Growing Chillies

Below is a series of articles, guides and information to help you grow your own chillies. Chili plants are incredibly versatile and surprisingly hardy, meaning you can grow them just about anywhere in any climate be it in the ground, in grow bags, pots, in the greenhouse, in or even in your basement!


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Growing Chillies Guide

Growing Chillies

Growing Chillies

Learn to grow chillies from seed to plate with our step by step growing guide.

Pests & Disease

Pests and Disease

Pests & Disease

Problems with slugs, snails, aphids or flower drop? Find the solution to all your chilli problems here.

Grow Lights

Chilli grow lights

Indoor grow lights

Looking to give your plants a boost, grow indoors or extend the growing season? Grow lights can do just that.

Chilli Seeds

Chillie Seeds

Storing saving and sourcing seeds

This guide explains how to save, prepare and care for your own chillie seeds.

Over Wintering

Over wintering chili plants

Over wintering chilli plants

Most chilli plants can be over wintered, saving you the hassle of growing from seed next year.

Hydrophonics

Hydroponic Chilli growing

Hydroponics Growing Systems

Growing chillies without soil? Hydroponics can be a fun way to experiment with chilli growing.




The humble chilli pepper has been under going something of a resurgence in recent years with several high profile celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall proclaiming the goodness of the chillies. With such celebrity proponents and the ever increasing popularity of fusion food and foreign influences in western cooking the chilli pepper is now more popular then ever.

Not only is it in the kitchen that the chilli is making an impact. More people are beginning to realise that growing chilli peppers is quite a simple process that even the most inexperianced gardener can have great success with, even in the chilly climates of Europe and North America.

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