Topic: Cultivating your own plants from seed (chillies and coriander)

[SnS]

Look healthy enough to me Chris, but you will have to divide the roots sooner or later as they outgrow the pot. Carefully separate each plant with as many of its own roots as you can, and repot. Better doing it while they're young, before the roots intertwine into one root ball.

Also, the chile seedlings need more soil added around the stems, almost up to the first set of leaves. If you split the chile plants now and put them into their own pots you can do this at the same time.

What is the plant in the right hand pot? Looks like that could do with a bit more compost as well.

 

[Chris303]

My other half wants a sun flower  ;D

I am scared to seperate them... dont want to kill the basil off.

[SnS]

Why don't you try separating just one pot first ... just in case.

Seedings are tougher than you think Chris.

[pauleey]

hello all heres a quick update on my chillis
the green house is filling out now

most are budding now so not to long b4 i get some fresh chillis








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all the best pauley

[SnS]

Hi Paul

Looks like you're gonna have one hellova lot of chile fruit this year! My first year, I grew 14 chile plants. By August I was giving them away by the bag at the local pub.

[pauley]

this year im going to buy a dehydrator and dry them to powder them up im a coffie grinder but also i make chilli sauce witch i sell up the local pub last year they all had free samples this year im going to charge?4. per bottle i have 20 orders allready
all the best
pauley

[Chris303]

I have split up some of the smaller younger ones first as a trial. I have 12 individual pots now each with a little cayenne plant.

The bigger one looks very healthy but there is so much basil I think it might be too risky to seperate it.... the roots look quite messy.

[Chris303]

Here are all my Cayenne plants... very slow they are going through.

[Chris303]

the bottom one is a sunflower ... just in case anyone says :p

[SnS]

Looking good Chris. Worth all the trouble eh?

Plenty of light now and they'll grow fast. When the roots start to show at the holes at the bottom of the pot, transplant into larger 5 or 6 inch pots.

Well done mate.

Sns