growing dorset nagas

I have been growing chillies for five years now having previously grown bolivian rainbows, jalopenos, thai hot, and a couple of others that I cannot remember the names of.

My favourite chilies are bolivian rainbows as they make such a pretty and excellent house plant and they have just the right heat to be eaten on their own.

This is a photo document of growing dorset naga in the south of the UK in 2009.

The seeds were bought direct from the dorset naga farm in dorset they were expensive and there were only 18 in the packet of which 12 germinated.

The seeds were planted very late (end of April/ start of May) so the growing season may not be long enough to produce really good mature fruit.

Other chilies were also germinated (orange habanero, bolivian rainbow, and thai hot) and a total in the region of 40 plants were potted on from seedlings. A few were given away as presents and the best two dorset naga plants were selected for special treatment in my lounge


20090504 Germination



20090610 Selection of the two best plants and potting on to large pot from 3 inch pot

20090706 Starting to get bigger

20090717 Flowering

20090727 Flowering

20090803 Very early stages of fruit growth

20090814 First taste time, they were hot but not that hot as they are nowhere near ripe (I actually managed to chew a whole one for 10 seconds or more) I would say at this stage about as hot as a bolivian rainbow chilie



I think growing conditions are very important to how hot the chilies are, if you do not keep the plants warm with plenty of sun and a weekly fertiliser then they may not be the hottest fruit

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