Growing Chili's Indoors?

I have some anaheim chili pepper seeds waiting to sprout in my bedroom. Was wondering if anyone else has grown chili peppers indoors before? Have a 2' T5HO fixture for lighting and using coco fiber as a grow medium.

started growing some ghost chilis but they never sprouted. i do know you have to keep your room fairly warm and humid for them to turn out right.

I've grown habaneros indoors...used a 1000w MH and grew them in 3 gallon containers of soil. I didn't get a huge crop the first time, but I did learn some things...

I've had best luck using a heating pad to germinate seeds. They seem to germinate best at around 80-85F.

Chile plants are not photosensitive, they like about 16 hours of light all the way through the cycle. Keep the room warm, chiles are subtropical in origin and don't do well at all below 70F.

Aphids and The Borg just LOVE some varieties of chiles. My Red Congos got destroyed, but the Fataliis were untouched...go figure.

Let your plants get dry a few times towards harvest time, it seems to increase the heat level somewhat.

Erm, that's all I can think of at this moment, I'll add more if I remember...

www.chileplants.com

www.reimerseeds.com

yeah I'm attempting to grow some too, still have yet to see anything, I'm getting tempted to field goal kick this box right out the fucking door lmao
but i suppose ill give it another week

I grew four cayenne pepper plants under a 250w CFL in a closet and they did very well, flowering beautifully for several months until the the leaves started to wither and fall off suddenly. I have no idea what happened, but they had already given me so many fruits, so I wasn't sad.

jd, have you got anything to sprout yet? Certain species of peppers take longer to germinate. I have some seeds that have been germinating for 6 weeks and some others sprout in 2 to 3 days. What types are you guys growing that you are not getting anything to sprout? I germinate all my pepper seeds between 86 and 90 deg. and keep the seeds moist but not saturated. The paper towel method is the easiest and less time consuming but better chance of seeds getting moldy. I grow alot of peppers indoors under fluoro lights and right now I have roughly 200 varieties growing in the basement. Patience when it comes to pepper seeds.

Holy crap that's a lot of types. Do peppers have to be pollinated to set fruit or no?

I'm trying to get ghost chili's right now. Jalapeno, cayanne and Serrano shortly along with banana peppers

Peppers are self pollinating.

Hey all, well this is my first post and figured it would be good place to start! I have some Veg's that im growing inside including some peppers and cherry tomatoes

I built a quick easy make-shift germination box. I bought a flat with a large dome cover, and installed a double socket light fixture. I used tinfoil and reflective tape for duct work, to line the inside of the dome. This one has air flaps on top and it stays nice and warm in the box. I had a germination rate of about 60%. Here are a few more pics of my box and babies! I have a couple different types of peppers growing! Im excited about how well they seem to be doing under the CFL's

grapdawg, you should probably take the plants out of the box and just put the lights over top of them. What they really need is a fan blowing on them maybe two times a day for 1/2 hr at a time, it helps to strengthen the stems. They would only need to be in that box to germinate the seeds then as soon as the sprout get them into the open air under lights. Also they do not need lights to germinate but lights do make a good heat source for germination. I start my seeds either in paper towels in a ziplock baggie or in a seed starting tray in the germ box and as soon as the sprout I stick them in 72 cell trays until they get root bound and then pot up to 4 inch pots where they stay until sold or I plant them in the garden.

arent peppers those tiny seeds?

you just spread them over the surface of the soil and keep them moist, no burying.

if i remember correctly peppers can take as much as 3 weeks to sprout?

or 2. might be depending on strain.

thepodpiper said:

grapdawg, you should probably take the plants out of the box and just put the lights over top of them. What they really need is a fan blowing on them maybe two times a day for 1/2 hr at a time, it helps to strengthen the stems. They would only need to be in that box to germinate the seeds then as soon as the sprout get them into the open air under lights. Also they do not need lights to germinate but lights do make a good heat source for germination. I start my seeds either in paper towels in a ziplock baggie or in a seed starting tray in the germ box and as soon as the sprout I stick them in 72 cell trays until they get root bound and then pot up to 4 inch pots where they stay until sold or I plant them in the garden.

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Thanks podpiper, I am waiting tell payday so i can get some bigger pots, more lights and a cheap fan. I like your set up! Do you run a nursery?

More like a day care! He's putting that kid to work on the farm!

Damn, that is a lot of different types of peppers.

PIPBoy2000 said:

More like a day care! He's putting that kid to work on the farm!

Damn, that is a lot of different types of peppers.

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Looks like the kid is doing a good job!

I've been curious about getting into the plant business. There's a ebook that caught my interest by Mike mcgroraty (sp¿) but haven't bought the program.

podpiper, NICE SET UP!!!! u made me yell "holy shit!" lol

sso, pepper seeds are not that small and should be put under the soil, about 1/4 in. Some seeds of many wild varieties can take up to 8-10 weeks or longer. The longest I had to wait for a seed was 12 weeks and when the only seed out of 10 sprouted the plant died about week later. I believe it was a "c. lanceolatum". Still have not gotten this species to grow for me.

grapdawg, I would not call it a nursery more like a hobby turned into an addiction then the addiction got out of control and had to start selling to help pay for it. I sell heirloom tomato and exotic pepper plants and also started my own spice business. I have over 20 different varieties of pepper spices.



It is very easy to grow peppers indoors once you work the bugs out of your setup. The most impotant thing I would think when germinating is to not get the seeds too wet because they will rot.

By the way the little guy is a master gardener in the making.

You show those lady bugs who's boss!!!

thepodpiper said:

grapdawg, I would not call it a nursery more like a hobby turned into an addiction then the addiction got out of control and had to start selling to help pay for it. I sell heirloom tomato and exotic pepper plants and also started my own spice business. I have over 20 different varieties of pepper spices.

It is very easy to grow peppers indoors once you work the bugs out of your setup. The most impotant thing I would think when germinating is to not get the seeds too wet because they will rot.

By the way the little guy is a master gardener in the making.

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I planted two seeds of each variety i had and it took 13 days for the first one to sprout. After three weeks i took the cups that didn't sprout and dumped them into a pail. I found that several of the seeds had been germinated but hadn't broke the soil. So yea they must take some time to sprout. I am using (Renee's Garden) seeds. Do you sell your seeds via a website thepodpiper? I would be interested in taking a look. I am planning a pretty big garden this year and need to stock up. Also I am from Minnesota so is there varieties that do better in this climate? Thanks for sharing your info!!!