First chillis are up

[Lamboluke]

Well done everyone! I haven't started mine yet but it won't be long.
Lamboluke norw that your chillies have germinated it may be best to take them out of your propagator. Others may disagree but I think the extra warmth in there will bring them on too fast.

Thank you. I'd be interested to see what everyone else's opinions are on this.
When we are in the house we set the central heating to 21c but when we aren't in the house and the heating isn't on it drops quite low so my concern is that the temp may be too low for them to survive.
The prop may help stabilise this. That being said it makes sense what you say about them coming on too far before it's safe to move them outside.

[Scarlet]

Well done everyone! I haven't started mine yet but it won't be long.
Lamboluke norw that your chillies have germinated it may be best to take them out of your propagator. Others may disagree but I think the extra warmth in there will bring them on too fast.

[Bacchus]

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Here are mine. Just an experiment to see if I can grow anything from seed for the first
Time ever and I can !!!
I have medusa (harvested from a shop bought plant in August), jalepeno and ghost chilli which are all up. Really chuffed. Will see if they get too leggy and if they do I can try more in March/April.

Just started them off in the boiler cupboard and they are now on the windowsill.


Exciting times !

Looking really good, keep us updated...

[Bacchus]

nice - out of curiosity, will these now be placed under lights? Or on the windowsill?

Ring of fire is a fab variety...

I'll probably just keep these on the windowsill. I have a grow tent and light rig but it's so big it's in the garage so it's still a bit cold out there - even though I have a wood pellet burning system for central heating so the garage is usually half warm.

I plan to plant out the main seeds around the second week of February - about 15 varieties or so - and they will go into the grow tent



Best of luck with your own start

[Lamboluke]

Here are mine. Just an experiment to see if I can grow anything from seed for the first
Time ever and I can !!!
I have medusa (harvested from a shop bought plant in August), jalepeno and ghost chilli which are all up. Really chuffed. Will see if they get too leggy and if they do I can try more in March/April.

Just started them off in the boiler cupboard and they are now on the windowsill.


Exciting times !

[Spunky]

Chilli grower do you own a greenhouse?

[chilli_grower]

nice - out of curiosity, will these now be placed under lights? Or on the windowsill?

Ring of fire is a fab variety...

[Bacchus]

I noticed someone else posted that their chillies has started too. I planted these (ring of fire) from a chilli I used in a con carne a week ago - so they are about as fresh as you can get. Planted 9 seeds and 6 are up already. It's really a bit early but it's good to see growth in the new year