Chilli Growing (Merged Thread)

kingmonkey

joey wrote:

Advice needed!
My question is - how big should they be for me to take them out of the airing cupboard and place on a windowsill? Do they need light as soon as they appear? I do have a really sunny windowsill but of course it's quite cold at the moment.

I've put mine under light as soon as I saw green. Temperature isn't as important once the seedling have started growing, they just grow slower.

joey wrote:

Also once they are on the windowsill how long before I plant them into their own pots or will that be obvious because they'll be so big?

There are no hard and fast rules but I'm going to pot mine after 2 true leaves develop.

I have also planted mine in egg boxes but I don't think I will do it again because it absorbed the water and started to go moldy a bit.

joey_2

Thanks Kingmonkey, but as only 3 out of 6 have sprouted so far should I still put the whole thing on the windowsill?Will the other ones sprout that way? I suppose I could cut their individual pots off and just put them on windowsill.

kingmonkey

Are the seeds different varieties?

You could cut individual pots I guess.

I think you can leave them in the cupboard until the leaves just start to open.

5thElement_2

Im gonna give this a try aswell there's alot of varieties to choose from on ebay if you search for "chilli seeds"

What types are others growing?

kingmonkey

Im growing:
Nosegay
Marbles
Jalapeno
Cayenne

I would have a look at online chilli seed shops to search for varieties that you fancy.

MrsTinks

Last year I grew my own melt the plastic hot chilli's and I'm going to try and grow the seeds from them this year With any luck I might even get some to grow lol - Apache I think they were called - good crops and very hot chilli's mean you don't need many plants unless you want to kill your tastebuds for the whole year

MrsTinks

I love chilli plants, as well as the fruits As they always cheer me up in the kitchen... They are so abundant in their fruiting and I just love that and all the fab colours of the various stages of ripening are great especially in the morning when I get up So mine have now been sown and are in the kitchen window sill and with any luck I should have about 15-20 plants so enough to share around too

Labman_2

What kind of growing medium do you use.....plain old garden soil or compost?

MrsTinks

I've used a mix of compost and some rotted down manure I bought for the garden They seemed to like it last year so fingers crossed for this year lol

crossleydd42

I'd never thought of growing them. Do they have to stay indoors or do you plant them out later?