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#chillies

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Ronja

@gardening @homegrownfood And for those who think this is late for sowing, you're absolutely right. I had to focus all my attention on my Habaneros and UFO chillies in the first weeks of the year, since I overwintered them successfully.

Now is the perfect time for the new ones, and they will be just fine as they can move to a community greenhouse in a couple of weeks.
#chilli #chili #chillies #chilipeppers #chilisaison #Plantjournal
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Ronja

Aww, they are just the cutest! I love watching them grow! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

This season I also started with new chilli pepper seeds, and I can't wait to see them develop.

I sowed the seeds two weeks ago, and I'm thrilled to see the first young leaves of the lemon drop and the black heart appearing. The pasilla seeds are a bit quiet for now, but I'm sure they'll sprout soon too!

#chilli #chili #chillies #chilipeppers #chilisaison #Plantjournal
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A set of grow tabs with seeds. Some of the seeds have sprouted, showing small green leaves.
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Ronja

Chilli Survivors 🌶️
Tried to overwinter my chilli plants this year—kind of a test run. I left one group outside (winters are usually mild here) and brought another group indoors. Sadly, the outdoor ones didn’t make it, but 8 out of 13 indoor plants are thriving with new leaves already! 🌱

Lessons learned:
-Keep them indoors.
-A sunny spot is best.
-Pruning is totally fine.
-Check for pests regularly.

#chilli #chili #chillies #chilipeppers #chilisaison #Plantjournal
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Close-up of a potted Habanero chili plant with bright green leaves, placed near a sunlit window.
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Yvan

Almost forgot to do a Friday (OK, Saturday early hours) #HotFridge check.

I'm a bit confused as I thought I did a Thursday one, but I don't see a record of it here... I'll do a re-org of the little pots tomorrow and if there's a diff between what's on the grow light shelf and what's documented here I'll fill that in... (as this thread has become my primary record of chilli germination lol).

Just now moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf we have:

1x Naga Morich (yay!) - X2 (1 pot)
1x BB Mama - X6 (1 pot)
2x Bishop's Crown - X10 (1 pot)
1x Rocoto Marlene - Y1 (1 pot)
1x KangStarr Sweet QueenHi - Y9 (1 pot)
2x KanStarr Lingria - Y10 (1 pot)
3x Chilli Chump Piri Piri - Y12 (2 post)

A row of little red pots on the edge of a shelf, marked on the pots in black sharpie left to right: X2, Y9, X10, Y10, Y1, Y13, Y13, X6 The pots each have one or two tiny seedlings in them. Behind them a little lower down are a load more similar pots also with tiny seedlings in them. And behind these some succulents, and in the middle behind a tray with allium seedlings.
#Chillies#Peppers#ChiliPepper
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Yvan

Next day, EVEN M04R CH1ll13Z!!

Also super-chuffed that my 7 Pot Primos have germinated so soon! These can be a bastard to germinate. Turns out my "abuse" of them leaving on a wet tissue for over a week after the chamomile soak hasn't done any harm. They hadn't sprouted yet when I planted them but they were clearly close. No doubt the 28C of the #HotFridge did the rest, and *boom*... under 2 days later we have 3 or 4 up and out of the soil.

Today's additions to the #GrowShelf:

3x 7 Pot Primo (X1)
3x Kashmiri Mirch (Y3)
3x Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry (Y4)
4x Biquinho Red (Y6)
3x Thunder Mountain Longhorn (Y7)
2x KangStarr StarrLing (Y8)
1x Beaver Dam (Y11)
4x Chilli Chump Piri Piri (Y12)

A tray of small round red plastic pots in a black plastic pot-holder. It is three deep away from the viewer and five wide, with a pot in each hole and an extra pot in the back right corner next to the inner tray. Most of the little pots have 1 or 2 little chilli seedlings popped out of them just off-centre.
#chillies#chilipepper#peppers
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Yvan

First #chillies have graduated from the #HotFridge to the #GrowShelf ... speedy!

I take them out when at least one seedling in a pot has both cotyledons well open. The goal is for one strong seedling per pot. Though I may consider pricking out one of the two to another pot if another pot fails or I want more of that plant.

Here we have:

2x Aji Mango (X8) <-edit
3x Sugar Rush Stripey (X13)
4x Trinidad Perfume (X4)
3x Tangerine Tiger (X12)
3x Chilli Chump Jalapeño (X14)
3x Scotch Bonnet (X5)
3x Madre Veija (X11)

A photo of some plants on a bright indoor shelf painted black. Behind the shelf tiles of mirror material reflect the plants. To the foreground two succulents in square ceramic pots, behind them a 3x4 cell seed tray wit some allium seedlings in it, and to either side of that to the back a row of the same small square pots with succulents as at the front. In front of these rows on both sides is a 2-deep 3-wide set of small round red plant pots, and an additional one to the back on the far left. Each small round pot has 1 or 2 seedlings growing in it, apart and off-centre.
#chilipepper#peppers#growyourown
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Yvan

104 seeds, 52 little pots, 28 varieties - that's the #chillies in the #HotFridge...

Some I popped in on Thursday evening have popped up already - these were somewhat pre-sprouted on wet paper.

Next up will be the eggplant and capsicum seeds.

I'll wait until second half of Feb for the tomatoes and similar.

