Beautiful bunch of hot peppers, Kat!

Astro orange is hot! Also decorative. Habaneros are too hot, so it's hard to give them away and they tend to be too hot for me to use very much. They sure are prolific and decorative, though. They need to be harvested before the freezing nights coming up beginning Friday night.

That was exactly my experience with growing habaneros, Donald - too hot, hard to give away, prolific, and decorative! I really didn't expect them to do so well in my northern location

Sharon made chilli but did not use the chiles in the the fridge; approx a dozen, most sweet pepper but some have some heat.
Tomatillos are also still in the fridge.
I guess I will have to make my own chille or I could cut them up and make another bag of chilli base, and add it to the menagerie in the freezer.

RpR said: Sharon made chilli but did not use the chiles in the the fridge; approx a dozen, most sweet pepper but some have some heat.
Tomatillos are also still in the fridge.
I guess I will have to make my own chilli or I could cut them up and make another bag of chilli base, and add it to the menagerie in the freezer.

RpR said: Sharon made chilli but did not use the chiles in the the fridge; approx a dozen, most sweet pepper but some have some heat.
Tomatillos are also still in the fridge.
I guess I will have to make my own chille or I could cut them up and make another bag of chilli base, and add it to the menagerie in the freezer.

I sahre your pain- husband bought bell peppers once this summer when we had them in the garden

It has been a great season, but yesterday I called the outdoor growing season for peppers in my garden.

The last remaining fruits were harvested at varying degrees of ripeness.



A couple of Jamaican bell peppers, habaneros, and ghost peppers (Bhut Jolokia).

Some plants will be pruned back and spend winter indoors to come back strong next season.

Thankfully I still have plants to worry about indoors

Beautiful assortment of peppers, Matt -- I can feel the heat coming right through the photo!

They are beautiful, mine are still outdoors, I tried the bring them in thing, and aphids popped up out of nowhere at the end of Dec. I have no use for bugs in my house, so, new year, new plants.

Thanks kittriana

I cut my plants right back to above the first "Y" split, clean the roots bulbs and re-plant in perlite heavy soil.

I am not claiming a 100% success rate but it usually works.

It is a bit of work but any excuse to get my hands dirty as the temperature drops over here

kittriana said: They are beautiful, mine are still outdoors, I tried the bring them in thing, and aphids popped up out of nowhere at the end of Dec. I have no use for bugs in my house, so, new year, new plants.

These are the last of my peppers.Pulled these Monday before the hard frost that we got last night.Used some of the bell peppers foe garden goulosh.Sliced the olher bells and froze the rest for later.I'm hoping the banana peppers will turn red,the other short ones are a different kind of banana peppers,can't remember the name.

LarryCrutchley said: These are the last of my peppers.Pulled these Monday before the hard frost that we got last night.Used some of the bell peppers foe garden goulosh.Sliced the olher bells and froze the rest for later.I'm hoping the banana peppers will turn red,the other short ones are a different kind of banana peppers,can't remember the name.

Those look good!!!

My peppers are long gone here in my garden.

Mine, too. It's really cold here, annuals are all dead.

I used some of my Big Jim peppers that I dried to make some Texas Red chili yesterday. It turned out very good and today I used some to make Cincinnati style chili. Diced onion and some melted cheese on top. So good.

I use my pepper flakes in chili, not much because I don't care for it to be too hot. My son adds more flakes AND hot sauce! I also make my own chili powder. That's what you do with a big harvest. It keeps for years. I usually run out before the next harvest. Sometimes I give it away for Christmas, depending on how much I have.

RpR said: Sharon made chilli but did not use the chiles in the the fridge; approx a dozen, most sweet pepper but some have some heat.
Tomatillos are also still in the fridge.
I guess I will have to make my own chille or I could cut them up and make another bag of chilli base, and add it to the menagerie in the freezer.

RpR -- by making your own chili base, do you mean just to cut up the peppers and freeze, or do you add other stuff before you freeze?

One of mine from 2022.

I am surprised this forum doesn't have it's own dedicated section for Capsicum like it does for Ipomoea.

It's close to seed starting time again!

Pepper seed starting is still a ways off for me, but we definitely need a new thread for 2023 -

The thread "Pepper reports 2023" in Vegetables and Fruit forum