Peppers

This is the current state of play with my peppers which I sowed under heat in February along with my tomatoes. I have already harvested a crop of Cayenne peppers and have them drying on top of the boiler. When completely dry they will go into my blender to be flaked, a useful addition to my curries (I like them hot).

I also have a few pots of Demon Red which are smaller than Cayenne and much hotter but I had a succession of poor germination with these and this consequently proved quite expensive. As Demon Reds are F1 you get a packet of 6 seeds for £5. It took 3 packets before any germinated ! I think they were just duff seeds (B&Q), so by the time they got going we were well into March/April. They are flowering now so I should get a good crop and I can prolong the growing season by a few more weeks by popping them into the Vitopod when it gets chilly (pun).

The sweet peppers are just beginning to redden so I look forward to harvesting those soon.