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| Rhiannon S 2007-03-31, 1:25 pm |
| This is probably a silly question, but I'm trying to grow some Chilli
Peppers on my window sill this year. Is ii true you need to keep the seeds
warm to get them to germinate, and if it is, how warm and how long does it
take?
The two varities I'm trying are Aja Rojo and Tepin if that helps.
Thanks in advance.
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Rhiannon_s
Due to it's large carbon footprint the light at the end of the tunnel has
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| Bob Hobden 2007-03-31, 1:25 pm |
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"Rhiannon S" wrote
> This is probably a silly question, but I'm trying to grow some Chilli
> Peppers on my window sill this year. Is ii true you need to keep the
> seeds
> warm to get them to germinate, and if it is, how warm and how long does it
> take?
>
> The two varities I'm trying are Aja Rojo and Tepin if that helps.
>
Yes they do need warmth, 80°C+ so put them in the airing cupboard and keep a
daily check on them.
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| judith.lea99@googlemail.com 2007-03-31, 1:25 pm |
| On Mar 31, 6:48 pm, "Bob Hobden" <b...@invalid.com> wrote:
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> Bob H
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Bob, mine have been on the window cill for 10 days and no sign of
germination. They are covered with clingfilm, is it time to throw
them out and start again?
Judith
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| Dave Hill 2007-03-31, 5:25 pm |
| On 31 Mar, 19:08, "judith.le...@googlemail.com"
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I think You would be a lot better of keeping them at 80f.
At 80c you will slow cook them
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
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| Bob Hobden 2007-03-31, 8:25 pm |
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I think You would be a lot better of keeping them at 80f.
At 80c you will slow cook them
You spotted the deliberate error there. :-)
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Bob Hobden 2007-03-31, 8:25 pm |
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> Yes they do need warmth, 80°F+ so put them in the airing cupboard and keep
> a
> daily check on them.
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Bob, mine have been on the window cill for 10 days and no sign of
germination. They are covered with clingfilm, is it time to throw
them out and start again?
They can take two weeks or so to germinate if conditions aren't perfect so
leave them a while yet before starting again.
I planted ours last week in 5" Roottrainers and they are in a heated
propagator in our greenhouse.
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| judith.lea99@googlemail.com 2007-03-31, 8:25 pm |
| On Mar 31, 11:36 pm, "Bob Hobden" <b...@invalid.com> wrote:
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> "Bob Hobden" replied to "Rhiannon S"
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> Bob, mine have been on the window cill for 10 days and no sign of
> germination. They are covered with clingfilm, is it time to throw
> them out and start again?
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> They can take two weeks or so to germinate if conditions aren't perfect so
> leave them a while yet before starting again.
> I planted ours last week in 5" Roottrainers and they are in a heated
> propagator in our greenhouse.
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> --
> Regards
> Bob H
> 17mls W. of London.UK
Thanks Bob, I will keep them a few days more then.
Judith
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| Peter Robinson 2007-03-31, 8:25 pm |
| Rhiannon S <mddestiny@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> This is probably a silly question, but I'm trying to grow some Chilli
> Peppers on my window sill this year. Is ii true you need to keep the seeds
> warm to get them to germinate, and if it is, how warm and how long does it
> take?
Not knowing any better, I sowed my seeds on a bright but cool (probably
about 15C) indoor windowsill on 18th Feb. From three pots of three[*]
seeds, 10 germinated between 14th-17th March (so 24-27 days later).
Apart from one runty one, the seedlings all now about two inches tall
and just producing their first real pair of leaves. Maybe they would
like it warmer though, so perhaps I should move them.
> The two varities I'm trying are Aja Rojo and Tepin if that helps.
Mine are "cherry bomb". I've also got some others that I should get
around to sowing at some point...
Peter
[*] OK, I must have dropped in a spare
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| Peter Robinson 2007-03-31, 8:25 pm |
| judith.lea99@googlemail.com <judith.lea99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Bob, mine have been on the window cill for 10 days and no sign of
> germination. They are covered with clingfilm, is it time to throw
> them out and start again?
Well mine took nearly four weeks (by which time I'd nearly given up) so
you should probably leave them a little while longer.
Peter
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