Tiny Peppers

[Tracey]

Hi

Advice please.

I sowed my peppers (Long Green Buddha and Nardello) 6 February. They germinated 23 February. They are now only 1 inch high with 4 leaves. Is this normal?

Tracey

[Maf]

i sowed Californian Wonder on the 2nd Feb in a heated prop.

Germinated 20th Feb.

Now 3inch high with 8 leaves

[smallblueplanet]

Where have you got them? If its not warm and light then they won't be growing very quickly.

[Tracey]

I've got them on a south facing windowsill in a warm bedroom.

[smallblueplanet]

Should be warm & light enough - what type of compost are they in? Ours hate the multi-purpose we foolishly sowed them in and it stunted the growth of some of our seedlings.

[Tracey]

John Innes seed compost. Do you think they may need a feed to spur them on?

[queen of the cobs]

you shouldn't need to feed seedlings - the compost is specifically enriched and when you pot them on, they'll be in new compost - it's probably just the weather...it's not been that sunny. I bet you see them get a real spurt on in the next couple of weeks.

[PAULW]

On my seed packet it says feed once a week with a dilute strength fertilizer once to two true leave appear, check out the chileman thread.

[PAULW]

These are two of my Thai Dragon sown in Jan kept on a heat pad fed once a week, moved into the next size pot into compost with a little Q4 added the plant on the left is 7 inches tall.

[helly]

wot about potash,i've been told that this is good for peppers. If so when do youbegin to use it
cheers H

[Alice]

Great looking chillies PaulW.

[hypnophil]

Mine are still very small too, the ones that survived.
Hopefully they will grow better now its "maybe" gonna be warmer.

[Rich75]

mine have been hopeless so far as well.. think its just the dodgy weather

[Tracey]

My peppers are so pathetic, nothing like Paul's. I've given them a very diluted feed of tomato fertiliser to see if they pick up. If this doesn't work I may have to buy a pepper plant as I really want to grow them this year.

[pjh75]

These are two of my Thai Dragon sown in Jan kept on a heat pad fed once a week, moved into the next size pot into compost with a little Q4 added the plant on the left is 7 inches tall.

Mine are nowhere near as big as this... sowed on 20th Jan and took about a month to germinate. I fed them yesterday with a general organic feed and they looked taller today, but I think that might be in my mind - am hoping that the nice weather (when it arrives properly) will speed them up a bit.