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Slow Starters or just Paranoid?

M

Monito

Hi all! 

After successfully growing some cayenne plants I've jumped in at the deep end and planted 15 different types.

The seeds went in on the 27/07 and a week later (03/08) they all had all popped up so I moved them into a spot beside the window. After about a week (10/8), when their first true leaves came in, I split them into their own pots and watered them with a bit of low strength nitrogen. Just over another week has past (17/08), so in total 3 weeks has past since seed.

I get the impression that they are growing slowly and strangely? It could just be that I am overattentive and impatient?
 
1) Do the true leaves look healthy - they look kinda deformed and curled up to me? 
2) Aren't they pretty small for their age? - or am I just impatient?
 
 
I'm in Colombia so the temperature is about 22-26 degrees C all day. 
They will be getting pretty much exactly 12 hours of light a day, 4 of which is direct sunlight. 
The window is open and there is a nice breeze. 
The potting mix is 70% general compost 30% perlite. 
I just gave them a bit of a mist for the first time.
 
Any advice would be really appreciated :)




 
i think you mean 27/7 then 3/8, 10/8, 17/8 for dates.
1. They look ok, you didn't need to fertilize them.
2. yeah they are a little slow but they look healthy so i wouldn't be too worried..

take a picture next week and lets compare
 
Hey - thanks for your reply!

Yeah you are right about the dates ! I've edited the original post. 

So you say they are OK. Humm, I guess I'll wait and see then. 

Thanks

 
 
They would grow faster with more direct sunlight.  This (along with lack of warm enough weather) is a reason many of us start indoor grows under artificial lighting.
 
Given the nice weather I would go ahead and move them outside permanently, not transplanting yet since they are so small still, but perhaps a few partial days first to harden them off and then put them in a plastic tub or something to shield them a bit from wind till they are larger with thicker stems and ready to transplant.
 
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