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tootaloo · March 7, 2010

I tried the paper towel method on Feb. 4th. to get a jump start on my peppers. 3 of 12 kinds have started. The rest just laying there. Shoud I start new seeds? I don't have room to put them all in pots and see if they sprout. Thanks for any info. Susan

dustdevil · March 7, 2010

Maybe put one of the old with one of the new in each pot, if they're the same variety. You can always pinch one out, if they both sprout. That way you might have seeds leftover for next year.

You have to keep seeds consistantly moist to get them to germinate. And of course, with peppers, some supplemental heat speeds up the process.

dustdevil · March 7, 2010

PS: If your seeds are really old, it would be best to presoak them and add more extras to each pot.

Blueaussi · March 7, 2010

How warm are you keeping the seeds? Unless they're very old or some sort of tepin pepper, they should have sprouted by now. What are you soaking them in?

tootaloo · March 12, 2010

Hello Kept them in the furance room. And they were kept moist. This is the second time I tried the purple pervian pepper I got in a trade last year. I'll find some others to start today. Thanks Suan

Blueaussi · March 12, 2010

I don't know how warm your furnace room is, but about 85F is the optimum temperature for pepper germination, and above, erm, 95, I think, it starts to drop off.

svalli · March 23, 2010

I put variety of pepper seeds in a seed starting box on January 10th. First ones sprouted in a week and after that it has been quite slow. I have got less than 50% germination, some varieties have nothing coming up.
I have kept the lid on and the soil moist and the box in a warm place since then and today when I did my daily check I noticed that one Corno di Toro has head up from the soil.
I'm glad I started so early because 10 weeks of germination is quite long for ordinary C. annuums. We have still 3 foot snowbanks, so I have a long time before the plantout date and there could still be some other peppers sprouting before that.

tootaloo · March 23, 2010

Progress report. I PUT ALL MY PEPPER SEEDS IN DIRT when I started my tomatoes. All but 3 have now showed. I have them under lights with my tomatoes in hope that they wll sprout. I am appy so fa with my planting. Thanks for the support. Susan

March 7, 2010	#1
tootaloo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: dayton ohio Posts: 158	slow or no I tried the paper towel method on Feb. 4th. to get a jump start on my peppers. 3 of 12 kinds have started. The rest just laying there. Shoud I start new seeds? I don't have room to put them all in pots and see if they sprout. Thanks for any info. Susan

March 23, 2010	#7
svalli Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vaasa, Finland, latitude N 63° Posts: 838	I put variety of pepper seeds in a seed starting box on January 10th. First ones sprouted in a week and after that it has been quite slow. I have got less than 50% germination, some varieties have nothing coming up. I have kept the lid on and the soil moist and the box in a warm place since then and today when I did my daily check I noticed that one Corno di Toro has head up from the soil. I'm glad I started so early because 10 weeks of germination is quite long for ordinary C. annuums. We have still 3 foot snowbanks, so I have a long time before the plantout date and there could still be some other peppers sprouting before that. __________________ "I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." - Moomin-troll by Tove Jansson

March 7, 2010	#2
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Maybe put one of the old with one of the new in each pot, if they're the same variety. You can always pinch one out, if they both sprout. That way you might have seeds leftover for next year. You have to keep seeds consistantly moist to get them to germinate. And of course, with peppers, some supplemental heat speeds up the process.

March 7, 2010	#4
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	How warm are you keeping the seeds? Unless they're very old or some sort of tepin pepper, they should have sprouted by now. What are you soaking them in?

March 12, 2010	#5
tootaloo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: dayton ohio Posts: 158	Hello Kept them in the furance room. And they were kept moist. This is the second time I tried the purple pervian pepper I got in a trade last year. I'll find some others to start today. Thanks Suan