Looking for the ultimate soil recipe to grow perfect chilli peppers? You’re in the right place! this installment of our beginner’s guide I share my chilli pepper soil recipe. This is episode 4 of ChilliChumps Beginners Guide to Growing Chilli 🌶 Peppers.
Ingredients:
Perlite: https://geni.us/ccperlite
Vermiculite: https://geni.us/vermic
Epsom Salts: https://geni.us/epsomsaltcc
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Vermicompost/Worm Castings: https://geni.us/vermicompost
Mycorrhizal Fungi: https://geni.us/mycofungi
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Introduction
0:16 – How its measured
0:52 – Ingredients for Soil Mix Recipe for Chilli Peppers
3:53 – Full Soil Mix Recipe for Chilli Peppers
4:01 – Benefits of this Soil Mix
5:25 – Tips for using this Soil Mix
5:43 – Outro
Wil jy die maklikste manier hê om jou brandrissie-plante aan te vul wat jy nodig het om hierdie video te kyk Welkom Terug my naam is Shaun ook bekend as ChilliChump en dit is die beginnersgids vir die kweek van brandrissies vandag ons gaan letterlik ons hande vuil maak ek Ek gaan my grondmengsel-resep met jou deel, anders as ‘n kosresep, ek gee jou nie mates hier in gewig nie, ek gaan dit in dele doen wat dit maklik maak om dit op en af te skaal soos jy nodig het. groei honderde en honderde brandrissie plante so ek meng eintlik my grond binne ‘n sementmenger dit maak dit baie makliker maar as jy minder plante het kan jy dit in ‘n emmer doen en dit is wat ons vandag gaan doen so ‘n lepel soos hierdie sal die werk doen, maar ek dink hierdie een sal net goed wees wat jy ook al gaan gebruik, gebruik dieselfde ding regdeur die metings en dit sal dit lekker en maklik maak, dit is alles relatief tot mekaar en dit het nie om presies te wees, maar probeer om die verhoudings eers dieselfde te hou is kompos gewone kompos dit is die ruggraat van ons mengsel kompos is basies ontbind of organiese materiaal en dit verskaf noodsaaklike voedingstowwe en struktuur aan ons mengsel 10 dele van die volgende een deel vermikuliet vermikuliet is basies piepklein poreuse rotse wat ‘n perfekte balans vind tussen die absorbering van oortollige vog, maar ook die verskaffing van irrasie in jou grond, ons gaan een deel daarvan sit, so dit is letterlik een skep vol een deel per lig, nou is perliet ‘n vulkaniese rots wat hierdie een byvoeg lugigheid aan die mengsel sodat die wortels kan dreineer, sit nie in water nie want brandrissieplante hou nie van soggende wortels nie so net een deel van daardie een deel vermikompos of hoendermis nou gaan ek hoendermis hier gebruik want ek het het eintlik al my vermicompost opgebruik maar vermicompost is baie maklik om te maak dit is die oorskietafval van wurms en ek sal aanbeveel om jou eie klein vermicomposting oplossing te begin want dit is fantastiese goed wat ons bietjie hoendermis gaan gebruik wat maklik toeganklik moet wees vir jy een deel van daardie ‘n kwart tot ‘n halwe deel van Fish, Blood and Bone nou hierdie goed is fantasties baie mense laat dit om een of ander rede uit, maar die een ding wat dit regtig byvoeg, behalwe dat dit baie voedingstof dig is, is kalsium en kalsium is uiters belangrik in die vroeë stadiums van jou plant, veral wanneer jy die grondmengsel skep om kalsium op ‘n later stadium by te voeg, is nie baie maklik nie, so ‘n kwart tot ‘n halwe deel van die vis Bloed en Been volgende is my geheime wapen vir daardie wonderlike diep groen blare wat jy later in my seisoen sien en dit is Epsom sout dit is magnesiumsulfaat en dit help met chlorofil produksie wat natuurlik daardie diep groen tot gevolg het, maar stel ook die plant in staat om baie meer groeikrag te hê, baie goeie goed wat jy nie het nie benodig baie 0.1 deel en dit is meer as genoeg hierdie laaste bestanddeel is ‘n redelik onlangse toevoeging tot my grondmengsel ‘n paar jaar gelede het ek dit begin gebruik en dit is fantasties dit is Mycorrhizal swamme hierdie voordelige swamme is soos klein Boere vir jou plante wat hulle vorm ‘n netwerk om die wortels en help om organiese materiaal af te breek, sodat dit sal aanhou om die kompos wat daarin is af te breek, dit maak die voedingstowwe meer beskikbaar vir die plant en in sommige gevalle kan hulle selfs help om stikstof uit die lug te bind, wat in wese sy eie skep. kunsmis so op die seisoen kan dit regtig help om ‘n bietjie van ‘n stikstof hupstoot te gee wanneer die plant dit die nodigste het, jy het regtig nie baie nodig hiermee nie so ons sal net ons vat net ‘n punt van ‘n lepel ek bedoel letterlik daar is dit nie eers 0.1 deel nie uh hierdie goed, goed dit is lewendig so dit sal