Chillies, Toms & Sweet Pepper growing

[Papa Lazarou]

yeah RoF & Jalapenos are easy enough to grow, Habaneros are not too bad either so that sounds good to me. Nest to start off with easy growing ones then move onto the more harder ones the next year once you know what you're doing as some Chillies can be tricky, Tabasco for me over two years I got less than 10 fruits from it!!

Cheers Marc - are they all greehouse varieties, or will they tolerate our 'summer'?

 

[Marc]

Cheers Marc - are they all greehouse varieties, or will they tolerate our 'summer'?

preferably in a green or hot house (I have both!), the hardiest ones will last easily enough in the out doors but you may need to check on them still. In theory most species should be OK.

My first 2 years I had them outside and brought them in when there was strong winds/heavy rain as I was too nervous about keeping them outside! Although the ones I'm growing for work will be outside permanently so I'll see how they do.

 

[8ace]

Would now be a good time of year to plant them?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Good Luck to all 2010 Chilli Growers!

THPP, yours still going ok?

Cheers Marc!

Mine's is still hibernating methinks. Leaves curling a bit round the edges, but they get a glass of water every weekend, whether they need it or not. Expecting GREAT things to start sprouting next month

 

[Marc]

yeah keep it warm and on the window and she'll be fine, not sure when to expect the first buds though, my over wintered Tabasco did'nt get them for ages!

 

[Marc]

Seeds sewn today, gone for 30 Plants in total thats not even half of what I did last year! Wanna spend more time with each plant as last year there were too many and I lost control of them abit!

Placed into seeds trays in mini-incubators (with Electric Heat Tray) on a West facing window ledge with radiator underneath...no chance of them dropping below 22c then! Ideally chilli seeds need to be between 22c-28c for the first few weeks and never drop below 20c thereafter if possible.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not a lot to report in January other than THPP's windows could do with a clean

 

[Marc]

Mine have started germinating, 85% of the new seeds have shot up but only 1 seed from last years batch has said hello.....got me worrying now so its gonna be a tense few days!

 

[BensGrandad]

How is the best way for a beginner with Chillies and Peppers to start. I know this may sound a stupid question but I really would love to grow some in my greenhouse on the allotment, when I have replaced the windows blown out in the Autumn winds, but have absolutely no idea where to start or even buy the seeds other than Wilkinsons etc.

 

[Marc]

BG:
Seeds from here, nice and cheap and they do Packs of various kinds aswell which is cool:
http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/

gah that did'nt work, see this post:
http://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showpost.php?p=3299273&postcount=137

 

[1066familyman]

Mine have started germinating, 85% of the new seeds have shot up but only 1 seed from last years batch has said hello.....got me worrying now so its gonna be a tense few days!

Didn't save seed from F1 varieties did you ?

 

[Marc]

Didn't save seed from F1 varieties did you ?

uumm dunno! will give them another week then order fresh ones in if nothing happens.

 

[Marc]

Potted on a few plants today as they were getting too big for the incubation pots! re-sewn Scotch Bonnets and a couple of others that did'nt germinate last time, will be sewing Sweet Peppers (Red, Orange & Green) sometime in early March I think but still undecided about Tomatoes.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Potted on a few plants today as they were getting too big for the incubation pots! re-sewn Scotch Bonnets and a couple of others that did'nt germinate last time, will be sewing Sweet Peppers (Red, Orange & Green) sometime in early March I think but still undecided about Tomatoes.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

O had some really nice peppers growing outside last year and one weekend every f***ing snail this side of Cairo decended on my back garden and devastated the place.....all the peppers went......some peas, lettuces.

I managed to squish loads of the vicious bastards and I poisened the rest!!!!

 

[onthebeach]

well any growing advice would help me greatly but no technical terms please. i am a novice at this comletely but though i woudl have a go.

i bought one of those plastic small greenhouse things but as it has been cold i have planted my seeds, peppers, cherry tomatoes and basil in trays on my kitchen windowsill at the moment. they are supposed to show within 7-14 days. its 7 days now and nothing as yet. i keep looking at them every day adn makign sure they are moist all the time so hoping for the best really.

must admit i will be disappointed if they dont even come up enough for me to re pot them.

as i say any advice would be welcomed.

 

[Marc]

well any growing advice would help me greatly but no technical terms please. i am a novice at this comletely but though i woudl have a go.

i bought one of those plastic small greenhouse things but as it has been cold i have planted my seeds, peppers, cherry tomatoes and basil in trays on my kitchen windowsill at the moment. they are supposed to show within 7-14 days. its 7 days now and nothing as yet. i keep looking at them every day adn makign sure they are moist all the time so hoping for the best really.

must admit i will be disappointed if they dont even come up enough for me to re pot them.

as i say any advice would be welcomed.

Dont even think about putting them outside until mid-late April, need to make sure the last frosts have gone before you doo that. You could however have them outside in the day and bring them in at night...if you can be bothered with that almost everyday of course!
They'll be fine on the windowsill for now, give them the full 14 days to germinate, stretch to 20 if you like as some do germinate alot slower, if nothing then re-sew with fresh seeds and try again.

 

[onthebeach]

Dont even think about putting them outside until mid-late April, need to make sure the last frosts have gone before you doo that. You could however have them outside in the day and bring them in at night...if you can be bothered with that almost everyday of course!
They'll be fine on the windowsill for now, give them the full 14 days to germinate, stretch to 20 if you like as some do germinate alot slower, if nothing then re-sew with fresh seeds and try again.

thanks a lot marc hope they do take first time i would be really made up.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Some new green shoots appearing this month suggests the overwintering is over. Expecting super growth spurts now the days are getting longer. Hoorah!



Oh and here's a link to a splendid chilli-based site

Overwintering Chillie Plants | The Chilli King

 

[Marc]

looking good THPP, might wanna think about "pinching" nearer April time. Potted mine on yesterday (from seed trays into bigger pots) and completley forgot to sew the sweet pepper seeds will do them tomorrow night!