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The Great Courtyard Project not only lives on, it seems, but is actually growing.

Success!

I remember the days when those containers looked like this.

For whoever you are that arrived here yesterday via a Google search for ‘dorset+naga+growing+spell’.

You made me grin. Spell? So that’s the trick for making them show their little fiery hot faces, is it. Witchcraft. Or maybe Voodoo. Either way, that explains a lot.

Anyway, you eventually ended up at a 404. Not very useful, eh? The post you were looking for (it has been moved, as you discovered, sorry about that) is here: The Dorset Naga.

No Witchcraft or Voodoo hints, I’m afraid, but good luck with the Nagas’. Let me know if you manage to get some to grow, and even more importantly – how you did it.

This is the patio corner of the now-near-fabled Rogi Patio Project as it is at the moment.

So, that’s how it is right now.Let’s see just how much of a transformation can be achieved over, say, six months or so shall we?I’m betting on managing a pretty radical change.

But then I always was the optimistic type.

…you can hear them growing.

Ok, you can’t, but the Rogi Courtyard Project continues growing apace. So far, all present and correct and no horticultural casualties. That’s good, then.

It seems that Dorset Naga seeds are available. Yea gads! I’ll order some this week and see if I can succeed in growing some of these fiery monsters. I for sure have the temperatures and the sun required, but what about the humidity? Hmm, we’ll have to see. Anyway here’s the best discription of Dorset Naga chillies that I have found so far;

Dorset Naga, measuring about 1,000,000 SHU, is one of the hottest chillies in the world. Its scorching heat is combined with a distinctive fruity aroma, making it the chilli of choice for cooks wanting a new experience.

The wrinkled, wedge-shaped fruit ripen from green to red, and can be harvested at either stage of maturity. They can be up to 2 to 3 cm wide at the shoulders and 4 to 5 cm long, and are produced on large, late maturing plants that need plenty of space to grow.

Dorset Naga is not the easiest chilli to grow and there are two particular times in the plants’ development – germination and pollination – that require special attention. Instructions are sent with all packs of Dorset Naga, and we do recommend that they are followed. Genuine Dorset Naga seeds are harvested from plants produced and grown by us in Dorset. The seed crop is specially cultivated in a dedicated polytunnel protected with insect netting to prevent cross pollination with other Capsicum varieties. To maintain quality, a germination test is conducted after the seed crop is harvested, dried and cleaned and is then repeated every 6 months at a DEFRA approved Official Seed Testing Station.

Really Cool Seeds is the only authorised seller of Dorset Naga seeds.