Have you tried Mycorrhizal Fungi before? What other amendments do you use? 🌱Looking for Chilli pepper seeds? chillichumpseeds.com 🌱Manage your plants with my free app: seedsio.com Edit: let me clarify, you can grow perfectly good chilli peppers in a simple compost mix. This soil mix is designed to optimise many aspects of growing (drainage, pest and disease reduction, protection from blossom end rot, and of course producing bigger harvests). If you, as beginner grower, want to keep things simple with plain compost, that is perfectly fine. Just a couple tips: 1. be very cautious with watering. While the root system is still finding it's way in your pot, water can collect in areas where there aren't roots. So it may seem your plant is dry, it actually may not be and your roots won't stretch into those constantly wet areas 2. If you notice leaves going light coloured, don't jump to using more fertiliser. This is probably due to overwatering. 3. Start feeding right away, use a half strength tomato feed every 3rd watering for a month. Then switch to every other watering. 4. If leaves start showing light green between the veins, consider using epsom salts foliar spray. 5. Sweet peppers seems to be more susceptible to blossom end rot, so I would really consider adding calcium in some form when you pot them up
i use Mycorrhizal Inoculant by DYNOMYCO, Amazon often has the larger bags at almost 50% off here in Canada seems to work and helps breakdown the organic fertilizers better. I think they are more effective in organic gardening
I grow out in the mountains s it's full weather every year I must start over all depends o n our winter full out in the elements worm farms all do all my ow compost all my self in big pool s😊
Hi teresa south Africa love all your videos planting for years done it all me self but fluding by us killing all years of battling chilli I've done all
Hi Shaun, great video I will try this for next year to give things a boost, this year is a write off! I'd like to ask a bit more on the compost itself, what one do you use? Yours looks really nice, dark and crumbly. Can you recommend a good one to try? I bought some cheap supermarket one and its been quite 'hay' like, very fibrous rather than a rich soil consistency. Are not all composts not equal? Thanks
Thank you, I'm glad you found it helpful! The compost is my own that I make. But if you are buying, get the cheapest stuff from a garden center. Make sure it has nothing added, and is pure compost. A lot of companies add things like water retaining additives or slow release fertiliser, which is not ideal with this mix
I add loam soil to my mix, as far as far as microbes or mycelium, things like worm casting or compost have all you need, even the air has mycelium floating in it. Wood/leafs in the soil will help mycelium grow. Saying, that I am not a fan of very much composing wood in my soil that most store bought soil has.
Hi Shaun just a Quick question on overwatering, last season I used some 20L self watering pots with really good results, at the end of the season when dismantling the pots, the root system had made its way to the bottom of the reservoir, so sitting in water , would this not be the same as overwatering?
The root system has different parts to it. Have a look at the kratky system and you will get a better idea of how this works. Essentially some parts of the roots are perfectly fine to be wet the whole time...as long as other parts of the roots remain dry.
@@ChilliChump thanks for the reply that makes sense as the roots sitting in water were very fine and a mass of roots, during summer they would drink 4 litres of water a day 😳
That's not accurate. While those two factors can also be issues an excess of water can present several issues as well. For example tomatoes and peppers can get blossom end rot as the excess water prevents them from uptaking calcium in the soil. Even in bonsai, where most plants are grown in "soil" consisting of entirely volcanic rock and hard, pelletized clay root rot can become a problem with overwater. Lastly, over watering causes water soluble nutrients to leach from the soil and can lead to nutrient deficiencies.
Thank you ChilliChump for taking the time to show us your soil recipe... You know over the years we have known each other, I have asked questions in this area, I am so pleased to see you give us a demonstration of the amounts of each nutrient that you are adding along with explaining its purpose,. those reminders are always important. I pretty much had all the nutrients that your adding to your soil recipe, but the one I have trouble with is compost... So I hope that it's available from stores.... I am reasoning that I should look into how the compost is created and what goes into it, I'm thinking along the lines of all-natural and examining what components created the compost. I certainly want to try your soil recipe and see what kind of results I get.... The discussion about micronutrients... That is the subject that I have been interested in this particular growing season I purchased some products with micronutrients in them, and will be watching the results which so far I don't see any thing negative to report and I think that's a positive thing 🙂 as you explained about micronutrients I agree that they are a very important component. Also the discussion about Epson salt, I am so glad you brought that subject up and explained what it does and how to use it. This episode is going to be a great reference for me. 🙂🌶
My pleasure. I'm glad you found it helpful! You raise a good point...getting hold of plain compost these days is not so simple. Making your own would be ideal. Here in the UK you can sometimes get hold of compost that results from the greenwaste that the council takes away (sometimes for free!). Otherwise, take a look at your local garden center....find the cheapest, no frills compost they sell.
