Chilli Growing Kit - Chilli Selection - 4 Varieties

This Chilli Selection Growing Kit has everything you need to start growing four of our favourite chilli varieties, on a windowsill or in a greenhouse.

The kit includes 5 seeds of each variety and the chilli varieties can range from mild to very hot. Please note that, although we try our best to offer a good range of heat levels  and plant characteristics, depending on seed stock at the time of packing, the varieties included may change from time to time. Depending on stock, typical seed varieties it might include are: Apache, Jalapeno, Habanero, Razzamatazz, Serrano, Big Bomb, Pepperoncini - this may vary from the description on the side of the box.

Note, the kits currently contains two medium and two hot varieties:

• Jalapeno (Medium)
• Rokita (Medium)
• De Cayenne (Hot)
• Razzamatazz (Hot)

Information

Chillies are very rewarding plants to grow - they look great and can produce large crops.

This kit contains all you need to grow your own chillies from seed in a snazzy gift box.

The kit contains:

1 x Propagator with lid (holds 8 compost plugs), 8 x coir compost plugs (peat-free), 4 x plant labels, 1 x marker pencil, 1 x full instructions on the box, 4 x varieties of chilli seeds (5 seeds of each variety: 20 seeds in total - sent in silver foil pouches with the chilli variety printed on each) Once your seeds have germinated and grown into healthy seedlings with 2 or 3 sets of leaves, they can be easily potted on by placing the whole plug into a 1 litre pot containg some free draining potting-on compost such as a John Innes No. 2 formula, or coir compost.

Pots and compost are available on our website. The propagator in the kit is designed to take 8 Coir compost plugs (peat-free); once the seedlings are potted on, you can purchase more compost plugs and re-use the propagator.

Apart from the pencil and the plant markers, all the components of this kit are available separately. Chilli seed germination and plant growth needs a temperature of at least 20c. To increase the speed of germination and the growth-rate of seedlings during the colder months, place the propagator on a heat source such as a radiator, a warming mat or a thermostatic heating mat. Chilli seeds need a constant warm temperature to germinate, so avoid locations that have fluctuating temperatures. Once germinated, the seedlings need adequate light to grow on healthy. 

Growers Guide

For instructions on re-hydrating and sowing seeds into plugs in our propagators, see our separate "growing kit instructions."