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barkeater · January 31, 2012

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I start my peppers and eggplants 10 days before tomatoes, mainly because they generally take twice as long to germinate than tomatoes. If you don't have a warm place to germinate them they can take even longer though and you'll have to adjust accordingly.

I haven't seen a difference in germination rates for sweet vs. hot peppers, except for hybrid vs. open pollenated. For some reason my OP sweet or hot peppers germinate slower than the hybris, unlike with tomatoes where I see no difference in germination rates. Hope this helps.

January 31, 2012	#2
barkeater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b Posts: 1,439	tom, I start my peppers and eggplants 10 days before tomatoes, mainly because they generally take twice as long to germinate than tomatoes. If you don't have a warm place to germinate them they can take even longer though and you'll have to adjust accordingly. I haven't seen a difference in germination rates for sweet vs. hot peppers, except for hybrid vs. open pollenated. For some reason my OP sweet or hot peppers germinate slower than the hybris, unlike with tomatoes where I see no difference in germination rates. Hope this helps. __________________ barkeater