Thanks for watching! What’s the one change you’ve made to your setup that made the biggest difference? And where are you growing from? 🌍🌶 I’d love to hear how you’ve improved your chilli-growing process-let’s share ideas in the comments! 👇 Check these out: 🌶 Quality chilli pepper seeds: chillichumpseeds.com 🔥 ChilliChump Hot Sauce: chillichump.com/shop Viparspectra XS1000: geni.us/xs1000 (better components, more efficient) Viparspectra P1000: geni.us/vs_p1000 (more cost-effective) 🥵Simple Diesel Heater controller: th-cam.com/video/CjmtDrmTpPI/w-d-xo.html 🌱Beginners Guide to Growing Chillies: th-cam.com/play/PLuQ_ySnkV1en8UPfuoJVWCLT9dIZnKCQa.html 💡In-depth Grow Light guide: th-cam.com/video/C1cLRhUdfJo/w-d-xo.html 📖Article: chillichump.com/artificial-lights-for-plants-boost-growth/
Absolut Joy to see your videos. Very kind and thaughtful to your viewers who may not have the same options for equipment. I have grown chillies for 10 years in denmark. Keep it up.
Thank you for sharing! You have given me some good ideas 👍. I love watching your videos, and the fact that you seem genuinely passionate about what you do really shines through.
Nice one Shaun, you've come a long way with your setup, I love to see all your kit and a budget small setup vid would be great to see. Hope you have a fantastically spicy season. 👍
Shaun, your spaces never cease to amaze me. They are nothing short of impressive. As always, thanks so much for sharing with all your viewers. You are always giving us the cheat codes to be successful. Hope you and the fam are doing amazing. Stay Spicy My Friend!!!
I wish I had watched this video two weeks ago when my area received almost 7 inches of snow for the first time in 130 years! 😂 I am a new gardener, I was not prepared!
Ouch! That doesn't sound like fun. We had a period of about two weeks with frozen temperatures. Very glad to have my heating working well! Else I would have a bunch of dead seeds. Hope your season recovers!
Shaun I bought my seeds from you this year - EVERY single one has germinated after @11 days even the chinense boys. Now my next challenge is getting them safely to the next stage which I sometimes mess up. Hoping for a better spring season than we had last year. Thanks for your great content.
Thanks for the wonderful insight about your process! I’ve been tinkering with the idea of finally jumping over to LED for plants rather than HID. For me the electricity is pretty affordable so we don’t even really notice the HID on the bill.
@@PepperGuru when I first started out (2006) I used HID. They are still excellent. For veg growth the MH was unbeatable. Never seen such lush growth. If electricity cost wasn't a concern I would still use them. But at 30p per kWh it would be a killer. One 600w MH hid would cover about a quarter of the space my LED grow lights cover (totaling around 500 watts when all are running)
Hi Shaun. Love that video. I live where there is no need for that as the climate is hot and dry but i plan to move North in the coming years as this is home. Really good stuff and i am so happy i...thanks to you can carry on my chilly hobby whatever the climate. BTW. i have bought several seeds from you and they germinating well. Thank you.
I ended up investing in a grow tent last year. Have it in the back of my garage (against the wall that has the kitchen on the other side) with a small heater inside and a vipar p600. Works great for my small scale growing
Thank you mate. They are pretty great. I wish they had a couple other options for sizes. The size of the large Vitapod is a little strange. You would think they would size it so that standard seed trays fit right. If this was a little narrower, but longer, I could fit 6 standard seed trays in there. As it is, I can get four in lengthways, and one widthways. Minor issue though at the end of the day 😁
Love the channel. My propagation this year has been outstanding this year in Hampshire. All under controlled conditions so far, but looking forward to bountiful solar maximum if this year pans well.
Planted 11 varieties last Saturday, a mix of nearly all the species. First to germinate was your own Espelette on day 4 quickly followed by CC Piri Piri on day 5. All the rest now popping up and racing to catch up today on day 7. No tea soaking, just straight in. Quite remarkable. UK using cheap Amazon heat mat.
I only grow about 20 plants a year so I have a small scale set up. I use a small cheap £5 plastic propagator on top of an old Sky+ box and it works great, sometimes goes down to low 20s overnight but generally keeps the temperature in high 20s and high humidity. I have close to 100% germination rate with quality seeds.
