Chilli Up North Blog

Finally got time to sow my chilli seeds today, a bit later than usual but as the saying goes…better late than never.
So far ive planted:

explosive ember
fisus blue
orange habenero
sweet pepper
fish chilli
violette cayenne
golden cayenne
satans kiss
dorset naga
peter pecker pepper
chilli fuego
mystery pepper
hot portugal
hidalgo

i also plated, the following non chilli seeds

courgette taxi f1 (yellow)
cucumber telepathy
cucumber crystal lemon
cucumber telegraph
Random melon seed
meteor [...]

Germination is the first stage of growing chillis (unless you cheat and buy seedlings or grown plants). it basically involves activating the seed and prompting it to sprout.
There are many different ways of germinating seeds I’m going to cover just 2.
Many people as when they should sow their seeds, again its totally up to you [...]

There are many ways of germinating your chilli seeds but i find that a cheap heated propagator tends to work best.
There are loads of different ones on the market ranging from £8 up to £100’s, they come in all different shapes and sizes and with lots of different functions. I tend to prefer the simpler [...]