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So this is the third shift to go into the #HotFridge ... hopefully will get into dirt on Monday or Tuesday evening. (I prefer between 24 and 48 hours for the soak.)
A mixed bag tray! All the capsicums for the year I think. For the eggplants I do have one more variety coming in from Real Seeds as they have a skinny one I hope I can replace Hansel-F1 with. Our third year for Cape Gooseberries, maybe we'll actually get ripe fruit this year? Then we have some fill-in chillis, the first four being due to iffy germination their first time around, and I found that Mr Fothergills seed the other day and decided to try some (we have more Padron seeds and a citrussy yellow chilli coming from Real Seeds so not quite finished with chillies yet lol). Then finally the tomatillos... we have been growing them every year for a few years now, we don't use tonnes, but they're a great limited-fuss crop.
After this will come the tomatoes in early March, plus that handful of Real Seeds extras.
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Ooops, it has somehow been a whole week since I last posted about my chillies! Germination of the chillies in the previous post is now well underway, with nine pots moved to the #GrowShelf from the #HotFridge.
The varieties germinated so far are:
- 2x Biquinho Red
- 2x Biquinho Yellow
- 1x CC Jalapeño
- 2x KhangStarr StarrLing
- 2x Trepaderia Werner
Note that I count "per pot" rather than per-seed, so some of these I have more of and an option to grow-on extras, for example there are actually 3x seedlings of each of the 2x above.
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Time to get the next set into some chamomile I guess. We have a few more chillies to go, and then I also start out my eggplants and capsicums at this time using the same method — first half Feb.
Tomatoes get the same treatment but I probably won't start them until the first week of March... they grow so damn fast, there just isn't that much of a rush.
There's other sowing going on as well, but done more simply, and not necesarilly needing the #HotFridge... I'm also about to do various alliums and a few other bits. It all gets pretty busy from this point.
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About half my chillies have germinated already - some time in the last 36 hours anyway. Chamomile soaked from 25th Jan, planted in pairs in mini pots on 28th Jan and popped into the #HotFridge, germinated circa 3rd/4th Feb.
If there is a race to be won here I guess the prize goes to the Chilli Chump "Kimchi Pepper" seeds — all 4 seeds strongly germinated!
Currently our no-shows are Chilli Chump Naga Morich, and also both Rocoto varieties (Marlene and Costa Rica, also both Chilli Chump, from last year.)
On the superhot germination front we have have a single Naga Morich from Fatalii and a single 7 Pot Brainstrain Yellow from Chilli Chump. That's pretty speedy for superhots really.
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#HotFridge is hooked into #HomeAssistant of course, so I can make sure it is doing its thing...
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#HotFridge LIVES! Had to replace a dodgy power board that was making disconcerting sizzling noises...
Fridge is set to high-20s for chilli germination.
Chilli seeds are in dirt after ~48h in chamomile.
That's the first seeds of 2026 in: 7Pot Brainstrain Yellow, Aji Habanero, Aji Mango, CC Piri Piri, Chupetinho White, Goronong, Habenero Hot Lemon, Kashmiri Mirch, Kimchi Pepper, Naga Morich from Chilli Chump, Naga Morich from Fatalii, Rawit, Rocoto Costa Rica, Rocoto Marlene.
Two seeds per mini-pot, four of each variety total, fiftysix seeds in. (There are a few more to come.)
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For completeness of the record...
Moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf on Feb 11th:
1x Naga Morich (X2)
1x Yaki Blue (Y5)Feb 15th:
1x Padron (Y14) - just one of 8 seeds planted, new seed is on the way
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Ah-hah.. have found Thursday's notes on what got moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf, they were in some other open Masto tab hidden amongst the many tabs... I didn't note how many pots of each of these, but I can interpolate that from the other data..
3x Rocoto Costa Rica - Y2 (2 pots)
2x Beaver Dam - Y11 (1 pot)
2x Rocoto Marlene - Y1 (1 pot) -
Almost forgot to do a Friday (OK, Saturday early hours) #HotFridge check.
I'm a bit confused as I thought I did a Thursday one, but I don't see a record of it here... I'll do a re-org of the little pots tomorrow and if there's a diff between what's on the grow light shelf and what's documented here I'll fill that in... (as this thread has become my primary record of chilli germination lol).