Great video Shaun! I used a grow tent in the garage last year with a small heater. I might trial it in the green house this year as my garage is full 😂. I might put some insulation foam inside to help retain the heat. I use spider farmer led lights inside. Roughly 40 plants. Just waiting for them to germinate (only planted a few days ago).
Good luck! Hopefully you can keep the temperatures where you need them. With the greenhouse, insulation will definitely help! I have a 3kw heater on my smaller greenhouse. It can keep the frost away. I'm sure it would do even better if I insulated the space! The spider farmer is a good brand. The SF1000 is a popular one, I am guessing that's what you have?
Thanks for the video and information! Starting from seeds first time this year. I chose the XS1000 after some research. It's so bright! But far better than other LEDs I have.
For this year ive made the following changes: Bought your seeds Used a heat mat (non variable though) Seed trays with a lid to maintain moisture Growing with my grow light to get a good head start Will be growing in pots again Will stop feeding them nitrogen all year like last year (face palms) Will be making a mix of your soil mix recipe Here's hoping to a good crop of spicey chillis this year 👆🤟🤞
There is something to be said about starting over, starting small, and starting right that pays off in the long run Shaun. For example, how many first Sundays in February start off with the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of an early or late spring on Groundhog Day in the states to start February 2nd off right, prior to your livestream? Guess I better rest up lol! -Bob...
This is my fourth season growing chillies. Since I found your channel quite early, I managed to adopt some of the practices from my second season but each year I'm trying to either upgrade or experiment with my set up to make it more efficient. This year just the quality of the seeds from you made a huge difference. Previously I bought seeds on random internet sites and results varied quite a bit. I also invested into better pots and soil. Speaking of the soil I wanted to ask. When do you start using your full potting mix with all the extra additives ? First repotting or later ?
So glad that you are getting value from my channel, and that you have had good experience from my seeds! Regarding the question about my soil mix, you can start using it from the first potting up. But personally I use the full mix only at the last potting up. Just remember not to feed AT ALL if you use the full mix at potting up. Only feed about 1 to 1.5 months after final potting up
I think at this moment the biggest improvement in propagation I got is when I bought heating mat. Due to space limits I am using lamp with one lightbulb, that is next on list to change, still need to find solution that will work for me. I only grow 1 tray (24) seeds, and as I keep them on the deck, limit is 7 plants, and I give away rest.
Here you go: geni.us/varprop Not sure if it is in stock though. Just make sure you don't get the Essentials version, that's not very powerful. Get the premium, variable.
Ouch indeed! Our home is heated using kerosene 28sec, because we are in the middle of nowhere. Costs about £1 a litre are the moment. Diesel is around £1.50 a litre.
For a budget setup could you give your thoughts on shop style LED batten lighting compared to commercial "grow" lights. I got a couple of 40w variable 3/4/6k 5000Lm 120cm lights for equivalent of around £28 each so I'm looking forward to running them off my solar setup to try extend the season for a few weeks longer as last years summer was too short in Ireland.....4 days I think it was!
I have a set of those style on my lower shelf actually. They are perfect for early seedling phase and veg growth. But you need to get them quite close to your plants once they are a little older.
Great video. What would you say is the average days it takes for your seeds to poke up out of the soil?. I know different varieties germinate at different rates. Just wondering if im in the same ballpark - Thanks👍
for superhots between 6 to 12 days generally. c.anuum and c.frutescens, 5 to 10 days. But like you say, different varieties germinate at different times. And other factors play a part too...mainly heat.
Im growing from Calgary Alberta Canada. 333 days of sunlight per year. Biggest change i made that resulted in the biggest improvement was adding more cooling to my greenhouse during summer months. I was dropping a ton of flowers before that. Also im starting seeds a month early this year and i hope that results in more ripening towards the end of the season.
