this series is starting at the perfect time. i've been collecting seeds since last year! got a bunch of tomatos and super hots! Just ordered my germinating setup and i cant wait!
Sounds like you are from S.A. Can I use Roibos tea instead of English Breakfast or Chamomile? Also can I use this method for Bell Pepper seeds as well? Thanks.
*I only discovered your channel this year, my dear friend SHAUN, but it is by far one of the best gardening channels out there! You have definitely rekindled the flames many people for a return to the ground, please don't stop gardening, keep up the content, bravooo, GO GO GOOOO*
You will love this ... I have a new lightie appie helping me ... not many youngsters into gardening ... so today in the bakkie we chatting about growing various plants .. I grow sou sou, strawberries, dragon fruit, passion fruit, moringa, pineapples, bananas etc ... the more exotic kind of things .. I was telling him about banana pups then he says he want to start growing peppers ... so I said he must watch this south african living in the uk on youtube called shaun ... he choons me ... hey I watch all chilli chumps videos /// he is frikken amazing .. of course the rest of the trip was spend discussing you and your awesome videos ....🤣🤣🤣
I planted my very first pepper seeds this April, they are just showing now at the end of May, they have been on the window sill, next year I will start earlier and follow the advice in this video, thanks.
Dear Mr. Chili Chump, I live in Southern Tennessee, and have been a chili head almost all my life. I now have a farm, and I am quite enthusiastic about growing my own chili super garden. You have a subscriber here. Thank you for all the info !
An alternative to heated trays are heated germination mats, which also work with digital controllers (example brand of both: Vivosun) for more precise control. I just ordered a 48" x 20" and a 20" x 20", specifically for seed starting and trays undergoing blackout.
Well. Now I know how to deel with the deer stripping my apple tree of leaves. I'll just move some pots of ghost peppers to rest between the branches. This video was helpful in TWO ways.
just planted my very first pepper seeds ever and came back to see if ive done everything i shouldve done at this point. Thanks for all the tips and tricks. Wish me luck :)
I've been growing tomatoes for a few years, though just last year I tried also growing some chilies. Honestly I think chilies are way more worth it to grow yourself, the amount of fruit you get is basically the same but the value you get from one chili pod is way more than 1 tomato. I'll only be growing chilies this year, actually. I have some overwintered jalapenos, habaneros, habanadas, chiltepins and right now I'm also germinating some aji limon and chilehuacle negro seeds. Honestly the highlight of the year for me, getting to grow your own chilies.
I’m glad your doing another one of these How-to chilli Growing videos again, last year was a huge success since i followed your Chilli growing how-to from 2018. Hopefully with this updated how-to i can learn more on how to get better and at the end of the season, have some nice Jalapeños and Cyanne Peppers in 2022!
Love the footage of the Cape White eye. One of my favourite birds. Chased one around Kirstenbosch Gardens a few years ago on my last visit to SA to get the sun total of two photos. Well worth the sunburn!
Just got my Aji dulce seeds from you!! Don’t have a heat mat or fine vermiculite, so my 1st packet of seeds will be an experiment. I live in AZ and we are getting rain tonight and tomorrow!! Dsnt happen very often so I planted my first pack on top of seed starter pods and layered 1/4” with sand and perlite. It might be totally wrong but it’s what I have today & I really wanted to take advantage of the rain. Tomorrow, I will go to Lowe’s to get the mat & vermiculite for the 2nd round of the pepper experiment. Really appreciate all the extra work u put in for us trying to grow peppers successfully for the first time. I make something called “sofrito” and have yet to see aji dulce peppers in ANY Asian or Latin market anywhere in the US( except Miami), so I’m super excited for these little guys to grow and give me lots of peppers. Thanks again!!
@@ChilliChump wow, I’m so embarrassed. You are correct. I did not get my aji dulce seeds from you. To boot, I left your comment for ur video on the other TH-cam video, and the other video’s comment here.🤦🏻♀️ I’m planting some Serrano and Poblanos in addition to my aji dulces. Your video has me off to a good start, so thank you for your video. So sorry for my confusion with my comments.
Love your information content! Started watching not long after I decided to try growing some super hots and was looking for good information! Growing thi chillies, peach ghost, habinaro and carolina reapers all in a grow tent. Keep up your amazing videos!
I have just come across your channel today and I am in Texas during December with a section of 12x12 is ready to start something for 2023. Your steps for the peppers is just what I wanted to start to understand and now its time for me to start collecting some rain water and compost. Thank you so much for the details
Welcome to my channel Pablo! Have a look around, there should be plenty of content to help you out and also to enjoy while waiting for your spicy plants to grow!
@@ChilliChump I am looking at all the video for seed starting and getting all ready for 2023 to be our growing season for not just veggies and plants for ourselves at best. Thank you for the knowledge
Hi Sean My daughter, Lily, and I are going to grow along with you this season.. We've got 4 different types of chilli and a new (little) greenhouse to use... We're just south of you so whatever weather you get, we get... Our chillis are Mr Fothergill's Devils Brew (mixed), Thai Super F1, Jalapeno, and some pointed red peppers.. Plus cornichons and gherkins for good measure.. We'll be sowing the seeds in a couple of weeks time and we'll let you know how we get on following your videos.. Keep up the good work... Ian (dad) and Lily
This series was VITAL to the success I had last year for my first time growing ANYTHING. Ended up with a bountiful harvest and more sauce than I know what to do with! Can’t wait to see how to make it even better this year. Thank you for all your hard work!
Hi. I am binge watching your very informative and interesting you tube channel. Have just bought the recipe book STAY SPICY. I live in Townsville North Queensland Australia and enjoy your channel
Hello there! I'm glad you are enjoying my content! And thank you for purchasing my recipe book. You have bought one of the last few I have from the first print run!
