A mid to early season beef tomato. Indeterminate. (65-70 days) A really lovely beef tomato, with smooth skin, clean firm flesh and few seeds, Fruit are big and beefy weighing up to 500g. Flavour is good; rich, sweet and slightly tart. Good for slicing, sauces, salsa and chutney. It has the distinction of having twice as [...]
Chilli, Jalapeño
Capsicum Annuum, Jalapeño This is one of the classic chillis I would want on my desert island list. Highly productive, easy to grow and a great all purpose mild chilli. Origin Veracruz state, Mexico Plants are robust and have an upright habit. In the ground they reach 3.5 – 4ft, smaller when grown in pots. Fruit [...]
Chilli, Red Habanero
The habanero Capsicum Chinense, type chillis are really something special I love the tropical flavour of the Chinense chillis. This is the standard red habanero it is fairly easy to come by and the most commonly found in markets. Plants Plants are strong and grow to a height of about 3ft in one season. Fruit grow [...]
Chilli, Amarillo
A stunning large orange chilli pepper ripening from green to yellow to a wonderful bright orange colour when fully ripe. Pods are chunky tapering to a point about 11cm long with a crisp flesh and hot fruity flavour. Fruit are quite pungent and are wonderful fresh but I’ve read they are trditionally dried and powdered. [...]
Chilli, Guindilla
These peppers are one of the most commonly used hot peppers in Spain. A great all purpose chilli with good flavour and Medium-Hot heat. Robust plants produce plenty of 13-16cm long pods. Slim at 2-3cm wide tapering to a point with a slight curve. Fairly quick to mature and tough in adverse conditions. Best eaten [...]
Chilli, Cayenne
I normally grow at least 6 cayenne plants each years which produce baskets of pods, as nothing I’ve yet grown come close to the Cayennes for drying and making a punchy chilli powder. Cayenne chillis are one of the most widely grown chillis in the world; popular with both the food industry and kitchen gardeners [...]
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