eintlik self voortplant, maak net seker dat dit genoeg is dat dit in jou grond kan meng meng dit net goed maak seker dat alles reg gemeng is daar en jy’ is goed om te gaan kyk na daardie pragtige grondmengsel hoekom werk die grondmengsel so goed ek dink nommer een dit is af na perfekte dreinering gemeng met ‘n goeie grondvogbehoud dit is ‘n goeie balans daar met die perliet en die vermikuliet wat die plante se wortels moontlik maak om nie daar in die water te sit en alle soggende brandrissieplante te kry nie, hou nie daarvan dat jy verskriklike resultate sal kry as jy jou plante te veel water gee nie en dit kan op ‘n paar verskillende maniere gewys word of jy hulle eintlik fisies oorkyk of as dit net te lank binne-in te veel water sit tussenin. Om jou plante nat te maak moet ietwat deur hul wortels asemhaal, is die ryk voedingstowwe dit is dig gepak met voedingstowwe dinge soos die vis, bloed en Been word stadig vrygestel en verskaf soveel wonderlike makro- en mikrovoedingstowwe dan het jy kompos wat op sy eie fantasties gemeng is en verkieslik met die hoendermis of vermkompos en nie net het jy daardie makro- en mikrovoedingstowwe nie, maar jy het ook het daardie grondverrykende mikrobes gekry wat binne is wat veral aan die vermicompos kant as jy jou eie ver kompos maak en laastens siektevoorkoming met die ontsagwekkende balans van makro- en mikronutriënte wat ons hier in het asook die uitstekende dreinering en boonop die voordelige mikrobes voordelige bakterieë en die mikro isal swamme alles wat gekombineer gaan word, gaan jou help om baie gesonder plante te hê wat algemene siektes sal kan afweer dinge soos Blossom End Rot moet dit nie gebruik met baie jong saailinge as jy gaan wees nie gebruik hierdie mengsel, laat die vis Bloed en Been en die hoendermis of vermi-kompos en ook waarskynlik die Epsom-soute uit as jy eers die vroeë saailingstadium oppot, ja, gaan vol vark, dit sal wonderlik doen want jy voer nie jou plante by nie ten minste vir ongeveer ‘n maand maand en ‘n half nadat dit met die grondmengsel opgepot is, is hierdie grondmengsel baie ryk en jou plant sal alles hê wat dit nodig het ten minste vir daardie eerste maand tot maand en ‘n half, afhangende van jou groeitoestand grootte ‘n pot dinge so met die grondmengsel gaan jy opgestel wees vir sukses vanaf die GetGo ek hoop jy het ‘n wonderlike seisoen en tot die volgende video baie dankie dat jy gekyk het en pittig bly [Music] [Music]
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Have you tried Mycorrhizal Fungi before? What other amendments do you use?
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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
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Thanks!
I see you started refreshing your Beginner's guide. Nice!
Would it be OK to add some epsom salts in the water, after repotting and at what ratio if so?
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.
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. 🙂🌶
Hey I have that same trowel 😂 Awesome stuff from Australia.
Yo you need to go to the gym. Great video
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.👍👍
Everything looks good besides the epsom salt. Your bone meal already has more then enough magnesium
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.
Hi Shaun,
I posted this a while ago. I think you’d find it interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/live/odDIWaifdhU?si=ZCU4Ta6Tj7eLY_Qb
Start from 47 minutes in.
I can speak to how good this stuff is for bonsai but that was never her primary objective.
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 peat?
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.
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.
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.
Very cool thank you so much will have to share with my friend he’s been have a very hard time growing peppers 👍
Whats your opinion of growbags for chillis?
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?
I use 50% vermicompost and 50% rice hulls and it works like a champ
Would the Chloramines in tap water kill the Mycorrhizal fungi
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?
Hate to admit it but only watched this vid to comment 'but you didn't add Epsom salts'. But you did. Good work!
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.
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)
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 👍
My mix
1 part perlite
1 part vermiculite
2 parts compost (1 mushroom , 1 dairy)
2 part coco coir
3 parts worm castings