UK Chilli Growing Guide - Episode 4 | Grow Update | Amazing Pepper Plants

[@PamsMountainGarden]

I have always started my peppers inside and when it is warm enough, moved them outside. Everyday that is it is at least 45°F, they go outside to take advantage of natural light and wind, then they come back in for the night. I gardened in Maine for almost 10 years and the one rule I learned there is never let them get cold. I found they never recovered completely and were stunted. No cold for my peppers! Yours are looking great!

[@traceyingram-vd4ip]

I'm so glad I've found your channel, not only is your laughing infectious but you share when things don't go so well such as your patchy germination. I've also struggled with spring onion germination and that's with new seed and not using Sylva grow, it's not ideal but it's nice to know I'm not alone😁

[@JBNat]

I've had dozens of comments about the spring onions so we are not alone!

[@PacificGardening]

Excited to see the next update

[@Dawn_Grows_Veg]

Gorgeous peppers JB. Mine are still in small pots but are pretty happy looking. Might check to see if some can go up a size now. Great series 😊

[@lorainemcguire5795]

Thanks JB o was looking at mine and thinking oh dear as just got first true leaves, next year will buy a light and heat mat to help ❤

[@debz_vegplot]

Its a great guide you're doing 😁. I've had a much better season since following it 👍. I too am running out of space and discovering a few issues as well. One being my mistake as i forgot the heat mat was still on and i was late watering them 😬. I definitely need to repot mine i think now, and rotate them too. Keep up the great work (my peppers are relying on you 😆)

[@aaronevans182]

I’ve not tried using fish,bone & blood this early on! Only on their final pot size later on in the season. Looking at how well yours have done… I think I will try this!

[@Joshomeplot]

I sowed mine the same day as you - not intentional - and mine are doing great, and are huge too. I’ve also potted on twice, a little before you advised, and all at different times, but not far off your schedule, and I noticed a spurt when I did. Brilliant advise so far JB, thanks!

[@JBNat]

I've loved seeing your updates on discord!

[@wendybarry5563]

Well done jb they are looking fantastic 👏 👌 😊

[@JBNat]

Thanks so much Wendy! You've spurred me on 😁

[@margaretalice6343]

Your chilli plants are amazing. Alas I have no grow lights so I’ve sown mine in March (scotch bonnet are through with 1st leaves. Awaiting Apache to pop through). I overwintered Red Devil chilli plants x 4. They’re flowering & producing fruit in March. Probably too early but I have red fruit which for me is a win. They’re very small fruits but pack a punch

[@JBNat]

I'm sure yours will be great! I did peppers for years with no lights and still had some lovely crops :)

[@JanesGrowingGarden]

Well that's just upsetting! Got to say though the Champion and Korean seeds you sent are doing a lot better than my others but have got a fair way to go to get to your stage! Great series - well done!

[@KellyWoodroffe]

Looking good JB 😊 you're about 3 weeks ahead of mine

[@JBNat]

Thank you Kelly! Hoping you have a good year :)

[@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf]

Yes yes yes! I adore ring of fire, i grow them every year! Possibly the best overall chilli?!

[@anitahaywood9827]

envious much, I'm on a mission now, they have been in my propagator in garage set a 30 degrees, they don't have much growth at all. i'm potting them on at weekend and changing the light!

[@JBNat]

They will get there in time! They can be temperamental little things :)

[@grungeandgardening]

Oh man mine were sown the same time and literally a couple of leaves. I'm going for a resow and hope they catch up! Added a fan and it's a game changer. You put us all to shame JB! But, I love seeing your triumphs!

[@JBNat]

Ahhh hang on in there I'm sure they'll come good in the sun!

[@investingwithanxiety976]

I' am growing California wonder and Liberty belle sweet peppers this year. They seem to be the opposite of leggy and too compact. They've grown to about 1 foot tall and the distance between the nodes seem too small so I' am worried about air flow around the plants. They've started to produce flower buds so I've being picking them off.

