THE 2017 CHILLI THREAD

By soil do you mean sterile compost not soil from the garden

 

Yes, I believe we're both referring to potting soil. I buy lots at the end of the season to have on hand over the winter. I have about 400 liters left of the soil I bought this fall. At about 1/2 the normal price

 

South East London.

 

I have always used seed compost ( Normally Gro-Sure ) for starting my Chilli seeds . I sow them towards the end of January. They are normally ready to be pricked out into MPC about 5 weeks later.

 

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?

 

I can't see why they would not be okay to use. Try it. You'll probably be glad you did.

 

Roll on Saturday! :-)

 

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 on first of January. Still waiting...

What concerns me a tad is that the soil is now as wet as it was when I did that. Should I be concerned?

Seeds are Carolina Reaper, Purple Cayenne, Devil's Tongue Yellow, Capsicum Chinese and Borg 9.