And so I'm back for my yearly 'why can't I grow chilis no matter how often and how hard I try?' post.About a fornight ago, I planted a variety...
Hitching a ride on this thread .. all of my chilis died this year. Every single one. It was harrowing.I have an indoor propagator, and an...
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Hi there, I have let our garden get a bit of a mess of late, so at the weekend, I popped to B&Q and got myself some weedkiller. I went out into...
Maybe my mistake was to leave them in the propagator after they had sprouted?
I tried that the previous year, and nothing germinated. Or almost nothing.Our kitchen is an extension built by the previous occupants, and...
Yeah, I did that two years ago - had to go to the local Tesco and pick up three seedlings. I got a good crop from them, but it's just not the...
So I bought a propagator at the end of 2017, and planted five different types of chili seeds. Everything went well, and I was getting about 75%...
Yep, did that and now the lid is back on and I've got about 30% seedlings now. Waiting for the others to start making an appearance...
Me again. I'm really paranoid about my chillis. I got the germinator, and soaked the seeds for twenty-four hours, before sowing them. That was...
Roll on Saturday! :-)
I have a couple of bag of compost I bought about eight months ago, and which have been sitting sealed in the shed. Do I need to buy new ones?
South East London.
Just piggybacking onto this thread - I have my heated propagator, and am so excited this year to be planting..* Carolina Reaper * Devil's Tongue...
Thank you. :) I have two seedlings that have not died so far, and am pinning my hopes on them.I hope that next year's crop will be better....
Hi Harry.So..1. soak seeds in weak tea for 24 hours2. mix water and compost until just moist3. surface sow seeds and cover with a...
So I'm thinking that this year (for planting early 2018), I'm going to score them from several different sources.
Hi JWK. It's difficult for me to guage what is 'moist'. How does one know? I look at the top of the pots and the earth is dry. Should one...
Hi. Soaked in what? Water? For how long?
OK, so I suppose I just have to have a successful year, then. Where do you get your seeds? Are you in the UK? I bought the last two year's crops...
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