[@davidrowe182]

Loved the video JB. Got my chillis in a circa 0.5l pot at present. Will they be ok to skip the 1l pot stage and go to the 2l pots (the rose ones Tony Smith recommended)?

[@stewartw7302]

Your chillies are looking good JB. Mine aren’t quite as tall as yours, but boy, are the stocky. They’ve been under lights like your, but in a grow tent. I’m having to remove flowers as they are ready to go into the next size pots, but I’m running out of room.

[@JBNat]

One thing about mine this year is that a lot of them have grown taller rather than stocky, but I'm not 100% sure why. I don't think it's lack of light, could just be the varieties. All the chinense are lovely and stocky though.

[@stewartw7302]

@@JBNat I reckon you are right with it being the varieties. A lot of yours do look like mine. I started at about the same time as you. Fingers crossed we get a good harvest.

[@hirenpatel4589]

Can you provide the details of your grow light please? Thanks

[@JBNat]

This is the viparspectra p1000 but I don't think they make this any more. To be honest the big brand ones are roughly the same - spider farmer, Mars hydro etc etc. My main recommendation is that you get one to adequately fit your space and one which has a proper adjustable dimmer switch as they are so much more convenient than having to constantly move your light up and down

[@Anthony-n3b3w]

What light do you have?

[@PreatorRaszagal]

😮Those are some rather big plants! Looking good! Mine looks like the smaller ones you had on top of the shelf. But I guess it is kind of good so they don't become "too big" and take over the tent 🤪 How much water do you add to each tray when you water? I've been adding ~2.5-3 liter a week for a tray about the same size you have. I think I might need to increase that as the plants start to grow.

[@JBNat]

Yes they're very much getting too big!!! About the same as you! 2-3L for each tray.

[@hackmo]

Great video JB, do you have a build guide for that shelving system? Id love to build something like that for my plants. Having them spread all over the floor is a bit of a nuisance haha. Also, what kind of light is that?

[@JBNat]

It's just an IKEA unit! It's cool because you can customise the height of each shelf. The light is a viparspectra one but I heard they stopped making it with a proper dimmer which is really annoying. I screwed a kitchen cabinet handle into the top shelf to act as the hangar for my light haha

[@GurpreetKaur-hd2fx]

Hi JB, lovely looking chillies 🙂Can I please what % setting you have your light on? I think I have the same light, viper spectre my light is higher up but now my plants are bigger I’m having issues finding the light level that works for them, I previously had it on 50% thank you 🙂

[@JBNat]

Sorry only just saw this! Getting the light right might be the trickiest part! I've actually turned mine right down because if I have it too high they start growing too quickly! I've gone back down to around 30% which is plenty because they're so close now. If I put it up to 50 I can see how much bigger they get from the morning to the evening!

[@nitelite78]

I didn't realise you can get so many plants under a grow light of that size. I thought you'd get maybe 8 plants under there when at thaf size. What make of light is it? Thinking of maybe doing something similar next season.

[@hikerlindacanadianrockies8478]

I planted seed a month later than you did, as nothing can go out here until end of May/early June. So mine are still quite small, but there's lots of time yet.

[@JBNat]

Very sensible to plan for your local conditions of course. Hoping it starts to warm up for you soon!

[@StaceyWardle]

Thank you for all your advice, only my second year growing chillis and they are doing great, I’m so happy with them, about on schedule with your sowing. A couple have a flower on, do I leave or pinch off whilst the plants are still young.

[@JBNat]

Yep well worth pinching off the flowers, great to hear yours are growing well 😁

[@StaceyWardle]

Thank you

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝Thanks for the great video🌻

[@friendlyfox4572]

When they going outside JB?

