Chillies 2019

John, as a rule of thumb , the time to prick out ( move ) the seedlings into small pots , is when they have two sets of full leaves. The first set of leaves are the baby leaves, the cotyledon leaves , these die off as the plant matures and the true leaves develop.

 

Thank you, Harry. I am so excited at this. Not since my first year of growing chilis have I had anywhere near this level of germination. If even half of these seedlings become plants and yield fruit, I am going to be dedicating an entire drawer in our freezer, just for chilis. :-)

 

What I'm seeing in these photographs, is essentially just a sheet of damp tissue, with the seeds placed on top? Seeds sprout, you pick them up and put them into small pots?

 

My bean sprouter - or whatever it's called - has arrived. I have ordered some more seeds, and am ready to get started. So next step - cover the bottom of each tray with tissue, douse it in water, and then put the seeds on top?

Some questions, if I may importune you some more:

1. How often do I need to 'rewater' the seeds whilst they are in the sprouter?
2. When do I know to remove them and put them into the tray? Is it when they develop more than four leaves as I've seen mentioned elsewhere?

 

Spent a bit of time in the tunnel today. Noticed that the chillies have greenfly. Carefully picked them off. Not happy that I have greenfly in there already

 

@shiney , all this info has inspired me
Here's my make shift sprouter and some ( old ) cayenne.
I'm fed up of wasting compost on old unviable seed, so decided to try it
I'll let you all know how it works out, but, bear in mind these are old seeds that may not germinate anyway ( disclaimer )

 

LOL, well I was a bit of an idiot. I fashioned a piece of kitchen tissue, and placed it into the top and second of the trays. Then I placed the seeds on the tissue, and doused it with water. You can imagine what happened.

*cough*

I'm not usually that thick.

Anyway, no permanent harm done. I let the water drain and then very carefully arranged the seeds again.

The sprouter is now on the window sill in the living room. This room - unlike our kitchen - is centrally heated, so my next question: how often do I need to water the sprouter (if at all)?

 

@joh98.mac , I believe shiney said he moistened the kitchen roll every other day. Damp but not wet.
Good luck with your chillies

 

Hope this isn't off topic, I have an unused seed sprouter, i originally bought it for my parrot but never got round to using it, quite willing to send it out for the cost of postage.

 

I'll take it off your hands, mate. PM me?

 

Thank you, Sir. :-)