Yeah, last year I started 5 seeds in March and got 2 germinating and still alive now, and I knew nothing back then as far as growing from seed and keeping them over the winter.
I did my first batch this year the beginning of April, no heat, no light, just 8 seedling pots on a window sill, 100% germinated. They got a little too wet when the rains came as they were moved outside for the 2nd batch to take the window sill, but doing OK now and onto their third set of leaves and stay outside in a cold frame. The have done the best because they started with a month of warm dryish weather. Mainly 7 pot reds and yellows.
2nd batch was done on the 16 April, no heat or light, just 8 seedling pots on a windowsill. They also got a little too wet when the rain came, as I didn't even have the cold frame until June. Mainly Choc habs, choc scorps, aji pineapple, fatalii and bonda ma Jacques
3rd batch done under heat on 1st June, and stay inside under light, about 24 seedling pots fit into my heated germinator. About 8 didn't germinate, but these were troublesome seeds from last year, so I expected that and that's why I sowed so many. Brain strain, red savina, peruvian white habs and brown chinense, bhuts, bih jolokias, criolla sella, butch ts, naga, aji lemons and rocoto all came up though.
4th batch done 16th June, whatever didn't work on the 3rd sowing, plus scotch bonnets, jalapenos, big jims, amarillo, choc bhut and red habs.
