chilli sowing ??

[Leeds_lad]

Mine are no where near as big as any of the ones shown here and I planted them early March =/
getting worried now!

[Pa Snips]

What type are they, Leeds Lad?

My Jalapeño's are not as big as the Cayenne's in that picture and they were all sown towards the end of February.

[Leeds_lad]

What type are they, Leeds Lad?

My Jalapeño's are not as big as the Cayenne's in that picture and they were all sown towards the end of February.

Jalapeños and California wonder I sowed this year. They are still like, 8 or so centimetres big though =/

[Pa Snips]

I wouldn't worry about it then...I just measured my Jalapeños and they're 7cm tall, the Cayennes are 11cm.

[mcuk]

Yeah, the variety does seem to be important, the super-hot ones in particular are slow. My Anaheim plant already has a few flower buds on it and is about 45cm (18") tall... it was started early-Feb. I think the crazy-hot week in March helped.

[Newton]

I start my chilli off in January

Variety is Thai Bird Chilli seed brought back from last years holiday cost about 25p a packet...joy.

Where did you go on holiday to get Thai bird for 25p?

[Sarico]

hi everyone... about 2 weeks ago i bought one scotch bonnet chilly to use in my dish and i thought to throw the seeds in a 3 inch pot and see what happen... this morning i found about 10 of then start to germinate ( i didn't hope that much) do you think will grow or is a just time wasted considered that is mid april?

[DGoulston]

My cayennes (Chenzo) in the photo are overwintered from last year. All the rest were planted this year on the 7th Jan, and the Orange Harbanero plants have their first flowers in full bloom today.

[veggiechicken]

Where did you go on holiday to get Thai bird for 25p?

Thailand??

[mcuk]

do you think will grow or is a just time wasted considered that is mid april?

I mostly know about tomatoes and sweet peppers, but I suggest keeping them. Grow them indoors, in a sunny window. You can still use the chillis if they don't mature and if you keep the plants over winter, you will have some the following year.

[DGoulston]

I mostly know about tomatoes and sweet peppers, but I suggest keeping them. Grow them indoors, in a sunny window. You can still use the chillis if they don't mature and if you keep the plants over winter, you will have some the following year.

overwintering is the best way if you can do it, I overwintered all my cayenne's and they produced their first chilli about a month ago, so nice an early! and have been producing 1 chilli every other day since.

[Pa Snips]

overwintering is the best way if you can do it, I overwintered all my cayenne's and they produced their first chilli about a month ago, so nice an early! and have been producing 1 chilli every other day since.

They look awesome!

[The Large One]

i think i may have over done it this year
each plastic tray holds 15x 7cm pots...i bought 300 pots and have run out
think i may need to join a support group

many varietys
close up are chocolate habs

[mcuk]

They look awesome!

Yep, I agree, they do look good. DGoulston - the grow section of your blog doesn't seem to work.

[Pa Snips]

Just a little update, in the last 11 days my biggest Cayenne has grown by 12cm and now stands at 23cm tall.