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Treat Em Mean & Keep Em Keen

August 3, 2011

Back in April I talked about how some Super Chilli F1 seedling got badly scorched after I left the propagator they were in on a sunny windowsill on a particularly hot day. Seedlings that are so small are incredibly susceptible to a change in their environment as i found out to my cost.

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Over Wintering Chillies – New Growth

February 14, 2011

Well for quite a while now my chilli plants that i am over wintering have been looking increasingly dead.After trimming them back in December, the plants have been looking so dormant i thought they were dead. First of all the stems took on a hallow look then the stems themselves started to turn black in [...]

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Time to Over Winter

December 2, 2010

Here in the UK the snow is falling and winter is most definitely here. As i mentioned a few weeks ago while i was having a tidy of the chilli house, over wintering some of my best plants is very much on my mind.

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Chilli Growing Update

June 24, 2010

It’s been a few weeks since I last posed and update on my chillies. After re-potting last time (to 6″ pots) in mid May many of the plants were suffering from drooping leaves. I put this down to a combination of hot daytime temperatures and the shock from re-potting. The Cayenne’s are all now [...]

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Chilli Plants Rapid Growth

May 27, 2010

Having moved house 3 weeks ago i now have a conservatory/summerhouse that I am able to use as a chilli house. At my previous place the garden was very small and for the most part of the day, shaded. While I expected the extra heat and light of a conservatory to help speed up growth [...]

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Growing Bell Peppers

May 4, 2010

We quite often get asked by readers for advice about about growing bell peppers from seed. While most of the advice on this site is dedicated to growing hot peppers, we also grow our fair share of sweet peppers. Bell peppers are not only easy to grow but are great to cook with – both [...]

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2009 Chilli Growing Season Progress

June 14, 2009

As mentioned in my last update I put my plants under a cfl grow light to give them a boost having started off this season so late. As you can see from the pictures the plants have made great progress under the lights
At the weekend I re potted the plants from the 3″ plastic drinking [...]

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Grow Lights for Chillies

May 10, 2009

Up until a couple of weeks ago the chilli seedlings had been under regular flourescent tube lights down in the cellar. With the arrival of some good weather a few weeks ago I moved them outside into the mini greenhouse. Unfortunately the weather seems to have taken a turn for the worse again – sunny [...]

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2009 Chilli Season Underway

March 18, 2009

Well usually at the ChilliKing our growing season starts some time in November. Unfortunately due to other projects we have not had a chance to get some seeds in the ground…..until now!
Here are the varieties we got under way yesterday:

Orange Habanero
Chocolate Habanero
Aurora
Tabasco
Bulgarian Carrots
Scotch bonnet
Jalapeno

None of the seeds were pre-soaked. The seeds were simply planted in [...]

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