Chillies - growing and overwintering 2017

[Scoot]

Not got a heat mat so I'm just moving them off the windowsill at night.

[Chris11]

Have done most of my sowing now, so waiting to see what else germinates. I've only got basic heated propagators, and ideally I think chillies would benefit from greater heat.

Lost a few of my early seedlings, probably due to lack of light and warmth.

With cold temperatures and no additional lighting, I'm only getting slow growth at this stage. Surviving varieties so far:

Bulgarian Carrot
Burkina Yellow
Cayenne
Cheyenne F1
Congo Trinidad Yellow
Joe's Long Cayenne
Numex Twilight x Cayenne F2
Orange Habanero
Piccante Calabrese
Scotch Bonnet MoA Yellow
Space HJ10 Afterglow

[jackarmy]

I have 2 hallapenos looking ok, lost my first sown black naga.
Tomorrow will see my mega chilli sow

[jacks10]

Must be mad but not as mad as sone others here but keep to just 3 varieties.

So doing an experiment on type 4 ....cayenne

Sowed a few seeds straight into a pot with a little quirt of water and bottom tray of watee which already soaked up and leaving on window seal no grow lights.

Dampened kitchen roll and a few seeds and left folded in a sandwich bag and placed under towels in an airing cupboard and will try to forget them for at least a week.


Fingers cross 😄

[Mitzi]

Have done most of my sowing now, so waiting to see what else germinates. I've only got basic heated propagators, and ideally I think chillies would benefit from greater heat.

Lost a few of my early seedlings, probably due to lack of light and warmth.

With cold temperatures and no additional lighting, I'm only getting slow growth at this stage. Surviving varieties so far:

Bulgarian Carrot
Burkina Yellow
Cayenne
Cheyenne F1
Congo Trinidad Yellow
Joe's Long Cayenne
Numex Twilight x Cayenne F2
Orange Habanero
Piccante Calabrese
Scotch Bonnet MoA Yellow
Space HJ10 Afterglow

Bummer that some haven't made it. Still looks like a decent grow list so far.

[Mitzi]

One of the Sugar Rush seeds I sowed on 30/12 is looping today. Four weeks / 28 days. Another sown the same time took 8 days. Crazy!

An Aji Pineapple in the same module is looping tonight. I'm overrun by baccatums at the moment!

Will all of these be ok outside in summer:
Aji Omnicolor
Aji Pineapple
Sugar Rush peach
Aji Melocoton
?

[Sappidis]

The difference a light can make is massive.

Two photos, one under just a £20 single tube T5 with a homemade stand, the other on a windowsill. (I've got my girlfriend to give them a well needed drink since the photo and she's moved it to a brighter windowsill)

She's only just seeing true leaves appear, Mine are fully fledged. Same soil mix, seeds sown on same date etc. The difference with the peppadews (technically they're Milawi Piquante) is extraordinary
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[Mitzi]

The difference a light can make is massive.

Two photos, one under just a £20 single tube T5 with a homemade stand, the other on a windowsill. (I've got my girlfriend to give them a well needed drink since the photo and she's moved it to a brighter windowsill)

She's only just seeing true leaves appear, Mine are fully fledged. Same soil mix, seeds sown on same date etc. The difference with the peppadews (technically they're Milawi Piquante) is extraordinary

I do agree that the light can make a huge difference but so can temperature - might the windowsill ones be colder than the ones under the light?

[Sappidis]

Most likely, that is very true. The light tends to warm the plants as well once it's been on a while so that must certainly account for some of the growth.

[jacks10]

Picture taken last week. Sowed them all 1st November very slow growth. Guess thats because i kept rotating them windowsill/grow lights. Now leaving them under grow lights!!!!

[Scarlet]

Most likely, that is very true. The light tends to warm the plants as well once it's been on a while so that must certainly account for some of the growth.

I think you'll find that if you let them dry out that much it will stunt their growth... and if they are kept on the windowsil at night they can get too cold wich also doesn't help.

[Mitzi]

Picture taken last week. Sowed them all 1st November very slow growth. Guess thats because i kept rotating them windowsill/grow lights. Now leaving them under grow lights!!!!

I think they need potting up before the roots get any more entwined. You'll be surprised how quickly they grow once they're in individual pots.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Grow station set up (By the French doors) in the kitchen which OH won't be happy about!

Propogater on, pots filled with medium, in to get warm, have a few days off, let the 2017 season begin!

Really need to get this "Grow room" at least partially finished as again getting "Earache" .....................

[Small pumpkin]

All my baby's are loving there new heat mat in Area 51.

[Ms-T]

S/P any photos yet..