You will find that its the low humidity that would have caused the flower drop. Keep the heat up (not too high of course!) but increase the humidity, and you will see a big difference. th-cam.com/video/XBvR-D1Z_1c/w-d-xo.html
@@ChilliChump oh that makes sense because we see humidity levels here around 21 percent during summer months. Lol im sure your spot on with that assessment. Thanks again👍👍👍👍
Of the LED light systems you use, have they ever stopped working either after a long or short period of time? I have checked out several models from different manufacturers and found a good many people complaining that theirs only lasted a month or two, or only one season, before they stopped working. If I am going to invest in LED lights (I currently use fluorescent grow lights), which ones have you had more success with that have lasted the longest along with the manufacturer and model number? Thanks! 😀🌶
None of the brands I mentioned have failed on me, or even deteriorated in light output in the time I have used them. The Viparspectra that I mention, for example, is water resistant. So high humidity which you will get in the grow space like this, is not going to cause issues. A couple cheap, unknown brands, did fail on me. But they were pretty rubbish to begin with.
@@ChilliChump The XS1000 LED link leads instead to a different model, the XS2500 for $199. Would you say this would be comparable to the XS1000? I have a very small indoor growing space, so I might instead get the more affordable P1000 for $79.
Marshydro upped their quality on the newer versions. The diodes are covered in silicone aswell now for example. And what's cool about their lights is that you can easily remove the driver from the light. It tends to be the part of LEDs that breaks first so if the warranty period is over you can just replace it yourself. For me the TS1000 was by far the best value, it's a 150w light and I payed around 80€ on their website. The Viparspecter and spiderfarmer lights were a bit more expensive here and have less watt but they are a bit more efficient.
Yeah you guys have a tough go of it! The 1500 hours I mentioned was more for the southern part of England. It's less where I actually am, not as bad as Scotland though, around 1300 for us.
Amazing set up I am seriously impressed. I would love to know your preference once your seedlings germinate do you thin them out or do you actually transplant them into other trays? I never know what to do
Thank you! Regarding thinning out etc. Have a look at this episode of my beginners guide. I go into depth about it! Hope you enjoy! th-cam.com/video/WP0aD6xHMHg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=y4RURTf2ShUi9X8F
@ando5899 I chatted about this on my livestream from yesterday a bit. Upfront cost is a little less but it won't be as efficient as the XS series. But if electricity isn't expensive for you, that may not make enough of a difference. For me, electricity is expensive, so xs series is the better option. I will recoup the difference in a season, maybe 2
@@ChilliChump hmm I'll check it out. I believe the efficiency of the LEDs are different when dialed down a bit as we should be doing for chilli's and seedlings so wonder how much of a difference it is in reality. I do wonder if I need all this wattage maybe a sf600 would suffice
@barendbats6272 how is it a commercial? Wow. Every time i do a video in my shed with my seedlings I get asked about different aspects of my setup. So I made a video I can point people to instead of repeating the same thing every time in comments. This video wasn't sponsored, and I wasn't pushing any product. I mention my preference for viparspectra because I get asked probably 10 times a day at this time of year which brand I prefer. I can guarantee if I didn't mention them, I would have comments in this video asking which I recommend . I have been doing this long enough to know what to expect in the comments. And the fact is, I don't NEED to share what I'm doing, my setup, the things I've learned along the way. But I do, because people seem to appreciate it.
Thanks for watching! What’s the one change you’ve made to your setup that made the biggest difference? And where are you growing from? 🌍🌶 I’d love to hear how you’ve improved your chilli-growing process-let’s share ideas in the comments!
👇 Check these out:
🌶 Quality chilli pepper seeds: chillichumpseeds.com
🔥 ChilliChump Hot Sauce: chillichump.com/shop
Viparspectra XS1000: geni.us/xs1000 (better components, more efficient)
Viparspectra P1000: geni.us/vs_p1000 (more cost-effective)
🥵Simple Diesel Heater controller: th-cam.com/video/CjmtDrmTpPI/w-d-xo.html
🌱Beginners Guide to Growing Chillies: th-cam.com/play/PLuQ_ySnkV1en8UPfuoJVWCLT9dIZnKCQa.html
💡In-depth Grow Light guide: th-cam.com/video/C1cLRhUdfJo/w-d-xo.html
📖Article: chillichump.com/artificial-lights-for-plants-boost-growth/
Absolut Joy to see your videos. Very kind and thaughtful to your viewers who may not have the same options for equipment.
