2015 Growing Season..

Where will you put them after the airing cupboard, Harry, please?
I'd like to give chilli's a go, but, I don't have a greenhouse, or heated propagator so I was wondering what you do afterwards. TIA

 

Hi @"M" , our airing cupboard has a hot water tank in it so it gets blooming hot ! I put mine at the bottom where it is about 30°c for around 6 days. Lots of houses now don't have hot water tanks so they may not be hot enough . Chilies really need to be above 20°c to germinate so I think most windowsills could be a bit cool . If you have a shelf above a radiator this would be good or a little nook by the gas boiler. Get your thermometer out and find your hot spots ! They don't need light for germination and they should germinate in 10 to 20 days , after that if you have a nice sunny windowsill they will be fine . If you are growing them in the house on a windowsill try a small shrubby one . I am growing Apache for the first time this year which should produce lots of small fairly hot chillies on a small plant. If we have a good summer ( please god ! ) they will be OK in a sheltered sunny spot. If all else fails your local nursery or GC will sell Chilli seedlings around May . Mind boggling amount of info on t'internet about Chilis , lots of really good sites

 

Thank you, @HarryS

I have a mahoosive airing cupboard which can definitely take a few chilli seeds ... thereafter, they will need to fight for pole position on the south facing windowsill of the landing

I'm trying the two plants which I bought (reduced) last year and saved seed from:
Hot Banana
Hot Carrot
(both from Homebase)

Thank you for explaining your style, Harry. I shall give it a go

 

And that's all *our* fault too, Mrs FC!!!!!

And I'm going to be taking bets soon on what that "happening" is going to be


PS: Overlooked the white emulsion paint

 

@fat controller I've got tears of laughter running down my cheeks ... I think when you were reading the other thread, the one word you appear to have overlooked was .... Grow lights, heaters etc, on a budget

Thank goodness for digital photography ... no "developing" charges there, eh!

Still, I'm now of a mind that Mrs FC will adore how she can step outside and enjoy the scents, sounds and feel of the garden you are creating for your family to enjoy (and a heck of a lot cheaper than taking the family on holiday abroad - especially during term time when you have to add fines and a criminal record into the mix)!

Fill yer boots - and we'll fill Mrs FC with whispers of how you were rhubarb in our hands (e.g. forced!)

 

We all struggle for windowsill space in March ! I think Hot Banana and Carrot are similar to Hungarian Hot Wax Chilli , a super chilli big with medium heat

 

Then .... BARGAIN!!!!

 

I am giving cucamelon a try this year.

 

I am trying Sweet Corn this year - (not that I can eat them - but the grandchildren love them) - but I suspect the squirrels might be having more than me. Last year they picked off all strawberries before they were ripe - and didn't even eat them This year I am growing the strawbs in troughs on the window sills - 15 feet up - let's see if the little beggers get to them.

S

 

Sowed my leek elefants last night, now on windowsill for a few months. The growing season has begun!

 

Wanna bet Sumbody

 

When should I chit and sow my Arran Pilots please? Is there anything I could sow in their place after I harvest them?

@Lolimac