Just now moved from #HotFridge to #GrowShelf we have:
1x Naga Morich (yay!) - X2 (1 pot)
1x BB Mama - X6 (1 pot)
2x Bishop's Crown - X10 (1 pot)
1x Rocoto Marlene - Y1 (1 pot)
1x KangStarr Sweet QueenHi - Y9 (1 pot)
2x KanStarr Lingria - Y10 (1 pot)
3x Chilli Chump Piri Piri - Y12 (2 post) -
Next day, EVEN M04R CH1ll13Z!!
Also super-chuffed that my 7 Pot Primos have germinated so soon! These can be a bastard to germinate. Turns out my "abuse" of them leaving on a wet tissue for over a week after the chamomile soak hasn't done any harm. They hadn't sprouted yet when I planted them but they were clearly close. No doubt the 28C of the #HotFridge did the rest, and *boom*... under 2 days later we have 3 or 4 up and out of the soil.
Today's additions to the #GrowShelf:
3x 7 Pot Primo (X1)
3x Kashmiri Mirch (Y3)
3x Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry (Y4)
4x Biquinho Red (Y6)
3x Thunder Mountain Longhorn (Y7)
2x KangStarr StarrLing (Y8)
1x Beaver Dam (Y11)
4x Chilli Chump Piri Piri (Y12) -
First #chillies have graduated from the #HotFridge to the #GrowShelf ... speedy!
I take them out when at least one seedling in a pot has both cotyledons well open. The goal is for one strong seedling per pot. Though I may consider pricking out one of the two to another pot if another pot fails or I want more of that plant.
Here we have:
2x Aji Mango (X8) <-edit
3x Sugar Rush Stripey (X13)
4x Trinidad Perfume (X4)
3x Tangerine Tiger (X12)
3x Chilli Chump Jalapeño (X14)
3x Scotch Bonnet (X5)
3x Madre Veija (X11) -
104 seeds, 52 little pots, 28 varieties - that's the #chillies in the #HotFridge...
Some I popped in on Thursday evening have popped up already - these were somewhat pre-sprouted on wet paper.
Next up will be the eggplant and capsicum seeds.
I'll wait until second half of Feb for the tomatoes and similar.
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Been a bit distracted by other things but managed to piece together an #allotment postcard from the weekend. The weather got in the way a bit but we got a start on a fence, and I have the #HotFridge cleaned up ready for the germination extravaganza ahead...
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It has gained two new items yet somehow also more space. Losing the clothes drying rack (temporarily) of course helps.
There is now a table workspace so I no longer need to do night-time or rainy-day potting on and seed planting on the kitchen/dining table.
And I have moved that big dead display fridge in here and it'll become an upgraded #hotfridge for winter germination and overwintering selected chilli plants.
This means the old white fridge can be a ~10°C produce fridge (when needed.)
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Was pondering if this very dead fridge could be repurposed as a kinda posh #allotmemt coldframe.
But Kat's suggestion is it can become #hotfridge MK2… I like the idea of a germination enclosure with glass doors. Hmmm... 🤔 Plus then I can worry less about the refrigeration gas problem. It'll remain "safe" indoors until the day it is disposed of properly.
Think if I was to try and make some sort of coldframe with it I'd need to use the doors only and have the main fridge disposed of properly.
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With extra compost mix I got a couple of pots ready for Kat's gingers (of the eating type). Grown from some organic ginger we got via the local organic farmers (imported from Peru I think). We got them started last spring in the #HotFridge and they grew some cute little plants over the summer but then quickly went dormant at the end of autumn. We thought they were ded. Kat even asked about them on Gardeners Question Time and was told they're probably dee eee dee. They have proven otherwise!
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I did also squeeze in a seed sowing blitz, running much later than planned on the pumpkins/squash here. Also runner beans (first sowing was a total fail!), purple beans, borlotti beans, gherkins, zucchinis, and comfrey.
Hoping to see some action from these quickly in the #HotFridge.
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And now the #HotFridge is filled up again.
* Giant sunflowers (red & yellow)
* Wild Garlic (in the bag)
* Tomatillos (2 types)
* Okra (2 types)
* Tomato (1 type)
* 4 Melons
* 2 CucumbersPlus some hangovers from earlier chilli and tomatos. None of my 6x 7 Pot Primo have germianted :( 3x at 37 days and 3x at 20 days so too early to say they're just duds.
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And a big shuffleabout as the chilli and tomato seedlings migrate to porch and windowsills. New seed trays slot into windowsill, conservatory, and grow-light spots. And now I have 2x15 trays worth of little seed pots empty so it's time for the next tomatoes, and tomatillos, and okra to get sown and popped in the #hotfridge for rapid germination.
The whole #allotment / #polytunnel / #greenhouse pipeline is filling up quickly.
Those onions need planting out soon!