OMG! This video was such perfect timing!! My pepper seedlings are the same size as yours. I am in Texas and we just went through an EXTREME freeze. My seedlings were still inside under growlights, but with no electricity, they had no heat or light source. Thank God they survived.
WOW.. you are guys are very thorough! I have read many How-to's and nothing was more informative like this video and the starter one! Thanks so much for sharing!
Super good video. Quick and to the point and one of the best ive ever seen on these topics. Good job. Wish i had this vid back when i started my pepper grows.
Last couple of years have come to count on all my seeds sprouting (2, 3 per cell) for peppers and tomatoes to get the number of plants i need. Easy to pop the block from the cell swish the soil off in water untangle the roots and plant up to individual pots. Before it hurt to eliminate all those sprouted plants as well as half of the sometimes expensive seed.
Wow, I didn't realize you guys were in CT. Thanks for all the tips, following your videos is gonna be much easier now that I know I'm in the same place
Lotsa vids warn of planting leggy pepper seedlings deeper than the root ball because of stem rot. I did just that 2 weeks ago , but I dusted the part of the stem that was going to be buried with CINNAMON as an anti-disease agent and my seedlings are doing very well, looking much better than before. Thanks for the tip about the fan. It really works.
I just planted some birds eye chilies. I followed a tutorial on how to germinate seeds from fresh chilies. It's now a month into summer here so I planted them outside because it will be warm from now until May.
Thank you for these videos. I've grown peppers for years but this is my first time starting from seed. I'm north of you in central (M)assachusetts. The M is optional.
Thanks guys! I thought I had a bug problem when I saw the crystal-y leaves and plucked them all off and started looking up info. Glad to hear there's no bugs, and just in time for moving my plants outside!
You are so caring to your peppers. I simply use a heat mat and rotate my peppers each day. But then I don't grow any more than three peppers each year and grow lots of other vegetables.
I use Neptune's Harvest as well but just go straight to full strength indoor dosage as soon as they sprout. You really can't screw up with that stuff though, pepper plants just love it.
Absolutely loved this video guys. It’s my very first time growing and iv been lucky all my 12 peppers have come through and all looking so good. Thanks for the great advice guys.
That's my third Carolina Reaper trial hopefully this will be a success following your tips they're slow growers just subscribed to your awesome Channel 🌱
I set up my Philips Hue lightstrip for grow light, that I basically taped to the inside of the humidity dome. Whats nice is that you can decide what kind of color you want, in terms of using a red or blueish white. And, you can easally set how bright you want the light to be, from completely dimmed to full sunlight. I'm playing around with this now to see where my plants likes it. So far, no issues.
You two are so awesome! Love Your cat, too. I thought I had one of the most unique looking cats ever, but she's almost spitting image of Yours!!! Thanks for all the great videos!
I felt lucky that I live in a tropical country so I don't have to think about the temperature in growing peppers. I'm trying to grow the superhot varieties. This is a perfect video for me
Lucky you! The only thing you might consider is that they like it a bit cooler when they are fruiting - not sure if you get any sort of changes in temperature throughout the year. Good luck!
Damn this is cool. I just wanted to start a vegetable garden this year, but i totaly can see myself becomming a pepper geek and forgetting all the rest :p
Wow I had no idea that how you guys grow peppers on the East Coast! Here in Arizona we just put the seed in the ground and they grow like weeds, keep in mind the soil in the Southwest is sandy, so little sand in the soil mix goes a long way to happy chile peppers!
I've found your channel a couple of weeks ago - and I have to admit that I enjoy it a lot. Both WHAT you do and HOW you do it. :) Greatest thanks for sharing! It is my first year to grow rocotos, my first year to grow more than a couple of chili varieties - and probably the 20th or so to grow sweet peppers. Thus, not a complete newbie - but with a very shy experience in growing hot pepper varieties indeed. One thing that I do differently is that I always water from above - very gently and carefully but definitely from above. Why? Because the water evaporates from the soil surface, letting all the soluble stuff in the thin upper layer of soil. Watering from above washes this soluble stuff back where it came from and distributes it evenly in the soil. It actually is not a big problem with young pepper plants - because they will be pretty quickly planted to where they were meant to grow and the gradient of water-soluble stuff in soil will not grow big at all. But with plants that grow longer in a pot, especially in hot climate and with frequent of waterings, it may grow into a problem.
So I love the videos yes, great information. All correct. The lack of a humidity dome will account for the increase in bacteria. Also, I’ve found the plastic dome just gets in the way lol. I usually just use them as trays to use for bottom watering. Random fact: your cat looks exactly like my cat, squeaky. Love marbled cats!
Hi Peppergeeks, from Australia. thanks for your videos, it's been fun watching. I have a question, I think using the humidity dome keeps the chili plants really charging along nicely. I would like to know what kind of humidity you try to maintain in the domes? I can't keep the humidity down, I think I need to cut bigger holes in the dome to allow it to drop below 95% humidity? What are your thoughts on this? Kind regards, Beau
Hey there, so we always remove the dome after germination. The plants do like it humid, but they also need some fresh air. You could try cutting holes to target around 70% humidity if you think your plants are enjoying it!
