Well, I sowed a ton of seeds on 2/8, 2/10 and 2/12. I've been playing around with my heat mat set-up to get temps up more. I'm thrilled I've achieved about 95% germination of all varieties I tried to plant. For me, this means if I started 100 different varieties, 95 of them are up. It's not seed count based, but I usually plant 1-2 per cell. I started some toughies too like Tovarii so that's a seriously good ratio.
I'll do a final pepper seed sowing on 3/15 of Annuums. I've already started too many. I have a hard time killing my babies.
I didn't expect this many to come up either.
My plants are mostly in 2.5" square x 3.75" deep containers. I'm running fluorescents 12 on 12 off. I hope to stunt growth and maintain current pot size until plant out by not fertilizing too much or providing too much lighting time. I have a fair amount of lighting area, but I choose to use compact pots to cut down on lighting area and $$$$ on electricity.
It's odd how I keep having one variety that year after year refuses to shed it's seed cap. It's a specific Rocoto. It pisses me off because I always try to grow it and even if I plant six seeds, all six will have seed caps stuck. THis may be gross, but NOTHING works better than physically spitting saliva onto a seed cap / stem and spraying lightly with water. I get 90%+ of my stuck caps off like this with careful manuevering and this method. When you have only have a seed or two of a rare one, you'll resort to any method. lol.
Chris
I'll do a final pepper seed sowing on 3/15 of Annuums. I've already started too many. I have a hard time killing my babies.
I didn't expect this many to come up either.My plants are mostly in 2.5" square x 3.75" deep containers. I'm running fluorescents 12 on 12 off. I hope to stunt growth and maintain current pot size until plant out by not fertilizing too much or providing too much lighting time. I have a fair amount of lighting area, but I choose to use compact pots to cut down on lighting area and $$$$ on electricity.
It's odd how I keep having one variety that year after year refuses to shed it's seed cap. It's a specific Rocoto. It pisses me off because I always try to grow it and even if I plant six seeds, all six will have seed caps stuck. THis may be gross, but NOTHING works better than physically spitting saliva onto a seed cap / stem and spraying lightly with water. I get 90%+ of my stuck caps off like this with careful manuevering and this method. When you have only have a seed or two of a rare one, you'll resort to any method. lol.
Chris
