Natalie, I suggest that you look away now.
I really don’t want to show off but I really can’t help myself. I do believe that my plants are approaching puberty.
Is that a little flower bud coming there? I like to think that it is! And to think that I knew it when it was just a seed.
By way of an update, my crèche now consists of;
8 Bhut Jolokia, 6 Cayenne, 6 Hot Lemon (thanks Elin), 5 Jalapeno, 4 Cheyanne, 3 Piri Piri (?), 3 Habanero (from the ‘Pot Noodle’ style purchase) and 1 Scotch Bonnet. I plan to add others as I find them at nurseries and I will be also giving plants away as there’s no way we have space for this lot when they have all grown up!
wow they’re coming on quick, mine are barely out of the ground, need to get myself a heated propagator.
Nice to hear that you got so many Hot Lemon plants! I’m glad that the seeds germinated well. =)
And, yes, that looks like a flower bud, what kind is it? Looks really healthy.
wow you started early! My chilis only just popped out the ground (ah isnt that just the best feeling!). Damn you silver spooning parents giving your kids an unfair advantage in life *grumbles in jealousy :)*
Thanks for your comments everybody. .
yep, a heated propagator is what you need for an early start. But only if you’re a bit impatient, like me!
When we reach the middle of the season I doubt if we’ll be able to tell the difference between those started early and those started now.
(ez . . its a jalapeno, I now have buds on cheyanne too, but as winter’s returned to us for a bit they’ve stopped developing for now. The hot lemons are about 100mm tall and looking good 😀 )
Managed to pick up some bargain chilli plants from B&Q last weekend, I think there was something wrong with their pricing, the label said 78p each but they went through the till at 21p each and had a good half a dozen leaves on them so I popped back in and bought some more. Varieties are California Wonder and Fresno Surprise – ever heard of them?
That is great although I can’t hide my envy! My chillis are coming on slowly but surely, a couple have wilted and died but I still have loads to work with. Was planning on doing some transplanting this weekend but I forgot to get some pots so that will have to wait for another week now.
I am getting a bit impatient at not being able to do anything still in the garden. I am sure you are the same. The ground is so wet and cold that anything would surely curl up and die. I know I would!
I’m sure that we’ll all have more chillies than we know what to do with, and like I said, we probably won’t be able to tell the early ones from the late ones by the time we get well into the growing season. You’re right, it is frustrating! I have just put some parsnips into cold, wet ground that were started off in toilet roll centres. I might well lose them, but I just couldn’t leave them where they were any longer.