Hey Shaun just wanted to thank you on your educational videos and how to get seeds started. I am starting my peppers indoors this year for the first time. This video was very informative and helpful! Thank you
My pleasure Mike. I'm glad you are getting value from my videos! Check out som.eonfmy other, you may get some entertainment from them as well as the education 😄
@ChilliChump I definitely will. I tried my hand at hot sauces last season, smoking my peppers and turned out great, but I didn't do any fermenting. I'll watch more of your videos on how to do that
I already learned so much from your first series, looks like this one will be even more packed with information, tips & tricks! Great production value as well, most curious for the next one.
The other difference between birds and mammals for seed dispersal is that birds don't chew up seeds, mammals do. So it's massively more likely that a chilli seed will get through a bird intact.
Thanks for all your great effort! You were instrumental in my starting to grow chillies last year, and even though we had a terrible summer here in Germany I still came away with a nice crop of tabasco, cayenne, serrano, poblano, jalapeno and habanero peppers and am on my second go around now. I can't wait for the first seedlings to come through :) Some physalis seedlings are already growing, super leggy though ;D
@@percywikham7936 I'll send you some seeds if you want to grow some yourself :) If not, you'll have to wait until late summer for the harvest but I'll share, sure.
The official start to spring pepper planting has begun! Going to be very enjoyable to follow this series through to some tasty end results in several months. Here there is just now a couple minutes over 10 hours of daily sun, and increasing. Stay Spicy! -Bob...
Appreciate this one even more this year and picked up some more tips from it - made a few mistakes last time round, mainly with watering during germination so this'll be a big help. I find it's good to watch these seed to sauce vids each year even though I've been growing chillies a while - helps refresh the memory and achieve better rates. Will be growing more cayenne this year - used loads in 2022 to make lots of that awesome Sambal you've recipes for. (Seed to Sambal, anyone?)
I got excellent germination with CC seed kit from fatalli. Bishop 1st, Sugar 2nd, Giant 3rd, Mama 4th, Mulata 5th, and last a non chump kit chilli. The giant spanish had the biggest cot leafs.
Thanks for this. I'm learning that I'm not particularly good at germinating seeds. Unfortunately all I have available here is tap water until our monsoon rains begin late June. I'll follow your tips. Cheers.
Bumped into your channel by some default, and didn't regret it. This is my language...hot sauce etc. Immediately subscribed from Cape Town South Africa.
@ChilliChump hi. I've a question, you mention in your video that you use rain water. That's great and I understand and agree 100%. My question is, when you brew the tea, do you use rain water or tap water. And I'm sure this method can be used for many other seeds. It's a great way to help the seeds get going and I'm able to pass that information onto our people in the remote areas of Malawi. Thank you 😊
Planted about 25 seeds a week ago (4 different varieties) after doing the chamomile tea soak, so far I’ve had two germinate, got them in a heated propigator so hoping more will pop up in coming days! Thanks for your tips, got my fingers crossed!!
@@ChilliChump I’m in the south now, near London. Rainbow chilli, Zimbabwe black chilli, cherry kiss, and Hungarian Wax pepper. I got them from a seed shop so not sure how old they are, so far the cherry kiss and Hungarian wax have germinated and I knew I was starting at the wrong time but I’ve not developed the bonsai patience yet so sowed a few each of what I have to try inside and will try them again at the proper time of year if they don’t take. Currently inside in a heated propigator and then have one of those plastic greenhouses indoors by a big window. Not idea but seems to be working well with some garden centre chilli plants, developing nicely but plain old garden variety so thought I’d try with something more exotic looking!
Thanks Shaun. I don't know how I have missed your channel. By no means am I big chilli grower, but super interested for various reasons (healthy, tasty, chickens love it; and I can make natural pesticides with them + JADAM). Your accent had me wondering if you were from around my area... but I see not. Lekker. Thanks again.
Planted my seeds a few days ago following the first edition of the series, but the quality in this new edition is really amazing! Hats off to you Shaun 👌
@@ChilliChump Absolutely! The edition of different soaking times was really useful for future reference. It's very convenient that the Netherlands doesn't have any chlorine in tap water, makes the process a bit easier I guess.
@@ChilliChumpThe main reason for not needing chlorine is that our pipe networks are very well maintained and have extremely low levels of contamination. And we use a lot of groundwater that is filtered by sandy and clay soils which already makes it very clean and pure. Truly a water country!
really enjoyed that, i have 6 kashmiri plants that I started off on Jan 2nd (I know im early classic over eager). ATM they are on a tv dinner table by the side of my computer on a heat mat and one of those full spectrum lights, Im hoping to put them in a greenhouse in May
Hi Shaun, I’m not sure if I agree with you when to switch on the lighting. I put mine on as soon as I see several seeds have germinated. I find if I was to do it when the first true leaves have formed the seedlings would be very leggy and spindly. I known you can prick them out and transplant deeper. If the lights are on straight away the seedlings are stocky and look stronger. Stefan
Beautiful job! But as you well know, everyone’s growing situation is different, and mine is nuts. I live in South Florida, Zone 10, with months of extreme heat (good for peppers), and months of torrential afternoon rainfalls (bad for peppers). All of my peppers are in containers outdoors, because the soil stinks here, easier pest control, and I can better control soil moisture and feeding (especially during the dry times). All of my mature plants are doing okay, but my problem is seed starting: I don’t have space indoors to properly set up a seedling station, and my outdoor area is far from ideal because of the excess heat and rainfall, even though I do what I can to mitigate the water by covering the trays with a transparent lid and keeping them under other cover. Not ideal, doesn’t work, so… I just bought three small hydroponic units solely to germinate indoors and grow to pee wee size, 10 pods each. They go with the furniture, so my wife “let” me buy them! Are pepper seeds “friendly” to this kind of germination? I read somewhere possibly not, but I’m going to give it a shot anyway because I don’t have any choice. I just “planted” two of the units yesterday.
