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Chilli Plant Update - 17th March 2026

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

All except three of the chilli plants were re-potted into their second pots yesterday evening. The night time temperatures are still not quite warm enough yet for the plants to remain in the porch all through the night, so I'm still moving them into the kitchen in the evenings, but they were in need of re-potting, so I went ahead and did them. I think in another week or two they'll be able to stay in the porch permanently, which will save me the job of having to move them twice daily. This next photo shows the plants prior to being re-potted and the one below it shows the root ball on my Trinidad Douglah plant.

Chilli Plants in the Kitchen - 16th March 2026

Trinidad Douglah - 16th March 2026

These next two photos were taken after the plants had been watered-in. There wasn't enough space on the draining board for a group shot so I had to photograph them in two batches.

Chilli Plants After Being Watered - 16th March 2026

Things are progressing nicely here and it has been a lovely day today. The sun was shining brightly and it even reached 80F in the porch, so the chilli plants have been enjoying some much needed sun. 😎

Chilli Plant Update - 10th March 2026

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The chilli plants are coming along nicely. They have now been moved from under the grow lights because they are getting too big. They now spend the day in the front porch and are then moved into the kitchen overnight. The night time temperatures are still too low for them to remain in the porch permanently. However, it shouldn't be too long until that changes, and when it does most of them will be re-potted into their second pots.

Chilli Plants in the Kitchen - 10th March 2026

I hope you have a great 2026 chilli growing season. All hail the Chilli Gods! 😛

Chilli Plant Update - 2nd March 2026

Monday, March 02, 2026

The chilli plants are all coming along nicely and the germination times and rates on this year's seeds were excellent. The C. chinense varieties, my one and only C. baccatum variety (Aji Lemon) and one of two C. pubescens varieties were sown on the 17th January. Orange Habanero was the first of the C. chinense varieties to germinate and it took six days to do so, along with Aji Lemon. Caribbean Red Habanero, Peruvian White Habanero, Montego Bay Habanero, Trinidad Douglah, Carolina Reaper and Bahamian Goat took seven days to germinate. Chocolate Habanero took eight days to germinate, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion took nine days to germinate and Aji Largo took 12 days to germinate. The C. annuum varieties were sown on the 5th February and the first one to germinate was Bullet, which took seven days, followed by Malawi Bird's Eye, which took eight days and Ring of Fire, which took nine days. Another C. pubescens variety was sown on the same day as the C. annuum varieties and it took 10 days to germinate.

Here are a few photos that were taken recently. All of the plants have been raised in the kitchen under my homemade grow light.