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Oh, don't be sorry; it's actually a really positive thing. IME, nothing worth doing is really "easy" in the real life. It makes success all the more rewarding and humbling in the end. Cheers.
I'm in a hot climate and I grow in soil(raised bed) and in potting mix(containers). The pepper plants in soil are much larger and healthier than the ones in potting mix. Both the soil and potting mix have the same ferts. I think the plants in the soil(raised beds) are doing alot better because the roots stay cooler than the plants in containers.
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Planted the seeds on 5 Sept and none have germinated thus far.
Seeds that were planted on an oil heater germinated after three days and seeds planted on heating mats germinated after five days. These are under lights and off the heat source.
Whilst I expected the seeds planted outside to be less work, they are in fact a lot more work, requiring constant supervision to prevent dehydration.
Planted the seeds on 5 Sept and none have germinated thus far.
Seeds that were planted on an oil heater germinated after three days and seeds planted on heating mats germinated after five days. These are under lights and off the heat source.
Whilst I expected the seeds planted outside to be less work, they are in fact a lot more work, requiring constant supervision to prevent dehydration.
rouge peppers that sprouted directly on the ground are doing better than my potted plants. i seems that they don't like my TLC. 
ahh, i see. did that with a couple newly germinated seeds. they did fine. =D
one of my healthiest plants, actually.
oh, btw huntsman, got some seeds that originally came from you (he got seeds from you and then he shared me seeds that came from his plants). the sender was a member of another forum. just wanted to let you know.
Hey huntsman,
Being from Melbourne, I have a pretty similar weather pattern to you, although I think you get an earlier spring than I do (it only just hit 20C for the first time since winter on the weekend).
I started my plants very early this year, I think June 1 was the first time I planted a seed. This was great, but boy did I run out of room pretty quickly.
Putting plants outside to gradually get used to the sun is great, but if you haven't got any sun, you get into a situation where your plant growth actually retards, and the plant gets sick real quick. I think I need to invest in a decent greenhouse because the crappy $25 stuff I got from a major discount store here really sucked balls.
On the weekend, I managed to put some plants outside for the first time, and you can see really quickly that they suffer with the massive UV difference than what they get under artificial lights. But if you can put it in such a way that they get a few hours of sun followed by some shade, you'll find they will adjust within a few days or so. Don't leave it too late into Spring, because the leaves can burn pretty quickly but they should be alright in the low 20's.
Being from Melbourne, I have a pretty similar weather pattern to you, although I think you get an earlier spring than I do (it only just hit 20C for the first time since winter on the weekend).
I started my plants very early this year, I think June 1 was the first time I planted a seed. This was great, but boy did I run out of room pretty quickly.
Putting plants outside to gradually get used to the sun is great, but if you haven't got any sun, you get into a situation where your plant growth actually retards, and the plant gets sick real quick. I think I need to invest in a decent greenhouse because the crappy $25 stuff I got from a major discount store here really sucked balls.
On the weekend, I managed to put some plants outside for the first time, and you can see really quickly that they suffer with the massive UV difference than what they get under artificial lights. But if you can put it in such a way that they get a few hours of sun followed by some shade, you'll find they will adjust within a few days or so. Don't leave it too late into Spring, because the leaves can burn pretty quickly but they should be alright in the low 20's.
Hey MM!
We're much higher than you at 1500m ASL, so we have crisp clear temps with little or no humidity, which means that when it's hot, it's clearly hot and winters are chilly but never damp.
We've had temps in the 20's for a couple of weeks now and all trees are in full blanket. I've already started hardening up the indoor seedlings for an hour or even two per day, but it's already hot enough for me to see that if I forget them in the sun for too long, they'll be crispened very quickly. (Not sure if that's a word, but it damn well should be!)
We're much higher than you at 1500m ASL, so we have crisp clear temps with little or no humidity, which means that when it's hot, it's clearly hot and winters are chilly but never damp.
We've had temps in the 20's for a couple of weeks now and all trees are in full blanket. I've already started hardening up the indoor seedlings for an hour or even two per day, but it's already hot enough for me to see that if I forget them in the sun for too long, they'll be crispened very quickly. (Not sure if that's a word, but it damn well should be!)