Potting mix recipe will vary greatly depending where you are located and whether growing outdoors in a greenhouse / under cover. That mix, though very good, is not at all ideal for me here in Indonesia.
I like your recipe. It's packed with a good balance of nutrients and promotes drainage. It's easy to see why you have such great results with your peppers.
I use this mix after watching your previous videos and have started using the Mycorrhizal fungi for the first time this year. My plants are deep green in colour and doing very well indeed. Bearing in mind I'm in Lancashire and the weather this year I'm very very happy with progress so far. I have used a couple of sprays of epsom salts on the leaves as well. I discovered a couple of years ago that following your grow chillis videos was the way forward. My only problem this year will be what to do with my excess chiilis from last year in the freezer once this years crop arrives. I still have sauces and jam from then as wel despite giving plenty away 👍
Hey Shaun, I ran out of Epsom salt and won't have any for another week. Would it be just fine to pot up without epsom salt and then add it during watering when it arrives? Would I add it all at once or divide the 0.1 part over a few weeks of watering? Cheers
I have a powdered form of chicken manure will this be ok to use with the other ingredients without burning the roots of pepper seedlings or is this mix intended for mature pepper plants only and not seedlings ?
Broer I'm growing my chillie plants on my stoep in Greece ,they are getting at least 9 to 10 hours of sunlight, if I don't water them every 36 hours their leaves are looking like an old lady's face. Great video by the way.👍👍
I'm jealous of your climate. Especially at the moment....the weather has been wet and cold for the last 2 months. Need some of that Greek sunshine now! Have a good season!
Out of interest, as it looked nice, was the compost a store bought compost? If so, what brand? I've had some shockingly bad branded composts now peat is being reduced / removed (for understandable reasons)
This is very similar to my pepper mix. I love fish bone meal. I use sulpomag instead of epsom salt for Mag but it has P & K .I prefer pumice to perlite. I would add gypsum to your mix. I use gypsum and wollastinite my mix. Have you tried seacrop? It's magnesium and trace minerals. It's great for foliar feeding. I think sulphate is really important for Nitrogen use efficiency and for creating oils that produce good flavor.
Looks pretty good. I wouldn't say vermicompost and chicken manure are interchangeable though. Chicken manure is way hotter with high nitrogen. I use volcanic rock in my mixes to help with drainage. It doesn't float to the top and breakdown like perlite.
Hi Sean, I’ve just used this recipe for the first time to pot up my chilli seedlings. I followed the recipe perfectly except I sifted the compost as it had some bark in it that was big for the seedlings. The soil mix is now compact and has a white mold layer on the surface, additionally the seedlings are starting to wilt, I’m guessing due to the lack of aeration in the soil. Should I have left those bark pieces in the mix or is the compost I’m using no good. The compost is store bought and doesn’t give much information on what’s in it. Any advice or help would be much appreciated
What compost did you use? Also did you add all the ingredients I mentioned, including the perlite and vermiculite? Sieving out the larger particles from the compost won't affect water retention. And this soil mix is excellent draining if done right!
@@ChilliChump thanks for the quick reply. Yes I used all the ingredients including perlite and vermiculite. The compost I’ve used has limited information but what I’ve researched says it’s made from aged bark/sawdust with added gypsum and chicken manure. Would this be the problem? I’m also in the cold South Island of new Zealand and the weather hasn’t been great with a low temp of 6 Celsius, don’t know if that has anything to do with the soil taking its time to dry out. Thanks again for any help
@BlakeSelley if there is a significant amount of gypsum that can definitely increase water retention. And also is likely why you are seeing white on top of the soil.
