Trials of Chilli -part two

Trials of chilli part two

 

 

Well a month of snow and public holidays and birthdays has not stopped my fellow twitter chilli triallists- (from now on we will refer to them as THE OTHERS) from planting seeds and making them grow! I was sooo impressed.

As it is not a race this action by THE OTHERS has not frustrated me or triggered any sort of strange response at all.

 I always look like this on New Years Eve -

 

So I devised a cunning mechanism to allow me to propagate seeds indoors – (no chickens were injured in this process).

 

 We had the trays etc. from the greenhouse and the weather station* was a present a couple of years ago.

*As an aside a techno gardening miracle happened as the remote temperature sensor has started working so I have 2 readings for the first time since the really cold weather 2 years ago!! I attribute this to my saint like patience about this trial. (IT WAS NOT NEW BATTERIES – OK)

This is the first time I have done this as we try to keep the veg out of the house until it is ready to eat except for chitting the potatoes. I have tested the set up and the trays will heat to about 25 degrees but we don’t have the radiators on all the time so it is an experiment.

From left to right we have

1.    The chilli trial seeds

2.    Aubergines long purple

3.    A different aubergine

4.    Another different aubergine

5.    Onion seeds yellow rynsburger

6.    Onion seeds small paris onions

I really like aubergines and haven’t been very successful in the past so I am hoping this will work. I have never grown onion from seed before either so it is all new and horticulturally exciting!

The cat was very interested in this process and offered her advice in the usual manner.

 

This was after an hour of rubbing her chin on everything and being sworn at by a fishwife who possessed my body!

Here is the equipment I used (boring myself now) for the benefit of THE OTHERS – this is a bucket, tray and washing up bottle.

 

I also invested in a heated propagator where I have some more onions and celery seeds so I will compare the progress of both systems of propagation.

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