The 2013 season has begun! 
I planted about 80-85 varieties overall, nearly 100 seeds, and filled up 2 full Jiffy trays.
There are seeds that are proven performers, seeds I haven't been able to germinate yet and just wanted to give another shot, seeds that I just recently got in trades and purchases, and seeds sourced and gathered from places like Nepal, Sir Lanka, New Zealand, India, Italy, Australia, Peru, and the Home Depot in Kileen, Texas (Fort Hood).
I have peppers ranging in piquance from sweet Bell's to the much lauded Carolina Reaper.
spp. range from annum to baccatum to chinense to frutescence to praetermissum to pubescens to wild types and unindetified spp. I even planted two "Blue Mystery" pepper seeds.
Really happy to begin what will hopefully be a very fruitful 2013 for all!
GWD
If you look closely at the back tray, you can see a few seeds which have already started to germinate and produced hooks. As you can see, I germinate in Jiffy trays, make sure the soil is very moist, set them on my gas-powered stovetop (the pilot light under the hood of the stove acts as a heat mat), and the lids to the trays provide a nice evaporation chamber creating a sort of a "green house" environment.
All of the seeds were sown in the week between 12-31-12 and 01-06-13.
I already have 3 confirmed trades of additional seeds en-route from my family's farm, as well as a few more common seeds I might plant, so I expect I will probably fill up another half-Jiffy tray.
I planted about 80-85 varieties overall, nearly 100 seeds, and filled up 2 full Jiffy trays.
There are seeds that are proven performers, seeds I haven't been able to germinate yet and just wanted to give another shot, seeds that I just recently got in trades and purchases, and seeds sourced and gathered from places like Nepal, Sir Lanka, New Zealand, India, Italy, Australia, Peru, and the Home Depot in Kileen, Texas (Fort Hood).
I have peppers ranging in piquance from sweet Bell's to the much lauded Carolina Reaper.
spp. range from annum to baccatum to chinense to frutescence to praetermissum to pubescens to wild types and unindetified spp. I even planted two "Blue Mystery" pepper seeds.
Really happy to begin what will hopefully be a very fruitful 2013 for all!
GWD
If you look closely at the back tray, you can see a few seeds which have already started to germinate and produced hooks. As you can see, I germinate in Jiffy trays, make sure the soil is very moist, set them on my gas-powered stovetop (the pilot light under the hood of the stove acts as a heat mat), and the lids to the trays provide a nice evaporation chamber creating a sort of a "green house" environment.
All of the seeds were sown in the week between 12-31-12 and 01-06-13.
I already have 3 confirmed trades of additional seeds en-route from my family's farm, as well as a few more common seeds I might plant, so I expect I will probably fill up another half-Jiffy tray.
