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wondering if I should start over/rearrange

I planted a bunch of seeds 2-3 days ago, 3 red cups of each variety, 1 seed per cup - I know peppers can take a while to germinate so I am wondering if I can rearrange the seeds without the risk of destroying them. I didn't soak them and check for floaters, and my temps crept up into the low 90s. I've realized that 1 seed/cup is NOT a very efficient use of space.
 
  1. Can I "rearrange" my already planted seeds to add room for an additional seed per cup that has been soaked and checked for floaters? Currently the seed is in the middle of the cup, can I gently use the back of a plastic spoon to move it over to one side and add another seed, or does this disturbing risk killing or hurting the seed?
  2. Would I be better off just planting another seed towards the side of the cup and not disturbing the already planted one?
  3. If I can move them, I would like to turn each variety from 3 cups with 1 seed to 2 cups with 2 seeds. This will give me an additional seed per variety, and I think more importantly, a little more room as I have some new varieties on the way. Right now I don't have room to plant my new seeds without consolidating some space.
In my list I have:
  • Chocolate Bhutlah
  • Red/Yellow/Orange Scotch Bonnet
  • Jalepeño
  • Ancho/Poblano
  • Cayenne
  • Red Moruga
  • DEFCON 7
  • Yellow BBG7
And on the way I have:
  • Cascabel
  • Shishito
  • Bahamian Goat
  • Reaper
Thanks everyone! New to growing and really excited, I've already learned quite a bit and thirsty for more!
 
This is why you should always plan ahead and be ready for setbacks. Learn from this and conserve room next time. Best to run a germination area in stages starting with most important and needed to lesser needed (or ones with a shorter maturity date). I'd take what I have now and srart more when I do have room start more. I usually place two to three seeds per cup to up my odds.
 
I'd move them. At 2-3 days even if anything's breached the seed it'd barely be poking out. I can't speak from a scientific standpoint, but the tap root seems to actually be pretty sturdy initially. It just broke through the seed and its next step would be to get into position to act as a battering ram to U its way up through the soil to make way for the seed leaves.That's even if you have any growth outside the seed at this point.
 
Do it. Be careful if you're worried. You've got to remember these plants grow in nature just fine with all the wind, rain, and animals mucking about.
 
I germinated mine inside moist coffee filters inside baggies before transplanting them. Some of these plants looked like this before I transplanted them (I wasn't able to get to them for a few days after I should have) and they still all turned out fine:
 

 
Granted, it's not exactly the same scenario, but it just goes to show you they can be pretty resilient. Inside their seeds they're exponentially more so.
 
Update: I decided to gently move them. I consolidated from 3 cups per variety/1 seed per cup to 2 cups per variety/2 seeds per cup by adding one seed. So now I've got 4 seeds per variety instead of 3 as insurance.

I was able to save 6 or 7 cups for more space when my new varieties show up. Very cool side note: I was able to see a very tiny white tap root starting to emerge from a couple of the seeds! So it seems like they are doing very well after a few short days.

Thanks for the advice!
 
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