Nice one mate thanks. I wanted to ask: if I have chilies in my fridge that I want to extract the seeds and use them to grow more, so I need to dry the seeds out out first? Wrap them inside a wet paper towel for a few days? Or I can just plant them straight from the chilies itself? I live in Indonesia so the temperature and humidity is perfect here. I’m just unsure in the starting points, thanks.
I wish I had seen this at least a week ago, I started my chilli seeds last weekend without following any of your helpful hints! I guess I will have to wait and see what happens at least they are in a heated propagator
I only discovered your channel this month and one of the best gardening channels out there! You said nothing about sterilizing soil mixes. They ruined my season.
That's kind of you to say! Yes sterilised compost/soil is very important for seed starting. I don't find it as necessary one the plant is established. Maybe that's just down to the compost I make.
Thanks for the reply. I bought from two reputable companies compost that turned out to be infected. And I'm furious about the failure of my season.@@ChilliChump
Thanks for your step by step instructions. It is reassuring to see I did it almost the same. Almost.... I use a low nutrient soil to germinate, so that the plants put their power into root growth to try and get at the nutrients. I would have thought that kompost is to nutrient rich for the start. Am I right or am I wrong?
Another great video Shaun! So well put together. Everyone who follows this series will be a pro by the end of it. Such a nice job. Thank you for the lesson. Stay safe and Stay Spicy - v/r Shane
Thank you I live in Seattle similar climate to yours I believe. Do you have an recommendations for Caribbean peppers like scotch bonnet? Other than what you’ve listed in your video. Thank you again and I hope you have a fruitful harvest this year.
HI ChilliChump, I'm revisiting this series as last years season didn't work out at all for me, so I'm glad you also revisited the beginner series. Just looking at the videos though, did you see it through to the end? It looks like the revamped videos ended part way through and you didn't carry on the story right up until the sauce?
@@ChilliChump Thats great to hear, I'll be along for the journey and in your FB group. I'm going right back to basics this year I think. Any foolproof varieties you can recommend? I was thinking Jalapeño and Cayenne and maybe one other?
I absolutely adore your videos. You are so professional. This is priceless. Thanks for the help. I just bought dirt and hydrogen peroxide and will probably be sowing some seeds today. This year i will try to grow black pearl, chilhuacle negro and some thai super chili seeds i got for free. Ive only grown some regular cayenne before. Im just worrying a bit because i recently moved and my windows doesnt have optimal sunlight conditions. I will likely move them back and forth trough the apartment and put them where the sun shines. It will be interesting to see what will happen. What is that brown liquid in the bottle? Its tea? You forgot to mention it i think? /Thanks from Sweden
Thank you so much for your kind words! It's great to hear that you enjoy the videos and find them helpful. Lighting will be useful as soon as your plants germinate. I would have a look at this video of mine to give you some help in this area: th-cam.com/video/C1cLRhUdfJo/w-d-xo.html
This is my 1st time to grow chillies from seed. They are doing good, and ive just re-potted them into bigger pots, i now have 17 individual plants 😊. I keep them on the windowsills in the kitchen, and put them out during the day when its warm. Theyre about 6ins high, when will they start flowering? Cheers from Ireland. 🌶
It's exactly this sort of helpful info that made me follow you ages ago. So helpful. Already germinating some Butch, Heirlooms and Blues. You ever tried these Blue chillis? (Mrs Aussie Jeff bought them for me)
@@ChilliChump I don't think so. The ebay page showed actual blue chilli's, but I've never heard of any food ever being blue. Worried she's wasted he money. Its probably the Yaki, with some random pic
Depending on the type of lights we use (T4 & T8) what would be a good high distance from the seeds and as the plants grow? I'm so glad I found your channel.
I made this video just for folks like you, all about growlights 😎 th-cam.com/video/C1cLRhUdfJo/w-d-xo.html But short answer, as close as you can get to the canopy once the plants have their true leaves.
Howzit Mr Chillie, love your channel and the video. But I have to ask, the bird that was engaged in that chillie plant Looked almost identical to a Cape White Eye.
Хочу рассказать ещё один секрет проращивания семян сверх острых перцев.Я делаю так:Да,первое,что нужно сделать,это поместить семена в раствор перекиси водорода на 10-15 минут,это уничтожит споры разного рода грибков.Потом я помещаю семена в 2% раствор калиевой селитры KNO3 на 24 часа при температуре +30С.Почему так?Есть мнение,что данное действие имитирует нахождение семени в кишечнике птицы,съевшей это семя вместе с плодом перца.Ведь птицы не имеют капсаициновых рецепторов и на вкус перец для них сладкий.Способ проверенный.Так же хочу сказать спасибо за Ваши ролики,Шон,всегда смотрю их с интересом.С приветом из Украины.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'm glad you are enjoying my videos. Not sure how far you got into this video? But I mention a few of the things you are talking about here. One of the reasons I recommend tea instead of other chemicals is because for beginners (the target of this series) there is a lesser chance of causing a problem because of mixing incorrectly/too strong concentration etc.
I have red yellow and orange capsicum seeds all in the same seed starting mix and using the same heat mats. Why are my orange capsicum the only ones not sprouting?
