PREMIER SEEDS DIRECT - HOT Chilli Pepper - Basket of FIRE F1-10 Finest Seeds

These seeds are all of a good size and although there is no 'instructions' they are all here on Amazon. I planted 4 in damp compost in a big pot then covered the pot with clingfilm. I put it in my airing cupboard to germinate as I don't have a conservatory or greenhouse. On nice days I set the pot on a sunny windowsill but put it back in the cupboard at night and they were all up within a week. In the past I've found germination of Chilli seeds tricky but this works for me. Once they are big enough I will re-pot them into their permanent pots using a good quality fine multi-compost. I'm looking forward to having a good crop. Chillies freeze well sliced or chopped up. I have kept the rest of my seeds in a dry place for next year. At just over £2 these are worth a try. I may even add a photo later IF they crop well.6 weeks in and three plants are growing well, already putting out their little 'branches'. A few weeks ago the fourth one got nipped across overnight and I found a spider in the pot? Culprit? These do need tender care with warmth which is worth while as each day I see a new leaf beginning to grow.Sept 20 - the three surviving plants have all grown differently. One is like a stick with leaves and tiny buds on it, the second one has lost all its flowers and given no chillies, they just shrivelled up and died (I think the pot may have been too small so root bound?) and the third one is producing chillies after shedding quite a number of its flowers first (it is in the biggest pot). I've treated them more or less the same except for the size of pots. Next year I will plant earlier, use better quality compost and re-pot the seedlings into bigger permanent pots. This isn't due to the seeds - it is my lack of green fingers!Late October - only one plant bore me 13 chillies and all turned red! The first tiny one I used in chilli meatballs was very hot but flavoursome - only needed that one tiny amount.It's been a challenge that I've enjoyed and I will plant the rest of my seeds next year but a little earlier to see if that makes a difference. I'm not too old to learn!2021 diary of my chilli plants - I planted 2 Premier chilli seeds two weeks ago and they are up! Planted 7 weeks earlier than last year but they took 7 days longer to germinate so we are off! WK 6: both plants are doing very well with lots of leaf growth and the beginning of little branches showing. Sad that Covid times makes these plants very important to me! WK 11: both plants are now in bud so I've started feeding them once a week on tomato feed as recommended. Wk 15: both plants are covered in flowers with the first few chillies forming but the plants are tall plain plants unlike the 'bush' type Basket of Fire which is covered in coloured chillies as the Amazon pictures show. Just like an average chilli plant - nothing colourful about them. Still - I know these are hot, tasty chillies and I expect quite a few to ripen. I will try a different brand next year.

Great seeds germinated just fine indoors on a east facing morning Window sill only and kept moist in seedling soil, moved to PVC greenhouse as you can see from the Images I have included they thrived in location receving south and evening west UK sunshine, I actually grew a couple more plants too so when I havested them at the end of 2023 I had plenty! of chillis so froze them in air tight freezer bags. Good

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I got 9 seeds and not 10 as advertised and then only 5 germinated. The five that did are doing fine so hopefully all will be good in the end and I will get my chillies. Waiting patiently...

I bought these September 2020, but left them in the packet and forgot until late 2021. I only planted 4 of the seeds thinking maybe at least 1 will survive. It was a slow start because I did it in winter. All 4 germinated, grew and eventually got big enough that I could put them outside in a planter in Spring 2022.At that point they had the little white flowers and a couple had started growing but nothing too exciting.Once summer hit and I was watering them basically every day, they absolutely went mad with growth. Honestly each of the 3 plants on the left of my first picture must have already grown 100 chillies each. The plant on the right had always been smaller than the others and I always wondered why, I am pretty sure they put a different seed in by mistake, because they grow these little fat orange chillies instead. Again they look great like the others and grow a lot though so I'm not complaining. No idea what they are called. The first picture shows how big they grow, more than I had intended so they are a bit crammed in. The next picture is where I've had to move the top section out the way because it is hiding how many chillies are actually grown and ready to pick. Third picture shows what I call 'the fat bois'I have never actually been able to handle any level of spice/heat, jalapenos are genuinely too hot for me (although I do like the flavour of them) so I knew I would not be able to handle the heat from Basket of Fire, they rate at 80,000 scoville. Jalapenos are approx 12,000 in comparison. These things blow my head off so much that I genuinely can't taste them at all so I can't tell you if they are nice or not. The fat bois are also very hot so again I don't know their taste.I did however pick a load, scrape out the membranes (the hottest part), blend them into a mix of some sugar, salt, a squirt of ketchup, apple cider vinegar, garlic and a dash of olive oil. That made a very nice hot sauce/chili sauce, I can only have a small amount at a time as it still blows my wig off but nice none the less. Absolute 5* for this as they only cost something like £1.50 when I got them

Not a single one germinated, placed on aheated propagation mat and dome. Clearly not viable seeds, why so expensive!!!!?? No way to contact company via email on amazon

Very high quality seeds, i germinated only four out of 10, of which all four sprouted, sadly one decided to die on me around 4inch height ):However the rest of them grew strong and full of peppers as per picture, seeds arrived around 5th of Aug20, sprouted within 10 days, grew to 20cm height by 16th Sep20 and produced first few chillies by 10th Dec20, progress shown today 23rd Jan20Very impressed with this plant, especially as I grow them under an LED lamp, and it smells so delicate, sweet and refreshing and the first chillies were very good! We used 2-3 per meal and they give quite a kick, however the nice and warm yet spicy not the burn your mouth cant taste anything way :DUpdate: 30/3/21The second picture shows how the peppers look today (:Successfully grown under led lamp in doors, during sunny days I now move it closer to window.

Not happy with the results. After 4 months this is what I got. I tryed inside/outside, changing pot,everything I could and this are the results. Very disappointed

Ich bin dieses Jahr mit den Chilis spät dran. Aber die sind wirklich Turbo schnell gekeimt. Ich kann noch nichts sagen zum weiteren Aussehen aber von der Samen Qualität her war alles super und mehr kann man nicht erwarten

Habe zu Beginn mit der Aussaat von 2 Samen begonnen und nach 21 Tagen zeigt sich bei einem bereits der Erfolg. Der andere Samen hat leider nicht gekeimt. Trotzdem empfehle ich einen Kauf