Chilli Seed Germination - 25-30C Too Hot?

I think it may be, but you'll soon find out. How long have they been there?

As you know, I use a seed sprouter and just have it on the kitchen worktop. Ours germinated in 3 - 4 days and on day 6 we potted most of them on. Those are now in the lounge doing quite well and being turned twice a day because they very quickly lean towards the window. All of them survived transplanting and are, at the moment, four to a pot - not enough free table surface to get individual pots.

These photos were the slightly slower seeds and this is the morning of day 8. Sorry about the quality of the photos but I just took them by torchlight so that I didn't wake Mrs S.

We've had somewhere around 88% germination and we may start the next batch off soon.

 

Too hot I think, you'll probably get a few germinate - have you started them yet?

 

Right, I'm officially sulking. 3-4 days?! Mine have been in a heated propagator for 2 weeks and done diddly squat.
Might move them out to some moist kitchen paper instead

 

Pepperocino and pablano ancho. As I recall, they had terrible germination rates last time I tried so probably just duff seed :(

 

@Jungle Jane
We always sow our chilli seeds this time of year as they take quite a long time to come to maturity. We put them into the propagator in the greenhouse about April/May, depending on the weather. From there we move them to the benching or floor depending on the size of the plant.

The very hot ones we grow are a late ripener and usually don't ripen until August and carry on through to Christmas. These were two young plants last year in August (we have older plants as well)






@pamsdish
Here's a link to something about the sprouter

http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/germinating-seeds-quickly.33704/

 

We live in a bungalow and most of the doors are glass panelled - toilets and bathroom aren't