Show threadYvanFeb 22

So this is the third shift to go into the #HotFridge ... hopefully will get into dirt on Monday or Tuesday evening. (I prefer between 24 and 48 hours for the soak.)

A mixed bag tray! All the capsicums for the year I think. For the eggplants I do have one more variety coming in from Real Seeds as they have a skinny one I hope I can replace Hansel-F1 with. Our third year for Cape Gooseberries, maybe we'll actually get ripe fruit this year? Then we have some fill-in chillis, the first four being due to iffy germination their first time around, and I found that Mr Fothergills seed the other day and decided to try some (we have more Padron seeds and a citrussy yellow chilli coming from Real Seeds so not quite finished with chillies yet lol). Then finally the tomatillos... we have been growing them every year for a few years now, we don't use tonnes, but they're a great limited-fuss crop.

After this will come the tomatoes in early March, plus that handful of Real Seeds extras.

Show threadYvanFeb 16

Ooops, it has somehow been a whole week since I last posted about my chillies! Germination of the chillies in the previous post is now well underway, with nine pots moved to the #GrowShelf from the #HotFridge.

The varieties germinated so far are:

  • 2x Biquinho Red
  • 2x Biquinho Yellow
  • 1x CC Jalapeño
  • 2x KhangStarr StarrLing
  • 2x Trepaderia Werner

Note that I count "per pot" rather than per-seed, so some of these I have more of and an option to grow-on extras, for example there are actually 3x seedlings of each of the 2x above.

#Chillies #Peppers #ChiliPeppers #GYO

Show threadYvanFeb 4

Time to get the next set into some chamomile I guess. We have a few more chillies to go, and then I also start out my eggplants and capsicums at this time using the same method — first half Feb.

Tomatoes get the same treatment but I probably won't start them until the first week of March... they grow so damn fast, there just isn't that much of a rush.

There's other sowing going on as well, but done more simply, and not necesarilly needing the #HotFridge... I'm also about to do various alliums and a few other bits. It all gets pretty busy from this point.

YvanFeb 4

About half my chillies have germinated already - some time in the last 36 hours anyway. Chamomile soaked from 25th Jan, planted in pairs in mini pots on 28th Jan and popped into the #HotFridge, germinated circa 3rd/4th Feb.

If there is a race to be won here I guess the prize goes to the Chilli Chump "Kimchi Pepper" seeds — all 4 seeds strongly germinated!

Currently our no-shows are Chilli Chump Naga Morich, and also both Rocoto varieties (Marlene and Costa Rica, also both Chilli Chump, from last year.)

On the superhot germination front we have have a single Naga Morich from Fatalii and a single 7 Pot Brainstrain Yellow from Chilli Chump. That's pretty speedy for superhots really.

#chillies #growyourown #gyo #chilipeppers #peppers

Show threadYvanJan 29
#HotFridge is hooked into #HomeAssistant of course, so I can make sure it is doing its thing...
YvanJan 28

#HotFridge LIVES! Had to replace a dodgy power board that was making disconcerting sizzling noises...

Fridge is set to high-20s for chilli germination.

Chilli seeds are in dirt after ~48h in chamomile.

That's the first seeds of 2026 in: 7Pot Brainstrain Yellow, Aji Habanero, Aji Mango, CC Piri Piri, Chupetinho White, Goronong, Habenero Hot Lemon, Kashmiri Mirch, Kimchi Pepper, Naga Morich from Chilli Chump, Naga Morich from Fatalii, Rawit, Rocoto Costa Rica, Rocoto Marlene.

Two seeds per mini-pot, four of each variety total, fiftysix seeds in. (There are a few more to come.)

#allotment #gardening #gyo #chillies #chilipeppers

Show threadYvanFeb 17, 2025

For completeness of the record...

Moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf on Feb 11th:

1x Naga Morich (X2)
1x Yaki Blue (Y5)

Feb 15th:

1x Padron (Y14) - just one of 8 seeds planted, new seed is on the way

Show threadYvanFeb 8, 2025

Ah-hah.. have found Thursday's notes on what got moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf, they were in some other open Masto tab hidden amongst the many tabs... I didn't note how many pots of each of these, but I can interpolate that from the other data..

3x Rocoto Costa Rica - Y2 (2 pots)
2x Beaver Dam - Y11 (1 pot)
2x Rocoto Marlene - Y1 (1 pot)

Show threadYvanFeb 8, 2025

Almost forgot to do a Friday (OK, Saturday early hours) #HotFridge check.

I'm a bit confused as I thought I did a Thursday one, but I don't see a record of it here... I'll do a re-org of the little pots tomorrow and if there's a diff between what's on the grow light shelf and what's documented here I'll fill that in... (as this thread has become my primary record of chilli germination lol).

Just now moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf we have:

1x Naga Morich (yay!) - X2 (1 pot)
1x BB Mama - X6 (1 pot)
2x Bishop's Crown - X10 (1 pot)
1x Rocoto Marlene - Y1 (1 pot)
1x KangStarr Sweet QueenHi - Y9 (1 pot)
2x KanStarr Lingria - Y10 (1 pot)
3x Chilli Chump Piri Piri - Y12 (2 post)

#Chillies #Peppers #ChiliPepper #GrowYourOwn

Show threadYvanFeb 5, 2025

Next day, EVEN M04R CH1ll13Z!!

Also super-chuffed that my 7 Pot Primos have germinated so soon! These can be a bastard to germinate. Turns out my "abuse" of them leaving on a wet tissue for over a week after the chamomile soak hasn't done any harm. They hadn't sprouted yet when I planted them but they were clearly close. No doubt the 28C of the #HotFridge did the rest, and *boom*... under 2 days later we have 3 or 4 up and out of the soil.

Today's additions to the #GrowShelf:

3x 7 Pot Primo (X1)
3x Kashmiri Mirch (Y3)
3x Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry (Y4)
4x Biquinho Red (Y6)
3x Thunder Mountain Longhorn (Y7)
2x KangStarr StarrLing (Y8)
1x Beaver Dam (Y11)
4x Chilli Chump Piri Piri (Y12)

#chillies #chilipepper #peppers #growyourown