Do You Have A Favorite Potting Soil for Peppers

greenthumbomaha · January 20, 2013

Last year I used Cactus Mix, not bowled over my the results. I'm open to try something new, after all that is the fun of starting from seed. Anyone have a fave mix for peppers that stands above the rest. I am going heavy on the paprika and frying peppers this year, my garden friends always have hot to share.

ContainerTed · January 20, 2013

The same one I use for tomatoes. I combine Mushroom Compost with Tomato Tone and some composted grass, leaves, and manure. Add a hand full or so of dolomite lime and, later, some generic 10-10-10 slow release fertilizer, or some Miracle Grow for tomatoes, and watch 'em grow.

stormymater · January 20, 2013

Metromix 360 straight, metromix amended w/local loamy sand (high pH here - 7.7)

Hotwired · January 20, 2013

I start about 1000 peppers each winter. I start the seeds in SunGro Metromix 360 in 96 cell trays, and repot into 8-oz yogurt cups with Metromix 360 when they get true leaves. Once they reach 4" tall I repot them int a 50-50 mixture of Metromix 360 and Compost. My experience is that Peppers do not like potting soil with a high peat content.
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If you like grilling peppers try Jimmy Nardelo. Slice them lengthwise, add a little olive oil and seasoned pepper, and then onto the grill. What a treat.
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bower · January 23, 2013

The potting soil I use to start seeds is a peaty one. I like it because it's local and organic and I have never had any problems with damping off. But it's a fact, peppers did not like it and the seedlings weren't thriving. So I bought some sand from the same folks, and tried mixing it into the potting soil. Pepper seedlings love it. I put a little bone meal into the cell packs with the sandy potting soil to get them started, and pot up into beer cups with the same sandy soil/bone meal mix, and they couldn't be happier.

January 20, 2013	#1
greenthumbomaha Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha Zone 5 Posts: 2,514	Do You Have A Favorite Potting Soil for Peppers Last year I used Cactus Mix, not bowled over my the results. I'm open to try something new, after all that is the fun of starting from seed. Anyone have a fave mix for peppers that stands above the rest. I am going heavy on the paprika and frying peppers this year, my garden friends always have hot to share.

January 20, 2013	#2
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	The same one I use for tomatoes. I combine Mushroom Compost with Tomato Tone and some composted grass, leaves, and manure. Add a hand full or so of dolomite lime and, later, some generic 10-10-10 slow release fertilizer, or some Miracle Grow for tomatoes, and watch 'em grow. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

January 20, 2013	#4
Hotwired Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ithaca, NY - USDA 5b Posts: 241	I start about 1000 peppers each winter. I start the seeds in SunGro Metromix 360 in 96 cell trays, and repot into 8-oz yogurt cups with Metromix 360 when they get true leaves. Once they reach 4" tall I repot them int a 50-50 mixture of Metromix 360 and Compost. My experience is that Peppers do not like potting soil with a high peat content. <br> If you like grilling peppers try Jimmy Nardelo. Slice them lengthwise, add a little olive oil and seasoned pepper, and then onto the grill. What a treat. <br> __________________ Give a man a fish and he eats for a day - Teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

January 20, 2013	#3
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Metromix 360 straight, metromix amended w/local loamy sand (high pH here - 7.7)

January 23, 2013	#5
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	The potting soil I use to start seeds is a peaty one. I like it because it's local and organic and I have never had any problems with damping off. But it's a fact, peppers did not like it and the seedlings weren't thriving. So I bought some sand from the same folks, and tried mixing it into the potting soil. Pepper seedlings love it. I put a little bone meal into the cell packs with the sandy potting soil to get them started, and pot up into beer cups with the same sandy soil/bone meal mix, and they couldn't be happier.