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seeds An After Germination Question

Mjdtexan

Mjdtexan

Ok, I understand about the germination process. After the seed has germinated do you remove it immediatly and put it under flourecent lights? Does the soil tempature matter once you move the plant? Like for instance I can put them in the garage?
 
I'm not an expert by any means but I'd make sure the temperature is still warm and under lights asap or have some kind of light source. If your using fluorescents put them close to the plants, like an 1" - 2" away that way it gets them the light they need and they don't grow too high too fast and get leggy.
 
You should immediately put germinated plants under floros. If you have a cooler area likely like your basement, plants may grow slower and more compact which could be a positive or negative depending on your plans. What is the normal temp in your basement?
 
POTAWIE said:
You should immediately put germinated plants under floros. If you have a cooler area likely like your basement, plants may grow slower and more compact which could be a positive or negative depending on your plans. What is the normal temp in your basement?
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I SO wished we had basements here in Houston(ish). I wouldnt grow peppers in there though, but that is another forum. I have an extra Morgan building on the property or I can do it in the garage or I can do it right here in the house. I have a couple of unused bedrooms.
 
I germinate my pepper seeds inside the house, then move them immediately under floros after germination. In just a day they can grow several inches if they do not have light. This creates a very weak stem.

My set up is in my garage where it can get down to the mid 40's at night if it gets below 20 outside. Never had a problem with my plants. If it gets too low outside and I start to worry, I leave the lights on to gain a little extra heat.

Good Luck!
jacob
 
jjs7741 said:
I germinate my pepper seeds inside the house, then move them immediately under floros after germination. In just a day they can grow several inches if they do not have light. This creates a very weak stem.

My set up is in my garage where it can get down to the mid 40's at night if it gets below 20 outside. Never had a problem with my plants. If it gets too low outside and I start to worry, I leave the lights on to gain a little extra heat.

Good Luck!
jacob
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How many hours are the getting the light?
 
Mjdtexan said:
How many hours are the getting the light?
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I'm using 18-24 hours for the first 4 weeks. After that, plants need a natural dark cycle. You can still grow great plants without any artificial lights but the flouros on the plants is a great idea to get them up to speed. I like to get them used to natural light as well as time goes on.
 
jjs7741 said:
My set up is in my garage where it can get down to the mid 40's at night if it gets below 20 outside. Never had a problem with my plants. If it gets too low outside and I start to worry, I leave the lights on to gain a little extra heat.

Good Luck!
jacob
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This is great info for me too. I will be putting my seedlings in the garage this year. I have been monitoring the temperature during this cold spell it it would get to about 40. When I turned on all four of my lights (4 ft dual bulb flouresents) I could raise the temperature almost 10 degrees.

Today after work it was 51 in the garage and the weather channel said we got into the mid 50s outside.

I won't be starting my C.chinense until the end of February. So by then it shouldn't be as cold for such long periods of time.
 
I will also insulate with the mylar emergency blankets that they sell at walmart in the camping section for like $2. That should help to hold some heat in at night as well as reflect light. I will run the mylar the length of the lights and leave the ends open during the day to get some air flow in there.

I will be starting the bulk of my seeds this weekend for a April 15th plantout.

jacob
 
i only use lights to help germinate the seeds and once they pop up i stop using the lights after a week then i just keep them in a shaded area with the warmth of the sun in the shade mine grow fine
 
Believe me, I wish I could do this. But the temps in the winter don't allow that and not enough sun coming through the windows to keep the plants from getting leggy. One day I would like to get a small greenhouse to raise the seedlings in as well as overwinter a few plants, but no money right now for that.

jacob
 
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