well, it's about hot peppers. . .

[jhouse]

Hi all,

Mostly I have tomatoes grown from seed -- I'll be planting in 7 days (Memorial Day). I'm in the hardening off process now. I transplanted the seedlings into large styrofoam cups and they're really big now, so all seems well with the tomatos.

However, I'm wishing I had transplanted the hot peppers (also grown from seedlings). they have 3 to 4 sets of true leaves, and they have been in the burpee 16 cell system I bought -- the cells are 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 wide, and 2 1/2" deep. I've had them outdoors, up to maybe 2 hours of morning sunlight,and they seem very healthy. A friend of mine didn't think I'd need to transplant them, but now I'm not so sure. . .

My question is, should I go ahead and plant them Monday even though they're in such small cells, I'm afraid to disturb the roots by transplanting tomorrow and then again in 6 days. I suppose I could transplant and put them in the garden later if I might lose them -- thanks for any advice!

Jan H.

p.s. the burpee self watering systems (16 cell for peppers, 32 cell for tomatoes) worked very well for me, and I'm a seedling newbie.

[dmforcier]

I doubt you'd hurt them by transplanting, but they can stay where they are for six days just fine. Those are pretty big cells, too.

[TomNJ]

Agreed - no need to transplant.

TomNJVA

[jhouse]

thanks for the responses, that sets my mind at ease!