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Here are the seven adopted babies, which are in porridge pots, with the sickly giant white hab in the middle:

Just for you, Paul...   The second one from the left (tallest one) is the plant labelled White Jolokia but it is clearly a baccatum judging by the growth habit.  So it could be a Havana Gold or a Guyana Rush.  I don't know which.

The swap seedlings have all perked right up and the Cheiro Roxa has "purpled up" nicely under the light.  The only exception is the Giant White Hab which arrived with very pale leaves and floppy and hasn't really improved.  I suspect it may have got too cold in the sorting office overnight (or...

I have mixed up some labels. I'm normally extremely careful with the labels so I'm really annoyed with myself. In one tray of Jiffy pellets there are two labelled Guyana Rush. In another tray is one labelled Havana Gold and one labelled White Jolokia. The two seedlings in the second tray are...

Yesterday I potted up the plants I received in a seedling swap: Strawberry Drop Pumpkin Dorset Naga Giant white hab Basket of fire Chupetinho Cheiro Roxa The cheiro roxa has green leaves. I had expected them to have a purple tinge. They had suffered in the post and some look sick. Fingers...

Hi and welcome!  There are lots of great Turkish pepper varieties so maybe you can introduce us to some of them?  I have grown Aleppo (Haleby) previously and am trying Rosemary Pepper this year.

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Five out of six annuums now popped.  Just waiting on Gelbe Kirschen.  Might re-sow those as some of the seeds don't look viable.  I'll give it until the weekend first.

Annuums don't half germinate quickly! Lemon Spice Jalapeno were sprouting within 24 hours. Sometimes seeds do sprout incredibly quickly (too quickly) but then seem to die. In this case they have continued growing and look like they are going to be fine. I've never grown Jalapenos before; I...

The seeds don't need light to germinate, only warmth.  Hopefully you will have more success on your heat mat.  They only need light once they have popped.

Two of my plants are turning greener but one is still very dark. I'm giving one of them away soon but I'll keep the dark one.

Grow up, you guys!   (Wait until I start talking about Great Tits) https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/great-tit  

Yesterday I bought some grapes.  Cut one into quarters and put three of the pieces into the tub with the ladybirds.  This morning two out of the five ladybirds looked to be dead.  Definitely all alive last night.  Grapes not good.

Wow, you are doing so well!     You mentioned "the Damjan ones, which were way too crowded and too tall" - you can plant them deeper, you know, up to the level of the seed leaves.  That can help if they have got leggy.   Where are you going to put all your 100 plants by April when they are...

Updated grow list   Germinated (at least one seedling): BBG7 White Bhut Jolokia Peach Bhut Jolokia White Chilliwilly Red Chilliwilly Yellow Matthew Arthur SB SB MoA WHP X White Lightning F6 7 Pot Burgundy Moruga Scorpion Caramel Guyana Rush F2 Havana Gold Aji Berry Amarillo Aji...

Pricked out into Jiffy 7s:   1 x Rocoto Canario Yellow 3 x Caramel Moruga Scorpion 1 x 7 Pot Burgundy 3 x Aji Guyana 2 x Aji Berry Amarillo 2 x Sugar Rush Cream   Grow, my lovelies, grow!

  Grapes?  Grapes???  I thought ladybirds were carnivores?  I bet the caterpillars would love some grapes, though.

Cut down the four overwinters in the grow room.  I'm going to throw out the Burkina Yellow - it's never done terribly well and it seems mostly dead now.  There were lots of caterpillars on all the plants.  The ones that I caught alive I have put outside on the bird table.  Squished others and...

Seeds sown today:   Hot Orange - baccatum Ethiopian Peppertree - baccatum Ethiopian Berbere - annuum Numex Lemon Spice Jalapeno - annuum Gelbe Kirschen (Yellow Cherry) - annuum Monkey Face - annuum Purple Tiger - annuum Cseresznye (hot cherry) paprika - annuum   Fingers crossed!