Well, we’re still waiting for Summer to properly arrive here at Chilliking HQ and the rain is still falling. Despite all the grey clouds and rain we have had at least the temperatures haven’t been too bad (it was 17 degrees last night) and there has been some sunny spells to help get this years…
The weather at the minute is very changeable to say the least. After a heat wave in March we had a very wet and cold Easter and it seemed summer was never going to arrive. Chillies flourish in consistent growing conditions so such variable temperature of Spring pose a bit of a challenge to us…
Out in the chilli house the plants are doing pretty well. Maybe I’m being a bit impatient but growth seems to be a little slower than expected this year. I suspect it is the cool nights that are impeding growth rates. As a result I’ve started heating the grow house at night with my little…
If you’re keen to get a little head start on this years growing, or fancy trying growing some new varieties of pepper this year then what dropped through the letter box this morning may interest you…. We were sent a little package from one of our sites kind sponsors Potter Plants earlier this week. Their…
I was watering the seedlings today and as the light shone through the window i realised just how hairy some of them are. Both the lemon drops (top) and rocoto red (middle and bottom) are pretty hairy looking when you get up close! Since moving them under my CFL grow light their growth has sped…
Time seems to be flying by and as we kiss goodbye to February we’ve had a scorcher of a day here, nice and mild with bright blue skies. Thanks to my homemade grow box the first batch of this years seedlings are looking really healthy and growing at a rapid rate, as you can see…
This is a guest post from Mark, an English chilli head living over in snowy Alberta in Canada. If you’d like to post a guest grow log here on the chilliking, don’t be shy….get in touch. Over to you Mark….. 24th December 2011 I live in Southern Alberta, Canada. A transplanted Brit with the Chilli…
Time for a quick update on the class of 2012. Below is one of the Serrano seedlings – all of which are looking very healthy. I’ve pretty much got rid of the aphids that had taken hold on the seedlings. The Aji Hot’s (below) are producing their first true sets of leaves thanks to my…
After some good germination rates on my fist batch of peppers this year the first issue I ran into was an aphid infestation in my seedling light box. It’s quite common to get aphids when growing indoors so it wasn’t the greatest surprise when i noticed the little green critters munching their way into my…