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18 Jul 13, Pete van Diepen (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

I am a grower in the Delmas area. Call me on 083 4500 618

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30 Mar 13, Rae (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in Perth WA and have a jalepeno chilli plant which has been producing abundantly for the past few months. According to people who like chillis' (not me!) they are 'particularly flavoursome'. Over the past few weeks we have noticed small holes appearing in some of the chillis' and inside the pod there appears to be a fungus. Would you be able to suggest a way of treating this problem, please?

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28 Apr 13, Dawn (Australia - temperate climate)

I have had the same prob (and i love to eat my chillis) i find if i leave them to begin to turn red they get attacked by a mite that bores a hole and it does look like fungus but if u leave long enough small worm like creatures grow .. I believe the " fungus " is actually eggs .... I pick mine while still green and they have been clean inside and fine to eat .. Hope this helps ..dawn. ( perth wa)

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25 Mar 13, Heidi (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

What types of chillies are found in South Africa?

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23 Mar 13, Sharonpkr (Australia - temperate climate)

I have been growing chillies each year for over a decade now - I have planted my chillies within 20cm of my brick wall and they have been producing abundantly now for 4 years. Each November I simply cut off any dead wood and cut down to a node and the tree comes back to life and produces chillies much earlier than new chilli plants do. I have jalapeño's, long red and yellow banana. I fertilise with dynamic lifter and blood and bone

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23 Mar 13, dale allan (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

where can I buy the seeds for the Trinidad scorpion chill and are these seeds available in south Africa at all. also looking for seeds for the jalokia bhut chili ( ghost pepper)

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11 May 13, Harr de Kock (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Hi Dale Try, www.livingseeds.co.za They have a range of chilli seeds including the Bhut Jolokia.

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25 Mar 13, Pat Martin (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

I have just ordered from Livingseeds, they're local and have a large stock of various chilli seeds, Including Bhut, Trinidad scorpion and 7 pot. www.livingseeds.co.za Hope this helps

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03 Mar 13, Ryan (Australia - tropical climate)

I'm growing Trinidad scorpion Butch T and Moruga. seeing they are the worlds record holder for hottest Chillies Well why not give them ago. My first crop have now got fruit and I have a few friends who love hot food so when they found out I had some of the worlds hottest chillies they could not wait to try them. I warned them that they were hotter then anything they have ever tried in their life but this did not stop one mate who thought how bad could it be I said if you are going to eat one you have to eat and swollow the whole thing not just nibble on it. So he popped it in his mouth and begain to chew he wanted to show how tough he was so he kept chewing I could see the pain in his eyes he then tried to swollow it but choked on the hottness he tried milk and icecream but it was just to hot and ended having to go to hospital for a check up. no real harm done but for a good 45 minutes he wished he was dead. I've scraped the seeds out of one and eatten it and I love hot food but I was in so so much pain. In north QLD chillies grow all year round except when it floods and your chillies are a few feet under water that seems to kill them off.

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10 Feb 13, (Australia - temperate climate)

Do chillies need ferterliser

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