Hi all, just a quick introduction. I'm Clare, and I live in West Wales. I've got a serious chilli addiction, and started growing chillies about three years ago, after falling in love with Caribbean food but being unable to find habeneros/scotch bonnets anywhere locally. I've been incredibly lucky with my plants, and now enjoy having my own dried and fresh chillies to hand whenever I want them! I grow my little darlings on a south facing windowsill, two to a pot (which seems to go against everything I've read, but they thrive!) and have new chillies to harvest 12 months of the year. As I type, there are at least a dozen new chillies on one of my 2 year old habs, and some pyramids too. I also grow cayennes, and this year I'm trying some aji limon for a change. I have a polytunnel, so will be experimenting with chillies in there too, as sweet peppers did really well last year. I'm an accidental gardener, and am hoping to pick up some tips from you guys, as well as passing on any hints I find that work!

Hi Clare,

welcome to the forum. Sounds like things are going really well over in West Wales. Not sure if you need a lot of tips if your plants are fruiting all year - you must be doing something very right!

I find the 2 chillies per pot approach unusual, a lot of the guys here say they are short on space so I'm sure they'll be intereted in this.

Good luck with the polytunnel I'm planning on growing plants straight in the ground outside this year but if it's a disaster I'll be investing in one next year myself.

Cheers,

Sean.

Welcome to the SDCF Forum, Clare.

Looks like you've got your personal supply pretty much sussed. I wouldn't have thought that two plants to a pot would work, but chillies are tough old things and seem to thrive in all but the most hostile circumstances.