Passion for peppers

[Kalidasa]

]I've been growing these tiny peppers[ame="http://youtu.be/qFhFZFCVaZI"]http://youtu.be/qFhFZFCVaZI[/ame] for years, I have them mixed in with my flowers because they're so gorgeous...thick short dense plants with so many peppers that they just look solid red. They grow indoors I the winter also, flowering and producing non-stop. I thought I would have to introduce them in the usual way by eating them in front of her and giving her tiny pieces, but she grabbed it from me and......


Ps....of course a central/south American bird knows how to eat a pepper lol!

 

[Kalidasa]

Got it together finally, had to redo the whole thing with a different link[ame="http://youtu.be/qFhFZFCVaZI"]http://youtu.be/qFhFZFCVaZI[/ame]

 

[crimson]

oh oh, it happened again....

 

[Kalidasa]

oh oh, it happened again....

Lol! If it didn't happen it would be weird!

 

[BoomBoom]

I can't see both vids, says it does not exist :/

When you copy the link, do you click The share tab then copy the URL?

 

[Kalidasa]

I can't see both vids, says it does not exist :/

When you copy the link, do you click The share tab then copy the URL?

It's in there...had to redo the whole thing foe some reason....delete it from YouTube and reload it.

 

[JerseyWendy]

I'm drooling just looking at this. OMG, those peppers are BEYOND hot, aren't they?

I know if I were to eat just one of them, I'd probably end up with holes in my intestines. :54:

But you're right, a South American Parrots surely can handle it. Just make sure you don't get intimate kisses from your baby for a LONG while, HAHAHAHA.

 

[diadins]

That is so great, I am really hoping that my baby will take to fresh veg like that!

 

[MissTaz]

Love it!!! What kind of pepper are those?

 

[Kalidasa]

I'm drooling just looking at this. OMG, those peppers are BEYOND hot, aren't they?

I know if I were to eat just one of them, I'd probably end up with holes in my intestines. :54:

But you're right, a South American Parrots surely can handle it. Just make sure you don't get intimate kisses from your baby for a LONG while, HAHAHAHA.

Lol I thought they were hot when I first saw them, they look hot, but actually they taste just like regular bell peppers. They're great in salads.

 

[MikeyTN]

I need to think about planting the fresh peppers in a pot as my birds likes to eat peppers but I've been giving the dry stuff....

 

[Kalidasa]

@miss taz. Not sure, but I have seen them dried and packaged sold at petsmart, so you could grow it from the dried seeds within. I found mine in a pot at Meier many years ago and have kept it going and reproduced countless others
@mikey....in the thumbnail below is how they look in pots, they stay short but get dense. They never stop producing.

 

[MikeyTN]

Yes I've seen them before, there's another type that's smaller and fatter, they grow like little Christmas ornaments....

 

[Calace]

That is SO cute! Love it!

 

[BoomBoom]

I just watched it. Nika really likes that pepper! It looks yummy. We call it 'labuyo' where I come from. I actually saw some being sold in the indoor garden section of Lowe's a few weeks ago. Looks very pretty and ornamental. I think I might want to grow some for Boomer too but only if I dont have to throw too much energy at it. LOL. I have two silly questions because I don't really garden:

1. Can it be grown indoors on a window sill that only gets 2 hours of mid morning sun?

2. Do I need to repot or do anything special to it every so often?

3. Also, how much chili should I harvest at one time? Should I always leave some hanging?

 

[Kalidasa]

I just watched it. Nika really likes that pepper! It looks yummy. We call it 'labuyo' where I come from. I actually saw some being sold in the indoor garden section of Lowe's a few weeks ago. Looks very pretty and ornamental. I think I might want to grow some for Boomer too but only if I dont have to throw too much energy at it. LOL. I have two silly questions because I don't really garden:

1. Can it be grown indoors on a window sill that only gets 2 hours of mid morning sun?

2. Do I need to repot or do anything special to it every so often?

3. Also, how much chili should I harvest at one time? Should I always leave some hanging?

Yes it can be grown indoors, and it will produce all year. If the leaves start turning yellow out it under a stove-top light or some other regular light for several hours in the evening. But it probably won't need that. What you're describing is an eastern window which is adequate.
Repot every year or so....you could go 2 or more years if you use plant food.
You can harvest as much as you want....when they're red they're ready. It just keeps blooming and producing.
You could always just snap off a dry pepper off the plant in the store and start your own from the seeds within. They dry on the plant and stay bright red....just feel for a dry one and snap it off. The seeds are super easy to grow..