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Nettle Liquid Manure How to make your own nettle liquid manure Nettle Manure is an organic and free plant/soil feed which can be easily made in any garden, all you need is some young nettles...
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Homegrown sprouts - that`s how it`s done Growing sprouts on the windowsill is quite simple Self-grown sprouts simply taste better than bought ones, are cheaper and healthier and, above all, really fresh. And all...
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Sprouts - superfood from the windowsill Home-grown sprouts are healthy If you like to eat healthily, you`ll almost automatically end up gardening sprouts. They are a real superfood - protein source for vegans and...
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Neem - biodegradable and effective Neem - biodegradable and effective When you bring your beloved and well-grown chili plants into your home in autumn, aphids, white flies or fungus gnats often spread...
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Home-grown tomatoes - delicious and healthy As popular as tomatoes are in many countries today, they were not introduced into the kitchens of Europe and Latin America until the middle of the 19th century, before they...
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Growing your own tomatoes How to grow your own tomatoes from seed to plant Those who prefer to grow their own tasty tomatoes are rewarded not only with many delicious fruits in the summer, but can...
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What helps against the chili heat? Question: What helps against the heat and pain in the mouth when you have eaten too much chili? Answer: The Capsaicin in chillies causes the burning in the mouth, which...
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Tomato Growing Tips A guide on how to grow tomatoes, that are healthy and flavourful. We all love to have our self-grown tasty tomatoes, but they do have their quirks. To make it...
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Quick Diagnosis Image Symptoms possible diseases Withering of seedlings and young plants Damping-off (different fungi) Small, watersoaked lesions...
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Chili pest control There are some basics to strengthen your chili plants without having to go to the chemistry club (after all, you want to enjoy your chillies without carcinogenic substances)....
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Chili Pepper Diseases First of all: most chili pepper diseases can be avoided by a good care and the right location for your chili plants. Use a good, new substrate that has been treated thermally,...
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Beneficial Insects There are many beneficial insects that help keep your plants pest-free. You can get them in specialiced shops or the Internet and apply on your infested plants. There, they do...
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Healthy benefits of chili peppers Chili peppers are extremely healthy and should be included in your regular diet. Their alkaloid compound capsaicin is one of the most studied plant compounds of chili peppers....
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Lose weight with chillies - spicy food can make... Good news for all those who are fighting against those excess pounds and like to eat spicy food: Chillies help fight food cravings and love handles! Several teams of...
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Chili peppers can prevent cardiovascular diseases Would you like to prevent cardiovascular diseases or reduce blood coagulation after a heart attack or stroke? Then chili is a good helper. Capsaicin improves the blood flow...
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Can hot peppers help against cancer? The both preventive and healing effects of chilli against cancer is one of the most studied mechanisms of action of capsaicin. Years ago, scientists were struck by the fact...
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Chili peppers are a real superfood Hot chillies offer a lot of health benefits due to their rich content of nutrients and vitamins. For example, they contain almost three times more vitamin C than an orange. The...
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Chili Types Dividing the chili types into 5 groups (species) Here, the most important and most widespread varieties of the great chili family are briefly named and described. However, not...
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Aji Heat level : 5 - 8 (about 2,500 - 50,000 SHU) General info : Ají is the common name for Chilean chillies, especially in Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. These can...
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Does chili help fight colds? Question: Do chillies or hot foods help against infections in the ear nose and throat area and colds ? Answer: Firstly, it is important to clear up a myth from...
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Bhut Jolokia Spiciness : 10+++ (approx. 1.000.000 SHU) General Info: The Bhut Jolokia (Capsicum chinense) originates from the region of Assam in India and is a naturally occurring...
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Birds Eye Heat level: 9 - 10 (about 80,000 to 200,000 SHU) General info: The Birdeye chili comes from Africa and is a close relative of the Tabasco chili as both belong to the...
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Slim and healthy with the Chili smoothie Spicy green smoothie with Chili and Ginger Green smoothies are currently on everyone’s lips. They provide the body with important nutrients and also taste good...
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Carolina Reaper Heat level: 10 +++ (average 1.569.300 SHU) General info: Since November 2013, the Carolina Reaper variety has held the world record of the worlds hottest chili (Guinness...
