Chillitastic update – March 2018

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I am go large on the chilli this year , and have been more selective in my choices . Things are not run low altogether how I planned …

I had a readable range of a function in my head for how my chilli growing would go this year . I imagined regimented rows of rich seedlings , potted on in turn to become unattackable flora , flower and then an teemingness of chilly . It is all possible that will still get to surpass , but blimey – it is a ho-hum showtime !

sprouting has been slow in most cases , with some only barely rousing themselves over 2 month down the line . I do n’t have a separate propagator for the chillies so they are with everything else in the heated bench , probably below optimal sprouting temperature at 22 ° c bottom heat . The ideal grasp is 25 - 29 ° carbon . Those that have germinated have been slow to unfurl . Those self-aggrandising enough to be pricked out in to tray have stay on obstinately little . None is taller than 2 or 3 atomic number 96 , and none has any true leave yet .

I question if pricking out into trays has restricted their increase , there is not much depth of compost in a tray . In hindsight , I ’m certain I read somewhere that chillies produce to the size of it of the pot they are in . I have now move them all on into individual 7 cm bay window to see if that helps .

Here is a rundown of the runners and riders .

Habanero Chocolate – Small but perfectly formed

I have another variety , Toro Rosso which has not yet germinated .

In each of these monthly updates I am feature one of the varities I have choose to grow . This time it is the turn ofHungarian Hot Wax .

As the name suggest , this heirloom variety show was develop in Hungary . A medium strength chilli , it is usually harvested before maturity date when yellowish . These chile are in the foresightful and lean family , 10 - 15 cm long . Great for gormandize or roasting , these chillies also pickle well , looking very colorful .

Habanero Chocolate – Small but perfectly formed

Well suitable to our mood in the UK , these chilly are prolific fruiters ( I hope ) , harvestable from around 70 twenty-four hours after potting on . Hot Wax can also be grown outside in the UK , although will fruit unspoilt in a nursery or conservatory . I ’ve register that this change has a tendency to fruit too early , stunt growth , in which case the first few fruits need picking off while the industrial plant uprise .

For some of the variety show I am growing the night - time temperature in the greenhouse may well have been too low , potentially have got them back . Although they have nucleotide heat , and some tax shelter in the physical body of a natural covering and fleece , the air temperature in the nursery has dropped below zero on a few occasions in the last calendar month .

I ’ve adjudicate to move a couple of each type into the house , to go on a heated propagator on a sunny window cill . They can keep my insurance sowing of tomatoes ship’s company . It will be interesting to see how those develop compared to those in the greenhouse . Hopefully the cats wo n’t sit down on them , walk on them , or seek to use them as a litter tray …

Pearls (bequino). I have sown a few extra, only one germinated from the initial batch.

In other chilli news , my attempt to over wintertime a sole chili pepper plant seems to have failed . It looks clearly bushed . On the plus side , when I charge it to the compost pile there will be some precious blank free up in the heated bench .

Slow progress so far then , but get on nonetheless .

I ’ll be back in a calendar month or so with another chilli update .