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Been trolling the net looking for 'How to grow Chillies' specifically very hot chillies and not really found overly that much useful tips of hints of how to go about doing this hence this post.
Basicly never grown a plant in my life, purchased a jalapeno plant from Homebase and that started me off on this wild idea 'i'll grow the hottest chillies going' so where do I start.... Seeds and a place to grow them
I searched over the net again and again 'how to grow bhut jolokia, naga, scotch bonnets' over and over nearly every thing said u need to have all this gear and all this fertalisers special seeds with green houses etc basicly the answer is NO you don't unless you want to fund the sellers.
So what did I do,
I took a used coke bottle and I cut it in half at the bottom, using the lower part like a plant pot, I got a pin and a lighter and heated up the pin and put holes in the bottom of the coke bottle to let water excape. This makes a really nice propagator and considering that these hot chilli seeds need about 26-28c to germinate this works really well.
So the Seeds, I went to Tesco (one that stocks speciallised items - basicly any large tesco) and I purchased scotch bonnets and Dorset naga chillies and thought, why cant I grow these.
I then put soil into the coke bottle and the seeds out of the chillies sprinkled over the soil and then a very light layer of soil over the seeds. I then soaked the soil with water and placed the top of the coke bottle over the bottom of the bottle. then put it on a sunny window ledge so the heat can build up inside. About 3weeks later PoW! sprouted scotch bonnets, dorset naga chillies, there is nothing more to it my house is cold as it goes and the sun in the UK isnt that bright at all.
Basicly what happens with the coke bottle once sealed (dont tape it up just put hte top over the bottom) is it will steam up and water will condenstate all over the bottle, I also double back taped tin foil to retro-flect light that shines in on the bottle.
I used another idea like this one basicly its a large glass jar with a smaller glass jar that fits inside the neck of the bigger glass jar (A large olive jar and a baby food jar) i put soil and seeds in the baby jar just like the coke bottle and placed it on the lid of the large jar and screwed the lid back on (so the jar is upside down stood up on the lid) this works just the same if not a bit better than the coke bottle.
I am now experimenting with LeD grow lights and will let you know what that does to these chillies.
I hope that this helps anyone like me who trolls the net looking for 'how to grow hot chillies' its really really easy all u need is a coke bottle, soil and your desired plant seeds
Been trolling the net looking for 'How to grow Chillies' specifically very hot chillies and not really found overly that much useful tips of hints of how to go about doing this hence this post.
Basicly never grown a plant in my life, purchased a jalapeno plant from Homebase and that started me off on this wild idea 'i'll grow the hottest chillies going' so where do I start.... Seeds and a place to grow them
I searched over the net again and again 'how to grow bhut jolokia, naga, scotch bonnets' over and over nearly every thing said u need to have all this gear and all this fertalisers special seeds with green houses etc basicly the answer is NO you don't unless you want to fund the sellers.
So what did I do,
I took a used coke bottle and I cut it in half at the bottom, using the lower part like a plant pot, I got a pin and a lighter and heated up the pin and put holes in the bottom of the coke bottle to let water excape. This makes a really nice propagator and considering that these hot chilli seeds need about 26-28c to germinate this works really well.
So the Seeds, I went to Tesco (one that stocks speciallised items - basicly any large tesco) and I purchased scotch bonnets and Dorset naga chillies and thought, why cant I grow these.
I then put soil into the coke bottle and the seeds out of the chillies sprinkled over the soil and then a very light layer of soil over the seeds. I then soaked the soil with water and placed the top of the coke bottle over the bottom of the bottle. then put it on a sunny window ledge so the heat can build up inside. About 3weeks later PoW! sprouted scotch bonnets, dorset naga chillies, there is nothing more to it my house is cold as it goes and the sun in the UK isnt that bright at all.
Basicly what happens with the coke bottle once sealed (dont tape it up just put hte top over the bottom) is it will steam up and water will condenstate all over the bottle, I also double back taped tin foil to retro-flect light that shines in on the bottle.
I used another idea like this one basicly its a large glass jar with a smaller glass jar that fits inside the neck of the bigger glass jar (A large olive jar and a baby food jar) i put soil and seeds in the baby jar just like the coke bottle and placed it on the lid of the large jar and screwed the lid back on (so the jar is upside down stood up on the lid) this works just the same if not a bit better than the coke bottle.
I am now experimenting with LeD grow lights and will let you know what that does to these chillies.
I hope that this helps anyone like me who trolls the net looking for 'how to grow hot chillies' its really really easy all u need is a coke bottle, soil and your desired plant seeds
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