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I wouldn't worry too much about removing the extra soil now. Do your cups have drainage holes in them? Remember once chilis get going they are hard to kill off, removing a few of the affected leaves will not harm it. Have you checked the PH of your soil, and what fertilizer/ soil combo are you...

Did you check out hydro harrys, I believe they had the bales for around 35 bucks. Go online and print out a coupon for another 10% off.

Sounds like possible shock, or your cells are drying out a lot faster and your seedlings are not use to the dryer conditions. I don't use plastic or any type of covering for sprouting my seeds. I just make sure they are watered and let them grow. Never had a problem with any of them sprouting...

You are off to a good start. Definetely get them some more light, and since you are using miracle grow potting soil when you pot up, don't be in a hurry to fertilize them as it is easy to overdose them with nitrogen since the MG soil contains a lot of nitrogen.

Last bit of eye candy. Red Thai covered in pods

Ok, time for an update. This is a good example showing that you don't need a fancy setup to start and grow peppers. These are all being grown in Miracle Grow potting soil, no heat pad, no dome, no fan, just 2 400w metal halide lights. Don't get me wrong, I believe that better soils, heat pads...

That's perfect. I can see it now..... Yes Honey, I do need it. It will help me to plant faster, so that I can spend more time with you! or not...... lol Yes the ratio is higher in nitrogen, they do have a bloom formula too, which I may pick up at a future date, but for now the grow formula is...

I might have to get one of those gas powered ones at the rate these things are going. ;) Luckily they are all staying in containers, it's going to be a workout lugging all those pots out of the basement though. Maybe the pure blend pro grow isn't such a good idea, I already have a red hab that...

I started off by using espoma garden tone, it worked, but the only problem I had is it is a slower release. I just made the switch to a liquid fertilizer and it is really helping a lot. The fertilizer is the Botanicare Pure blend pro grow. It is making a huge difference, my plants really perked...

They look like they are kind of leggy, what kind of light are you using, distance from plants ect. How often are you watering, are there any temperature swings. Miracle Grow might not be the best soil for starting and growing peppers, but I know there are many on this board, myself included who...

That is great. Mine still hasn't set any pods yet, it has been flowering but they all have been dropping. I have to get some fertilizer as I ran out, I can see the leaves on a few of my plants starting to lighten up.

AJ - I think we are on the same page, just a little different perspective. The pepper plants are only going to grow so big in any given pot. I believe in potting up, and even putting them in bigger pots (Last year I used a bunch of 10 gallon containers). For most people who are not looking to...

7 gallon is not necessary, especially on a first year plant, but if you do plant them up to a 7 or 10 gallon pot you will get a larger pot. 3 gallon pot will support a pepper plant, and you will get pods from it, but you are limiting the size of the plant and crop. By using the larger pots, you...

Look for used pots, in those quantity's that is the going rate. I bought my last batch from Greenhouse megastore, but they will cost you as much as the other places you've found - www.greenhousemegastore.com

Truthfully you could just skip the whole jiffy pellets and start them in the 16oz cups. I have started my seedlings in the 4.5" pots and haven't had any problems. You just need to plant like 3-4 seeds per pot, instead of just 1 if you start in the Jiffy pots or seed trays.

I'm starting in a 50 cell tray (gives a little more room for the roots) then I start planting up from there. Usually to a 4.5" pot, then 6", then 2.5 gallon, and finally a 5 gallon. I have used pots as large as 10 gallons, but for 1st year plants 5 gallon is good. Ideally if you pot up just as...

I know that this might not be popular, but let's say you can't find rockwool, or pro-mix or something similar. You can use the miracle grow potting mix. Is it dispised on this forum, yes, can you make it work, yes. Look at my grow log, all of those were started and grown in MG soil. Right now I...

They have a lot of cherries there...... I think there is a week long cherry festival in July. They also grow a lot of grapes for wine. Other then that they get a lot of snow being right on the lake.

Here is a picture of my unknown Fresno. This was started from the peppermania seed mix back in mid July / August time frame. I believe it is a Fresno. Anyways I collected some seeds from this plant and you can see the seedlings in my previous post. It is currently setting it's second round of...

Time for an update, here is the latest pictures of my little seedlings. I also received my order from THSC yesterday :) 1-05-2010 Aji Panca, Unknown Fresno, Aji Limon seeds from peppermania. Jimmy Nardello, Purple Jalapeno, Jalapeno M, Supposed Purple Serrano these seeds were from Last...