Germinating Peppers! - Page 2

peppero · December 17, 2014

Sometimes I have a batch of pepper seed that does not germinate and so I throw the whole batch into a container and later use the medium for some other starting effort. SURPRISE! It seems that about all of them come up. My most recent was some Marconis that came up in October as well as some mystery tomatoes. All are doing very well in the greenhouse.

jon

clkeiper · December 17, 2014

I read somewhere (in a pepper seed catalog) DO NOT use those jiffy pellets to start pepper seeds. They are fine for tomatoes, but not peppers. And they really do germinate much better with bottom heat. Don't expect ambient air temperature to be suitable.

December 17, 2014	#17
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	I read somewhere (in a pepper seed catalog) DO NOT use those jiffy pellets to start pepper seeds. They are fine for tomatoes, but not peppers. And they really do germinate much better with bottom heat. Don't expect ambient air temperature to be suitable. __________________ carolyn k

December 17, 2014	#16
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Sometimes I have a batch of pepper seed that does not germinate and so I throw the whole batch into a container and later use the medium for some other starting effort. SURPRISE! It seems that about all of them come up. My most recent was some Marconis that came up in October as well as some mystery tomatoes. All are doing very well in the greenhouse. jon