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Hi all, my first post/thread, please be gentle, I'm quite new to gardening having done toms, lettuce and potatoes last couple of years and now this year decided to branch out to chilli's and peppers.
About three weeks ago I planted both my chilli and pepper seeds in various methods. A few in a cellular un-heated propagator in my south facing room on the windowsill, a few in small 9cm pots and last week I planted the rest in a heated propagator which is kept in a light room out of sunlight, I also bought some Jalapeno peppers in a pot with seeds kit etc from Focus. All have been kept moist in potting compost, the best I could afford anyway and as yet none of the seeds have started to show any growth or germination, Im quite anxious as I have really looked forward to experimenting with chilli and peppers for the first time, couple of questions...
1. Am I doing the right thing as far as germination and a good start in life is concerned and shall I just be a bit patient?
2. Should I change tactics and try and salvage a bad situation?
3. Should I just start again, buy some new seeds?
As a novice I've read a few things about them both but is there anything I need to know, I've read about assisting pollination but haven't got a clue what and when to do that if it's needed at all.
Do I need to prune pinch out etc the plant once it's growing like you do with tomato plants?
As far as location is concerned I have earmarked my plastic greenhouse for them all and was hoping to have several of each variety in a few pots. I know my greenhouse is warm enough as it is in a south facing location up against my walls on two of it's side's which should add extra heat.
The pepper varieties I have are Roberta F1, and Californian Wonder, the chilli's are Apache F1, no idea what the F1 bit means, and I've also got the grow pot kit Jalapenos.
Any help / advice for a novice who just wants to have some real hot salads this summer would be really appreciated.
About three weeks ago I planted both my chilli and pepper seeds in various methods. A few in a cellular un-heated propagator in my south facing room on the windowsill, a few in small 9cm pots and last week I planted the rest in a heated propagator which is kept in a light room out of sunlight, I also bought some Jalapeno peppers in a pot with seeds kit etc from Focus. All have been kept moist in potting compost, the best I could afford anyway and as yet none of the seeds have started to show any growth or germination, Im quite anxious as I have really looked forward to experimenting with chilli and peppers for the first time, couple of questions...
1. Am I doing the right thing as far as germination and a good start in life is concerned and shall I just be a bit patient?
2. Should I change tactics and try and salvage a bad situation?
3. Should I just start again, buy some new seeds?
As a novice I've read a few things about them both but is there anything I need to know, I've read about assisting pollination but haven't got a clue what and when to do that if it's needed at all.
Do I need to prune pinch out etc the plant once it's growing like you do with tomato plants?
As far as location is concerned I have earmarked my plastic greenhouse for them all and was hoping to have several of each variety in a few pots. I know my greenhouse is warm enough as it is in a south facing location up against my walls on two of it's side's which should add extra heat.
The pepper varieties I have are Roberta F1, and Californian Wonder, the chilli's are Apache F1, no idea what the F1 bit means, and I've also got the grow pot kit Jalapenos.
Any help / advice for a novice who just wants to have some real hot salads this summer would be really appreciated.
I'm sure some others will be along to give you more advice 
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