Time to start peppers, what are you growing this year?

[zendog]

I'm germinating them on paper towels and was super careful not to touch seeds, just shaking them from little the little bags onto the paper towels. Even with that, there must have been some of the residue on the packaging... I just rubbed my eye.... yikes!

Ordering gloves on Amazon now.

Is there any issue handling seedlings or plants. I can't imagine there is, but clearly you can't be too careful.

Originally Posted by Salsacharley

If you hold the super hot seeds in your hand you can burn yourself. Nitrile or latex gloves will protect you, but I never worry about pepper burns while sowing seeds. Much worse than burned hands and fingers is what happens when you touch some other sensitive body parts after handling hot pepper seeds. Of course, you multiply the heat from handling pods times a million or two compared to handling seeds.