peppers up
 

My peppers seeded on Feb 2 are up this morning, well one was up last night. Moved them to the light. They looked happy, I know I am! Tomatoes I will wait another week to start.:D

Congrats! It's an exciting time, just being able to begin, isn't it?

I planted 8 determinate tomatoes and one sweet pepper on Feb. 1st- 100% of the seeds of six of the tomato varieties came up on the 4th and 5th; still nothing on the other two. :bummer: The pepper came up last night.:)

Hope you have great germination with all your tomatoes!

kath

Congrats on the germination - to you both. Great start to a bountiful harvest!

fast! it is exciting to see the new shoots. i just seeded onions on sunday and they were coming up on wednesday.

tom

They are bigger now, had some camera trouble.
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100% germination on our Yellow Bhut Jolokia peppers
 

Yea. 12 for 12 germinated in a "Jiffy" miniature Hot House with the plastic clear dome lid and peat pellets.

Penny

Rockhound,

Fellow Tennessean here. Glad to read of your germination success. Got the calender circled for the 20th to start my tomatoes and peppers. Can't wait....

Blk Vegan~ Nice to meetcha! I'll probably seed the tomatoes wed, 15th. It's real Feb weather weather we're having this week, ain't it? After near-spring days most of the winter, I had to wear a big coat today, cold and breezy.

My peppers have sprouted and I underestimated my chance of success. I planted 4 seeds per cell and now have some cells with all four seedlings. Can I separate the plants without harming them (like tomatoes) or do I need to cull the plants by cutting off the extras in each cell? Thanks for any help here.

Len

Troad~ there shouldn't be any problem separating your peppers, maybe wait til they have their second leaves.

Len,

I routinely separate peppers that sprouted in the same container - sometimes I have up to 12 seedlings in one, and it still works very well, as long as you have them in a good soiless mix. 1-2 sets of true leaves stage is the best, but it could be done before or after.

If I had [I]four[/I] seedlings in one little cell, I'd prolly do an initial separation into two groups of 2 first. Waiting until they get one or two sets of leaves is a little late, AFAIC. But just two in the cell, yeah, I'd leave them alone for awhile.

Thanks for all the answers. I will give separating them a try. They are started in Fox Farms Light Warrior mix so hopefully i can keep damage to a minimum.

Mine are getting the 2nd leaves. One of the sweets on the left looks bent but it's just where the seedcoat didn't pop off til this morning, always gives them a twisted look for a while. I'm sure it'll recover.
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I plant up to 30 in a cell that is less than 2 inches by 2 inches - they separate just fine.