Chilli seeds - how long to germinate ?

leonards

hi..
i planted some chilli seeds around 10 days ago.
so far no little shoots? just wondering how long it should
take assuming everything is done correctly ?
rgs, sean

fred funk }{

The love temps around the high 20C. I have my propagator on top of an aquarium and the soil temp is about 27C when the light are on in the tank. Some of mine germinated after three days and others are in there about ten and still nothing. Some chillis take longer to germinate than others so I wouldn't get too worried just yet. One day you'll look at them and loads of them will be sprouting through the soil. Just make sure they're kept warm and moist and light doesn't matter until they've sprouted.

What are you growing?

leonards

- chilli pepper fresno
-pepper purple tiger
- jalapeno
- chocolate habanero

fingers crossed something happens....

fred funk }{

Best of luck anyway. Aldi sell little punits of mixed chillis for about €2. I got a lot of my seeds straight from the fruits, works out very cheap for a good crop of chillis for the summer.

dardevle

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if you are happy that conditions are right (+24c) then patience is key...while some types are fairly quick to germinate- bell peppers being one of the fastest...others like the habanero can take up to 6 weeks.



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garr23

leonards wrote: »

- chilli pepper fresno
-pepper purple tiger
- jalapeno
- chocolate habanero.

I planted all of these seeds on the 8th, so 13 days ago now. The purple tiger and jalapeno took 8-10 days to appear, the fresno and chocolate habs have yet to poke their heads out. I'll give them another 10 days or so before I give up on them, but still hopeful.

leonards

jalapeno appeared around a week ago and seem to be doing fine.
none of the others have appeared yet.
must be close to giving up time!!!!!

garr23

My habaneros took about 3 weeks to appear, so slightly longer than the others. Yours must've been about 3 weeks in by now?

My fresnos were disappointing - only 1 plant from 6 seeds planted. I gave up on them rest today and will probably try some more over the next week or two.

fred funk }{

You really need to add a bit of heat. You can get a reptile heat mat really cheap and they work great.

wreckless

yep, i always found chillies and peppers slow to start, toms would be out of the ground in a week. be patient and hopefully they sprout.

even in the ground in april/may, they look like they are doing fek all, and a summer goes, they shoot up, if your lucky to be very impressive sized plants with plenty of fruit.

leonards

pepper purple tiger have now come up.... just needed patience....

fred funk }{

Good stuff leonards..any chance of some pics?