Today I planted all of my peppers. This year I have 8 different varieties all of them sweet peppers. I planted Alma Paprika(18), King of the North(29), Jimmy Nardallo(21), Sweet Chocolate(18), Purple Beauty(18), Medusa(15), Sweet Hungarian Banana(18) and Golden Cal Wonder(4). I ended up planting 141 seeds; the amount planted of each is in brackets above. I planted roughly 3X more than I need because last year I had over half my seeds not germinate.
They are germinating in the basement room under a 4 foot shop light with cool white bulbs. The room is around 70-80F it’s only heated by a couple light bulbs and then whenever the furnace comes on. I am also turning on a heater a couple times a day to give them a little extra heat. Last year I didn’t have the extra heat and the basement was more around 60-70F and that could have been a contributing factor.
They were all planted in individual cells in regular potting soil. The calls are also covered with a hard plastic shell to retain moisture and help keep the temperature up. They soil is pretty moist and I think in a few cells it is a little too wet but we will see. Overall I am pretty hopefully for them and excited to see when they start to come up!
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