Pot Black Chilli
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- Unusual hot chilli variety
- Next or named day delivery just £6
- Delivered gift wrapped and boxed with a handwritten greeting card
A fabulous all round chilli plant this one. They are very attractive with dark green, almost black-tinted leaves and amazing purple flowers, and their compact growing habit makes them ideal for a sunny windowsill. The fruits measure about 3 to 4cm when ripe, turning from black to red. Rated hot on the Scoville chart, they are a delicious way to add heat to dishes.
These dramatic looking pot black chillies are really coming into their own this week with a mass of dark black chillies just starting to colour red. Pick the fruits black for unusual colour in raw dishes or red for a fiercer flavour. Looking stunning this week, just as pictured, we expect these chillies to continue to crop nicely on a sunny windowsill right through until Christmas.
Learn more about our chilli varieties in our latest blog on the best chilli varieties to send as gifts.
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Plants in first class condition with a large number of chilies on…. Well pleased.
Good product and service.
Great plant, well packed, my daughter was very pleased with her present when it arrived as scheduled.
Plant looking great!
These instructions are sent with the plant gift
These 'Pot Black' chilli plants (capsicum annum) love sunlight. A great addition to a sunny windowsill or sheltered patio, these chilli plants will produce a succession of hot chillies throughout the summer.
Your chilli plant will be happiest on a sunny windowsill, in a greenhouse or conservatory. In summer, you can also put your chilli outside on a sheltered patio. As soon as the autumn frosts arrive, they need to be under cover. If you have not got a greenhouse a sunny window sill will be fine.
Whilst chilli plants are in small pots, they will need regular watering. Remove the plant from its basket or pail and water from the top and let the excess drain away. Allow the top of the soil to dry out completely before watering again, particularly during the cold months. Chilli plants are usually treated as annuals, so will in the native climate they will die back after fruiting. However, we have found from experience that it is possible to coax them into a second year by overwintering indoors. You will need to cut off all the chillies and prune the plant heavily at the end of the season, and then wait patiently for new growth to reappear in the Spring.
These peppers are quite hot and are delicious in curries, stir-fries stews and Mexican dishes. Store in a sealed container in the fridge if you can’t use them straight away.
Problem solving:
Any problems are usually associated with overwatering. If your plant becomes waterlogged, its roots need to be allowed to dry out and then a normal watering pattern re-established. If the leaves start to droop and the flowers start to curl you know it is thirsty, so water straight away. Yellow or brown edges to leaves is normally the result of low light levels in the winter but very yellow leaves are a sign that your plant is lacking nutrients so give it a good feed with any general houseplant or tomato feed and remove any discoloured leaves. Your plant will also benefit from being re potted in mid-Summer – choose a good general purpose potting compost and a pot that is only slightly larger.
Our plants are grown at our Sussex nursery in a pesticide free environment. In the unlikely event that you find any pests (such as aphids or caterpillars) on your plant use a soft soap to wash off the offending creatures and pick off any damaged leaves to keep the plant tidy.
