Suitable location
Most sorts are characterized by extreme sharpness. In most cases, a single plant is enough to cover the entire requirement. Finding a place for them shouldn't be difficult. Of course, you can also use several plants or grow several varieties at the same time.
- Grow in beds or pots
- ensure a sunny, warm location
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Tips
Those who cannot tolerate heat can eat a “Sweet Habanero” chilli without hesitation. With a degree of heat of 0, it is a sweet variant of the Habanero family.
Optimal time
Habaneros need warmth and cannot tolerate frost. In the open air they are therefore only welcome after the ice-holy ones. In May we would like to harvest the first pods. That only works if the sowing can be done earlier.
From mid-February this chilli can and should be sown in a warm room.
Seeds
You can buy seeds in all garden centers and hardware stores. You can also sow seeds you have collected yourself. Special plant shops offer a greater variety of varieties.
Tips
Make sure to choose varieties with shorter ripening times so that they can last a long time in our latitudes too to harvestcan.
sowing
Chili seeds need plenty of heat and light to germinate. Therefore, please note the following when cultivating them:
- Seeds 24 hours soak in water
- in Potting soil sowing
- not all habanero varieties are light germs
- it is essential to observe the information on the sowing depth
- Maintain room temperature between 20 and 22 ° C
- 28 ° C and more are even better
- possibly. Use a heated cultivation vessel
- Moisten the soil and cover with foil until germination
- Ventilate the film regularly
- choose a light window sill as the location
- if necessary Plant lamp(€ 65.50 at Amazon *) to install
seperate
Until the plants are allowed outside from May, it will be necessary to separate them indoors. The time has come as soon as the second pair of leaves has formed. You can save yourself this work if you use a separate small pot for each seed.
Planting out
You can plant chilli plants in a bed. The distance between two plants should be about 40 cm. An 8 liter pot is also a good home for a chilli plant. The new substrate should be loose and permeable. Work one already when transplanting Slow release fertilizer a. Further fertilization is only necessary after two months. The Habanero must be kept slightly moist but not too wet.