@ChilliChump if you have the time to check one or 2 videos that I posted of my plants they received multiple big handfuls of bonemeal in the planting holes.
@ChilliChump I've never used epsom salts. It's a chemical that is used for the bath and for a laxative if you wish 😅. It's meant for a quick release for those that use it for plants. It won't be available later in the season. If you use that same mix without the epsom salt your plants will still be as healthy, maybe even more so. That's a good mix. Only thing additional I add is lucerne meal(alfalfa) to the soil and planting hole.
I have a liquid Mycorrhizal that I use for bare-root raspberries, do you think using this at the planting stage is a suitable option? I always thought that Vermiculite and Perlite were kind of the same thing, what difference does it make using both? The main reason for all these questions is that we have just moved house to Norfolk and I am now setting up from scratch again with the bonus that I now have a greenhouse 😀😀 As an aside I am loving Seedsio and have implemented the NFC tags.
Liquid mycorrhizal will do great. And yeah for sure, direct on the roots is the preferred way to use the fungi (even the powder I show in the video). Perlite and vermiculite have similar properties in some ways. But they do provide different enough qualities to use both. Vermiculite provides an element of water retention while maintaining decent drainage. Perlite is great for the drainage part and for avoiding compaction of the soil.
@thor9517 unfortunately chloramine won't evaporate. @david020218 I'm not sure if it will affect the myco. I use rainwater, so haven't had an issue before.
IMHO grow bags are fine for tomatoes, but not chillies. Chilli plant roots like to grow downwards and grow bags are too shallow. Not saying that grow bags won’t work, but deeper pots are better. Good luck!
No...after the experiments I did the other year (there is a video on that). Also peat is banned in the UK for home use by 2027 and commercial use by 2030.
I don't like the encouragement for beginners to use complicated and expensive methods/ingredients. I have so much respect for you chillichump, you and your videos got me into gardening and growing chillies. But I was so stressed as a beginner trying to copy your soil recipes and techniques as I couldn't find all the ingredients and thought at the time that a grow light was strictly necessary (I didn't even use one this year). I literally now just grow in good multi-purpose (melcourt peat free) with maybe a handful of perlite feeding about every two weeks with standard tomato feed and my plants and yields look comparable to yours. I'm sure this mix is great, and I've learned so much from you. But you don't need it to get good results and as a beginner learning good technique such as how to water and propagate plants properly is so much better. I really don't want beginners to be put off by cost and complexity as I nearly was. Remember that Nigel was just grown in multi purpose with a handful of chicken manure pellets and I've not yet seen him matched. Thanks for the upload.
The problem is most people go out and buy a bag of compost from some namebrand. And that compost has many additives that people are often not aware of. Usually added nitrogen, and often moisture retention gel or some other alternative. Sometimes they will have some perlite added too. So instead of buying these mixes which are often not right for optimal chilli results, I created this mix. At the beginning of every season I get asked for my soil mix hundreds of times in a comment, message or email. So having this video to point them at saves me a ton of time. I agree with you, a simple compost will do the job. But having excellent drainage will save the new grower from the most common issue of overwatering, and extra amendments up front save a season oftentimes. I also agree that things should be simplified especially for beginner series like this, but with the way of the world and easy access to a lot of (good and bad) information, I like to put out solid information that comes from years of experience.
I have added to my pinned comment in case people want to go down the plain compost route. The whole point of my channel is to get people excited about this hobby and help them have success with it. Would hate to think people are being put off because I am sharing videos like this.
@@ChilliChump absolutely, and if people want to know your mix then it's good to put it out there, and I am sure it's great, it's all good stuff in there. You are right and it's a very good point about drainage, learning how to water properly sounds easy but it is in fact very hard and changes with every single compost brand (and even the same brand year on year). I just wanted to put my experience of being overwhelmed as a beginner out there, don't worry I worked it out in the end and partially thanks to yourself I'm a passionate gardener who as you do derives no end of satisfaction from growing things (especially chillies) every year. Thanks for the reply and all the videos.
Thank for this very helpful and informative video, and for making it sound very manageable to make it. You explain things so clearly. I appreciate the ingredients for the chilli soil mix being presented in print form too. Thank you very much. Would the Ultimate Chilli Soil be suitable for growing tomatoes in please?