I have grown chillies for 10 years in denmark. Keep it up.
Thank you for watching Daniel, and the kind words ♥️
Thank you for sharing! You have given me some good ideas 👍. I love watching your videos, and the fact that you seem genuinely passionate about what you do really shines through.
Nice one Shaun, you've come a long way with your setup, I love to see all your kit and a budget small setup vid would be great to see.
Hope you have a fantastically spicy season. 👍
Shaun, your spaces never cease to amaze me. They are nothing short of impressive. As always, thanks so much for sharing with all your viewers. You are always giving us the cheat codes to be successful. Hope you and the fam are doing amazing. Stay Spicy My Friend!!!
@@murdog04 thank you sir! I hope your season is going strong! Catch up soon 🔥🌱
I wish I had watched this video two weeks ago when my area received almost 7 inches of snow for the first time in 130 years! 😂 I am a new gardener, I was not prepared!
Ouch! That doesn't sound like fun. We had a period of about two weeks with frozen temperatures. Very glad to have my heating working well! Else I would have a bunch of dead seeds. Hope your season recovers!
@ I saved my lemon trees but almost everything else is a loss. I will do better this year! Happy gardening!
Shaun I bought my seeds from you this year - EVERY single one has germinated after @11 days even the chinense boys. Now my next challenge is getting them safely to the next stage which I sometimes mess up. Hoping for a better spring season than we had last year. Thanks for your great content.
@@andrew5220 that is really great to hear! My goal is to provide excellent seeds for you guys through my shop. Have an amazing season Andrew! 🌱
Thanks for the wonderful insight about your process! I’ve been tinkering with the idea of finally jumping over to LED for plants rather than HID. For me the electricity is pretty affordable so we don’t even really notice the HID on the bill.
@@PepperGuru when I first started out (2006) I used HID. They are still excellent. For veg growth the MH was unbeatable. Never seen such lush growth. If electricity cost wasn't a concern I would still use them. But at 30p per kWh it would be a killer. One 600w MH hid would cover about a quarter of the space my LED grow lights cover (totaling around 500 watts when all are running)
Hi Shaun. Love that video. I live where there is no need for that as the climate is hot and dry but i plan to move North in the coming years as this is home. Really good stuff and i am so happy i...thanks to you can carry on my chilly hobby whatever the climate. BTW. i have bought several seeds from you and they germinating well. Thank you.
I ended up investing in a grow tent last year. Have it in the back of my garage (against the wall that has the kitchen on the other side) with a small heater inside and a vipar p600. Works great for my small scale growing
the p600 is a lovely light. And a grow tent is a great option. I used to use grow tents in my last property, and they are a great solution.
I love my vitapod couldnt be without it. And the smart plugs are essential in my grow rooms now. Great video mate
Thank you mate. They are pretty great. I wish they had a couple other options for sizes. The size of the large Vitapod is a little strange. You would think they would size it so that standard seed trays fit right. If this was a little narrower, but longer, I could fit 6 standard seed trays in there. As it is, I can get four in lengthways, and one widthways. Minor issue though at the end of the day 😁
your seeds germinated great, thank you for the help and the info you put out:) all the best from norway
@@janericvelure6883 that's awesome to hear! Hope your season goes great 🌱
Love the channel. My propagation this year has been outstanding this year in Hampshire. All under controlled conditions so far, but looking forward to bountiful solar maximum if this year pans well.
Thank you! And have a great season 🌱
Great idea to make an overview of your germination shed in one video.
Planted 11 varieties last Saturday, a mix of nearly all the species. First to germinate was your own Espelette on day 4 quickly followed by CC Piri Piri on day 5. All the rest now popping up and racing to catch up today on day 7. No tea soaking, just straight in. Quite remarkable. UK using cheap Amazon heat mat.
I only grow about 20 plants a year so I have a small scale set up. I use a small cheap £5 plastic propagator on top of an old Sky+ box and it works great, sometimes goes down to low 20s overnight but generally keeps the temperature in high 20s and high humidity. I have close to 100% germination rate with quality seeds.
Great video Shaun! I used a grow tent in the garage last year with a small heater. I might trial it in the green house this year as my garage is full 😂. I might put some insulation foam inside to help retain the heat. I use spider farmer led lights inside. Roughly 40 plants. Just waiting for them to germinate (only planted a few days ago).
