Pricking out young pepper seedlings | Update on the pepper plants | Tips for successful pricking out
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this video, I show the remarkable growth that the young pepper plants have put on in the past week. I also start to prick out some of the replacements from our recent resowing, and offer a few tips on how to successfully prick out small seedlings.
Varieties: Corno Rosso, Corno Giallo, Friariello, Corbaci
Jonny, as a total neophyte you are speaking my language! I did try pricking out last year, and it pretty much went as you explained. But as I don't need as many plants as you do (our garden is more 'garden' than 'kitchen garden'), I did wonder to myself why I was pricking out at all. I know that we have discussed 'efficient use of space' in raising young plants, and I do understand. But I still return to the idea that sowing five or six seeds (for example ) in a pot, waiting for germination and then culling everything except the one that I want would leave the little blighter to grow more strongly on than disturbing him by pricking on. But perhaps they are so young that a 'brief disturbance' makes little difference. I just suppose that I need so many fewer plants than most gardeners then my perspective is a little 'different'. Love the vlogs. I learn so much in so many different ways. Love the Journey!
Yes, I remember we have discussed this before. In general, I agree with you and that is what I had hoped to do here - three seeds per pot, and except for the three dead varieties, that worked well. When germination of the other three was poor, though, I ended up pricking out some of the spares anyway, instead of just pulling them out as I had intended. However, it is an extra step (albeit an enjoyable task for me) that can often be avoided, which is why much of what I sow goes into pots or modules. I think how much it bothers the plants varies quite a bit - some seedlings (especially those with larger leaves) lose a lot of moisture on transplanting and sulk for a few days - and it no doubt depends on how careful one is being.
There are some circumstances when I do prefer a seed tray or large pot. One - as you have mentioned - is when I am running short of space in a propagator or on the bench - managing a large collection of plants can get tricky in mid to late spring. I had these indoors at around 26C (the propagators in the greenhouse can't get to that sort of temperature at this time of year).I had kept those that hadn't germinated, just in case, so I didn't have enough space for individual pots this time. Another is when I am having trouble with germination or am sowing something that can be a little slow or patchy - celeriac, for example, or parsley - those I will generally sow in a seed tray or pot and prick out as they develop. When I am having difficulties it can help just to dump a silly amount of seed in a seed tray. Otherwise one ends up pricking out from the pots anyway when some of them don't have any seedlings at all. I might also choose a seed tray if I have a limited amount of seed and then I can just prick out everything that germinates. Sometimes the seed tray lets you just see what happens - especially if sowing multiple varieties - and then you can decide later how many of each you want to move on.
Nice Job.. I need to thin my carrots & cauliflower out.. Thanks! 🌱
I haven't thought about carrots yet. I sometimes make an early sowing - perhaps in pots - but I might not this year. By the time they are ready there are so many other things in the garden that we don't tend to need them. Something I will need to think about soon...
😂😂 I did that with my cauliflower nothing germinated or so I thought so I redid and now I have about 40 cauliflower seedlings 🌱. Oh well I will give some away. I don’t have grow lights either and I just have to remember to wait for better lighting from Mother Nature. Thank you for sharing 👍🇨🇦🐝 safe
That’s a lot of cauliflower 😂
I always learn something new from you Jonny - that’s a handy trick to pinch the soil from the outside edge instead of just squeezing right around the stem (which I usually do and always worries me that I’m about to break the stem).
That's another good reason to avoid it 👍
Just about to start sowing my chillis, I hope I am not to late.
Not at all, it’s certainly fine to sow chillies all through February 👍
Hi Jonny, chillies and peppers are looking really good, this has to be my favourite job of the new season, (pricking out and potting on) that’s very much the same way I do it except I don’t water them in from the top. I’m always tapping to sides of my pot to settle them and to try and get the surface all fluffy, I find that helps stop the surface going green which can sometimes happen, if I get it right then the top 1mm is always on the dry side, always good to see how a fellow gardener is getting on too (comparing notes is a good thing) many thanks for sharing, enjoy the rest of your week, kind regards
alan……………….. THE DAWN CHORUS PLOT 🌿
My favourite job too 😊 I most often water from the top - through laziness as much as anything - though there are good reasons to water from below. I only tend to do it if something has become a bit dehydrated; then it will go in a tray to soak for a while. In this case my reasoning is that the flow of the water might help to settle the soil nicely around the roots - though I cannot say for sure whether it really contributes much 🤷♂️ Tapping the sides of the pot is a good tip - good for settling the soil without overly compacting (as I sometimes do) 👍
@@jonnyskitchengarden we tend to all do the same but differently 🥴, but all for the same reason……….🌿
Indeed 😂
Christopher Lloyd of Great Dixter pricked out before seedlings had their first true leaves.
Thanks for that. I am in good company 😀
I've got some of the 'Romano' mixed peppers from Wilko's germinated and growing at home in a heated propagator, they do need pricking out soon before getting too crowded and difficult to seperate. I don't find leggyness to much of an issue with chillies and peppers, as much as with tomatoes.
I think you're right - tomatoes are much more prone to it and can get excessively leggy.
Couple more days and I should be able to prick out my Celeriac and Pink stemmed Celery ( only growing that as it was a freebie from my seed supplier ), peppers not showing yet even though I bought new seed this year..
I ought to get my celeriac started - maybe next week... How long have your peppers been in?
I haven't sown a single seed this year yet.
That’s no problem - it’s still pretty early.I like to get some things off to an early start but the season hasn’t really started yet 🙂
I bought about 15 bare root strawberry plants last Feb and just ordered 15 more yesterday. I never got to plant the ones I got last year, they are still in the box. Will these come out of dormancy when planted or are they too old? Could you give some advice as to when and how to get these planted. I have checked out a few vids and it is recommended to soak the root in water for a few hours then pot them on into small pots before planting out before May. What would be the best time to pot them - now? mid march?. I have a glasshouse and will be getting a heated propagator tomorrow. Thanks.
Bare root plants are best planted (permanently or temporarily) within a few days. The old ones are by now long dead, sorry. For the new plants, I would pot them up as soon as you can after they arrive. You can soak them for an hour or so, especially if the roots look dry. I wouldn’t use too small a pot as the whole root system wants to fit nicely. You could keep the plants in the greenhouse and plant out in April.
I planted strawberries in pots, a cold frame, and a bed in this video: ua-cam.com/video/t80v8CziNms/v-deo.html
Are you a home gardener for the kitchen or do you have a business cheers
Just a home gardener, though I do go a bit mad on some of the plants - especially peppers, chillies, and tomatoes 😀