see if this technique would keep the plant alive so maybe I'll have some productive plants far sooner and maybe manipulate some of them into growing bigger before they flower and fruit.

[@ChilliChump]

yeah, one season. That was the challenge really! This could be a beast if I decided to overwinter for a couple of years. But that brings about its own challenges! If you can keep the roots from freezing, then you should be ok....just make sure they aren't getting overwatered, that is a common issue when overwintering.

[@sto2779]

How long did it took to grow it?

[@Spiralem]

Any recommendation for pest control such as Aphid, Mites, or Whitefly?

[@ChilliChump]

Getting rid of bugs kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2mZmYCBlpyheKs

[@mourge101]

What I would do to have the ability to grow my own pods! This looks like so much fun

[@ChilliChump]

Give it a try! Even if you don't have a garden, a really sunny windowsill will do the job

[@arjenav5968]

There's nothing to it, really. Just try it. Chili plants are really easy and forgiving. All that stuff about fertilization, pot size, etc isn't important for your first few tries. You'll get to that when the bug gets you :)

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

I just realized your including the pot in the height.... Still a big chile bush, but less amazing.

[@mikeschaoticgardening]

Very cool!

[@DickeyTT]

Hi Shaun, very interesting experiment, I am amazed at how big the plant got, one question, can you grow monster Chilli plants with any variety or is it limited to just the Naga type varieties?

[@ChilliChump]

Hey Dickey. There are other plants you can do this with too. The rocoto is another great one to do this with. I may actually do something like that next year (I have seeds in my seed store if you wanted some chillichumpseeds.com) Many of the Chinense varieties can get large. The naglah beast, moruglah, Hainan yellow lanterns. All do pretty well.

[@DickeyTT]

@@ChilliChump Hi Saun, I just bought a number of your seeds, I got the piri-piri (both of them), the sugar rush stripey, and the scotch bonnet, could I grow a monster with one of these?

[@ChilliChump]

@@DickeyTT my scotch bonnet could be a candidate for a single season beast. My Piri Piri will also get massive Inna single season, but if you can overwinter, then you can truly have a monster.

[@Persia-jv7iz]

HI shaun Why don't you save the plants for next year by pruning(i mean overwintering) in greenhouse?

[@ChilliChump]

Unfortunately they won't survive the frosts. So would need to heat the greenhouse which would be stupidly expensive.

[@LeighWinspear]

Not sure how to contact you Sean but I have a q. After neglecting my greenhouse for around a week, I have gone in for a clean out and discovered about 30 smaller green chillies amongst the wilted plant leaves. These will have been frozen for sure but they look and smell ok. Theyre just a bit soft. Should I use them? Thinking about a green chilli jam if I do, as Ive a few big unripened tomatoes to go into the mix also......

[@ChilliChump]

My contact details should be in the description of all my videos. You can get me on my social media, or through my website chillichump.com/contact -- Shaun aka ChilliChump

[@ChilliChump]

With regards to your question...I wouldn't really recommend risking using them if they are like that.

[@LeighWinspear]

@@ChilliChump Cheers shaun. Do I need to cut and paste this into an email or are you going for it Ytube style............

[@ChilliChump]

Did my response above not answer the question?

[@LeighWinspear]

@@ChilliChump Ok. I will make a spicy compost then................;)

[@jennabronson4704]

Hey, Shaun, you might have talked about this somewhere else before, but can't find it. Where do you get your labels printed? Is it an online store that ships, or something local?

[@ChilliChump]

I invested in a label printing machine. And my wife designs the labels. Makes sense with the volume I do.

[@ChilliChump]

When I was doing smaller volumes I would get Avery labels, and print on them with my colour inkjet printer.

[@Gus-Moose]

Hi Shaun, great video! I tried to get Dorset Naga seeds but they were sold out everywhere, I did find som Naga in a supermarket and have planted some of those seeds. The chili was bloody spicy and looked the same as yours so I guess they were real Naga. Are there any major differences between Dorset Naga and normal Naga in regards of taste, spicyness, plantsize etc? Your plant was huge but with a bit less fruit than wanted, a lot of leafmass though... do you think that you might have been a bit too generous with the nitrogen in the end of the season? Maybe a bit less N and bump up the P and K? Just a guess from a happy amateur. :-)

[@ChilliChump]

Hi Gus, normal Naga chillis are great too. The Dorset Naga has been selectively bread to give certain qualities and to be a hardy plant. With regards to your suggestion about nutrients...not sure if you watched the episode before this in the series? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGHNhIdjm8-AaNU

[@riaanbosch6235]

Hallo , Koos en Frikkie lyk heel goed . Sterkte vir volgende jaar

[@ChilliChump]

Dankie Riaan

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome sized plants though despite the challenges mate

[@grolsch-nl]

Hmmm, chicken wings. Would travel for that :-)

[@KellyWoodroffe]

We missed you that day!

[@madcraic3283]

@@KellyWoodroffe He would have even brought his own sauce!

[@mschmackle]

How old is the big pepper plant?

[@ChilliChump]

Started in Jan this year

[@mschmackle]

Are u going to over winter it?

[@ChilliChump]

Probably not

[@raynierllewis2827]

Koos en Frikkie hey😉

[@karooboermeyer1115]

Nou waar is Sannie and Piet?

[@mtca14]

🌶️🇵🇹

[@projetchalet]

stress is making more fruits

[@Dhagen6278]

Don't take this as criticism, but in every clip and photo, the largest plants were begging for water. Not sure if you just needed to water them more or more frequently...but throughout the whole video your big plants had sagging, very sad leaves. I'd say they were at a 1.5-2/10 moisture level. Water starved plants won't grow or produce an abundance of pods.

[@ChilliChump]

It's end of the season. I've stopped watering a couple weeks before this video was filmed. I am getting ready to remove all my plants and clean out the greenhouse, ready for next year

[@Dhagen6278]

@ChilliChump Ah OK makes sense, they do shred up easier for compost is they dry out a bit too