A tilted view down into an open fridge. The fridge has a ply shelf at the top and bottom, with a glass shelf between the. Each shelf has a tray of 15 little pots on it, with an extra double-row holder of pots on the third down. The top shelf has yellowish LED light strip above it on the roof of the fridge, the second shelf down has purplish red grow-light LED light shining down on it from the bottom of the shelf above.
Small seedling pots in the purple-red glow of grow-light LEDs, in a pot to the top left a single chilli seedling has emerged, leaves bent to the right, there are 5 other small pots in view inserted into a tray, three across, 2 deep, and the tray runs off the screen to either side and the foreground. In some other pots other seedlings can be seen just emerging.
A set of four 5x3 grids on two sheets of A4 paper, marked up Tray C, Tray B on the left and Tray A, tray D on the right. The cells in the grids have codes scribbled in starting with X and Y, and badly hand printed text of chilli names.
#peppers#chilipepper
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Yvan

A bit of a delayed sowing for the #chillies, but it's still January! Plus these seeds got a head start, too much so in some cases perhaps. Hopefully they'll be OK.

Compost is seived and microwaved to 70°C and then needs to cool.

A steaming pile of compost in a green plastic compost tray. Its on a table, just visible behind it is an array of small orange pots.
Smalll piles of chilli seeds on damp kitchen towel. The number 14 is written in the near right corner in black sharpie. Some of the seeds have little root shoots coming out of them.
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Yvan

And this is round-2 of the #chillies into their chamomile bath. The first round are actually currently sat under a cover on damp paper towel as I've not had time to get them into pots yet, generally this is fine, you can actually germinate them this way and plant only those that germinate - I've seen some folks do it this way.

I'll make the time tomorrow hopefully, I'm up against some strong alternative priorities right now.

Anyway, round-2 is in for their chamomile soak. ANOTHER 14 varieties... I've gone mad... 28 varieties this year? Bonkers. REALLY need to get that greenhouse finished at the #allotment!

01 Rocoto Marlene
02 Rocoto Costa Rica
03 Kashmiri Mirch
04 Candy Cane Choc Cherry
05 Yaki Blue
06 Biquinho Red
07 Thunder Mountain Longhorn
08 KS StarrLing
09 KS Sweet QueenHi
10 KS Lingria
11 Beaver Dam
12 CC Piri Piri
13 Biquinho Yellow
14 Padrons

In the centre a 2x7 old plastic ice-cube tray, looking a little well-used and grubby. Each cube hole has a few chilli seeds in it, in a small amount of liquid. At the top are a row of 7 small plastic zip-lock seed packets which are the first 7 chilli varieties as listed in the post, and below another 7 form the next 7 - the fourteenth packet on the bottom-right is a larger foil style one with a yellow label on it instead of white.
#Peppers#GrowYourOwn#ChiliPepper
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Yvan

Postal excitement!

I wasn't going to be buying any more chilli seeds this year, but I cannot find any rocoto seeds and its a variety I really want to grow again. So I fired an order into the Chilli Chump Seeds shop: chillichumpseeds.com/

Of course one does not just buy ONE packet of seeds lol... so two rocoto varieties, some Kashmiri Mirch, and a couple of interesting purple/multi-shade varieties in both the mild and quite-hot departments.

Plus the bonus/freebie Khang Starr variety: KS StarrLing

Laid out on a wooden desk: to the centre a small "Chilly Chump" brochure opened out, front page to the right with the logo and "Let's get sowing!" written on it, and more text and a photo of a beardy guy on the left plus a QR code. Above this is white Chilli Chump business card. To the left and right are three small clear plastic ziplock packets of seeds each side, each with a white label on it with chilly name, description, and a small photo. Left, top to bottom: Rocoto Marlene, Rocoto, Costa Rica, KS StarrLing and to the right Kashmiri Mirch, Candy Cane Choc Cherry, and Yaki Blue.
#GrowYourOwn#ChiliPepper#Chillies
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Ronja

@MarleenChocoladeteen Ah, wat leuk! Ik ga komend weekend ook weer van start.

Dit jaar heb ik trouwens van een kennis ook Lemon Drop zaadjes. Een andere vriend heeft nog Black Heart Chili zaadjes voor me geregeld.
En natuurlijk ga ik mijn eigen Habanero en UFO zaadjes zaaien.

Helaas heb ik maar plek voor vier soorten, dus daar moet ik het bij houden. 🌶🌶🌶🌶

Ik wens je veel plezier met je chillies!

#chilli #chili #chillies #chilipeppers #chilisaison #Plantjournal
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Ronja

Survival Mode On! 🌱

Looking at my chili plants, I can totally feel the "survive mode." After pruning them, I'm hoping they’ll save enough energy to come back stronger next year.

Kinda feels like me right now. I've blocked out everything that's not essential until the end of the year so I can focus on finishing some writing. 📝✨

#Writing #research #EndOfYearGoals #chilli #chillies #ChiliPlants
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Black and white photo taken from above. Three pruned chilli plants on an old wooden table. The table is in an outdoor corner, framed by a brick wall. Next to the table is a large old terracotta pot.
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Ronja

This chili plant looks pretty sad right now and probably won’t make it through the winter.

I'm hoping a few can make it inside. Fingers crossed that most of them survive until our community greenhouse is ready! 🤞

And just in case none of my chilies make it, I’ve got plenty of seeds (Habanero & Ufo), plus a new one: Lemon Drop! Can’t wait to try these – they’re so delicious!

#chilli #chili #chillies
#Plantdiary
#CommunityGreenhouse

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Two chilli plants in small pots between tall grass. The chilli plants have lost their leaves, but one of them still has a fruit.
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