Hey great video, but i have a question: most guides I've read suggest using seed starting mix or a so called "herb mix" which i think is mostly used to grow herbs. Why do you just use plain compost, wouldn't that be too much nutrients for the seedling?
Plain compost...i.e. not enriched compost, is perfectly fine. Think about what happens in nature, the seeds fall, the plants around it die off, compost down...ready for when the weather warms up. Then the seed starts out in a fresh natural compost.
Hello I know your growing chillies but as I'm doing bell peppers they are sprouting now not all of them but what do I do next I have the heated mat which I have used plus also I have grow lights aswell as I said what would be the next step and beyond it would be appreciated thanks Colin.
Hi there. I grow sweet chillies too (bell peppers etc) and this series will work just as well for them. Have you had a look at the next video in this series (first 30 days)? Here's the playlist....the videos should help you out! Beginner's guide playlist th-cam.com/play/PLuQ_ySnkV1en8UPfuoJVWCLT9dIZnKCQa.html
Best advice for getting rid of scale bugs at the base of the stems? My peppers are about 2 months old at this point. I keep my grow room free of anything thats been outside, plus i have monthly pest control sprayed inside and outside my house. No clue how those bastards got in there. I did the alcohol with a cotton swab. But cant tell if its doing anything.
Hi, thank you, that was so informative, I am a complete novice and newbie. I love cooking and find it hard to get large chillies to stuff and cook so I decided to try and grow my own. Can you offer me any advice for growing large sweet mild/medium chillies? looking online the one that I found was Anaheim (New Mexico) can you please offer any advice. Cheers Bob
Hi Bob I'm glad you enjoyed it. Sweet chillies are one of the easier varieties to grow. Most are part of the c.annuum species. Follow the advice in my beginners guide, and you will be getting good harvests in no time! Have a look at my "checking out chillies" series for some ideas on other chillies to grow th-cam.com/play/PLuQ_ySnkV1en-LzckBahvxwV13ROjEjnJ.html
Let me know if you have any questions about seed starting!
this series is starting at the perfect time. i've been collecting seeds since last year! got a bunch of tomatos and super hots! Just ordered my germinating setup and i cant wait!
How long do you soak the seeds for in the tea?
Sounds like you are from S.A.
Can I use Roibos tea instead of English Breakfast or Chamomile?
Also can I use this method for Bell Pepper seeds as well?
Thanks.
Rooibos won't work unfortunately. You need the tannins. And yes it will work with bells
@@ChilliChump cheers.
This video is awesome because when I opened it I said to myself: "This is the guy that trust with chilli tips."
*I only discovered your channel this year, my dear friend SHAUN, but it is by far one of the best gardening channels out there! You have definitely rekindled the flames many people for a return to the ground, please don't stop gardening, keep up the content, bravooo, GO GO GOOOO*
thank you! I see you have started a channel, cool!
@@ChilliChump Yes it's true, but your content is really great, continue like this
Quality of the video has increased significantly in comparison to the first series. Thanks you, great content.
You will love this ... I have a new lightie appie helping me ... not many youngsters into gardening ... so today in the bakkie we chatting about growing various plants .. I grow sou sou, strawberries, dragon fruit, passion fruit, moringa, pineapples, bananas etc ... the more exotic kind of things .. I was telling him about banana pups then he says he want to start growing peppers ... so I said he must watch this south african living in the uk on youtube called shaun ... he choons me ... hey I watch all chilli chumps videos /// he is frikken amazing .. of course the rest of the trip was spend discussing you and your awesome videos ....🤣🤣🤣
Lol...you just put me back in South Africa, driving a bakkie down a dirt road on the way to a braai
I used the tea soak for one hour for some 2016 tomato seeds. 50 % germ so far. Thanks for the video.
Good stuff! Glad it helped!
I planted my very first pepper seeds this April, they are just showing now at the end of May, they have been on the window sill, next year I will start earlier and follow the advice in this video, thanks.
Very nice, well explained how-to video. Tks.
Dear Mr. Chili Chump,
I live in Southern Tennessee, and have been a chili head almost all my life. I now have a farm, and I am quite enthusiastic about growing my own chili super garden.
You have a subscriber here. Thank you for all the info !
Welcome to my channel Wayne! Thank you for watching. And good luck with your growing!
I appreciate a lot of info that goes behind planting peppers. 👍🏼Very helpful, thanks!
starting my own seeds for the 3rd year in a row. Last year was better than the first. Excited to follow your lead in a new series!
best info on the innerweb! im from ontario canada and i can relate to the weather! keep up the great work my friend!!!🤙🏽
An alternative to heated trays are heated germination mats, which also work with digital controllers (example brand of both: Vivosun) for more precise control. I just ordered a 48" x 20" and a 20" x 20", specifically for seed starting and trays undergoing blackout.
I like that time lapse. Nice job on improving your videos over the last few years.
Well. Now I know how to deel with the deer stripping my apple tree of leaves.
I'll just move some pots of ghost peppers to rest between the branches.
This video was helpful in TWO ways.
Loved your original series but loving the reboot, Shaun. Bravo 👏👏👏
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thank you my friend
New to the hobby, glad I did find your channel.
Simple and to the point. Very "radiophonic " voice.
Welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay! Lots of spicy content here for you to enjoy Larry!
just planted my very first pepper seeds ever and came back to see if ive done everything i shouldve done at this point. Thanks for all the tips and tricks. Wish me luck :)
Good luck!
I've been growing tomatoes for a few years, though just last year I tried also growing some chilies. Honestly I think chilies are way more worth it to grow yourself, the amount of fruit you get is basically the same but the value you get from one chili pod is way more than 1 tomato. I'll only be growing chilies this year, actually. I have some overwintered jalapenos, habaneros, habanadas, chiltepins and right now I'm also germinating some aji limon and chilehuacle negro seeds. Honestly the highlight of the year for me, getting to grow your own chilies.
