Chilli pepper are one of the most exciting crops to grow. It must be fantastic living in hot climates to be able to see the plants grow outside but even if you live in the more temperate Northern Hemisphere it’s still very much possibly to grow a whole host of different pods and plant varieties.

When I started growing chili plants I was fascinated by the plethora of information there was to help me learn how to start growing plants of my own.

Along the way I’ve also found some rather interesting and in some case just downright weird facts about chillies: