I've recently bought some carolina reaper seeds and intend to grow them for next year but not sure when's the best time to start them .
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if you have the room to grow them on indoors I would start them in Feb, to give the maximum growing time, although I have not tried that particular strain. if otherwise employed I start some as late as the end of march and hope for a good summer....its too dark here til the end of march to get great growth but they do start slowly, speeding up as we get the light..Last edited by BUFFS; 03-09-2016, 11:27 PM.
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March is ok for cayennes etc but the super hots like Carolina reaper really need a long growing season. I consider end of feb getting late to sow those. I started black nagas end of Feb 2015....they took 3 weeks to germinate(so I lost nearly a month) and there just wasn't long enough to get any pods to ripen. I had to overwinter them,they fruited early summer this year.. that's a long time to wait for any fruit.
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Jonny you've started me thinking ( that's never good! ).
I'm considering starting next years super hot chilli's in November. In the usual manner heated propagator then in the window, growing them on till they can go out to the polytunnle. I'm looking into grow light so they don't get to leggy. I'm doing this because my super hots have only just started setting fruit and we are losing light and temperature fast up here. What do you think? I'm I being even more crazy than normal?
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Originally posted by Scarlet View PostTrip uses lights, I think he starts in December. Remember they will need to be under those lights for sometime and they will grow big will you have enough room for them all before you need to start moving them out?I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....
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That's the plan Trip just start off my Dorset & black Naga's, Scorpion, ghost and Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw In November then start my habaneros and scotch bonnets in late December. Everything else as normal start of February. Nothing will be getting potted on into anything bigger than a 1lt pot till they go into the Polytunnel.
I'm looking into the LED grow lights as running costs will be lower.
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Its not the early start but keeping them indoors so long that creates friction with other half,we have Hungarian wax, jalapeno, some apache and 3/4 types of sweet pepper,so we make do with using these, a couple of carrier bags already in the freezer and more to come, and that is all from a mid march sowing..
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Originally posted by Small pumpkin View PostThat's the plan Trip just start off my Dorset & black Naga's, Scorpion, ghost and Fatalii Gourmet Jigsaw In November then start my habaneros and scotch bonnets in late December. Everything else as normal start of February. Nothing will be getting potted on into anything bigger than a 1lt pot till they go into the Polytunnel.
I'm looking into the LED grow lights as running costs will be lower.
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Originally posted by BUFFS View PostIts not the early start but keeping them indoors so long that creates friction with other half,we have Hungarian wax, jalapeno, some apache and 3/4 types of sweet pepper,so we make do with using these, a couple of carrier bags already in the freezer and more to come, and that is all from a mid march sowing..
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