For this year try chile del arbo, quajillo, anaheim pepper
I’m glad your doing another one of these How-to chilli Growing videos again, last year was a huge success since i followed your Chilli growing how-to from 2018.
Hopefully with this updated how-to i can learn more on how to get better and at the end of the season, have some nice Jalapeños and Cyanne Peppers in 2022!
Great Job.
Love the way you present everything!
Thank you Nathan
Thanks for making this, I was just declaring today that this year I'd make a 'farm to table' hot sauce.
Love the footage of the Cape White eye. One of my favourite birds. Chased one around Kirstenbosch Gardens a few years ago on my last visit to SA to get the sun total of two photos. Well worth the sunburn!
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I planted my seeds 2 weeks ago. I hope I am not too late. Just starting this hobby :) 1 seed has been growing by now.
New seeds came in, so I had to watch this or a similar video of yours. As is tradition.
Just got my Aji dulce seeds from you!!
Don’t have a heat mat or fine vermiculite, so my 1st packet of seeds will be an experiment.
I live in AZ and we are getting rain tonight and tomorrow!! Dsnt happen very often so I planted my first pack on top of seed starter pods and layered 1/4” with sand and perlite. It might be totally wrong but it’s what I have today & I really wanted to take advantage of the rain.
Tomorrow, I will go to Lowe’s to get the mat & vermiculite for the 2nd round of the pepper experiment.
Really appreciate all the extra work u put in for us trying to grow peppers successfully for the first time.
I make something called “sofrito” and have yet to see aji dulce peppers in ANY Asian or Latin market anywhere in the US( except Miami), so I’m super excited for these little guys to grow and give me lots of peppers.
Thanks again!!
Are you sure you got those from me? I don't have Aji Dulce in my store (chillichumpseeds.com)
@@ChilliChump wow, I’m so embarrassed. You are correct. I did not get my aji dulce seeds from you. To boot, I left your comment for ur video on the other TH-cam video, and the other video’s comment here.🤦🏻♀️
I’m planting some Serrano and Poblanos in addition to my aji dulces. Your video has me off to a good start, so thank you for your video.
So sorry for my confusion with my comments.
Excellent presentation. Thank you!
A truly top video, many thanks. I’m off the get a humidity dome👍👍
I just want that same water bottle. Great vid. Thanks
Terrific blog. I do all this but I plant a little deeper so Im going to do your on top idea. Love the tea idea as well.
can barely wait for mid February. 😁
Brilliant Shaun, well done and thank you
Love your information content! Started watching not long after I decided to try growing some super hots and was looking for good information! Growing thi chillies, peach ghost, habinaro and carolina reapers all in a grow tent. Keep up your amazing videos!
Thanks Trevor!
@@ChilliChump I'm having a few issues but I hope a couple plants survive for my first try at indoor growing, have 30 total in the double cup style
Good luck, I hope you get some decent plants for your efforts!
I have just come across your channel today and I am in Texas during December with a section of 12x12 is ready to start something for 2023. Your steps for the peppers is just what I wanted to start to understand and now its time for me to start collecting some rain water and compost. Thank you so much for the details
Welcome to my channel Pablo! Have a look around, there should be plenty of content to help you out and also to enjoy while waiting for your spicy plants to grow!
@@ChilliChump I am looking at all the video for seed starting and getting all ready for 2023 to be our growing season for not just veggies and plants for ourselves at best. Thank you for the knowledge
Hi Sean
My daughter, Lily, and I are going to grow along with you this season.. We've got 4 different types of chilli and a new (little) greenhouse to use... We're just south of you so whatever weather you get, we get... Our chillis are Mr Fothergill's Devils Brew (mixed), Thai Super F1, Jalapeno, and some pointed red peppers.. Plus cornichons and gherkins for good measure.. We'll be sowing the seeds in a couple of weeks time and we'll let you know how we get on following your videos.. Keep up the good work... Ian (dad) and Lily
Hey Ian and Lily, good luck with your season! So great that your daughter is joining you on this little adventure! I hope she loves it!
*Woooooow, you have a nice style to make me love your gardening video*
This series was VITAL to the success I had last year for my first time growing ANYTHING. Ended up with a bountiful harvest and more sauce than I know what to do with!
Can’t wait to see how to make it even better this year.
Thank you for all your hard work!
Hi. I am binge watching your very informative and interesting you tube channel. Have just bought the recipe book STAY SPICY. I live in Townsville North Queensland Australia and enjoy your channel
Hello there! I'm glad you are enjoying my content! And thank you for purchasing my recipe book. You have bought one of the last few I have from the first print run!
@@ChilliChump oh wow.. really! Just watching now the Johnny Scoville interview :) 8pm qld time
I literally have one book left! Will get your order in the post next week
Hey Shaun just wanted to thank you on your educational videos and how to get seeds started. I am starting my peppers indoors this year for the first time. This video was very informative and helpful! Thank you
My pleasure Mike. I'm glad you are getting value from my videos! Check out som.eonfmy other, you may get some entertainment from them as well as the education 😄
@ChilliChump I definitely will. I tried my hand at hot sauces last season, smoking my peppers and turned out great, but I didn't do any fermenting. I'll watch more of your videos on how to do that
Im following along with this for my first chilli growing season! Looking forward to lots of padron chilli tapas in the summer evenings!
I learned a lot in the first episode.
I already learned so much from your first series, looks like this one will be even more packed with information, tips & tricks! Great production value as well, most curious for the next one.
