I think I've finally cracked it!

My first attempt at growing hot chilli peppers failed miserably (there is a thread on here somewhere about it), but this time - 'TA-DA'


I just used some compost in the tray and pressed the pepper seeds into it and it looks like it's worked, god knows how long it will before I see any peppers on them though, I'm going to re-pot most of them into separate pots to give them more room to grow when they've grown a little larger.
Here's a couple more pics:-

 

Well done, I assume you tried earlier in the year, maybe, when it was colder?
I tend to think you are a bit late now as they mostly take a long season to fruit, but on the other hand a good hot summer would help to move them along, maybe you can overwinter a couple of plants for early ones next year.

 

Brilliant, it's so rewarding to have success after failed attempts. Which variety are they?

It's safest to keep the seedlings warm and bring them indoors in autumn to allow the peppers to mature- you'll be picking harvest until Christmas hopefully and good plants can be overwintered as houseplants.

 

Brilliant @Selleri .

I've got sweet peppers growing....but not very fast!! I'll be very surprised if we see any!!

 

Thanks all, I'll probably 'try' to keep a couple alive indoors when it starts to get colder, but even my conservatory gets cold in winter overnight after the central heating switches off, but the greenhouse will be a lot colder if I leave them there. At least I've fitted an automatic watering system inside the greenhouse so they won't dry out when I'm on my hols.
A few years back I bought a couple of wall mounted heater units for my gym ( yes I used to work out before I broke my back), these units are just to prevent frost forming and will only raise the temperature to about 10 degrees celcius at most, so I was wondering whether to use them inside the greenhouse over the winter, but bringing the plants indoors from the greenhouse does seem a good option. I'll make an earlier start next year and bring some seedlings on indoors in January.

As for what type they are, sorry, I haven't a clue, I bought a bag of 'green finger peppers' from lidl and used some of the seeds out of those, they were marked as 3 chili hot on the packet so I just can't put a name to the type sorry.
Cheers
WD