Red Hot Chilli Grower: The complete guide to planting, picking and preserving chillies

by Kay Maguire

From "Hungarian Hot Wax" to "Red Savina", and "Scotch Bonnet" to "Elephant's Trunk", chilis come in dozens of shapes, colors and degrees of spiciness - from sweet and succulent to blow-your-head-off hot.

Red Hot Chilli Grower provides everything you need to grow your own chilis from scratch, with step-by-step instructions for sowing seeds, caring for the plants, harvesting the fruit and troubleshooting common problems. Chili-lovers will also find plenty of background information, such as a short history of the chili and a guide to Scoville heat units (the official measurement of spicy heat), as well as tasty tips for enjoying the fruits of your work.

Packed with charts, checklists, photographs and illustrations, this is the perfect guide to the world of grow-your-own chilis.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Food, Food and Drink, Cookbooks

144 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2015

Reviews

[Flohallo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book about chilies. Features information on growing, origin, some types of chilies, and how to preserve them with a few recipes.
A few more pictures of different chili diseases would have been appreciated (there are some illustrations, but not all pests), also signs on how to spot if your chilies need more light/water/fertilizer, etc. (e.g. my chilies have some lighter spots/tiny holes, but the book doesn't mention such things) The chili types featured in the book are more popular in the US/UK I guess, as the seed retailer I buy from only features very few of the mentioned species. Nevertheless I enjoyed reading the book.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable short book full of facts. Very readable. For the home cook and gardener. Centred for the home gardener in cold climates. The only reason I gave it a 4 rather than a 5 star rating is that there are not that many recipes.

[Jarčík · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great intro to chilli world. This is really complete guide to beginners. As title promised, the book takes care of planting, caring, preserving chillies. There is handful catalog of many chillies with info about them plus best ways to preserve each one of them. It is amazing guide. It will stay in my bookshelf.

[Erin Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a perfect book for hot peppers! I love growing peppers, but I'm not the greatest at it (though the ones I have do refuse to die thankfully).

It contains types of peppers, hot to grow them, how to preserve them, how to cook them, how hot they are... just everything!

I ended up buying a copy for myself after finding it in the library so I can keep it on hand when I need it.

[Robert Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great beginning guide and intro

Great little book on the bases of chilli and growing to cooking, drying and all sorts I'm a beginner chilli grower and thus book has helped me understand more

[Góczán Judit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remek kis kötet, sok illusztrációval, okos szerkesztéssel, lényeges és hasznos információkkal.

[Adam Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant, I have already started growing and this book helps.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chilli's are one of the most widely used ingredients for cooking across the world. And this short book provides a very useful guide to growing and preserving them for home use. It contains a very good chapter describing the different varieties and another containing a collection of recipes using them.

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[Dirk]

Nicely illustrated with lots of red hot chillis and full of diagrams and data in a logical order. Not enough individual varieties featured for my liking. Nothing on taking cuttings and the page on over wintering your chillis to get them to grow another year did not say that you can get them fruiting well into winter under glass.