Chillies 2019

It's been a pleasure catching up with this thread tonight
So pleased your chillies are doing well joh.

I'm off to find out why I haven't been able to access this site .... if anyone wants to fill me in with any technical problems, I'd appreciate it
I haven't been able to get on for 2 days. I thought I'd been banned My advice is not rhs verified but I don't think it's that's bad?

 

Thank you, Sir. I'm a little less impressed with the seeds in the sprouter.. this one prepared, I think. last Saturday..


And this one with some more, in the sprouter kindly sent to me by @mazambo and which arrived yesterday ...

 

Just pricked out my Cayenne and Jalapeno chillies today. I now have them in my light box . I bring them on for about 2-3 weeks . and then give most of them away . I just keep two to grow for fruit , more than enough for us .

 

@HarryS similar myself today, pricked out California reaper & scotch bonnet, a bit to early I think but they were getting leggy so see how we go.

 

How did you get California Reaper to sprout??

 

I sowed them in cell trays, 1 per cell, in wilko seed & cutting compost then in a propagator.

 

@joh98.mac I start my seeds in soil blocks. My reapers took over 2 weeks to sprout. They can be very slow and @shiney is correct - it seems the hotter they are, the longer they take to show

 

Thanks @Fat Controller. It wasn't that then, I'm never on that early
It was probably a problem at my end my iPad kept saying it couldn't connect Nevermind, I'm back now

 

Thanks @shiney , to be honest I don't think it was that. I accessed all other news, google and apps, including school apps .
GC came up as a home page and told me I could not access the site.
I could see the home page, and even the amount of notifications!
When I clicked on ' new posts ' it shut me down.
At least I'm back now

 

Well, it's now 3 weeks since I showed my first batch of chilli seeds...

The Hungarian hot wax were up within 10 days, (one a little later), and 8 out of 10 germinated.
The Hungarian black were up within 14 days, and I now have both seeds germinated.
The patio sizzle had not broken the soil after 3 weeks (although a little tickling of the surface showed that 2 out of the 4 sow sites checked had a seed about to break).
The Cayenne have not broken the soil, and no sign of activity below the surface.
The Lombardo have not broken the soil,and no sign of activity (to be fair, these seeds are years past their sow-by date).

I've re-sown some more patio sizzle, and Cayenne, along with some Anaheim seeds which I'd missed the first time round.

I thought it might be useful for newbies to see the difference between different varieties, even when sown side-by-side!