How to grow chillies (sowing seeds)

Assalamualaikum,

Meet us again today to learn the second part in how to grow chillies.

First of all we need 4 basic materials for sowing work, the materials are:-

1. Seeds (I chose F1 568 Seeds)

2. Nursery tray

3. Nursery media

4. Bottle sprayer

 

How to sow,

1. Soak the seeds in a container of water, the water used must be filtered water, or better yet use bottled mineral water. the seeds should be soaked for 8 hours or overnight to facilitate the process of seed germination. here I emphasize that, we will not use any pesticides for the treatment of seeds. this is because poison is something dangerous even though it is said to be safe to use.

2. Prepare a nursery tray. The tray shown is an 82 -hole nursery tray. for everyone's knowledge, you can also use empty/small containers if you want to sow a few seeds only.

3. Fill the tray hole with nursery media, fill up to full or 3/4 only, for everyone's knowledge, nursery media are sold in agricultural shops and supermarkets around where you live.

you also do not need to buy nursery media in large packs, because in agricultural stores have provided nursery media in small bags.

4. Strain/toss the seeds that have been soaked earlier. leave the seeds to dry (do not over -dry), once dry, put the seeds into the nursery tray, 1 seed per hole or 2 seeds per hole. avoid placing too many seeds in one hole. this can cause the tree to be stunted/slow to grow. for those who do not use a nursery tray, the seeds must be spaced 5cm apart from each other. After the seeds are placed, sprinkle a little nursery media on the seeds. make sure the seeds are not in a state that is too deep.

5. After finishing the above, spray mineral water/filtered water on the nursery tray using a sprinkler/bottle sprayer. nursery tray should be watered 2-3 times a day. make sure the tray is always moist.

6. Place the tray in the sun, do not place the tray in a dark area.

7. The seeds will germinate in 3-7 days.

8. The seedlings are ready to be transferred into pots or polybags after 25 days.