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February 11, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Starter Mix for Peppers
Do peppers use the same starting mix as tomatos?? I had read they perfer NOT to start in peat.....I ve lost the note for this. thought everyone here would know. Thanks.
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February 11, 2018 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Yes, peppers grow fine in the same mix as tomatoes. I have seen the website where they say never, ever use peat and I call balderdash on that. I've grown them successfully in peat plugs, jiffy potting mix and pro-mix which are all peat based and have never had issues. There is also a lot of other contradicting and mis- information on that same web site, but I won't critique it.
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February 11, 2018 | #3 |
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I've started peppers in Jiffy Mix, Pro Mix and MG potting soil, no problems with any of them except the MG has had a lot of sticks mixed in it that need picked out.
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February 11, 2018 | #4 |
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I have found the MG Organic Natures Care raised bed soil in the green bags mixed with perlite worked fantastic.
There is no what people would think of as soil in it. And very few sticks if any. For seed starting/sprouting I use Jiffy seed starting mix. |
February 11, 2018 | #5 |
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I use pro-mix and jiffy pellets.
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February 11, 2018 | #6 |
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Thank you everyone!!!
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February 11, 2018 | #7 |
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yea, nay? ,perhaps.
You pays your money and takes your chances.
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February 11, 2018 | #8 |
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Fwiw, mine seem to grow better in Jiffy Mix or grow pellets than in the ProMix BX that I use for everything else but I have no idea why.
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February 11, 2018 | #9 |
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I only use the ProMix when I pot them up and it seems to be just fine, but the plant is still sitting in a big Dixie cup sized plug of root-bound Jiffy Mix when that happens
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February 11, 2018 | #10 |
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February 11, 2018 | #11 |
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I think it depends on which seed starting mix you have. I had a lot of trouble getting hot peppers to germinate in regular seed starting mix (an organic one from Espoma) when I first started growing from seed. I switched to coconut coir and it solved the problem. YMMV.
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February 12, 2018 | #13 | |
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February 11, 2018 | #14 |
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I gave up on seed starter mix after trying DE. However, this year I decided to go with coir for peppers and eggplants. Coir is what I would up-pot them to from the DE, so I said, why not start them in what they would end up in anyway?
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February 12, 2018 | #15 |
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FOUND MY NOTE. Do not use peat to start peppers.
Started 12 varieties in baggies with damp paper towel. Fingers crossed. Last edited by Black Krim; February 12, 2018 at 01:45 PM. |
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