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Growing Chilli Peppers

Welcome to thechileman.org, the home of the world's most comprehensive, fully illustrated chile database. Chillies, chilli, paprika, capsicums or chili peppers, it doesn't matter what you call them, we will have detailed information on 3729 varieties. From the mildest bell pepper to mouth blistering bhut and bih jolokia, we provide all you need to know about the capsicum genus and its many species.


Update: 18 October 2008

The new batch of Snake Bite is now available. Original Extreme, Private Reserve and new Pure Venom. Snake Bite Sauces...

Update: 17 October 2008

We have awarded victory in the corking competition to Dazzler from Finland! Jalapeno Invitation...

Update: 31 August 2008

The results are in, ChiliPark has won the Jalapeno Invitation and taken thechileman 2008 title to Finland! We are now accepting entries for the best example of corking Jalapeno Invitation...

Update: 24 August 2008

More than 750 people worldwide now have a growing list with thechileman.org and today they have reached the magic number of 1,000 unique varieties. That's almost a third of the varieties in our database are currently being grown somewhere in the world! Growing Lists...

Update: 24 August 2008

Tales of brown peppers in Julian's Journal...

Update: 17 August 2008

With exactly two weeks to go this year's growing competition is closer than ever with the top four competitiors separated by just 3mm!! Jalapeno Invitation...

Update: 16 August 2008

Is the tail on the Trinidad Scorpion and the Scorpion Morouga caused by the flower restricting growth, or by a genetic trait Julian's Journal...

Update: 3 August 2008

The Hot Zone Online have reviewed our new Pure Venom sauce, giving it 9 for taste and 10 for heat. Snake Bite Pure Venom...

Update: 07 June 2008

The 7 pod was almost unknown last year, but there are almost seventy people with the chilli on their growing list in 2008. Mine is just about to flower. Julian's Journal...

Update: 28 May 2008

Julian has been busy with his wax crayons and has drawn some diagrams of the database Visualize...

Update: 23 May 2008

We are giving the website a lick of paint and have just updated the database layout. We have increased the language translation facility from 9 to 22 languages! Database update...

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