Began 2013 yesterday morning. 12 hour soak seed soak in potassium nitrate and H202 (diluted) in ice trays. Kept warm on heat mats. Mix is Promix BX with a lot of perlite added. Pre-moistened, then put in 72 cell 6 pack flats and bottom watered on heat mat to fully wet mix with Actinovate, kelp, Biotamax--a sliver--then drained, aerated with fork, then back to mats to await seeds. Lost a few seeds as I'm handier with turkey baster (obviously from seeds left in bulb when clean-up) when it's used for Q or turkey, but have plenty of viable seeds. Trying to prevent damping off. Seeds from Chris, Jamie (Romy6), Ed, Judy (pepperlover.com), peppergal, peppermania, Baker Creek, Trade Winds, Tomato Grower's Supply, My Patriot Supply . . . and my own saved. Now to prevent damping off. Have ordered Pyrethrin to go with Actinovate, lots of fans, soil temps were 85 this morning when wood stove was dying, restoked, back up to 90F, soil temps (sorry, no pic), as while carrying in wood in our ice and snow/ice storm yesterday morning, I fell. Sorta fell. Falling would have hurt less: why do we try to stop the inevitable? This is my first grow of superhots, so please, any suggestions?! Lemme know, please. Right now the domes are on again, but will be slanting them off in a couple days, if not sooner, and always, flats get 20 minutes fresh air in morning. (Freezing but fresh air <grin>.)
Lights and mylar box--other side of shelving unit is large white sheet (and I know the mylar is crinkled). Also there's some diluted Clorox gunk am gonna get off, but for now, I like the idea of diluted Clorox gunk.
Other side lights: fans
Thanks to so many helpful members here. I hope these seeds hook, live long, prosper, aka do not damp-off. Updates, I hope
. Peace, Annie
Lights and mylar box--other side of shelving unit is large white sheet (and I know the mylar is crinkled). Also there's some diluted Clorox gunk am gonna get off, but for now, I like the idea of diluted Clorox gunk.
Other side lights: fans
Thanks to so many helpful members here. I hope these seeds hook, live long, prosper, aka do not damp-off. Updates, I hope
. Peace, Annie
and since I been asking/begging (?) for some pavers down to garden, am working the other half for some from Lowe's to sit containers on. 1 buck a piece. Wonder if he'll consent? I suck at nagging, so may just go get 'em myself, but TAKE him w/me . . . to carry and place them 
. (I dread I gotta act all helpless female for this but those things are heavy 
)
Mowed grass on my father's HILLYIER than our land yesterday . . . riding l-mower won't work. One bro has one cost more than some cars, no deal. Pops has 4 push mowers, 3 weedeaters, and only 1 of each work, so, hunt-peck . . . and under normal circumstances, I'd say a nearly 83 yr. old man has no business mowing grass . . . but Daddy ain't normal: 40 year old men would kill for his health! Takes no medication for anything, still works half a day--bookeeping-- and while the man has an aversion to hard physical labor, he'd go crazy if he couldn't mow grass, was kinda ticked at me for doing it yesterday, but I said, "HELL, DADDY! It's part of your anniversary present! Geez!" I walked off and the man ran to catch me. "Honey, I reckon I'm just set in my ways. Thank you, sweetpea." I was sweaty and hugged him and he didn't mind. (Wow.) But prior to all that, Mama said, "You gonna weedeat too?" I affirmed that I would. She said, "Check my rose bed and see what's missing." I looked. What was missing was, not exactly missing, but tiny sprigs growing back. Daddy got 2 rose bushes with weedeater last fall. She came to door and said, "I suppose I either have to love him, burn the weedeaters, or have this entire place bulldosed and planted in damn GRASS." I dragged my worn-out butt over there later and they were snuggled up on couch together, asleep. I marvel at those two. Thanks for looking!
. Got visit to doc; every year I see him to give me the ridiculous stomach blood test and a script for 7-10 Toradol--non-narcotic pain killer--when I put in the garden . . . yeah. Hmm. And it's gonna be even MORE fun this year as am doing containers as well. As far as hardening off goes, got a summer squash and white zucchini plant, babies, in that little greenhouse now, screens open, along with almost a flat of tomatoes in 4" peat pots. I just slung the maters together as extras a few days ago and figured that without hardening, they'd die, but NOT! The projected low Sat is 42, but weather-boys have missed it 5 times this week; am gonna see if they can take that, and some strong rain, depending on how hard rain gets, since still babies. Dousing that riser and surrounding area really well with Sluggo Plus . . . we'll see. If that works out okay, all the maters are going in there, after a little more hardening, because be my luck for them to keel over, since I want to keep them. 
Peace, sugar 
I mean, what else to do? My little greenhouse with maters and curcubits may not be there tomorrow--closed windows on it to decrease "lift" capacity--or worse, none of us could be, but damnit, my maters under lights just got watered, smh. Prayers to those in path of these storms!