Potting on

Well, so far things ate trundling on quite well. I spent the weekend potting on chillies and now most if them have progressed into 1 litre pots or larger. I've been careful not to over-pot plants as having their roots restricted helps to encourage flowering and fruiting. However, some of the plants had started to get pot-bound and an addition of fresh compost has helped to perk ups few of the more tired-looking specimens.

The Padron Peppers get a severe haircut!

The new growhouse is performing well, keeping the plants free of the worst excesses of the April showers and with the somewhat sporadic sunshine some of those plants are starting to produce flowers and fruit.

The growhouse is rapidly filling up

Black Hungarian

Cayenne

Inferno

Hungarian Hot Wax

Friar's Hat

Not all of the plants have been so successful. A few of them have dropped most of their leaves and are looking somewhat sickly. I suspect this is due to over-watering so I need to keep a careful eye on then in the future.

A rather sad-looking Monkey Face seedling that didn't make the grade

The seeds from the Moroccan chillies have sprouted with a reasonably high success rate. These have been grown alongside some Pasila Bajio seeds,a mild and smokey chilli used in Mole sauces. The initial batch yielded only a couple of plants so I planted some extras, expecting only a few to sprout.  True to form, nearly all have germinated so, once again, the windowsills will be overflowing.

Pasilla Bajio and Mystery Moroccan seedlings on the windowsill

One of the prettiest chillies that I grew last year was the Orozco.  This highly ornamental plant produces small hot black fruit that ripen to red.  The variegated leaves start off dark and then lighten with mottled patches of white.  I've got a large Orozco that I overwintered from last year but I thought it would be worth growing on some new seedlings as it's a popular plant that attracts a lot of attention.

Orozco Seedlings

Orozco flowers and leaves