Starting Peppers & Chillis Indoors: Part 1 - Why start peppers indoors?
This year I will master the art and science of growing peppers and chillis at home. At least that's what I'm telling myself! Last year I had no luck with peppers. My habaneros didn't even germinate...
View ArticleStarting Peppers & Chillis Indoors: Part 2 - Making a plan
This post will detail my checklist for creating a plan (yes, I'm planning my plan!) to successfully start aubergine, sweet pepper and chilli plants indoors during winter for planting outside in...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #0 - Six varieties of chillis &...
I have a plan for a successful harvest of chillis and peppers this year. But which varieties will I be growing? My criteria was simply to have the main types of pepper I use in cooking, for all types...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #1 - Using paper towels for...
The "paper towel method" is mentioned in just about every article on growing chillis & peppers, so here's my version of it. The alternatives to using paper towels for germination are to sow seeds...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #3 - First seeds to germinate!
It's been 3 days since I folded the seeds from 6 types of pepper & chilli plus 2 types of aubergine into damp paper towels, packed them into a small plastic box and left them on a heated floor. I...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #4 - Transplanting to coir pellets
Yesterday I found that my first seeds had germinated using the paper towel method, so I have transplanted the germinated seeds to coir pellets to grow on. The ungerminated seeds will stay in their...
View ArticleGrowing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #7 - Transplanting round 2
It's been one week since the seeds were sown using the paper towel method and most seeds have actually germinated, only the Habanada hasn't made an appearance. 14 germinated seeds were already...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #9 - Emergence!
It's an exciting day - only 8 days since sowing and the first green leaves of the year have made an appearance! The aubergines and cayenne seedlings have both opened their seed leaves and the King of...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #14 - Strong seedlings &...
It's been 2 weeks since the first batch of aubergine, chilli and pepper seeds were started in paper towels. I have 35 germinated and transplanted seeds and 24 of these have fully expanded their first...
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Vegetable Sowing Schedule #1: Day 1 - Sowing the years first vegetables
Feb 16th is the first day of my planting calendar. Well I cheated a little this year and started the aubergines, peppers and chillis indoors on Feb 2 so maybe next year I'll update the calendar and...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #15 - Observations on deformed...
While many of the germinated seeds have turned into strong little seedlings, a few are showing deformities and not growing well. The Cayenne and Petit Marseilles in particular have not produced...
View ArticleGrowing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #16 - A few more transplants
A few of the last seeds remaining from the first sowing germinated yesterday so this evening I have planted one of each Cayenne and Papy's Peppers. The Cayenne however didn't look healthy, the root...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #17 - Let there be light!
A few of the seedlings in the Ikea propagator were reaching for the light and I measured that in the corners of the propagator they only receive 500 lux, compared to 4000 lux in the centre. This means...
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I've learnt almost everything about growing vegetables at home from reading other gardeners blogs. It's the main reason I started this blog, to keep sharing the experiences that inspire and educate...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #20 - Healthy seedlings &...
The seedlings are looking very happy in their propagator home under the new led lights. Over the last 3-4 days the first set of true leaves started appearing on most of the King of the North,...
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Some over-wintered herbs & salad
These plants were planted in November and have been growing in a sheltered glass house all winter. The whole tray has frozen solid but they're still going strong and have actually been picked a few...
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Vegetable Sowing Schedule #1: Day 21 - slow growth
My first vegetable seeds of this season were sown on the 16th Feb. It's been 3 weeks and I hoped to be planting out the fastest growing vegetables next week. So how's their progress? Honestly I was...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #35 - Side shoots, deficiencies...
Five weeks since the seeds were sown and the first side shoots are growing. This Cayenne plant has two sets of true leaves and is creating it's 3rd set of true leaves at the same time as side-shooting...
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Growing Chillis, Peppers and Aubergines: Day #38 - Time for potting-on
The young peppers are starting to grow really fast, especially the King of the North, Cayenne and Jalapeno. They're starting to outgrow the first-stage pots and growing space, with 30 plants in a...
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A basket of winter greens
I've been picking kale all winter. As the weather is starting to warm up a little the chard is also putting out new growth so it's time to start harvesting regularly. Over-wintered Mizuna is already...
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