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 8 days to germinate,
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion took 9 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 8 days and
Ring of Fire, which took 9 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.
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| Chilli Plants in the Porch - 1st March 2026 |
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| Chilli Plants in the Heated Propagator - 28th February 2026 |
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| Chilli Plants After Being Watered - 28th February 2026 |
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| Malawi Bird's Eye - 28th February 2026 |
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| Chocolate Habanero - 28th February 2026 |
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| Ring of Fire - 28th February 2026 |
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| Orange Habanero - 28th February 2026 |
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| Aji Largo - 28th February 2026 |
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| Aji Lemon - 28th February 2026 |
Have a great week. 😛
