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Everytime I scan this thread title I read it as "Overwhelming chillis in Australia"..

Eb that thread would more than likely be about http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/ ... chilli.htm

Cool, I love Neils videos, have spent a lot of time laughing at the reactions...




It wasn't very long ago that the habanero was 2nd or 3rd hottest, now it's down to 9...

Top 10 hottest chilli varietal groups with their Scoville unit ratings:
1. Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor (1,463,700)
2. Scorpion cultivars and Naga Viper Chilli (1,250,000 to 1,350,000)
3. Chocolate 7-pod and Infinity Chilli (1,200,000 to 1,250,000)
4. 7-pod varieties; Barrackpore, primo, yellow, red (1,100,000 to 1,200,000)
5. The Nagas; Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, Dorset Naga, Naga Morich (900,000 to 1,100,000)
6. Naga x Habanero crosses; Habanaga, Nagabon (800,000)
7. Red Savina Habanero (577,000)
8. Chocolate Habanero or Caribbean Habanero (250,000 to 350,000)
9. Habaneros and Scotch Bonnets (100,000 to 250,000)
10. Tepins, Tabascos, Birds eyes (<100,000)

my favourite is luke reacon in this clip Barrackpore 7 pod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lenkk_9iYbg

Yeah he is a freak. I tried an orange hab a few years ago in a cheese sandwich and was a dribbling idiot for 20mins

an orange hab is for pussy cats try a red one hotter and much better flavour

Some types of chillies continue to grow all winter in Melbourne. I just today pruned back my rocoto chilli by 2/3 and got over 8kgs of fruit from the cut-offs, with more still on the plant. That bring the total for the past 12 months over 50kg from a single plant. The strange thing about them is that they are hot in the winter, but mild in the summer. Strange. This plant grows huge and is 8 years old so far. Highly recommended just for sheer high production, if nothing else. Definitely not my favourite tasting variety.

My bhut jolokia chillies lose all their leaves and partially die back over the winter. I always lose some over winter. The jalepeno and birds eye chillies struggle, but still will slowly ripen over winter.

Just planted some rocoto seeds and hoping to put in the AP and the dirt to compare in spring. I quite like th eflavour. Someone gave me a massive bag of red and green ones. They are all different strenghts. I quite like the taste....

My chillis died off in the AP - i just dont think they were big enough as i planted them too late in the season. Will give it another crack this year and plant a bit earlier.

I'm understanding why you are furnaceboy now.....

Depends if the chillis are perenial or annual. If they are perenial you can prune them and the regrowth will be stronger than if you leave the old limbs on. If they are annual they are going to die anyway. Many of the nurseries purposly sell only annuals so they can sell new plants next season. The best bet is to get your chillis from a backyard grower who knows how his chillis grow.