GROWING SILING LABUYO

I've had several posts over the years on growing siling labuyo.  If you're thinking of complications of propagation and care, don't.  The plant I'm showing you is about 3-4 feet high already and has been blooming for months now.  But I didn't even plant it.  I think here's what happened.

I have a nearby sili plant.  It bloomed.  The "fruit" fell. The seeds germinated wild and grew into this big plant.  No watering.  No fertilizer.  No special soil.  So I guess just throw a couple of old sili (the ones you don't want to eat anymore) on the soil near plants that you water.  Wait for a few months. That's it.  In fact, I saw a few other small sili plants nearby.

You can even grow it in pots if you want.  Good luck!

Red Hot Chili Peppers Bear Fruit (Siling Labuyo)

It's been almost a year since I planted a load of siling labuyo seeds.    Most of them died because ironically a lot of bugs were eating them.  I guess the leaves weren't hot.  One survived though and it so happens this one wasn't potted.  It just kinda grew out of neglect.  Sometimes too much love kills a plant.  I've proven that to be true many times in the past.  But anyway, look at this one.  It looks lush, healthy and big.  It's almost as big as my biggest mango plant.  It has also started bearing fruit. 

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Siling Labuyo, Bell Pepper, Jalapeño Update

You have to love pepper plants.  Seeds germinate in a few days.  The seedlings survive my harsh transplants (I just pull them out without digging).  Type of soil and amount of water almost doesn't matter.  They find a way to survive and grow.  They're certainly easier to grow than any of my herbs (mints included).  Today, I'll just post pictures of my original siling labuyo plants and my bell peppers.  Unfortunately, I can't tell which is which anymore.  They look the same.  And that, my friends, is why you should tag your seedlings.  The first picture is the Jalapeño (which Jean forcibly gave me...she's been giving me tons of plants, half of which die on me! Argh!).  The next two pictures provide an assortment.  I won't know which is which until they bear their hot fruits.  Anyway, if anyone wants to buy small sili plants, just let me know.  I have too much already.

Did you know that siling labuyo or Bird's Eye Chili is just a mid-heat type of pepper (50,000-100,000 in the Scoville scale), but that it's a lot hotter than Jalapeño (2,500 - 8,000)?   Well that's what I read...

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Growing Siling Labuyo and Bell Peppers

The last time I talked about my siling labuyo (Capsicum Fructescens), I was trying to make them grow on other trees.   It seemed like an interesting experiment.  But they all died.  One of these days, I'll try again.  Nevertheless, it's very easy to grow siling labuyo  (hot chili peppers - left picture).  In fact, I even tried growing Bell Peppers (Capsicum Annuum - right picture).  Basically, I just dug a hole on the ground, threw in the seeds (no drying or cleaning) and watered the hole every day.  Within a week, the seeds started germinating. I'm sure not everything germinated, but then again, one fruit has so many seeds.   The siling labuyo here is probably around 1 1/2 months old; the Bell pepper is about a few weeks younger.  But as you can see, even with my second rate treatment, they're still thriving.