The other difference between birds and mammals for seed dispersal is that birds don't chew up seeds, mammals do. So it's massively more likely that a chilli seed will get through a bird intact.
That's a good point.
yes. in our country, a famous chilli named Bird-Pissing Pepper.
Thanks for all your great effort! You were instrumental in my starting to grow chillies last year, and even though we had a terrible summer here in Germany I still came away with a nice crop of tabasco, cayenne, serrano, poblano, jalapeno and habanero peppers and am on my second go around now. I can't wait for the first seedlings to come through :) Some physalis seedlings are already growing, super leggy though ;D
Thank you for watching Kurt! And good luck with your season!
And just like that the first seedlings poked through after I saw your answer 😄 you're the patron Saint of my gardening efforts. St. Shaun 🍀
Hey Kurt. Do you sell those chillies of are they for your own use?
I live in Germany too and what wouldnt i give for some spicy habaneros.
@@percywikham7936 I'll send you some seeds if you want to grow some yourself :) If not, you'll have to wait until late summer for the harvest but I'll share, sure.
The official start to spring pepper planting has begun! Going to be very enjoyable to follow this series through to some tasty end results in several months. Here there is just now a couple minutes over 10 hours of daily sun, and increasing. Stay Spicy! -Bob...
Appreciate this one even more this year and picked up some more tips from it - made a few mistakes last time round, mainly with watering during germination so this'll be a big help. I find it's good to watch these seed to sauce vids each year even though I've been growing chillies a while - helps refresh the memory and achieve better rates. Will be growing more cayenne this year - used loads in 2022 to make lots of that awesome Sambal you've recipes for. (Seed to Sambal, anyone?)
I got excellent germination with CC seed kit from fatalli. Bishop 1st, Sugar 2nd, Giant 3rd, Mama 4th, Mulata 5th, and last a non chump kit chilli. The giant spanish had the biggest cot leafs.
Thanks for this. I'm learning that I'm not particularly good at germinating seeds. Unfortunately all I have available here is tap water until our monsoon rains begin late June. I'll follow your tips. Cheers.
Bumped into your channel by some default, and didn't regret it.
This is my language...hot sauce etc. Immediately subscribed from Cape Town South Africa.
Welcome aboard Anslin!
Brilliant. Great advice all.
Very jealous of your setup btw! What I wouldn't give for a greenhouse or a shed!
Thanks for sharing =)
As always a great video. Great info for beginners.
didn't know about tea ill have to give that a try this year. ive got a few seeds from last season to try out
Starting a pepper garden for the first time this year, I'm in zone 9b and im starting my seeds today!
Good luck! I hope you have a great season!
@@ChilliChump thanks, you too!
Great job as always. Thanks for the video 🌶
When is the next episode - so excited for this as Ive got a bunch of seeeds and looking forward to having some plants
Won't be too long to wait!
Great tips to start chilli seeds and Great video matey Love it
Thank you for the way you explain , is just good !!! namaskar :)(:
Great video . Thanks
My pleasure
@ChilliChump hi. I've a question, you mention in your video that you use rain water. That's great and I understand and agree 100%. My question is, when you brew the tea, do you use rain water or tap water. And I'm sure this method can be used for many other seeds. It's a great way to help the seeds get going and I'm able to pass that information onto our people in the remote areas of Malawi. Thank you 😊
@andybush368 for soaking, I use tap water. No need for rain water at that point
@@ChilliChump thank you 😊
Thanks for posting this! I'm actually working on a video about peppers currently and I found your tips especially useful.
starting up this weekend thx for the refresher
Come to the southwest US. We sure love good spice loving/growing folks.
Thank you Sir!
Planted about 25 seeds a week ago (4 different varieties) after doing the chamomile tea soak, so far I’ve had two germinate, got them in a heated propigator so hoping more will pop up in coming days! Thanks for your tips, got my fingers crossed!!
You going to be growing indoors? That's a very early start if you're in Scotland!
What varieties?
@@ChilliChump I’m in the south now, near London. Rainbow chilli, Zimbabwe black chilli, cherry kiss, and Hungarian Wax pepper. I got them from a seed shop so not sure how old they are, so far the cherry kiss and Hungarian wax have germinated and I knew I was starting at the wrong time but I’ve not developed the bonsai patience yet so sowed a few each of what I have to try inside and will try them again at the proper time of year if they don’t take. Currently inside in a heated propigator and then have one of those plastic greenhouses indoors by a big window.
Not idea but seems to be working well with some garden centre chilli plants, developing nicely but plain old garden variety so thought I’d try with something more exotic looking!
Thanks Shaun. I don't know how I have missed your channel. By no means am I big chilli grower, but super interested for various reasons (healthy, tasty, chickens love it; and I can make natural pesticides with them + JADAM). Your accent had me wondering if you were from around my area... but I see not. Lekker.
Thanks again.
Welcome to my channel! I am originally from Africa, but been in the UK for a while now! Thank you for becoming a Patron too! 🙏❤️
Planted my seeds a few days ago following the first edition of the series, but the quality in this new edition is really amazing! Hats off to you Shaun 👌
Thank you Ivo! And hopefully some new information for you as well! Good luck with your seeds 🌱
@@ChilliChump Absolutely! The edition of different soaking times was really useful for future reference. It's very convenient that the Netherlands doesn't have any chlorine in tap water, makes the process a bit easier I guess.
That's really good that you don't have chlorine in your water. How do they keep it safe?
@@ChilliChumpThe main reason for not needing chlorine is that our pipe networks are very well maintained and have extremely low levels of contamination. And we use a lot of groundwater that is filtered by sandy and clay soils which already makes it very clean and pure. Truly a water country!
