Nigel’s Outdoors
Origin: UK OrganicLea Heat Rating: 3 Bred by a Nigel Green of Suffolk, this is indeed one of the few chillies we’d recommend for outdoor cultivation in the UK. Very early, fat red chillies, 3-4 cm. Photo used under Creative …
A workers' cooperative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley
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Italiano Picante
Origin: Italy via Spain OrganicLea Heat Rating: 4 OrganicLea Apprentice Grower Aimee brought this seed back from a seed swap in Andalucia, Spain. Plants produce prolific quantities of small (1.5-2.5 cm) chillies, ideal for pasta arrabbiata.
Rotes Teufele
Origin: Germany OrganicLea Heat Rating: 8 Meaning “red devil”, seeds of these 4-5 cm chillies were brought back by OrganicLea member Hannah from a seed saving project near Berlin. Photo by Norbert Nagel used under Creative Commons license.
