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Did you get those from Cal State Fullerton? They look almost identical to mine, but a little bigger than mine...and I definitely did not get the pick of the litter.. Mine had a similar issue when I first got them home and put them in direct sun. I assumed the damage was from sunburn - they must...

UPDATES: Transplanted the little Scorp and the Bhut into full sized pots...they had been spending days outside and nights under a 65w compact flouro I found in my garage, but I wanted to move them out permanently. They weren't rootbound yet in the cups so it may have been premature, but I'm...

Thanks guys, I'm on it.

Thanks for the input guys, I've come to the conclusion that most of my issues are related to the wildly fluctuating temperatures I've exposed the jiffy pots to, and probably excessive heat the papertowel/ziplock seeds have been dealing with. And just to clarify - the 95 degrees is the...

Hey guys, I have a little Thai Hot Pepper I got from Home Depot a month or two ago. It's been doing fine in a pot outside - getting nibbled on by critters a bit, but that comes with the territory. Yesterday though, about half the leaves developed a nasty looking injury or illness, it almost...

Alright guys thanks for the input, Ill check to see if the weathers going to hold then consider putting the next batch outside to see what happens.

As some of you may know, I've been having a hell of a time germinating seeds. I've had literally 1 seedling pop up out of 16 in jiffy pellets, and gotten one tail out of another 12 or so using the paper towel method, which was planted a few days ago but has yet to poke his head out. (Hopefully...

UPDATE: One of my seedlings in the germinator/ humidity dome has finally popped, although its cotyledons are weirdly mangled- the tips are brown, narrow, and hard to the touch. Like litle twigs. At first I thought it had rotted...but they wouldn't be so hard in that case I think. I'm unsure...

Looking good man! I tried to read the whole thread, but had to tap out at page 16 and jump to the end. You should have a ridiculous bounty of peppers this summer & fall.

Yeah that's new shoots/branches/leaves. I pruned the heck out of my habanero and that's how they come back. Peppers are kind of amazing, they can come back from being little twigs, other plants I've worked with are not nearly so resilient.

The stove sounds like a good heater, and I might even try it, but my girlfriend would either kill me or set the house on fire. I'm not sure which. She's constantly using the stove or oven.

Thanks for the input Joe. I hit 3 weeks I think today on the seeds in the germanator, I think 10 days on the ziplocks. Keeping my fingers crossed that some pop, but If i don't see any soon I'll start more. I have a couple seeds left & considering how long the season is in So Cal a late start is...

Thanks for the input Paul! Any thoughts on how close these bad boys are to producing those root hairs you wait for?

Thanks Morris, I've been trying to get by without a heat mat, but I'll probably bite the bullet and buy one. I was considering a grow light when the thought struck me to go look in the garage, where the previous tenant left a bunch of junk, and my girlfriends dad decided to "give" us a bunch...

Hey guys, I'm growing peppers from seeds for the first time this year, and I'm having a bit of a rough time. Here's the background: My first attempt I planted some seeds in a seed germinater dome thing in Jiffy peat plugs. I think I badly overwatered it at first, and exposed it to some pretty...

I'm intrigued by the passive hydro system, but my understanding was that all sorts of nasty stuff grows in stagnant water that would hurt the plants.

I don't know if you have the time or the means, but I would think composting used potting soil would work nicely, get some new organic ferts in there, and I think the hot house effect would take care of most of any nasty stuff left over from last year.

I've got a thought...do you know what the PH of your water is? I don't know how picky pepper seeds are in regards to water quality (ph, mineral content, chlorine/flouride levels, etc.) but its possible they don't like your water. It sounds like you're doing basically everything else right. (My...

Not that I have any expertise or particular knowledge, but it the topof the soil is moldy, I'd remove the top of the soil. If the seedlings havn't popped yet, I don't think scraping the mold of should cause any harm. And to be honest, I'm experiencing the same problem with my seed tray, I think...

Hey Chef, I have a hold over Orange Hab from last year and I'm this year I'm adding a couple of Trinidad Scorpions, a Bhut Jolokia, a Caribbean Red and a Jaimacan Yellow, plus whatever seeds I can get to pop. I started a "Glog" if you want to take a peek...