Recent content by vermont

It is so important to be patient during the hardening off process. I've tried to rush it in the past and you can really screw up your plants if you don't let them ease into the outdoor weather properly.

Probably wouldn't work as well with peppers but could be really cool looking!

I also do a dip and my plants seem to just keep growing without any real transplant shock.

It will take a lot of bagged soil to fill raised beds and could get expensive...you can buy good quality soil by the yard and have it delivered.

Looks great!

I think it does...I tried what I thought was fimming on a few pepper plants and it looks like it worked.

That Liquid Fence stuff works great, just spray perimeter once a week.

I have good results with the fimming technique.

I always try to put plants out too early and regret it. I would just wait until there is no worry of cold nights. Actual sunlight is great but cold temps slow down plant growth. I would think the combination of T8s and warm inside temperature at night would be better for your plants than...

I had only one of mine sprout out of about a dozen seeds. All my other varieties were 75% or better germination rate.

I've never seen anything recover from that much frost damage.

Fimming in the new topping.

You might want to separate some of those established plant into their own pots.

I now start my pepper seeds in 3.5 inch square pots so I don't have to pot up from tiny cells. With these larger pots, I don't think my heat mats change the temperature very much at the top of the soil where the seeds are.

You could dig up a seed and take a look at it...if the germination process started and the seedling broke through the seed itself but then dried out I would think it isn't good anymore. If you have enough seeds you might want to plant some more to be safe.