I aprreciate the work you put into the videos, just found this channel but this is really helpfull.
Welcome to my channel Kevin. And thank you for the kind words
really enjoyed that, i have 6 kashmiri plants that I started off on Jan 2nd (I know im early classic over eager). ATM they are on a tv dinner table by the side of my computer on a heat mat and one of those full spectrum lights, Im hoping to put them in a greenhouse in May
My Kashmiri Mirch seedlings are probably the fastest growing for me this season. They are massive already!
Where do you get Kashmiri seeds?
They are available in my store chillichumpseeds.com/product/kashmiri-mirch/
I use a pill box to soak the seeds!👍
Hi Shaun, I’m not sure if I agree with you when to switch on the lighting. I put mine on as soon as I see several seeds have germinated. I find if I was to do it when the first true leaves have formed the seedlings would be very leggy and spindly. I known you can prick them out and transplant deeper. If the lights are on straight away the seedlings are stocky and look stronger. Stefan
Beautiful job! But as you well know, everyone’s growing situation is different, and mine is nuts. I live in South Florida, Zone 10, with months of extreme heat (good for peppers), and months of torrential afternoon rainfalls (bad for peppers).
All of my peppers are in containers outdoors, because the soil stinks here, easier pest control, and I can better control soil moisture and feeding (especially during the dry times). All of my mature plants are doing okay, but my problem is seed starting:
I don’t have space indoors to properly set up a seedling station, and my outdoor area is far from ideal because of the excess heat and rainfall, even though I do what I can to mitigate the water by covering the trays with a transparent lid and keeping them under other cover. Not ideal, doesn’t work, so…
I just bought three small hydroponic units solely to germinate indoors and grow to pee wee size, 10 pods each. They go with the furniture, so my wife “let” me buy them!
Are pepper seeds “friendly” to this kind of germination? I read somewhere possibly not, but I’m going to give it a shot anyway because I don’t have any choice. I just “planted” two of the units yesterday.
Nice one mate thanks. I wanted to ask: if I have chilies in my fridge that I want to extract the seeds and use them to grow more, so I need to dry the seeds out out first? Wrap them inside a wet paper towel for a few days? Or I can just plant them straight from the chilies itself?
I live in Indonesia so the temperature and humidity is perfect here. I’m just unsure in the starting points, thanks.
I wish I had seen this at least a week ago, I started my chilli seeds last weekend without following any of your helpful hints! I guess I will have to wait and see what happens at least they are in a heated propagator
I'm sure you will do just fine! Good luck with your season!
Always love the videos….I’m at the next step… wondering when you repot from here??and when to pull the dome completely??
My dome is off now. And potting up will be a little while still!
Thanks🌱
You can use campden tablets (Potassium Metabisulfite) to get rid of chloramine in the water. Very small amount is needed. I do that for brewing beer.
I only discovered your channel this month and one of the best gardening channels out there!
You said nothing about sterilizing soil mixes. They ruined my season.
That's kind of you to say!
Yes sterilised compost/soil is very important for seed starting. I don't find it as necessary one the plant is established. Maybe that's just down to the compost I make.
Thanks for the reply.
I bought from two reputable companies compost that turned out to be infected.
And I'm furious about the failure of my season.@@ChilliChump
Some great advice.. Subscribed👍
Have thought though of a Chinese diesel heater for your greenhouse or poly tunnel ?
I've had crazy success in cooling the seeds in the fridge 24h before planting. (4 degrees Celcius)
Awesome Job on the reboot ( no tech pun intended 🙂 )
🙂 thanks Vito
Thanks for your step by step instructions.
It is reassuring to see I did it almost the same.
Almost.... I use a low nutrient soil to germinate, so that the plants put their power into root growth to try and get at the nutrients.
I would have thought that kompost is to nutrient rich for the start.
Am I right or am I wrong?
I've never had an issue with root growth at seedling stage. Just make sure you use plain compost...no additives
Thank u. Your the chili king, growing mine right now
Another great video Shaun! So well put together. Everyone who follows this series will be a pro by the end of it. Such a nice job. Thank you for the lesson. Stay safe and Stay Spicy - v/r Shane
Thanks Shane. I just hope it helps more people enjoy this wonderful hobby of ours!
Thank you I live in Seattle similar climate to yours I believe. Do you have an recommendations for Caribbean peppers like scotch bonnet? Other than what you’ve listed in your video. Thank you again and I hope you have a fruitful harvest this year.
The Madame Jeanette is a lovely chilli with a better flavour and similar heat profile.
My chickens loved the small chillis I grew outdoors. Luckily they were overspill from the greenhouse.
HI ChilliChump,
I'm revisiting this series as last years season didn't work out at all for me, so I'm glad you also revisited the beginner series.
Just looking at the videos though, did you see it through to the end? It looks like the revamped videos ended part way through and you didn't carry on the story right up until the sauce?
They will continue this year my friend!
@@ChilliChump Thats great to hear, I'll be along for the journey and in your FB group. I'm going right back to basics this year I think. Any foolproof varieties you can recommend? I was thinking Jalapeño and Cayenne and maybe one other?
@@AM4N18 what about my Piri Piri? I've bread it to be a strong prolific cultivar. Https://chillichumpseeds.com
I absolutely adore your videos. You are so professional. This is priceless.
Thanks for the help. I just bought dirt and hydrogen peroxide and will probably be sowing some seeds today.
This year i will try to grow black pearl, chilhuacle negro and some thai super chili seeds i got for free.
Ive only grown some regular cayenne before.
Im just worrying a bit because i recently moved and my windows doesnt have optimal sunlight conditions. I will likely move them back and forth trough the apartment and put them where the sun shines.
