misc How often do you mix up seedlings?

[QueenOfPeppers]

Just thought I'd share a frustration that I'm sure many people here also experience! I'm someone who labels every plant I have, and if I'm seeding a large variety in a tray I'll use a whiteboard to map which seeds are which.

As my plants fruit, I'm realizing I STILL somehow mixed the seedlings up at some point anyway, and now I only know what one plant is so far, and only because poblanos are uniquely shaped/colored to the rest. I'll have to wait a month or two for the others to show their true colors, and I think I'm missing some of my varieties entirely.

So.. how many of you out there don't know what's what? I can't be alone haha

 

[CaneDog]

Not me. No way. I've never mixed up seedlings...

 

[ahayastani]

For that reason, I don't sow in large batches anymore... Two or three each day, for a few days in a row.

 

[QueenOfPeppers]

For that reason, I don't sow in large batches anymore... Two or three each day, for a few days in a row.

I just sowed seeds for one of the varieties I missed due to the mixup, and considered planting one other variety with it.

Took only a second thought to remember the first mixup and decide only one variety gets sown this time

 

[Bou]

Been there too!

 

[Tinkerbelle]

me too - it makes life more interesting

 

[Grass Snake]

Ok it was me; I'm the one who mislabeled the seeds that led to the "Jalapeno gate" scandal. I'm sorry!

glad I got that off my chest

 

[MarcV]

Never... I label the pots before putting in the seeds or before transplanting to a larger pot

 

[Tinkerbelle]

methinks Marc speaks with forked tongue

 

[MarcV]

If you limit yourself to one variety only, you'll never have that problem

 

[Grass Snake]

Q & A
What happens when you mix up Scotch bonnets?

Nothing you still have Scotch bonnets

 

[Tinkerbelle]

it's the seeds that are at fault.
Compost ready for that little seed, you pop it into the hole and overnight the little bugger disappears off into another bed

 

[QueenOfPeppers]

it's the seeds that are at fault.
Compost ready for that little seed, you pop it into the hole and overnight the little bugger disappears off into another bed

I think that's what happened to mine

I was too careful, no way in was my fault! They must've got up and switched places during the night

 

[Nulle]

Mine are sneaky, too. They can jump!

 

[HellfireFarm]

Mostly mine stay pretty well segregated, and I plant only one type at a time. But this year I had ghost and scotch bonnet in the same tray and wasn't paying attention, so they're all mixed together. Fortunately those aren't hard to tell apart.

 

[Peppers In Keizer]

I feel your pain, I have 4 types I never orders seed for, 3 mismarked somehow to a pepper I know I didn't order and have no idea what it is. Everything was later than I expected to fruit and not sure what is going to ripen before they rot. With so much rain and temp drops the last month I have been pulling and potting and that is only going so-so for now. Next time will be different even though I thought I had been very careful.

 

[QueenOfPeppers]

I just sowed seeds for one of the varieties I missed due to the mixup, and considered planting one other variety with it.

Took only a second thought to remember the first mixup and decide only one variety gets sown this time

One of them finally sprouted! Now in several months I'll finally get to see what I missed the first time haha

 

[CaneDog]

Nice! What is it?

 

[Tinkerbelle]

Nice! What is it?

it's a surprise

 

[MarcV]

Looks like a horse dropping...