Sorry livo, missed this post last month.  I don't have any pickle or sauces recipes I'm afraid. I did pay 20 USD for a small jar of Mr. Naga and it is excellent.
Back to the thread...my planted pots are doing well.  My jalapeño plant is 5 feet high and over 30 fruit so far.  I read that to get more heat, water the plant a bit less, to stress it out.



My fresh coriander was a bit short lived but apparently it likes cooler temps. This mess is what it looks like when it goes to seed.



Not sure how long I should leave these before harvesting, or if they go brown and then I pick them, or what.  Some research to do but growing my own coriander seeds for grinding is something I'd love to do.

And finally, my first hot cayenne has arrived. We have 2 plants going, each about 2 ft high so hopefully a nice crop around august time.



Happy growing everyone.

Robbo

Looking good there Garp.  Nice healthy plants.  I'm about to go through another Polar Blast over the weekend so I could see a bit of a downturn.  Surprisingly, some of my plants have kept producing through the first half of winter.  Others haven't done so well.

This years early birds.  92% germination from 100 Byadgi seeds and close to the same from the Jumbo Lal Mirch.  Seed I collected from last year.  I have put about another 100 of mixed variety in soil last weekend and about 300 plants survived over winter.  Most of these have now been pruned right back and have started to produce new growth.

Edit:  additional.  I'm experimenting with tipping out plants this time around. I didn't tip any plants last year, but I've found that some varieties grow bushy by themselves, while others get really leggy if you don't give them a serious chop.  Some of my over-wintered plants were broken by birds and weather impact. They appear to have benefitted from this damage.  Over-winter means cut them back severely for new growth.  The plants I've cut really hard appear to be doing better. Still learning.

Yeah, it is a lot Robbo and the missus says I'm crazy.   Last season the birds did for a lot, I gave plenty away, ate some, dehydrated and powdered quite a bit and turned some into the Ver Tikki (which are great).  The green chilli I ate yesterday morning are some of the last from the season.  Although, some haven't stopped right over winter.  In pruning back hard recently, I actually chopped heaps of buds, flowers and small pods but I think it was the right way to go for better growth.  I've given all the pruned plants a high nitrogen diet and I've still got a few to go yet. It's a lot of work.