Super Hot Chillis

I've got about a dozen super hot chilli plants like Carolina reapers, Trinidad scorpions and ghost chilli growing in my backyard, as well as some milder varieties like Jalapenos and Habaneros and they are starting to flower and produce fruit.

Does anyone else on here grow Chillis?

If so, how do you utilise your crop to minimize wastage?

Freeze em.

Dry them or dry and smoke them (not in a bong)if you do smoke them in a bong please video and post

I grow chillis, but I don't get the point of growing the ones that are just too hot to handle. But each to their own.

The reds I'll dry and chop, seeds and all if I don't get round to eating them fresh. Store them in a jar, as long as they're properly dry they'll keep for ages.

The jalepenos I pick green and soak overnight in a salt slurry (couple of tablespoons of salt in cold water) with a bowl on top to hold them under. You can miss that step, but they are heaps crunchier for doing it.

Next day drain and slice 'em and put into jars.

In a pot (not aluminium) mix 1/2 water and 1/2 vinegar (apple cider or a mix of that and some other vinegar, enough to about 3/4 fill the jar/s you're using) plus a teaspoonful of salt (per jar) and bring it to the boil.

Then pour it over the chillis, make sure they're completely covered. If you're short of the vinegar mix either make more or just use that not quite full jar first. Bung on the lid straight away. If you can, shove 'em in the back of a cupboard and forget about them for a few weeks before you crack your first jar. Try and get the jars with the lids that have that bubble in the centre, they'll suck down and create a seal as it cools, keeps for ages. Otherwise store them in the fridge.

Best names for chilli sauces too (seen in butcher here):

Ring Burner
Smack My Arse and Call Me Cindy (huh )
Sh!t The Bed


and my all time favourite:

Blurter Burner

I have Ghost Chilli and another variety which I don't know what it is called. It shapes like a lantern. The flesh is very thin. It is not as hot as the Ghost Chilli, but still, F-king hot if you ask me !

Sometimes I think it is a moot point to grow very very hot chilli like the Ghost Chilli. Chilli is supposed to be good for you, but with the very very hot ones like the Ghost Chilli, you can't even put half of it in your dish. Any more than than, you will suffer badly the following morning ! There is hardly any benefit from half a chilli, is there ?

By the way, I am sweating merely thinking about the Ghost Chilli !

Make chilli jam, and keep for stir fry cooking.

You can tip your chilli plants in thee growing stage, than every branch gives out multiple chill is.
My mates Italian dad used to remove a heap of the flowers, he reckoned the fruit would get bigger and grow better , and would extend harvest time. Sometimes by flowering again it would stagger the time chill is on the plant were available. I've tried with mixed results, got a heirloom chilli seeds off e bay a few years ago and it just pumped chillis out through all seasons, didn't get excess but anytime I wanted a few for cooking or chilli mussels there were plenty

This was a few years ago.

is the flavour of the super hot ones quite bitter? reading the internets, alot of people seem to agree the nicest "flavoured" hotter varieties are the pequin, siling (philipines) and tepin.

I found some tepins and siling growing wild in the bush and used the seeds to grow more. The tepins are juicy, almost sweet, but the seeds are small and get stuck in your teeth, and even your teeth feel like they are burning. The plant always has fruit and seems to be quite hardy compared to the other varieties i'm trying to grow. apparently it's the ancestor of all other chili varieties??

regarding the fruit fly in QLD, what symptoms do you see if your chili fruit/plant has it?

freezing the fruit seems to do well

This season (spring) Richgro bought out a new natural fruit fly product that was tested extensively in the Swan Valley with fantastic results. It will kill QLD fruit fly as well. Being all natural (garlic and pymethrin) you can spray it a day or two before harvest and its fine.

I still use better fruit fly traps (ie 1 trap is enough for residential use) but this Richgro spray is a must if you are growing edibles.

Crazy demand for the super hot stuff like Carolina Reapers at work. I grew some last year but given Nandos mild sauce is still pretty hot, i never had the balls to try.