Good luck! Hopefully you can keep the temperatures where you need them. With the greenhouse, insulation will definitely help! I have a 3kw heater on my smaller greenhouse. It can keep the frost away. I'm sure it would do even better if I insulated the space!
The spider farmer is a good brand. The SF1000 is a popular one, I am guessing that's what you have?
Thanks for the video and information! Starting from seeds first time this year. I chose the XS1000 after some research. It's so bright! But far better than other LEDs I have.
It's a really nice light! Be careful not to over do it for young seedlings. Keep it turned down low!
Amazing Video, thank you for sharing.
For this year ive made the following changes:
Bought your seeds
Used a heat mat (non variable though)
Seed trays with a lid to maintain moisture
Growing with my grow light to get a good head start
Will be growing in pots again
Will stop feeding them nitrogen all year like last year (face palms)
Will be making a mix of your soil mix recipe
Here's hoping to a good crop of spicey chillis this year 👆🤟🤞
Keep up the great work
Thank you
There is something to be said about starting over, starting small, and starting right that pays off in the long run Shaun. For example, how many first Sundays in February start off with the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of an early or late spring on Groundhog Day in the states to start February 2nd off right, prior to your livestream? Guess I better rest up lol! -Bob...
Awesome set-up.
thank you
This is my fourth season growing chillies. Since I found your channel quite early, I managed to adopt some of the practices from my second season but each year I'm trying to either upgrade or experiment with my set up to make it more efficient. This year just the quality of the seeds from you made a huge difference. Previously I bought seeds on random internet sites and results varied quite a bit. I also invested into better pots and soil. Speaking of the soil I wanted to ask. When do you start using your full potting mix with all the extra additives ? First repotting or later ?
So glad that you are getting value from my channel, and that you have had good experience from my seeds!
Regarding the question about my soil mix, you can start using it from the first potting up. But personally I use the full mix only at the last potting up. Just remember not to feed AT ALL if you use the full mix at potting up. Only feed about 1 to 1.5 months after final potting up
I think at this moment the biggest improvement in propagation I got is when I bought heating mat. Due to space limits I am using lamp with one lightbulb, that is next on list to change, still need to find solution that will work for me. I only grow 1 tray (24) seeds, and as I keep them on the deck, limit is 7 plants, and I give away rest.
I have pepper grow house envy
Shoot its February, I'll need to start seeds. Alberta has a short season too, winter usually comes end of September early October if I'm lucky.
Good luck with your season!
Can you link the smaller Stewart propagator please Shaun.
Here you go: geni.us/varprop
Not sure if it is in stock though. Just make sure you don't get the Essentials version, that's not very powerful. Get the premium, variable.
@ChilliChump thanks bro. Think Literally just found the one you speak of. Upgrade for next season. Cheers bro
In OZ, we pay $1.95 AUD per litre for diesel, and around $6:30 per litre for Kerosene ( ouch).
Ouch indeed! Our home is heated using kerosene 28sec, because we are in the middle of nowhere. Costs about £1 a litre are the moment. Diesel is around £1.50 a litre.
Great set up, how many kilos of chillies do you grow per year?
@@roystondutton7709 depends on the year. But a couple hundred kg typically
For a budget setup could you give your thoughts on shop style LED batten lighting compared to commercial "grow" lights. I got a couple of 40w variable 3/4/6k 5000Lm 120cm lights for equivalent of around £28 each so I'm looking forward to running them off my solar setup to try extend the season for a few weeks longer as last years summer was too short in Ireland.....4 days I think it was!
I have a set of those style on my lower shelf actually. They are perfect for early seedling phase and veg growth. But you need to get them quite close to your plants once they are a little older.
Great video. What would you say is the average days it takes for your seeds to poke up out of the soil?. I know different varieties germinate at different rates. Just wondering if im in the same ballpark - Thanks👍
for superhots between 6 to 12 days generally. c.anuum and c.frutescens, 5 to 10 days. But like you say, different varieties germinate at different times. And other factors play a part too...mainly heat.
