Money Spider on Orange Thai Chilli Plant

This little money spider has made its home on one of my Orange Thai chilli seedlings in the bathroom. No harm, it can stay!

Tequila Sunrise (~ 30 days)

This is the 'Tequila Sunrise' chilli (Capsicum Annuum) at about 30 days after germination.



Been repotting a few more plants each couple of days when they sprout about 3 or 4 leaves.

Paper Lantern (~ 27 Days)

Quite a slow developer this, the Paper Lantern chilli. Note the yellow-hued leaves - the most yellow of all of the chillis.

Hot Purple Prince (~26 Days)

Detail of the Hot Purple Prince seedling.

Black Hungarian (~ 26 Days)

Detail of the Black Hungarian seedling.

Repotting at about 25 days

Transfer into larger pots from the mini-trays. Fill the pot and make a hole large enough (and deep enough) to push the knocked-out seedling and soil into. If you do it quickly you should be able transfer it all without the soil all falling off and finding yourself grasping at slim stem and delicate roots in your big banana-like fingers.



Once potted, water and leave to settle in.

All seedlings at about 22 days

Some of these started growing after others of course.

Rocoto Canarios (21 days)

Another picture of the Rocotos - it is the biggest of all of the seedlings now. It is finally putting out some new leaves!



All seedlings are out of the propagator now.

It seems that I don't have any Goat Horn after all - I was misreading my labels! All others have sprouted at least one though.

Hairy Rocoto Canarios Seedling

This Rocoto Canarios seedling is one of the hairiest yet!

Seed tray view

I have now removed all the sprouted seedlings and moved them to a sunny windowsill. The still dormant or very young have been left in the propagator.

Stuck seed casing

This is a pretty common problem - the seed casing isn't pushed off by the growing starter leaves and remains stuck. If left the chilli will often recover or burst it off later, but I've had a few that just die. You can, very carefully, pull it off:

Grasp the chilli seedling with finger and thumb gently. With other finger and thumb grip the seed casing and gently pull, slowly. The casing should slide off with just a little resistance. If it won't budge, don't force it, but leave it another day or two and try again.

Um, we have a problem...

Yikes, what happened here? This 'Chinese' chilli is growing, but it's furry root system seems to be mostly out of the ground. It has also failed to release it's seed head.

Black Hungarian (3 days)

This is the first chilli (the Black Hungarian) to sprout that seems to have a coloured stem.