Now the Growing Begins Part 3

Well if I am to be honest her I have to write about the mistakes. First the good news. I moved all my plant plugs into plastic trays so they would not dry up in the peat containers. Then on Feb. 18 I had 3 Trinidad 7 Pot plants come up and 3 more Trinidad Scorpions too. Since my system is a mini greenhouse with lots of moisture I failed to keep an eye on my seedlings. So I learned the hard way by losing my Scorpions and a few Red Mushroom and Safi Red. I am now going to plant more tonight only not in rapid rooter plugs. Last night I soaked seeds overnight.

60 Trinidad 7 Pot
50 Assam Bhut Jolokia
32 Trinidad Scorpion
24 Naga Morich
12 Jamaican Red Mushroom
12 Safi Red

Now tonight I am going to follow the directions of my friends in the U.K. I wet paper towels with a Chamomile tea solution and placed seeds between them. Then placed seeds inside a ziploc bag after blowing air inside and sealing the bags. Then I placed these bags inside my Vitapod Propogator (mini greenhouse) to get warmth. After seeds germinate I will place into plugs that have been soaked in Chamomile tea solution. This solution should keep fungus from growing that causes a condition called "Dampening off" which kills seeds and seedlings. I knew about this but was too lazy to make the solution. Now that I have lost some plants I need to take every pre-caution so I get more healthy seedlings since my garden is expanding and I will be selling plants too. I will continue to water all my seedlings now with this solution and have also placed a grow light above Vitapod system now. Will keep you all posted on my next group of seedling germination. So far only species not up are Chocolate Bhut Jolokia. Will put another group of Chocolate Bhuts in ziploc bags tonight. As my seedlings develop I will move them over into rapid rooter plugs.

Now the Growing Begins part 2 Bhut Jolokia, Naga Morich, Trinidad Scorpion and Trinidad 7 Pot

It is now January 29 and to my surprise the Naga Morich seeds from the U.K have sprouted first. So far 24 out of 50.

Now it is January 30th and 7 Trinidad Scorpion (seeds from Spain), 11 Jamaican Mushroom and 15 Safi Red (seeds from U.K.) have came up.

Now On February 1st 3 Assam Bhut Jolokia sprout. That is 8 days to germinate which is phenomenal for a Bhut Jolokia!!

Here are pics of everything so far in the Vitapod Germination Green house I purchased from Greenhouse Sensation U.K. (www.greenhousesensation.com) Pics you see of two green trays are the Naga Morich. Single tray with one small sprout peeking through is the Assam Bhut Jolokia. Single green trays with about 7 sprouts are the Trinidad Scorpion Chile. And plants you see coming up in peat trays are Jamaican Red Mushroom and West African Safi Red Scotch habanero.

Now the Growing Begins with Bhut Jolokia, Naga Morich, Trinidad Scorpion and Trinidad 7 Pot

On the evening of January 24th I soaked my seeds in a saltpeter solution for one hour and then allowed them to dry out on plain paper towels. I planted one seed each in rapid rooter starter plugs of the following varieties in plastic trays and peat planter pots. I ran out of plastic trays thats why I used the planter pots. This is the list of what I planted:

50 Naga Morich seeds

50 Assam Bhut Jolokia seeds

50 Trinidad 7 Pot seeds

42 Chocolate Bhut Jolokia seeds

28 Trinidad Scorpion seeds

24 Jamaican Red Mushroom seeds (chinense variety of mushroom pepper)

24 Safi Red West African Scotch Bonnet seeds

I placed these into a Double Length Vitapod Propogator Germination machine manufactured by Green House Sensation U.K. that I purchased this year and set maximum temp at 30 degrees celcius which is a little over 85 degrees faranheit. You can find out more about them at www.greenhousesensation.com
Since the unit was close to my kitchen window I covered with a blanket to help keep heat inside.