Chilli - Hot Thai Bird's Eye - 35 Seeds
$5.65This small chilli is one of the spiciest and is used extensively in Thai and Indian cooking. Compact plants with attractive upright clusters of hot, intensely flavoured slender fruits about 7.5cm (3”) long. Perfect flavour for authentic Asian soups, sauces, stir-fries, salads and curries.
| How To Grow |
In fertile well drained garden soil or pots. 5mm (¼”) deep, sow thinly and keep moist. Pick regularly to encourage further fruit growth. Harvest: As required, 12-14 weeks from sowing. |
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| When To Plant | Spring to Summer, Winter too in hot northern areas. |
| When to Sow/Plant | Spring, Summer |
| Soil Type | well cultivated, well drained |
Spicy Soba Noodles with Chicken & Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup chicken stock
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp corn flour
- 1/4 tsp sesame oil
- 250g soba noodles
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 250g chicken breasts, thinly sliced
- 50g shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and quartered
- 2cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
- 2 baby pak choy, halved and sliced lengthwise
- ½ red capsicum thinly sliced
- ½ yellow capsicum, thinly sliced
- 1 Thai chilli, thinly sliced
- 100g green beans sliced
Instructions
- Combine stock, oyster sauce, cornstarch and sesame oil in a bowl and set aside.
- Cook soba noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- In large nonstick skillet or wok, heat 1 tsp of oil over medium-high heat. Cook chicken untill lightly golden, about 3 minutes. Transfer to plate.
- Add remaining oil, beans, mushrooms, garlic, chilli and ginger to pan; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add capsicum and bok choy. Cook until tender but crisp, about 4 minutes.
- Add sauce mix , noodles and chicken to pan; cook, stirring to coat with sauce, for 1 minute.
Plant Size Guide
The plant in the photos is an example and an approximate guide only however we try to show an average sized example. Sizes, flowering state and colours change throughout the seasons and variation will occur. In summer & autumn, plants are often larger or the same size as than the example picture but around winter and spring, they can be a little smaller but still at a size similar to the example. We aim to update the pictures to reflect significant differences.
Plant Heights - because the plant's foliage must fit inside our Plant Cartons, the actual height of a plant's central trunk (meristem) will be shorter than the box it fits in.
Small Plants - 14cm wide nursery pot - 1 Litre volume - Plants fit in a 50cm tall box.
Medium Plants - 17cm wide pots either 2L hanging pot or 2.5L nursery pot - Plants fit in a 75cm tall box.
Large Plants - 25cm wide pot, 10L volume. Plants fit in a 100cm tall box.
XL Plants - Plants over 100cm tall in pot sizes specified, 25cm/10L or greater and are hand delivered within Auckland/Northland only.
Dispatch Times
Plant courier orders are processed Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
North Island orders are targeted overnight delivery, South Island orders are sent on a 2-day target but these are not a guaranteed delivery timeframe.
Add 1 extra day after a public holiday as well as for rural addresses or remote towns.
Monday - We send orders placed on previous Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.
Tuesday - We send Weekend orders from previous Saturday & Sunday.
Wednesday - We send orders placed from Monday & Tuesday.
XL Plants are delivered only within urban Auckland & Whangarei and this service is for non-urgent orders. This excludes satellite destinations such as Beachlands, Pukekohe, Piha, Helensville etc and Whangarei Heads. We may deliver at any time Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Thursday in Auckland and you need to have a sheltered accessible position for us to deliver to.
Plants in Transit
Each Small, Medium & Large plant is individually contained within its own protective cardboard Plant Carton which may be joined to other cartons in your order.
Plants typically take just a day or two to arrive, however they are usually fine in their cartons for 1-2 weeks, and many can go longer, so a few extra days are not usually cause for concern.
Whether it takes 1 or 7 days, let your plant recover from its journey by placing in gentle light and adding a little water and it will be back to its best within a couple of days. Let us know if there are any major issues via the contact page.