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Cayenne Chili Pepper Spiciness : 8 (20.000 - 50.000 SHU) General Info: The Cayenne Chili (Capsicum annuum) is a real classic and is one of the most widespread chilies in the world. It...
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The History of the Chili The History of the Chili - a detailed report on the most widely used spice in the world. Origin of the wild Chili plant The original home of chilies is South and...
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Chiltepin / Tepin Spiciness: 8 - 9 (50.000 - 90.000 SHU) General Info: Chiltepin, also called Tepin or Chiltepin, is the original type of many existing chili varieties of Capsicum annuum....
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Capsaicin - Spiciness Why do chilies taste spicy? The spiciness of chilies probably originated through a symbiotic relationship of the plants with birds. Birds are the main distributors of the...
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Fatalii Information: The Fatalii comes from Central Africa and belongs like the Habanero to the species Capsicum chinense. Probably, it was brought over and cultivated by slaves...
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Habanero (Red, Orange, Purple, Suriname Red, White, Yellow, Chocolate) Spiciness: 10 (to 500.000 SHU) General Info: The Habanero chili ( Capsicum chinense ) is one of the spiciest...
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Measuring spiciness in Scoville Units How can we measure spiciness? Measuring the spiciness of chilies and chili products is important so that both producers and consumers know how much spiciness the various...
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Jalapeño Spiciness: 5 - 6 (2.500 - 8.000 SHU) General Info: Jalapenos (Capsicum annuum) are among the most well-known and popular chilies in Mexico and Texas and are mainly...
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Rocoto Manzano Spiciness : 8 (30.000 - 50.000 SHU) General Info : In South America, Rocoto is the common name for chilies of the Capsicum pubescens species, and “Manzano”...
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Chili Cultivation Instructions Conditions for a successful chili cultivation Before it starts, what do you need? Quality seeds (in our shop you can choose from more than 350 varieties)...
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Buy chili plants or chili seeds Here we give you a few tips to make your decision easier: Pro Chili Seeds: You want to accompany your plants, “from birth”, so to speak, to cherish...
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Which varieties of chili should I cultivate? There are approx. 3,000 chili varieties in all levels of spiciness, in colour shades from red to yellow/orange to violet, and with diverse growth requirements. Thus, the choice...
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Scotch Bonnet Spiciness: 10 (100.000 - 350.000 SHU) General Info: The Scotch Bonnet chilies are some of to the spiciest chilies in the world, and are the Caribbean form of the...
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What is needed for chili cultivation? Helpful tips for all those who would like to cultivate their own chillies. Ideal for beginners. Chilies like it hot! Chilies mainly grow in countries with warm...
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Serrano Spiciness : 6 (5.000 - 20.000 SHU) General Info : The Serrano Chili (Capsicum annuum) originates from Mexico, and its name suggests that it originates from the highlands...
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Transplanting chillies correctly Transplant (separate) your chili plants with little effort. Tips and Tricks. There are many rumours around transplanting, such as that it is very difficult, time consuming and...
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Drying and preserving chillies Instructions for drying chillies After the chili harvesting in winter, many private chili gardeners face a new problem. How can I preserve my sometimes very spicy chillies?...
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7 Tips for cooking with Chili What to do if it’s too spicy? 1. Use cautiously! The first and most important rule when using chillies is: Be cautious with the amount of chillies you use, start...
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Chili Holiday on the 1. January If there were a holiday for Chili Heads, then it would definitely be on New Year`s Day On the 1. January 1493, on his first voyage in the direction of America, or "India",...
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Chili Spiciness Table / Scoville Scale The classification of chili spiciness according to Wilbur Scoville Hard-core 10+ : >200 000 Scoville Units Extremely hot 9-10 : 100 000 - 200 000 Scoville...
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Chili Cultivation Diary 2014 Accompany a variety of mild chilies from the seed to the harvest After having cultivated the extremely spicy Trinidad Scorpion Butch T in 2013, this season we will...
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Where should you grow the chillies? An important question that should be considered before you begin to cultivate your own chillies is: How much space do I have for my chili plants? Remember: In one pack...
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Overwintering chillies Instructions for the overwintering of chili plants According to literature, only one of the 5 chili types is perennial. This is the Capsicum frutescens , whose most...
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Preserving chillies Preserve chillies by pickling them in oil or vinegar Pickling in oil If you would like to preserve your chillies by pickling them in oil, you will need the...
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