@@ChilliChump Thank you so much for your helpful reply. I've been living overseas and have just returned to New Zealand. We're in the middle of winter but it is a good time to get chilli and tomato seeds planted.
@@nicholasdemarest4254 How does that give you the right to make personal comments. And what sh*t hit the fan? This has to be one of the most drama-free channels on this cesspit called youtube.
Have you tried Mycorrhizal Fungi before? What other amendments do you use?
🌱Looking for Chilli pepper seeds? chillichumpseeds.com
🌱Manage your plants with my free app: seedsio.com
Edit: let me clarify, you can grow perfectly good chilli peppers in a simple compost mix. This soil mix is designed to optimise many aspects of growing (drainage, pest and disease reduction, protection from blossom end rot, and of course producing bigger harvests). If you, as beginner grower, want to keep things simple with plain compost, that is perfectly fine. Just a couple tips:
1. be very cautious with watering. While the root system is still finding it's way in your pot, water can collect in areas where there aren't roots. So it may seem your plant is dry, it actually may not be and your roots won't stretch into those constantly wet areas
2. If you notice leaves going light coloured, don't jump to using more fertiliser. This is probably due to overwatering.
3. Start feeding right away, use a half strength tomato feed every 3rd watering for a month. Then switch to every other watering.
4. If leaves start showing light green between the veins, consider using epsom salts foliar spray.
5. Sweet peppers seems to be more susceptible to blossom end rot, so I would really consider adding calcium in some form when you pot them up
i use Mycorrhizal Inoculant by DYNOMYCO, Amazon often has the larger bags at almost 50% off here in Canada seems to work and helps breakdown the organic fertilizers better. I think they are more effective in organic gardening
I grow out in the mountains s it's full weather every year I must start over all depends o n our winter full out in the elements worm farms all do all my ow compost all my self in big pool s😊
Hi teresa south Africa love all your videos planting for years done it all me self but fluding by us killing all years of battling chilli I've done all
My mix
1 part perlite
1 part vermiculite
2 parts compost (1 mushroom , 1 dairy)
2 part coco coir
3 parts worm castings
Hi Shaun, great video I will try this for next year to give things a boost, this year is a write off!
I'd like to ask a bit more on the compost itself, what one do you use? Yours looks really nice, dark and crumbly. Can you recommend a good one to try? I bought some cheap supermarket one and its been quite 'hay' like, very fibrous rather than a rich soil consistency. Are not all composts not equal?
Thanks
Thank you, I'm glad you found it helpful! The compost is my own that I make. But if you are buying, get the cheapest stuff from a garden center. Make sure it has nothing added, and is pure compost. A lot of companies add things like water retaining additives or slow release fertiliser, which is not ideal with this mix
I add loam soil to my mix, as far as far as microbes or mycelium, things like worm casting or compost have all you need, even the air has mycelium floating in it. Wood/leafs in the soil will help mycelium grow. Saying, that I am not a fan of very much composing wood in my soil that most store bought soil has.
have you ever used egg shells (dried and ground up) as a calcium source?
No, I use all my egg shells for my worms.
gypsum or lime would work better
@@mundotazo but when you eat lots of eggs and your family has chickens the egg shells are free
Lime also makes the soil alkaline and chillis don't like alkaline soil
The flowers of my Trinidad morgue scorpion keep falling of with out making fruit HELP
Hey Marc. Have you had a look at this video yet? Should help you out ua-cam.com/video/XBvR-D1Z_1c/v-deo.html
Hi Shaun just a Quick question on overwatering, last season I used some 20L self watering pots with really good results, at the end of the season when dismantling the pots, the root system had made its way to the bottom of the reservoir, so sitting in water , would this not be the same as overwatering?
The root system has different parts to it. Have a look at the kratky system and you will get a better idea of how this works. Essentially some parts of the roots are perfectly fine to be wet the whole time...as long as other parts of the roots remain dry.
@@ChilliChump thanks for the reply that makes sense as the roots sitting in water were very fine and a mass of roots, during summer they would drink 4 litres of water a day 😳
There's no such thing as overwatering. It's a problem with a soil that has too much compostable organic matter and lack of drainage.