[@johnmcgauley421]

Well.done

[@Jacqui-Pen]

JB im new to growing chilli peppers. Quite a few are growing flower buds. Should i remove them and when should i start to let them flower. What have i been doing wrong for them to keep trying to grow flower buds? Hope you can point me in the right direction

[@JBNat]

Mine are doing so as well. If you're growing them indoors and sowed them early in the year it's just quite common. If you get too much flowering really early on in the year it's often a sign of trouble. But if they're 3+ months old and still indoors its common for them to flower even if they've got lots of room in the pot. Annum varieties seem to be the worst for it. I am still taking my flowers off of my peppers until they're in their final pots :)

[@annickaprevander9863]

Hi JB, what nice plants you have. I have grown peppers inside under lighting, they are vigorous and green. Now to my question.. How come you manage to get what I think are lice... tiny little white crawlers in abundance.. every year.. it's about 20 degrees and now that it's mild outside I open the window so I get circulation among my seeds. Greetings from Sweden ❤

[@JBNat]

Hmm I'm not sure what lice you mean? Could they be aphids?

[@annickaprevander9863]

@@JBNat yes I think that.

[@happydigging]

Do you know what your energy costs are in terms of your electricity bill required to power all the grow lights?

[@JBNat]

Great question! I don't strictly know (we don't have one of those fancy meters) but I think my big grow light is probably around £1.50 a week. Those blue lights are probably about 15-20p a week. Well worth it for me but understand it's not for everyone! Mark has a great video on this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX_HkpqtmNuto9Esi=DLoXP8Jczv81f6I2

[@happydigging]

@@JBNat great video recommendation! Really quite pleasantly surprised at how cost effective modern LED grow lights are! Thanks for getting back to me, much appreciated 😊 Happy Digging 🌱

[@freckles2437]

My chillies and peppers are looking great, but I have far too many, gardeners dilemma 😅. Jo C .

[@benjaminh.7698]

Well done! My Chili Plants look like bonsai's compared to yours ;) Some of them started flowering - just being under 10cm in height....

[@JBNat]

Worth picking off the flowers at this stage I think, try and keep their energy on the leaves. Do they need potting up? They do sometimes set out the occasional flower when they shouldn't!

[@benjaminh.7698]

@@JBNat Yes, I already cut them. I used normal potting mix for tomatoes & paprikas. And I’m going to pot them up, as soon as I get my mycorrhiza order. And then I will use a potting mix that is more closely to yours and ChiliChumps :-) Light (15 hours) & warmth (20c at night, 24c at day) should be ok. My chilis are quite small and bushy so I also raised the light last week quite a bit. It’s my first time growing chilis, so I’m learning a lot 😅

[@JaM112]

This year is my first year ordering from chilli chump, my first showings didn't germinate and I've had mixed germination with the 2nd sowing. This has delayed my peppers and chilli's this year. I'm sure it'll be fine in the end though. What is your light schedule?

[@JBNat]

That is so shocking, which varieties? And have you let him know? I've honestly never had a bad seed from him. Lights go on when we get up and off when we go to sleep, so it can vary a bit but usually around 6-7am til 10-11pm.

[@JaM112]

I was thinking about it last night, its probably something I did wrong, as the majority of other seeds have germinated, still waiting on others to pop up. Ut I k ow it can take time

[@lucrom1097]

Fantastisch Good planting looks WoW JB thans te video Top men good week 🌿✔️🌷🌶️🍆

[@Growyourowninacourtyard]

Mine aren’t even an inch high.

[@locke6531]

👍

[@paulfifield7594]

Do you ever pinch out your growing tips on your chilli's......... ok you have just answered my question.

[@yongw99]

My Ring of Fire chilli plants are about 10cm height, nothing compared to yours

[@locke6531]

small tip. do away with the ratchets and carabiners holding the light. you can easily rig up a piece of wire or something of the sort, will gain you another four or five inches of clearance and allow the light to the ones on the outer edge as they're being blocked by the height of the central ones. it'll make a world of difference as you don't want to stall them now before being able to get them out to your glasshouse

[@JBNat]

Yeah good thinking Locke, I've been thinking I need to do something like that. Don't really have anything just right for it so I'm probably just going to lower the shelf a bit!

[@LucRom-kz5uw]

Fantastisch Good looking planten jb groeien wow men Top thans te video 🫑🌶👍🌷🪻