UPDATE!

I just realized that I hadn't updated here in a while!A lot has happened here at the 'chilifarm', among the most important is the lightinstallation, which has improved plant lifequality greatly :D20 species from the fatalii.net seeds have germinated properly and only four remains; Locato, CAP 220, Aji Limo and Starfish.
Oldest plants are almost 6weeks now and youngest 21days

chilis have a new home

Finally my little buildingproject is finished and the chilis are now living in their new home - the closet :D
Here there will be no goddamned cats nor kids to disturb, and the temperature is a lot better.

artificial lights added

1x Philips new generation 30w/827 (warmwhite),
1x Philips new generation 30w840 (coldwhite),
2x sylvania aquastar 174 (blue growlight)

more growth!

Bam!
Now there are five germinated seeds that sprouted the soil;
Short Yellow Tabasco,
Inca Berry,
Lemon Drop,
C05482 and
PI 260560.

I tried some pots today with my on onionbasket to see if I had a match and bingo - instant win.
In the combination of a black 12L bucket the combination means that there's a 3L waterreservoir left at the bottom - which I think is perfect!

Short Yellow Tabasco #2

Germination!
It has begun. On the 6th day I saw this little baby pulling through.
It is a great feeling to see life beginning here and I can now start dreaming of large crops and tasty chili stews and sadwiches *drool*

update :)

My first batch of assorted "carribean chilis" is growing very well and the second and third leafpairs are starting to show on every plant. Sizes are varying from about 4-7cm and the first leafpairs are getting quite large :)

I got my second batch planted the 26th of February in my plugbox so finally the season is really beginning.

I also found a new item that might be the solution to my project with the self-watering pots. It's an "onionbasket" that will serve as the layer between soil and watertank

Still snow...

Yep, yep, yep.
Winter is here!

Seems there's no justice in weather. We had spring around the corner last week with springflowers about to bloom. As usual there's a storm to turn everything around again.
Here's a pic of my balcony with my cat "Mai", slightly discomforted out in the snow.

I guess now I'll have to wait quite a while before I can put my seedlings out there :(

My new popup plugbox!

Today I also finally got my plugbox (yay) from Nelson. Pics to the right here to show it's dimensions in metrics ;)
It's a great design for easy growing and migration of seedling as they are just popped out and put into their new medium.

Next in line is a new order from Jukka at Fatalii.net

Attempted self-watering pot

I found a cheap 10L bucket (actually 13L) and pot in plastic to make a self-watering capillary system aswell. Apart from eventual sunshine growing algae in this bucket I think the volume of water might be good (4-5liters?) which I will measure later. Now I just need to find a tube that fits and then I'm good to go.
I'll have a look at some other places too tho for similar solutions. Looking for actual pots in plastic or whatever material seems very expensive and compared to this pot and bucket (~1€ each) anything is expensive.

24 seelings up, remaining six close

There we are. 24 up and remaining six close. Finally!
Now I just need more light and growth :)

New order soon

I've been communicating with the author of Fatalii.net the last days and I'm going to make a nice order from his seeds section. Jukka is a great guy to talk to and provides much help and answers.

I'm sure I will get great seeds once I order :)

More info soon ;)

New minigreenhouse

I found this new product from Lord Nelson called a Plugbox pop-up system used in professional greenhouses. It uses a capillary selfwatering system for optimal results. Once the seedlings/cutlings are strong enough all you have to do is movie them into a new pot and new soil.








*Photos from http://www.nelson.se

Day 8, 21 seedlings have breached...

21 seedlings have breached the soil now and I guess most other are just under the ground preparing to burst out. Another 24 to go. Soon other projects are go for start aswell as spring is crawling it's way over here. I repotted a large Terragon (Anethum graveolens) and an even larger Thyme (Tymus vulgaris) aswell today to bathe in the kitchen's sunny south-western window (Pics to to come).

Day 7, clearly starting to grow...

Day 7, clearly starting to grow and the seeds are all starting to show up, and fast. I am now awaiting all the seeds to break surface and grow to the greenhouse top for repotting :)