The Dorset Naga

[JoeD 24]

Has anyone got any experience in growing this chilli?

This is the 1st time I have really tried to grow chilli's but I brought 2 plug plants of this variety at the edible garden show a couple of weekends back and they are growing at such a fast rate.

 

Any help in getting the best crop will be great.

 

Cheers,

 

Joe

[scalesntails 118]

Has anyone got any experience in growing this chilli?

This is the 1st time I have really tried to grow chilli's but I brought 2 plug plants of this variety at the edible garden show a couple of weekends back and they are growing at such a fast rate.

 

Any help in getting the best crop will be great.

 

Cheers,

 

Joe

 

The secret to getting amazing chili harvests is to not kill them in the winter. I keep mine in the bathroom where it's cold in the winter but not freezing and they survive through the winter.

 

Oh and if you eat one it really hurts but the amount of endorphins are amazing. Problem was when it made me nearly shit myself. :icon_redface: and I only took a nibble.

[Lish 0]

I'm growing some chillis too, got some ring of fire, peruvian purple and a few fresno all at around 3" so far and also growing fast. I'm guessing your Nagas are prob in a 3" pot at the mo so at this stage it is suggested to keep the compost above 18C and ideally 20C for rapid growth. Take care not to let the compost dry out or become too wet. I'm not familiar with growing the Naga so not sure just how big they'll get. Potting on, smaller plants will be ok in 6" pot but usually a 9"-12" pot will be needed when fully grown. They can be left outside once the risk of frost has gone. To promote fruit setting try to keep the plants below 36C (25C being ideal) and above 17C. If the plants are exposed to temps outside this range you could suffer from blossom drop.

 

Now the important bit: To maximise a heavy crop avoid over feeding with Nitrogen - excess Nitrogen will encourage the plant to put on more foliage but that will lead to reduced blossom production and therefore less fruit.

 

Overwintering: Most chilli plants can be treated as perenial house plants, but may need some pruning in the winter. Smaller varieties prove to be best for over wintering and house plants, e.g. Serrano, Twilight, Prairie Fire and Aji Limon.

 

Hope this helps

[Tiercel 6,986]

Bloody hell, I would not even hold one yet alone eat a bit.

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article700700.ece

 

TC

[JoeD 24]

Bloody hell, I would not even hold one yet alone eat a bit.

 

http://www.timesonli...ticle700700.ece

 

TC

 

They are lovely, the heat is a good heat...it burns but there is also taste. Just make sure you have half a dozen or more beers to wash them down with.

 

If you make them into a salsa type thing or a sauce then thats the best way to have them, mix them with tomatoes to balance out the heat a little, but yes they are VERY HOT, the woman I brought the plug plants from has given me an information sheet and a disclaimer haha (must be quite hot for that haha)

 

Joe

[countryman12 1]

I have never heard of this chilli but my father grew Peach Habanero and Hungarian hotwax and the habanero was a hundred times stronger than the hotwax. I had bad fire hole for about three days. Even worse his lurcher managed to eat a tiny bit and he had it worse than me.

This year its tabasco and cayenne he is growing.

[Lish 0]

Some more top tips to get a better yield:

Your chilli plants will produce flowers and then chillies on each of its sidestems so the more sidestems you have, the more fruit your plant will produce. If you want to increase the number of chillies your plant produces, you need to increase the number of sidestems.

 

You can do this by tipping your plant onto its side once it is a substantial size. The chilli plant will try to grow upright by throwing out a number of sidestems.

 

Once it has done this, turn the pot around so that the new sidestems are facing down and it will throw out another series of sidestems, reaching for the light.

 

Give the pot a quarter turn and once another set of sidestems have been started, turn another half turn. You can then return your plant to an upright position and wait for a bumper harvest of chillies.

 

If you are daft enough to bite into a whole one and get caught out by just how bloody hot they are, don't wash down with lager it will only make it worse. Milk and yoghurt work to some extent though the best way is to quickly open a 400g tin of chopped tomatoes and down it in one.

[Paid 935]

Very good tips Lish, you know your chillis

 

First I've heard of over wintering them, certainly going to do that with some of this years. Thanks. always good to learn something new.

[JoeD 24]

Some more top tips to get a better yield:

Your chilli plants will produce flowers and then chillies on each of its sidestems so the more sidestems you have, the more fruit your plant will produce. If you want to increase the number of chillies your plant produces, you need to increase the number of sidestems.

 

You can do this by tipping your plant onto its side once it is a substantial size. The chilli plant will try to grow upright by throwing out a number of sidestems.

 

Once it has done this, turn the pot around so that the new sidestems are facing down and it will throw out another series of sidestems, reaching for the light.

 

Give the pot a quarter turn and once another set of sidestems have been started, turn another half turn. You can then return your plant to an upright position and wait for a bumper harvest of chillies.

 

If you are daft enough to bite into a whole one and get caught out by just how bloody hot they are, don't wash down with lager it will only make it worse. Milk and yoghurt work to some extent though the best way is to quickly open a 400g tin of chopped tomatoes and down it in one.

 

Haha I use beer, drunkness makes me forget pain...

 

No but good tips, I will be using all the tips I get.

 

Joe