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seeds My Seedlings - Yellow leaves bad??

sadams

sadams

Got a bit of a late start, but if they do ok I think I will get some peppers off these babies.

I grew a few test plants late last year, and did not over-winter them...now thinking it would have been a good thing to do.

This years batch seems to have yellowing on the leaves as they sprout. Should I be concerned, or is this a phase they go through as they get adjusted to the light? I don't remember last years having this yellowing.

The seeds were put in Jiffy pods, and in the covered greenhouse. The temp has varied from 69 at night to about 85 in the day, I left the lights on when I could for heat. The seedlings are about 1 day old now, some less than a day. I removed the humidity dome earlier this morning and lowered the light to within about 3 inches of the plants. The lights are four, 40W bulbs, two 6500K and two 3000K, one each in two fixtures.

See the attached picture below, and thanks for any comments, the ones in pictures are Serrano (right) and Biker Billy Jalapeno (left).

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Thanks again!

Shane
 
I think they are ok, just bring the light down a little closer to keep them from getting leggy. Water them when they get a little dry, dont let the pods dry out, they are hard to rehydrate when they get to dry. Jalapenos and Serranos arent long grow peppers, you should get plenty of peppers off them before the season end, which should be about 6-7 months for you down in Georgia. :D :D :D
 
Thanks Matt! So you dont think there is much concern needed about the yellowish leaves?

Ill go get a little more chain tonight to get the lights a little lower on the trays.

The only thing I have planted besides Annuum are of the Chinese species, 6 orange hab, and 6 yellow hab....if I can get them ready to set out by mid to late May, they should do okay...I set some orange habs out in mid June last year, that were about 6 to 8 inches tall (bought the plants) and they produced very very well....had lots of orange habs!

I am going to try and buy some plants online of other species since I got a late start I didn't want to do too many of those, so figured I would just purchase the plants.
 
You might want to start feeding them too. Coco coir has zero nutes. I use it too and started my seedlings off on half strength nutes when they first appeared then up to full strength afterl they had a few true leaves.
 
Not sure where you are in Georgia, but you should be able to go in ground by the middle of April at the latest, with the season lasting until late October early November. The further south you are the earlier you can plant. Don't try to rush these plants or you might fry them in the hot sun, but something to look at for next year. I started my Chinense varieties mid January, and the annums and such mid February.

jacob
 
@ Patrick, I am new to this stuff, are Jiffy Peat pellets made from Coco coir? I looked on the Jiffy cardboard wrapping and couldn't find a reference to it. I think next year I will try using cups, like you did. That netting on those pellets in the Jiffy greenhouse are a pain to pull back without messing up the expanded pellet.

@ Jacob, I am in far Northeast Georgia, near Tallulah Falls....we usually get our first frost and freeze in mid October...probably about the same as you, and our last freeze usually early April, last frost towards mid April.

Also, to all, as I stated above I took the humidity dome off the container earlier this morning, and all the plants seem to have greened up quite nicely. Perhaps it was too little air getting to them, even though I did have it propped up on one side, as per the instructions on the Jiffy greenhouse says...:0.

Shane
 
Hi Sadams.

instead of more chain you could move the seedlings up instead. I use old boxes or Dvd's sometimes.

Chris
 
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