THE 2017 CHILLI THREAD

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    The new thread for 2017
     
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      2017 , Caramba ! :biggrin:
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          Do people soak their seed prior to sowing or not?
           
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            We just lay them on damp kitchen paper and put them in our seed sprouter.
             
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              I soak them in weak cold tea @burnie , as recommended on some Chilli sites. Seems to work :blue thumb:

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                I soaked them with 65° hot water, seems more efficient
                 
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                  it seems as though we all do different things and I'm sure that we all have good germination. :dbgrtmb:

                  Maybe it's saying something about how easy it is to grow chillies. :)

                  I find that the Naga varieties have about 75%-80% germination rate and the Shiney Hybrids have almost 100%.
                   
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                    I have seeds to spare, so I will do a trial with soaked and non soaked to see what works best for me, thanks all
                     
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                      Just for info on the varieties I mentioned above. With both varieties placed on damp kitchen paper in seed sprouters and kept in a fairly warm kitchen, the Nagas take about 7 - 10 days to germinate and the Shiney Hybrids take four days. :dbgrtmb:
                       
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                        The unsoaked seeds are now in the propagator, time will tell if this will work, I have seed available for the wet paper towel method next, followed finally by the soaked in cold tea last. Now is the tea Indian and do we need sugar?lol.
                         
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                          Just a used PG Tips tea bag is fine @burnie , make yourself a cuppa first !:blue thumb:

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                            Are they Indian chillies? :scratch:
                             
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                                Mrs Shiney put some of our ShineyHybrid seeds on kitchen paper, and in our seed sprouter, on the 26th and they have started to germinate. Not too bad a result as they've just been sitting on the kitchen worktop, so no extra heat. Not put any Nagas for germination yet.
                                 
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