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If you use our new Germination Powder,
make up solution, soak seeds for 1 hour take them out and put on dry
kitchen paper to dry naturally for 10 – 20 minutes, do not pat dry just
leave them to dry themselves and then plant.
Germinate Seeds: Repeat process for
each variety you plant
Take 2 bits of kitchen paper, put both
bits together and fold in half. Damp the paper (as wet as a wrung-out
sponge) In one quarter of it place the seeds and fold it over itself
like a sandwich. Place the kitchen paper which is a quarter, inside a
freezer bag, catch some air inside and tie a knot in it, like a
balloon. See pictures below. Label the bag and place in a warm place
such as an airing cupboard or heated propagator. Repeat for each
variety. Check seeds every 2 days and damp down the paper if they start
to dry out. Once your seeds have sprouted you can transplant to small
pots i.e. 75 mm. (We use multi purpose compost with vermiculite mixed in
to aid drainage.) Add water to your compost and mix well; it should be
as moist as a wrung-out sponge before you put it into your containers.
Ideally you want the compost to be in a warm place before planting
takes place so as not to shock the seedlings. Fill your containers 25
mm from the top. We use a plastic plant label or pencil to pick the
seedling up and drop it in the middle of the pot, do not worry which way
the seedling is facing it will sort its self out as it grows. Sprinkle
a little compost over the seedling. Water to settle them in with a
spray bottle. Label with a plastic stick label using a permanent marker
pen. As the seedlings grow use a spray bottle to keep them moist. You
can always seal the top with cling film with a tiny hole in. This keeps
the seeds warm but they can breath.
How to grow chilli “Potting On” Your
Seedlings
When you can see some roots through
the hole in the bottom of the pot you can re pot your plant. A standard
progression is, 75, 150 and then the final 200 mm. First, fill the new
containers with moistened compost, make a hole of the right depth for
your seedling to sit into. Lift the tiny plants carefully with the help
of a pencil pushed from the underside of the pot through the drainage
hole. The less the roots are disturbed, the better.
Lower each plant into the hole you've
made and plant it in its new home. Peppers (unlike other plants) will
make new roots along their buried stems, so if your seedlings are leggy,
you can transplant them so that their stems are covered by the soil up
to the base of the bottom cluster of leaves.
Gently firm the soil around the
transplants and water carefully.
Once your plants set fruit, start
feeding once or twice a week with a good all-purpose liquid fertiliser
such as Miracle-Gro, or a general Tomato Feed diluted half-strength.
Always follow the manufacturers recommendations. Better still try
Chilli Focus, this chilli plant food is a precise formulation for
optimal performance of chillies in pots, grow bags or even in the
ground. You can buy it from our website.
With Chilli Focus plants can be fed from the seedling stage onwards. The
recommendation is to feed weekly but this can be increased as needed. As
long as foliage is dark green then feeding is adequate but if it becomes
pale then feeding can be increased. Increase frequency of feeding rather
than feed strength. Plants can be fed up to three or four times per week
without problems.
Most hot peppers and some sweet peppers require insect pollination to
form fruit. If the proper insect is absent, or if the local insects are
not attracted to your pepper flowers, you may see the plants flower and
never set fruit. This is especially true for hot peppers grown indoors
or in a greenhouse.
Pollen is produced on the stamens, and usually ripens between noon and 3
PM every day. Take a moistened watercolour paintbrush, and pick up some
pollen on your brush and transfer it to the other flower centres. You
can get close to 100% fruit set with hand pollination.
Flowers do not form or will drop off
and fruit will not set if the temperature is much below 17C.
The Jolokia
family of seeds can be tricky to germinate and do benefit from the
germination solution and a germination temperature of between 80°F and
89°F. The flowers also benefit from hand pollination with a paint brush.
The Jolokia seeds can take between 7 and 28 days to germinate.
It was noted by The Chile Pepper
Institute that the Bhut Jolokia chilli never produced fruits without
artificial pollination in the greenhouse, and little pollen was produced
(which means their flowers might need a little help with a fine brush
indoors). Do not leave your chilli plant on a window sill over night as
temperatures can drop and it will not do your plant any good.
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