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Post Apocalypse Peppers

July 13, 2010
Post Apocalypse Peppers

It is always going to see chillies in the news. The BBC is running a story today about a delegation of 7 US Senators that have traveled to the Arctic Archipelago to bury chilli seeds 500 feet under a mountain.
image by Pierre J.
The Global Crop Diversity Trust runs a facility in the Arctic that aims [...]

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let there be light

March 26, 2009

Ok so the class of 2009 are well and truly germinated, one week after planting 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 heat.
I germinated the seeds [...]

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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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Chilli King Online Store Now Open

December 24, 2008

With the 2009 chilli growing season drawing near we are glad to announce that our online store is now up and running!
Now is the time to start planning which chillies you are going to grow in 2009 and we are pleased to offer a selection of chilli seeds for sale online. As an added bonus we [...]

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