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How to Transplant Chilli Seedlings into Tube Pots for Greenhouse Growth
Here at Hot Chilli Mama Farm, we've had great success with germination so far with well over a 80% strike rate. So now we have plenty of...
susanporter41
Oct 13, 2025


How to Introduce Your Children to Eating Chillis — A Family-Friendly Guide
Spicy food isn’t just for grown-ups anymore! If you're a chilli lover and want to share your passion with your little ones, the good news...
susanporter41
Oct 2, 2025


How to Make Great Compost for Growing Chilli Plants
Growing healthy, fiery chilli plants starts with one fundamental ingredient: nutrient-rich compost. Whether you're growing super-hot...
susanporter41
Sep 20, 2025


How to Start Propagating Chilli Seeds: From Seed to Sprout
Growing Chillis from Seed Yes, you can go to Bunnings and buy some chilli seedlings and have great success - BUT - there's nothing like...
susanporter41
Sep 13, 2025


Let's introduce you to the Chilli Family: A Spicy guide to the 5 Main Types of Chillis
Ever stood in front of a chilli display—bewildered by the rainbow of shapes, colours and heat levels—and thought, What on earth is the...
susanporter41
Aug 6, 2025


The Ladybug - she's a ferocious killer
For me ladybugs were a symbol of lazy summer days as a child in the garden. Not anymore! Now I see them as the ravenous natural born...
susanporter41
Jun 12, 2021


Covid Schmovid - you can't keep a good Mama down!
Hi all, what a crazy time we’re all living in hey. But despite Covid, mother nature waits for no one and there are always jobs to be done...
susanporter41
Aug 25, 2020


Do we want superhot chillis this year? Time to propogate!!!
It’s super hot propogation time. I’m a little later than I’d have liked, but hey, that’s life. It’s particularly nerve wracking this...
susanporter41
Jul 30, 2020


Ever wondered why some chillis are hotter than others?
A good question, and one that most people don’t really know the answer to. Now bare with me guys as we delve into a little bit of science....
susanporter41
Jul 2, 2020


What do we do with all those chillis?
We use every single one of them! We grow our own chillis for three reasons! Firstly, so we can guarantee the finest quality and freshest...
susanporter41
Jun 18, 2020


Looking after our land and working with Mother Nature!
We have a strong commitment to looking after our land, to never take more from it than it can give and always give back more than we take....
susanporter41
May 26, 2020


So what's so special about chillis. Are they everything they're cracked up to be?
Hi everyone, hope your week has gone well and welcome back to HCM Central. This is a question I often get from people looking for a gift...
susanporter41
May 26, 2020


Welcome to our Hot Chilli Mama Blog!
Well hello there and welcome to Hot Chilli Mama. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and read our first blog. Why are we setting up a...
susanporter41
May 18, 2020
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