That's not accurate. While those two factors can also be issues an excess of water can present several issues as well. For example tomatoes and peppers can get blossom end rot as the excess water prevents them from uptaking calcium in the soil. Even in bonsai, where most plants are grown in "soil" consisting of entirely volcanic rock and hard, pelletized clay root rot can become a problem with overwater. Lastly, over watering causes water soluble nutrients to leach from the soil and can lead to nutrient deficiencies.
Hate to admit it but only watched this vid to comment 'but you didn't add Epsom salts'. But you did. Good work!
Thank you ChilliChump for taking the time to show us your soil recipe... You know over the years we have known each other, I have asked questions in this area, I am so pleased to see you give us a demonstration of the amounts of each nutrient that you are adding along with explaining its purpose,. those reminders are always important. I pretty much had all the nutrients that your adding to your soil recipe, but the one I have trouble with is compost... So I hope that it's available from stores.... I am reasoning that I should look into how the compost is created and what goes into it, I'm thinking along the lines of all-natural and examining what components created the compost. I certainly want to try your soil recipe and see what kind of results I get.... The discussion about micronutrients... That is the subject that I have been interested in this particular growing season I purchased some products with micronutrients in them, and will be watching the results which so far I don't see any thing negative to report and I think that's a positive thing 🙂 as you explained about micronutrients I agree that they are a very important component. Also the discussion about Epson salt, I am so glad you brought that subject up and explained what it does and how to use it. This episode is going to be a great reference for me. 🙂🌶
My pleasure. I'm glad you found it helpful! You raise a good point...getting hold of plain compost these days is not so simple. Making your own would be ideal. Here in the UK you can sometimes get hold of compost that results from the greenwaste that the council takes away (sometimes for free!). Otherwise, take a look at your local garden center....find the cheapest, no frills compost they sell.
Potting mix recipe will vary greatly depending where you are located and whether growing outdoors in a greenhouse / under cover. That mix, though very good, is not at all ideal for me here in Indonesia.
I like your recipe. It's packed with a good balance of nutrients and promotes drainage. It's easy to see why you have such great results with your peppers.
Thanks Scott. We should chat soon, would love to have you on our podcast in the future!
@@ChilliChump Absolutely!
I use this mix after watching your previous videos and have started using the Mycorrhizal fungi for the first time this year. My plants are deep green in colour and doing very well indeed. Bearing in mind I'm in Lancashire and the weather this year I'm very very happy with progress so far. I have used a couple of sprays of epsom salts on the leaves as well. I discovered a couple of years ago that following your grow chillis videos was the way forward. My only problem this year will be what to do with my excess chiilis from last year in the freezer once this years crop arrives. I still have sauces and jam from then as wel despite giving plenty away 👍
Hey Shaun, I ran out of Epsom salt and won't have any for another week. Would it be just fine to pot up without epsom salt and then add it during watering when it arrives?
Would I add it all at once or divide the 0.1 part over a few weeks of watering?
Cheers
@@SnifterRoux I would just add it as a foliar spray. Once a week after final potting up. You should be good with that.
I have a powdered form of chicken manure will this be ok to use with the other ingredients without burning the roots of pepper seedlings or is this mix intended for mature pepper plants only and not seedlings ?
It should be just fine. As long as it is well rotted, not fresh.
Broer I'm growing my chillie plants on my stoep in Greece ,they are getting at least 9 to 10 hours of sunlight, if I don't water them every 36 hours their leaves are looking like an old lady's face. Great video by the way.👍👍
I'm jealous of your climate. Especially at the moment....the weather has been wet and cold for the last 2 months. Need some of that Greek sunshine now! Have a good season!
Out of interest, as it looked nice, was the compost a store bought compost? If so, what brand? I've had some shockingly bad branded composts now peat is being reduced / removed (for understandable reasons)
It's homemade
@@ChilliChump Thanks for the speedy reply!
Thanks Chillies chump for this very informative and well explained video.
Do you have a recipe for a seedling germination mix please.
Plain compost, finely sieved is all you need for seed starting
@@ChilliChump thanks for that. I have been using exactly that but find that the plain sieved compost dries out very quickly.