Im growing from Calgary Alberta Canada. 333 days of sunlight per year. Biggest change i made that resulted in the biggest improvement was adding more cooling to my greenhouse during summer months. I was dropping a ton of flowers before that. Also im starting seeds a month early this year and i hope that results in more ripening towards the end of the season.
@@ChilliChumpthanks so much!!!!.
You will find that its the low humidity that would have caused the flower drop. Keep the heat up (not too high of course!) but increase the humidity, and you will see a big difference. th-cam.com/video/XBvR-D1Z_1c/w-d-xo.html
@@ChilliChump oh that makes sense because we see humidity levels here around 21 percent during summer months. Lol im sure your spot on with that assessment. Thanks again👍👍👍👍
Of the LED light systems you use, have they ever stopped working either after a long or short period of time? I have checked out several models from different manufacturers and found a good many people complaining that theirs only lasted a month or two, or only one season, before they stopped working. If I am going to invest in LED lights (I currently use fluorescent grow lights), which ones have you had more success with that have lasted the longest along with the manufacturer and model number? Thanks! 😀🌶
None of the brands I mentioned have failed on me, or even deteriorated in light output in the time I have used them. The Viparspectra that I mention, for example, is water resistant. So high humidity which you will get in the grow space like this, is not going to cause issues. A couple cheap, unknown brands, did fail on me. But they were pretty rubbish to begin with.
@@ChilliChump The XS1000 LED link leads instead to a different model, the XS2500 for $199. Would you say this would be comparable to the XS1000? I have a very small indoor growing space, so I might instead get the more affordable P1000 for $79.
Marshydro upped their quality on the newer versions. The diodes are covered in silicone aswell now for example. And what's cool about their lights is that you can easily remove the driver from the light. It tends to be the part of LEDs that breaks first so if the warranty period is over you can just replace it yourself.
For me the TS1000 was by far the best value, it's a 150w light and I payed around 80€ on their website. The Viparspecter and spiderfarmer lights were a bit more expensive here and have less watt but they are a bit more efficient.
We are 1,100 hours of sunshine / year in N Scotland and last year I don't think we saw any at all.
Yeah you guys have a tough go of it! The 1500 hours I mentioned was more for the southern part of England. It's less where I actually am, not as bad as Scotland though, around 1300 for us.
Amazing set up I am seriously impressed. I would love to know your preference once your seedlings germinate do you thin them out or do you actually transplant them into other trays? I never know what to do
Thank you! Regarding thinning out etc. Have a look at this episode of my beginners guide. I go into depth about it! Hope you enjoy!
th-cam.com/video/WP0aD6xHMHg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=y4RURTf2ShUi9X8F
Which viparspectra are they? p2000?
@@ando5899 I have a few of the P series as well as the XS series.
@ChilliChump the p2000 seems well priced ATM for it's coverage. Migro reckons it's more costly to run long term though. How you finding it?
@ando5899 I chatted about this on my livestream from yesterday a bit. Upfront cost is a little less but it won't be as efficient as the XS series. But if electricity isn't expensive for you, that may not make enough of a difference. For me, electricity is expensive, so xs series is the better option. I will recoup the difference in a season, maybe 2
@@ChilliChump hmm I'll check it out. I believe the efficiency of the LEDs are different when dialed down a bit as we should be doing for chilli's and seedlings so wonder how much of a difference it is in reality. I do wonder if I need all this wattage maybe a sf600 would suffice
Tell sell is back.
@@barendbats6272 tell sell?
th-cam.com/video/m6ogeQ36u-Q/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
You ok?
Just a bit sad you had to basically make a commercial. You used to be interesting.
@barendbats6272 how is it a commercial? Wow. Every time i do a video in my shed with my seedlings I get asked about different aspects of my setup. So I made a video I can point people to instead of repeating the same thing every time in comments. This video wasn't sponsored, and I wasn't pushing any product. I mention my preference for viparspectra because I get asked probably 10 times a day at this time of year which brand I prefer. I can guarantee if I didn't mention them, I would have comments in this video asking which I recommend . I have been doing this long enough to know what to expect in the comments. And the fact is, I don't NEED to share what I'm doing, my setup, the things I've learned along the way. But I do, because people seem to appreciate it.