Chilli Hungarian Hot Wax
Chillies love warmth and shelter so it's simplest to grow them indoors on a sunny windowsill unless you have a well protected south facing patio or roof terrace.
Hungarian Hot Wax produces big succulent chillies that are best eaten during the Summer and Autumn as they're produced.
Time from seed to plate: 20 weeks
Sowing Calendar
Sow
Sow chillies early in the year so they have plenty of time to ripen in the summer sun. Our propagator kits with 'Jiffy 7' compost pellets are ideal for sowing. Unless you want mountains of chillies four jiffys should be enough. Soak the pellets in water till they expand and sow two seeds in each one so they're just covered with compost. Put them in the propagator, cover, and place on a warm windowsill. Keep moist.
Within one or two weeks the seeds should sprout. Remove the propagator lid at this stage. If two seedlings come up in the same jiffy remove the weaker one.
Growing method: seed propagating kit
Grow
After a month or so the roots will have filled the jiffy and it's time to either transfer the plant to a bigger pot (minimum 5 litre, like the one recommended above) filled with compost, or plant it outside in a grow bed. Only plant outside from the end of May when the frosts are well and truely over. Remove the jiffy bag encasing the compost before planting for best results.
When the plant is 8in high pinch out the growing tip to encourage it to bush out.
Once the plants start fruiting it's a good idea to give them tomato feed every couple of weeks - it will ensure a bumper crop!
Harvest
Your first green chillies should appear in August. Pick them green, or leave them for a couple more weeks by which time they'll have turned red and become much hotter.
Snip off your chillies regularly to encourage the plant to produce new fruit.
Hungarian hot wax chillies don't dry well because they have high water content. Try and get them eaten by the end of October.