Would this be strictly pepper plants are used on any plant
@@dwaynelejeune3508 can use on most heavy fruiting plants. Works great with tomatoes.
Hey I have that same trowel 😂 Awesome stuff from Australia.
They sent them out to me from Aus to try. Very robust tools!
This is very similar to my pepper mix. I love fish bone meal. I use sulpomag instead of epsom salt for Mag but it has P & K .I prefer pumice to perlite. I would add gypsum to your mix. I use gypsum and wollastinite my mix. Have you tried seacrop? It's magnesium and trace minerals. It's great for foliar feeding. I think sulphate is really important for Nitrogen use efficiency and for creating oils that produce good flavor.
Looks pretty good. I wouldn't say vermicompost and chicken manure are interchangeable though. Chicken manure is way hotter with high nitrogen. I use volcanic rock in my mixes to help with drainage. It doesn't float to the top and breakdown like perlite.
Would it be OK to add some epsom salts in the water, after repotting and at what ratio if so?
Yes, that's no problem at all it works well as a foliar spray. Around a tablespoon per 5 litres of water
@@ChilliChump Thanks!!!
Be careful. Excess mag can kill a plant off. If unsure give less and more frequently.
Trust me I learnt the hard way 😢
I use 50% vermicompost and 50% rice hulls and it works like a champ
Great 👍🏻
Thanks!
Hi Sean, I’ve just used this recipe for the first time to pot up my chilli seedlings. I followed the recipe perfectly except I sifted the compost as it had some bark in it that was big for the seedlings. The soil mix is now compact and has a white mold layer on the surface, additionally the seedlings are starting to wilt, I’m guessing due to the lack of aeration in the soil. Should I have left those bark pieces in the mix or is the compost I’m using no good. The compost is store bought and doesn’t give much information on what’s in it. Any advice or help would be much appreciated
What compost did you use? Also did you add all the ingredients I mentioned, including the perlite and vermiculite?
Sieving out the larger particles from the compost won't affect water retention. And this soil mix is excellent draining if done right!
@@ChilliChump thanks for the quick reply. Yes I used all the ingredients including perlite and vermiculite. The compost I’ve used has limited information but what I’ve researched says it’s made from aged bark/sawdust with added gypsum and chicken manure. Would this be the problem? I’m also in the cold South Island of new Zealand and the weather hasn’t been great with a low temp of 6 Celsius, don’t know if that has anything to do with the soil taking its time to dry out. Thanks again for any help
@BlakeSelley if there is a significant amount of gypsum that can definitely increase water retention. And also is likely why you are seeing white on top of the soil.
@@ChilliChump would you recommend adding more perlite or should I use a different compost. Thankyou
@BlakeSelley ideally you want to use a plain compost. That's why I make my own. However you can add more perlite and that should help with drainage.
Very cool thank you so much will have to share with my friend he’s been have a very hard time growing peppers 👍
Everything looks good besides the epsom salt. Your bone meal already has more then enough magnesium
You would be surprised how much mg and and sulfur your plants can use.
@ChilliChump if you have the time to check one or 2 videos that I posted of my plants they received multiple big handfuls of bonemeal in the planting holes.
Ah, so you're increasing the amount of bonemeal instead of adding epsom salts?
@ChilliChump I've never used epsom salts. It's a chemical that is used for the bath and for a laxative if you wish 😅. It's meant for a quick release for those that use it for plants. It won't be available later in the season.
If you use that same mix without the epsom salt your plants will still be as healthy, maybe even more so. That's a good mix. Only thing additional I add is lucerne meal(alfalfa) to the soil and planting hole.
I have a liquid Mycorrhizal that I use for bare-root raspberries, do you think using this at the planting stage is a suitable option? I always thought that Vermiculite and Perlite were kind of the same thing, what difference does it make using both? The main reason for all these questions is that we have just moved house to Norfolk and I am now setting up from scratch again with the bonus that I now have a greenhouse 😀😀 As an aside I am loving Seedsio and have implemented the NFC tags.
Liquid mycorrhizal will do great. And yeah for sure, direct on the roots is the preferred way to use the fungi (even the powder I show in the video).
