Sow your peppers & chillis now

Primrose

For anybody wanting to grow chillis or peppers outside this year, it's best to start sowing them now, either in a greenhouse or on a sunny window sill indoors as they need a long growing season.

Davesnave

Yes, it's worth mentioning that they germinate best at a high temperature too; between about 22C and 25C is good. Frankly, my shop-bought propagator cannot maintain those temperatures in the conservatory, so I've got mine going in the kitchen where there's an Aga.

The problem is keeping them going one they've come up. They mustn't receive a cold shock, but nor must they be kept at a high temperature in less than ideal light, or they will get leggy and possibly keel over. I'm moving mine to the kitchen windowsills and pricking-out as soon as I dare.

Plasticman

I hadn't realised they needed to go in this early!! I'd better get started......


Any idea when I should plant my tomato seeds - I was assuming early to mid March?

LilacPixie

I have my seeds and windowsill ready. I am toying with the idea of picking up some Chillis too but not sure yet.

Zazen999

I sowed my first lot 27th Dec; and have potted them on today.

It's so good to have stuff to pr1ck out, pot on and and I planted out broad beans at the lottie today as well.....

Soon - it will even be warm during the daytime!

ladybabe

dis mine last weekend ta

gazza975526570

Zazen999 wrote: »

Soon - it will even be warm during the daytime!

I sooooooooooooo cant wait for that!!!! I havent been able get the energy to get down to the allotment yet. Im sure it will be a mess!!!!!

Zazen999

gazza975526570 wrote: »

I sooooooooooooo cant wait for that!!!! I havent been able get the energy to get down to the allotment yet. Im sure it will be a mess!!!!!

Lightweight!!!

We have been every week - and were there on Christmas morning.

Emma_whitnash

Primrose wrote: »

For anybody wanting to grow chillis or peppers outside this year, it's best to start sowing them now, either in a greenhouse or on a sunny window sill indoors as they need a long growing season.

Yep peppers are in greenhouse, forgot to do chillies. Damn, will do them indoors (have got sweet peas in as well)

Thx

gazza975526570

Zazen999 wrote: »

Lightweight!!!

We have been every week - and were there on Christmas morning.

Yeah i know.

See - when ive been the first time i wont be able to stay away. I called round the other day and saw the fence was loose and just didnt have the heart as id only put it in before xmas.

This week will be the week!!!

valk_scot

Living as I do in lowland Scotland, I work on the basis that my growing season is at least two weeks behind that of southern England, which is the climate most gardening books seem to work with. If I start most things off in the propagators now they'll be ready far too early to be even thinking of hardening off and planting outside. We still get frosts in May up here. You've got to work with your own growing season.

I've only been up the allotment four times since the turn of the year, come to think of it, and once was to get a second snow shovel for the house paths. The ground has been too frozen to do anything so I've been doing maintenance work on the bed edgings and shed instead. It was milder today though so I planted some late garlic, shallots and early broad beans.