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[darkfool58]

Hi All

I am new at the growing chillis. I just wondered is there a list in a book or on a web site that shows all the chilli varieties out there and the strength of the chillis?

Also I have just grown parie fire and have found that it is a ornimental chilli. Can it still be eaten. If so has anyone got any good recipes for them?

Thanks

Russ

[POTAWIE]

Welcome darkfool.
Its hard to find a book that keeps up with all the new strains of peppers.

Try http://www.thechileman.org/

Prairie Fire: "Flavour is bright, fruity, and pungent"
http://www.thechileman.org/results.php?find=prairie&heat=Any&origin=Any&genus=Any&chile=1

[darkfool58]

POTAWIE thx for the info.

One last thing. the website for the extra info says about pruning for over winter. Can someone confirm the best way to prune for overwintering is to prune the pant so just 1cm of the plan is above soil.

Russ

[willard3]

All that can be said about pruning is as below. It's really hard to kill a chile plant.

First pic of a tepin after pruning. Second pic is the same plant 10 mos later....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/willard3/tepin1.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/willard3/sivuli5-1.jpg

[Turkey]

All that can be said about pruning is as below. It's really hard to kill a chile plant.

First pic of a tepin after pruning. Second pic is the same plant 10 mos later....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/willard3/tepin1.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v510/willard3/sivuli5-1.jpg

Very intresting how do you prune?? An instructional step step by step will help alot willard..:D!!

[willard3]

All right then, detailed instructions:

1. Get clippers
2. Cut stuff off
3. Put back in hydro

This was an experiment to see how much stuff could be cut off and have the plant come back....the only thing that stopped me was fear of cutting my fingers with branch loppers if I took more off. It got pretty small........

[Pam]

You might also try http://chileplants.com or http://www.g6csy.net/chile/index.html

The first is a commercial site, but it has a great pictures and descriptions of over 500 pepper varieties. If you pull up their "chile chart", you can list the peppers by size, heat, etc., and their advanced search is great, too.