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Dan from Madison

Hello all. I have recently received some Trinidad Scorpion and Habenero Gold seeds from a friend and would love advice on how to get started in this pepper growing thing.

From what I have gathered, for my climate (I live in Wisconsin) I need to start these around Jan/Feb for late spring/early summer transplant.

Any and all information/hints are appreciated as to how to start them, what type of light they will need in my basement, what types of nutrients and what type of soil I should plant them in when the time comes to transplant. Thanks in advance!
 
Gday and welcome to the forum from Australia !
WI .... I just married a girl from Pewaukee..
Anyway .... you have alot of big questions. Indoor is a science and you have so many different variations. It depends on your needs, space, motivation, outcome.
If you are just going to germ or start them indoors, or weather your going to bring them to fruit indoors ?
The most basic setups still grow plants.... good light, soil, feed.
You have come to a great source of info alot of us grow both indoors and out and HAPPY TO answer any particular question !
Welcome again :onfire::lol:
CM
 
I think the first step would be to do some reading. I enjoy reading and before I even purchased my seeds I can honestly say I spent 8-10 hours. Then at least 20-30 more hours on indoor growing.

This is my first year growing and although rewarding it has taken a lot more time and effort than I anticipated. However I started with a jiffy 72 and put 2-3 seeds in each cell and just my luck I ended up with over 150 plants to take care of. My suggestion is to NOT follow the package and fill up all the trays with 2-3 seeds each, but start with 1 seed per tray and only do what you have time to grow.

Here are some basic articles that will help get you started that I had book marked. Keep in mind most guys do things differently, but I found there is no right or wrong, just better depending on soil, climate, conditions and type of peppers your growing.

http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetables/a/ChilePepper.htm

http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetables/p/HotPeppers.htm

http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/documents/growing-chile-pepper-plants-indoors.pdf

http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/container_gardening_with_peppers
 
My theory is that I want to start the plants in the winter, and transplant them outside when it warms up in late spring/early summer. I received as a gift some Trinidad Scorpion and Habanero Gold seeds.

Thanks for the links and encouragement!
 
Welcome from Indiana!

This was my first year growing peppers. I started my seeds in moist paper towels put into sealed plastic (zip-lock) bags. I put the bags on top of my router / modem to provide them a little heat (since I was too cheap to go buy a heat mat). After the seeds germinated I put them in soil in the seed starting trays.

As far as soil goes, I used some fairly cheap organic soil. From my experience you don't want to use soil with 9 months supply of "slow" release fert. This type of soil stunted my Orange habs :(. Everyone has their opinions though.

I used a flourescent light to grow inside once the seeds popped through the surface of the soil. It was cheap and effective.

I am now in over my head in peppers, trying to figure out what to do with all of them!
 
Welcome from Sweden! Read old post on this forum and you'll get more information about growing than you'll ever want;) The Searchbutton Is Your Friend.
 
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Welcome from Fort Worth
 
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