It will be interesting to see what will happen.
What is that brown liquid in the bottle? Its tea?
You forgot to mention it i think?
/Thanks from Sweden
Thank you so much for your kind words! It's great to hear that you enjoy the videos and find them helpful.
Lighting will be useful as soon as your plants germinate. I would have a look at this video of mine to give you some help in this area: th-cam.com/video/C1cLRhUdfJo/w-d-xo.html
This is my 1st time to grow chillies from seed. They are doing good, and ive just re-potted them into bigger pots, i now have 17 individual plants 😊.
I keep them on the windowsills in the kitchen, and put them out during the day when its warm.
Theyre about 6ins high, when will they start flowering?
Cheers from Ireland.
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Well done, you are doing well! You should see flowers any day now. I'm aure the start of the buds are already there
@@ChilliChump brilliant, I can't wait to see them. I'm minding them like babies 😄
Thanks for your prompt reply.
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It's exactly this sort of helpful info that made me follow you ages ago. So helpful.
Already germinating some Butch, Heirlooms and Blues.
You ever tried these Blue chillis?
(Mrs Aussie Jeff bought them for me)
Thanks Jeff! Are you talking about the Yaki Blue Fawn?
@@ChilliChump I don't think so. The ebay page showed actual blue chilli's, but I've never heard of any food ever being blue.
Worried she's wasted he money.
Its probably the Yaki, with some random pic
There are a few chillies with a purple/blue colour. Be interesting what you get from yours. Keep me updated!
Depending on the type of lights we use (T4 & T8) what would be a good high distance from the seeds and as the plants grow? I'm so glad I found your channel.
I made this video just for folks like you, all about growlights 😎 th-cam.com/video/C1cLRhUdfJo/w-d-xo.html
But short answer, as close as you can get to the canopy once the plants have their true leaves.
@@ChilliChump This Canadian Veteran thanks you so much :)
Howzit Mr Chillie, love your channel and the video. But I have to ask, the bird that was engaged in that chillie plant Looked almost identical to a Cape White Eye.
Hey Bradley! If it is the bird I think you are talking about...it does look quite similar for sure!
Хочу рассказать ещё один секрет проращивания семян сверх острых перцев.Я делаю так:Да,первое,что нужно сделать,это поместить семена в раствор перекиси водорода на 10-15 минут,это уничтожит споры разного рода грибков.Потом я помещаю семена в 2% раствор калиевой селитры KNO3 на 24 часа при температуре +30С.Почему так?Есть мнение,что данное действие имитирует нахождение семени в кишечнике птицы,съевшей это семя вместе с плодом перца.Ведь птицы не имеют капсаициновых рецепторов и на вкус перец для них сладкий.Способ проверенный.Так же хочу сказать спасибо за Ваши ролики,Шон,всегда смотрю их с интересом.С приветом из Украины.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'm glad you are enjoying my videos. Not sure how far you got into this video? But I mention a few of the things you are talking about here.
One of the reasons I recommend tea instead of other chemicals is because for beginners (the target of this series) there is a lesser chance of causing a problem because of mixing incorrectly/too strong concentration etc.
@@ChilliChump Согласен,наверное Вы правы,иногда лучшее,это враг хорошего.
I have red yellow and orange capsicum seeds all in the same seed starting mix and using the same heat mats. Why are my orange capsicum the only ones not sprouting?
Hello, love your videos. How long do you keep your seeds in the tea.
Hi there....there is a graph at 5:43 of this video.
Hey great video, but i have a question: most guides I've read suggest using seed starting mix or a so called "herb mix" which i think is mostly used to grow herbs. Why do you just use plain compost, wouldn't that be too much nutrients for the seedling?
Plain compost...i.e. not enriched compost, is perfectly fine. Think about what happens in nature, the seeds fall, the plants around it die off, compost down...ready for when the weather warms up. Then the seed starts out in a fresh natural compost.
Hello I know your growing chillies but as I'm doing bell peppers they are sprouting now not all of them but what do I do next I have the heated mat which I have used plus also I have grow lights aswell as I said what would be the next step and beyond it would be appreciated thanks Colin.
Hi there. I grow sweet chillies too (bell peppers etc) and this series will work just as well for them. Have you had a look at the next video in this series (first 30 days)? Here's the playlist....the videos should help you out!
Beginner's guide playlist
th-cam.com/play/PLuQ_ySnkV1en8UPfuoJVWCLT9dIZnKCQa.html
Best advice for getting rid of scale bugs at the base of the stems? My peppers are about 2 months old at this point. I keep my grow room free of anything thats been outside, plus i have monthly pest control sprayed inside and outside my house. No clue how those bastards got in there. I did the alcohol with a cotton swab. But cant tell if its doing anything.
Hi, thank you, that was so informative, I am a complete novice and newbie. I love cooking and find it hard to get large chillies to stuff and cook so I decided to try and grow my own. Can you offer me any advice for growing large sweet mild/medium chillies? looking online the one that I found was Anaheim (New Mexico) can you please offer any advice. Cheers Bob
Hi Bob I'm glad you enjoyed it. Sweet chillies are one of the easier varieties to grow. Most are part of the c.annuum species. Follow the advice in my beginners guide, and you will be getting good harvests in no time!
Have a look at my "checking out chillies" series for some ideas on other chillies to grow th-cam.com/play/PLuQ_ySnkV1en-LzckBahvxwV13ROjEjnJ.html
Am I too late? Have NuMex Twilight and Prairie Fire to grow indoors all season. Propagator in the post and will likely sow this week. UK based.
Not too late. But make sure you watch until the end to see how to enter!