Has anyone else grown (or currently growing) chilli's indoors?
By nancyrowina
@nancyrowina (3850)
March 19, 2008 1:51pm CST
I bought these seeds from woolworths they came with a pot and the compost to fill it for only 2.37 and they've come up (see attached photo), not all of them yet but at least some have. Apparently they can take up to 2 weeks to germinate and this is what's happened two weeks to the day of me planting them.
Me and my partner like chilli's and buy a lot from the local veg shop so I thought I'd try growing them. I found a great site all about chilli growing here which has lots of useful information:http://www.chillisgalore.co.uk/pages/growingtips.html
they recommend lights and heated pots and all sorts, but I'm not too bothered about getting a huge yield I'm just interested to see if it works. has anyone else had any success growing their own chilli's indoors without a greenhouse?
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@casita (237)
• United States
26 Mar 08
Actually, we're growing both chilli and tomatoes indoors right now. We live in Michigan. They seem to be doing OK so far.
Our hopes was to grow chilli all year long. And they are flowering right now.
As for the tomatoes, we just wanted to get a head start before planting them in the garden this spring. We wanted good sized plants. And they are really getting there!
No greenhouse. Just a window (actually, a doorwall we don't use).
@nancyrowina (3850)
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28 Mar 08
Glad to hear it's working, my chilli's are still seedlings at the moment, I have a lot of plants (more than 10 now) I'm probably going to have to give some away.
@shikamaru (126)
• Indonesia
21 Mar 08
Where do you live Nancy?
I have grown hot chilli in little pot on the front of my room. I am not sure I wanna take them into my room, I would prever to let they grow outdoors so they could receive the good sun ray. Love them grow. I have two big plant which supply me with many chilli, now I grow another two little chilli so they could replace the old one someday.
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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21 Mar 08
I live in England where it's quite cold though I have seen people grow chilli's here without a greenhouse or artificial heat, I think you get more if you have more heat though. I have quite few plants coming up so I hope to get quite a lot of chilli's.
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@recycledgoth (9894)
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28 Mar 08
I usually start off my seeds on windowsills in the house, and had some success with chillis a couple of years ago. I am lucky in that I have a large south facing room with a big ledge so I can put several trays of seeds in there to germinate. Yours should do well in a warm and well lit room hun
@nancyrowina (3850)
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28 Mar 08
I hope so as we do buy a lot and it would great to grow our own. Looking for ways to preserve them too, the site I'm looking at recommends drying them but they can be kept in oil I believe, you can buy them like that anyway.
@nancyrowina (3850)
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28 May 08
In the end way too many chilli plants came up I'm going to have to give loads away, I re potted them all into their own pots today and they've taken up a whole kitchen surface and the windowsill.
@nancyrowina (3850)
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28 Aug 08
I've got loads of chilli's now I've even preserved some in Olive oil to make chilli oil. They did really well just on the windowsill and without too much watering.
@Foxfire1875 (2010)
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20 Mar 08
I've not tried chillis, isn't it a bit cold here for them? Although as long as you have a south facing window that should work as well.
I grew dwarf tomatoes one year, inside at a window and it worked really well, I got a decent crop. They also tasted better than shop bought. If I had the space I'd do it again.
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@nancyrowina (3850)
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20 Mar 08
Yes it's amazing how different home grown tomatoes taste isn't it? the ones in shops have been sped up by being put under lights 24 hours a day to make them grow faster. My friend successfully grew chilli's here a few years ago, only one plant though and I'm going to have quite a few.
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@Foxfire1875 (2010)
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20 Mar 08
Good luck with them. The great thing about growing your own is you know they haven't got nasty chemicals on them, plus you can't get fresher.
Tomatoes grow really quickly so it annoys me that they are forced for shops.
Tomatoes grow really quickly so it annoys me that they are forced for shops.