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By: 2012 Germination Update | The Chilli King

2012 Germination Update | The Chilli King — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:35:16 +0000

[...] chilli seeds and everyone has their favourite method. I usually use a regular propagator placed on top of a reptile heat mat in order to boost the heat delivered to the seeds (it’s also much cheaper than a [...]

By: Liz H

Liz H — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:51:24 +0000

A quick germination tip is to keep them in the boiler cupboard, or an airing cupboard. If space is limited in there and you don’t have any propagator trays, then clean plastic (or foil, better still for conducting heat) takeaway trays with sieved moist compost and covered with clingfilm. I stack them up and check on them daily and make sure the compost is kept moist.

Once they sprout move them to a sunny spot.

Propagator trays work the best as you don’t get the roots tangled up, but maybe if you have an empty box of chocolates with plastic trays for each chocolate they could work – costs around the same as a propagator…

By: billy

billy — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:11:30 +0000

Hi andy,
More likely the yellowing is being caused by too much water.

By: Germinating Chilli Seeds | The Chilli King

Germinating Chilli Seeds | The Chilli King — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:46:53 +0000

[...] This method combines the best of the above two methods. First you follow the regular compost method then you either place the seed tray in a heated propagator or as I do use my little cheat to speed up germination. [...]

By: Gordzilla

Gordzilla — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:14:27 +0000

It’s too cold for the to be outside at the moment. Bring them in until at dusk and put them out again only when it’s warm. Hopefully summer should be here soon but until then keep em in.

By: chill123

chill123 — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:33:43 +0000

Andy – I suspect the yellowing is almost certainly a sign of the plants being too cold. Hopefully they should survive (frosts should be over) and flourish once summer finally sets. If you can bring them inside until the weather improves I would do as it will only help your plants.

Good luck and let us know how they get on!

By: Andy Mahoney

Andy Mahoney — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:14:58 +0000

Hi there,

I purchased 4 types of chillis this year including the Ghost Chilli! All of those germinated and have grown vigorously. I have been having a problem with the leaves dying off and going yellow from the deep green they were. I have 90% of them outside in Lincolnshire England. Will they survive or is the yellowing a sign of it been too cold or are they suffering from something else?

Andy Mahoney

By: let there be light | The Chilli King

let there be light | The Chilli King — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:12:52 +0000

[...] the seeds. To help speed things up i used a heat mat from a reptile aquarium (check out our post on speeding up chilli seed germination) to provide the seed trays with a constant source of [...]

By: Pepper Germination Success | The Chilli King

Pepper Germination Success | The Chilli King — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:20:07 +0000

[...] a quick update. Thanks to the heat mat i mentioned on my last post most of the seeds i planted just over a week ago have germinated, even some of the bhut jolokia [...]