Perlite and vermiculite have similar properties in some ways. But they do provide different enough qualities to use both. Vermiculite provides an element of water retention while maintaining decent drainage. Perlite is great for the drainage part and for avoiding compaction of the soil.
@@ChilliChump Thank you, that makes sense.
Would the Chloramines in tap water kill the Mycorrhizal fungi
I believe it will evaporate from the water if you let it sit for a few hours.
@thor9517 unfortunately chloramine won't evaporate. @david020218 I'm not sure if it will affect the myco. I use rainwater, so haven't had an issue before.
Whats your opinion of growbags for chillis?
IMHO grow bags are fine for tomatoes, but not chillies. Chilli plant roots like to grow downwards and grow bags are too shallow. Not saying that grow bags won’t work, but deeper pots are better. Good luck!
🎉
No peat?
No...after the experiments I did the other year (there is a video on that). Also peat is banned in the UK for home use by 2027 and commercial use by 2030.
I don't like the encouragement for beginners to use complicated and expensive methods/ingredients.
I have so much respect for you chillichump, you and your videos got me into gardening and growing chillies. But I was so stressed as a beginner trying to copy your soil recipes and techniques as I couldn't find all the ingredients and thought at the time that a grow light was strictly necessary (I didn't even use one this year). I literally now just grow in good multi-purpose (melcourt peat free) with maybe a handful of perlite feeding about every two weeks with standard tomato feed and my plants and yields look comparable to yours. I'm sure this mix is great, and I've learned so much from you. But you don't need it to get good results and as a beginner learning good technique such as how to water and propagate plants properly is so much better. I really don't want beginners to be put off by cost and complexity as I nearly was. Remember that Nigel was just grown in multi purpose with a handful of chicken manure pellets and I've not yet seen him matched. Thanks for the upload.
The problem is most people go out and buy a bag of compost from some namebrand. And that compost has many additives that people are often not aware of. Usually added nitrogen, and often moisture retention gel or some other alternative. Sometimes they will have some perlite added too. So instead of buying these mixes which are often not right for optimal chilli results, I created this mix. At the beginning of every season I get asked for my soil mix hundreds of times in a comment, message or email. So having this video to point them at saves me a ton of time. I agree with you, a simple compost will do the job. But having excellent drainage will save the new grower from the most common issue of overwatering, and extra amendments up front save a season oftentimes. I also agree that things should be simplified especially for beginner series like this, but with the way of the world and easy access to a lot of (good and bad) information, I like to put out solid information that comes from years of experience.
I have added to my pinned comment in case people want to go down the plain compost route. The whole point of my channel is to get people excited about this hobby and help them have success with it. Would hate to think people are being put off because I am sharing videos like this.
@@ChilliChump absolutely, and if people want to know your mix then it's good to put it out there, and I am sure it's great, it's all good stuff in there. You are right and it's a very good point about drainage, learning how to water properly sounds easy but it is in fact very hard and changes with every single compost brand (and even the same brand year on year). I just wanted to put my experience of being overwhelmed as a beginner out there, don't worry I worked it out in the end and partially thanks to yourself I'm a passionate gardener who as you do derives no end of satisfaction from growing things (especially chillies) every year. Thanks for the reply and all the videos.
Thank for this very helpful and informative video, and for making it sound very manageable to make it. You explain things so clearly. I appreciate the ingredients for the chilli soil mix being presented in print form too. Thank you very much. Would the Ultimate Chilli Soil be suitable for growing tomatoes in please?
My pleasure. And yes, this works well with tomatoes too.
@@ChilliChump Thank you so much for your helpful reply. I've been living overseas and have just returned to New Zealand. We're in the middle of winter but it is a good time to get chilli and tomato seeds planted.
I see you started refreshing your Beginner's guide. Nice!
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Yo you need to go to the gym. Great video
"Yo" what business is it of yours to comment on people's appearance? Jesus, the internet really makes people overly familiar. And rude
@vtasv219 I was a patreon since he started, up until a year ago when sht hit the fan. I mean no disrespect.
@@nicholasdemarest4254 How does that give you the right to make personal comments. And what sh*t hit the fan? This has to be one of the most drama-free channels on this cesspit called youtube.