Glog from South Florida

Hello from Florida! I am starting a Glog to document my progress on growing peppers. I bought seeds from Pepper Joe's, Peppers by Mail and rareseeds.com. 
 

 
I was sprouting these inside on heating mats and humidomes, but decided to take them outside as the temperature and humidity seemed better. 
 
I planted the seeds from Pepper Joe's first. I had poor germination, maybe 10%. I did not like the germination setup, so cannot say much about seed quality. I used miracle gro seeling mix which was horrible. I sprouted them indoors on heat mats.  Here are the Pepper Joe's seedlings..
 

 
 
I used Jiffy soil mix for the seeds by Peppers by Mail and rareseeds.com. I used peat pots instead of plastic pots and sprouted them outside under grow lights with no heat mats. Temperatures were 75-85F and humidity high. Germination was much better. I had excellent germination rates on most varieties and will need to thin the seedlings out. 
 

 
 
I'm also growing lots of papaya varieties that are starting to germinate!
 

 
 
I'm very excited to find this forum with such a large, active community!

 

[OCD Chilehead]

Welcome to the community. That's a great start. Plants look well.

Good luck

 

[mpicante]

Hello and welcome.Seedlings look good.

 

[tsurrie]

Cool grow. Will be following. Good luck.

 

[Wiriwiri]

Welcome...very healthy looking seedlings..continued success with your grow!

 

[moruga welder]

!   very nice grow !         

 

[Darling Nikki]

Plants look great! Much better than mine! Although this is my first time using clay pellets.

 

[BigB]

Hello from Florida! I am starting a Glog to document my progress on growing peppers. I bought seeds from Pepper Joe's, Peppers by Mail and rareseeds.com. 
 

 
I was sprouting these inside on heating mats and humidomes, but decided to take them outside as the temperature and humidity seemed better. 
 
I planted the seeds from Pepper Joe's first. I had poor germination, maybe 10%. I did not like the germination setup, so cannot say much about seed quality. I used miracle gro seeling mix which was horrible. I sprouted them indoors on heat mats.  Here are the Pepper Joe's seedlings..
 

 
 
I used Jiffy soil mix for the seeds by Peppers by Mail and rareseeds.com. I used peat pots instead of plastic pots and sprouted them outside under grow lights with no heat mats. Temperatures were 75-85F and humidity high. Germination was much better. I had excellent germination rates on most varieties and will need to thin the seedlings out. 
 

 
 
I'm also growing lots of papaya varieties that are starting to germinate!
 

 
 
I'm very excited to find this forum with such a large, active community!

 
 
Welcome fellow MIamian!

 

[MiamiHeat]

Well I finally got the plants off the balcony. They were not happy getting almost no full sun and only indirect and fluorescent light. They were getting really leggy and whiteflies were a problem. 
 

 

 

 
 
Aji Chombo

 

 

 

 

 

[Jase4224]

Nice garden bed! Experience tells me it's gonna get crowded in there though..

 

[MiamiHeat]

Nice garden bed! Experience tells me it's gonna get crowded in there though..

Thank you. Yeah, I know I planted them close. I still have a lot of plants left too. Not sure if i'll plant them or add them to the compost pile. 
 

 

[MiamiHeat]

Just planted a bunch of super-hots in the ground. I've been told by some this will not work in this climate. I have the same species growing in a raised bed to compare growth with. The soil here is pretty much 100% sand. I added 9 wheelbarrows full of compost to the soil. I know they are planted super-close. This will be a survival of the fittest type of situation.