Carolina Reaper

[mic]

Hi

Ordered some seeds. Will eventually plant in the greenhouse. What's the best way to germinate the seeds?! Normal peppers I put in kitchen roll, wet everything and put in a zip bag on the radiator. Will this be the same?

Thanks

[Muddy_Boots]

Copied this from another thread I posted a while ago:

Here's a tip if you want to have less pain trying to germinate your chilli seeds.

Make yourself a cup of tea and with the used t-bag make another and leave the t-bag soaking until you have drunk the cuppa you've just made and discard the bag.
Leave the weak tea until its cooled down before you use the tea solution you have just made.
Soak your chilli seeds in the tea solution for 24hrs.
Place 2 pieces of kitchen roll that have been folded into a quarter in a plastic bag/sandwich bag/freezer bag basically something you can Seal airtight and wet the kitchen roll so its as wet as a wrung-out sponge.
Place the chilli seeds in the plastic bag on the wet kitchen roll and inflate and then seal.
Place in an airing cupboard or propagator or on top of a warm not hot radiator.
Check the seeds every two days and dampen the paper if it starts to dry out.
Once the seeds have sprouted you can transfer into 75mm pots.

The reason why you use the tea is because chilli seeds have a hard outer coating and the tanin in the tea helps to scarify the seed coating and make it germinate easier.
The hot varieties of chilli can be tricky to germinate at times and will benefit with a germination temperature of between 80°F and 89°F, also do not leave your chilli plant on a window sill over night as temperatures can drop and it will not do your plant any good.

Finally, after all that hard work, make yourself another well deserved cup of tea.

[Small pumpkin]

Your method should work fine as well mic, especially if you're like me and think tea is the drink of the devil and don't have any in the house
The only thing I would say is you're a bit late sowing super hot chillies. They need a long growing season. Obviously there's no harm in giving it a go, just letting you know.

[Bren In Pots]

Mic like SP says its late for sowing chillis but you could always have a go at overwintering them like on this thread.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...7-a_92000.html

[flynch]

I've always planted my straight into the soil and have had no problems with it so far.

[Scarlet]

^^^me too! I make sure the compost is warm, sow singly in modules and put in the propagator and wait

[TrysHard]

Heat around 28c sow into compost heated propagator or on top of boiler - as others have said a bit late for Chillies as they have a long growing season - I don't normally grow super hot ones and I sow Late Jan and other much before.

Good Luck