Growing Chillies

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Growing Chillies

(or is it growing chilis?)

Capsicum annuum, capsicum var. How to grow chili peppers Are you growing chillies or chilis? Nevermind the different spellings, there are even more shapes, sizes and colours!

Photo by Lizzlebob

At one stage growing chillis was a special passion of mine. Do you know how many different varieties there are? And how ornamental they are? Just gorgeous! For a while I had about 25 different chilli varieties growing... But let's forget about me. Everybody needs to grow chillis for cooking. Even if you don't like hot food, just a little hint of chilli to warm it up stimulates the taste buds and everything else tastes just so much better. True. And chillies will brighten up your garden! But before we get to the instructions for growing chillis, lets sort out the spelling, lest you think I don't know any better... There are three ways to spell the name: chili, chilli and chile. Yep, some people grow chile. This is the Spanish version of the name, which you also find used in English speaking countries, especially the southwest of America. The Americans changed chile to chili. Originally chili referred to the dish chili con carne. Then it was shortened to just chili. Chili is the preferred


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