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I last month I brought back from south India some dried byadgi chili peppers for cooking and last week I planted the seeds from one of them, it's the first time I get chili seeds that sprout so fast and I am very happy about it. It is the first time i hear about them, let's see if they taste good.

Made Goulash for these cold days. Extra spicy :ablobcatbongo:

Goulash with beef and a little bacon. A standard recipe with caraway and majoram, onion, bell pepper, carrot, potato, fresh and canned tomato and of course chilis.
I used for 1 kg 2.2lb meat fresh:
2x 7-pot Barrackpore
3 Scotch brain yellow
1 tsp Cayenne powder and 2 tsp sweetpepper for some smokey aroma.
All together about 3 liters. (~0.8 US gal, ~0,65 UK gal)

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A small bowl of Goulash with a spoon in it, viewed from above.
Onion and potato chunks are just visible ind the thick soup. A bayleaf and parsley are also visible on the surface.

My last of the season 23 chilis from my 4 chilis in my microgrow tent.
Aka: 'Chilihaus'🌶️🏡.

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Red 5cm pointy 7 pot Barrackpore and yellow 3cm pumpkin Scotch brain chilis. A brown round 2cm Apocalypse chili is also visible in a bowl.

My two window chilis.

A Thai Birds Eye (left) and a Chiero Roxa. These have been growing since Ferbruary 2023 inside at an East facing window.
The Thai is from seeds bought locally in Thailand and the Chiero Roxa are said to come from Brazil.

They have been suffering from aphid infestation but they have lacewing larva patrolling their foliage and the aphids are almost gone. I topped the Chiero Roxa in April and have been rewarded with many peppers. I didn't top the Thai as it was very slow in the beginning and it's only now starting to fruit.

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A Thai Birds Eye and a Chiero Roxa chili about 50cm (1,5-2ft) tall against a white wall. The Thai has a handful of small chilis just forming but the Chiero has many purple pink chilis.

I have been having a continued attack by aphids on my window sill chilis. I tried manually removing them but it was futile. Winged ones fly in and multiply quickly. Insecticidal soap was unsuccessful as my chilis didn't like that. After 2 weeks of that I finally accepted I need help for this in the form of the merciless special forces: Chrysoperla carnea larvae!

Otherwise known as the Common Green Lacewing larva these brutal helpers will hunt and eat aphids, thrips, spidermites, whitefly and more.

Here are three pictures of them. The second one shows one eating an aphid.

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Several lacewing larvas on white kitchen towel.

A lacewing larva eating an aphid viewed looking up under a leaf of a chili plant.

A 1x3mm lacewing larva on a leaf with a paperclip for comparison.

Seed starting

This is how I usually start my seeds especially if there are too few or rare ones.
I wash all utensils well.
I use 2-5 seeds depending on fertility and amount I have for each chili plant. I soak them for 1 day in distilled water or 1% Potassium Nitrate in an ice cube tray at room temperature. I cover that with plastic film/bag.
The next day I place them in a plastic tray with an air tight lid to contain the moisture. I place the seeds on 4-5 layers of moist, not wet kitchen paper to maintain moisture. I also use a small 7W heat mat with thermostat and a thermometer with a sensor and keep it between 27 and 29°C (80-85°F). I place the tray in a waterbath to keep the temperature stable. I normally have high sprout rates >60% and mostly within 10 days, even with older seeds. (I've had good rates with 9 year old Ghost seeds.)
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A transparent plastic tray viewed from above about 15x5cm (6x2in). A metal sensor lies in the middle with a cable going though the side of the tray. The bottom of the tray has wet paper towels with a 4x2 grid with 2 seeds in each section.

Here are some upgrades I made to my 'Chilihaus' 🌶️🏡.

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This is the LED I first used in my grow tent.
80W of purple light power from ~100W supply draw. They were Bridgelux LEDs and the output was not bad.

I wanted a secondary light to see the plants better so I later installed three cool/blue 6500K 15W T8 lights. I installed them on the corner supports so I could have light in the lower parts of the plants.

I also installed a cheap 30cm fan inside to help with various things. E.g. fertilization, plant stability and oedema.

I found that a 12cm PC fan fit in the side vents for better ventilation.

This is my tiny grow space where the fun with growing chilis happens. A 80x80x160cm (31.5x31.5x63in) grow tent.
I used to have just some plants in the windows growing. Only few of them grew well enough to produce more than a handful of fruit here in Germany. So I decided to try a small grow tent with an led light in my limited space. I didn't like the 'exotic' light very much but the 2 COB 80W LED light was just enough to keep my plants happy. I had some chills all year round and I could experiment and have fun with this hobby.
Of course I since upgraded several things.. :ablobcatcoffee: More on that next toot..
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Lemon Drop Chilis. One of my favourite. A Capsicum Baccatum chili with a tangy flavour and great colour. Great in a stir fry for a fresh flavor and in sweet and sour hotsauces. The bushy plants tolerate colder environments better and are heavy producers. They also have pretty flowers characteristic for baccatum .
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Jamaican Hot Chocolate. Slightly larger and hotter than Chocolate Habaneros, or so I'm told. I hope I can try the latter soon. Grown under the same conditions with the Reapers. These Jamaican Hot Chocolate chills had a slightly earthy flavour and I found using them for BBQ sauce or Chili Con Carne worked very well.
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