I have germaneted about 20 in one little pot oops, I didn't think that many would germinate, all I did was used miracle grow compost added my seed then put a wet folded kitchen paper over he top then some cling film, it only too 7days on a south facing window and now I have alot in the same pot, I'm a beginner so didn't really think before sewing, what should I do as some are very close together but they are only at the stage where there popping out the soil some are slightly bigger than others. Help appreciated ty.
I just bought the pepper book you have and its great stuff. I might have mist the part where you mention how often to fertilize the baby plants / seedlings. Can anyone please help🙏
I used to have trouble with seed husks stuck on seed leaves for both peppers and tomatoes. I think I have it solved -- the change was packing the right amount of pre=moistened potting soil over the seeds when first putting them in soil; depending on seed size -- for peppers 14" to 3/8". I use a spoon to gently pack the soil above down and then water with a full eyedropper. (Note -- I start pepper seeds inside a small piece of folded paper towel in a non-sealed plastic snack bag in a warm place (~80F),, lightly moistening twice a week until the a good fraction have sprouted, then put them in soil. This is a little different from starting directly in soil but gives me better control over how many viable plants end up in a container).
Worth noting that if you don't need many plants and are using quality seeds you can just spoil them and sow one per cell. And if you do need a good number then it is also possible to stack seed trays in most propagators (rather than over sowing and thinning). You just have to take them out once they need light. This is something that suddenly dawned on me when I had some seeds I wanted to sow but didn't have any more space for them. Tried it and it worked.
I started my seeds for the first time this year and my germination rates have been great! It was painful removing the weaker transplants but I know it’s necessary. Really helpful video thanks! 😁 I’m looking forward to the transplant video!
Question, do you ever grow seeds in the garden? I'm in a similar climate and cross breed ghost-scorpion/ scorpion-ghost last season. I used seedlings to start with but I'm trying from the garden this season.
you can stop using the domes during the day when the temperature is warm but at night when the temperature dips below 55 degrees F, put the dome back until the morning when it warms up again
Great info however I find peppers are very sturdy in general kinda hard to kill. Best example I can give is I had planted out my garden had some of the weaker plants left my friend was going to come take them so I left them in there cells in the shade got totally water filled and sat for almost 2 weeks like that by the time he came and got them.. They were totally fine grew almost as good as mine did by end of the year. Probably couldn't kill them if I wanted too
No problem! It depends on the specific light power. We run our 150W light at 50% power (so about 75W) at about 24" to start. Play with the height/intensity and adjust if the plants seem stressed in any way.
I've found out that when the seed shell is tuck on the leaves, I can just cut through it with small, sharp scissors and separate the leaves. I think it's better than risking plucking the seedling or breaking the leaves.
Apparently if you spit on them there are enzymes in your saliva that can help break down the seed casing :D Feel kinda bad spitting on my seedlings though haha
I really need a grow light. I thought the heat mat would be fine for getting me started in North Carolina (7b) and it was awesome for sprouting. But some of those sprouts like the ones nearest Crystalyn are so large. That's what I want!
I have 2 mutant pepper seedlings I'm excited to see what happens with them, 1 Hass the first seedling leaves connected as 1 large leaf and the other plant has 3 starter leaves
Very helpful video. I noticed you guys use the seed cell trays vs soil blocking. Have you found you had a better experience with doing peppers that way?
My humidity dome question is do I still use it when only three out of the twelve have started to sprout? Or should I wait until the majority of them sprout are all of them?
TFS this video. Daughter just shared it me as I had a question. My plants have fruit. Found them growing in a strange place. Can I transplant them , or is it too late to find a better home for them with more room.
I've found that when I put a fan in my grow room it drops my temp way down and i have heat mats and warm lighting. That's with a small Honeywell fan on low
@@PepperGeek i made my closet a grow room so when the fan runs in there it grabs the outside air and brings it into the closet which is a cooler air due to my air conditioning. I live in South Louisiana so my A/C runs 24/7 at least 80% of the year. I've been turning on my fan for just a couple hrs a day now.
Very very informative vedio. Thanks. Pls make a vedio about pepper and tomato fertilization from seedlings to maturity. Could you give me a tip my tomato seedlings are about 4 inches tall it’s not lush green and my pepper seedlings are the same size as yours but the leaves are yellowish .
A fertilizing video is definitely coming soon. Have you fertilized yet? At that height, you can definitely apply a light fertilizing for tomatoes and peppers.
my cat ate all my 2 months old Chili plants when i was not at home for a day. luckily I had 4 plants inside a dome that survived. learned the hard way.
New fan right here! 🌶 Thank you for this info, I have been binging your channel for the last few days and have learned so much! Growing peppers from seed has been a struggle for me, but your videos have really helped mine sprout! Looking forward to more!
I just wasted time in my 1st year planting these babies. Not a single seed came up for me. Then I started researching what's different about Peppers? Heat being 1 I found out. So much to learn with all this stuff. But very fun. Thanks for sharing more information. I think now I can start some new seeds knowing more what I have to do to start and now to keep them alive.
Although my plants are not as tall as I would like them to be, they appear to be very healthy. This is probably due to me transplanting into 4.75 inch pots instead of the recommended smaller sizes. It's my first time growing peppers...They are about a month and a half along. The only problem I have run into is when to water and when to fertilize. I have been letting my soil fully dry out for about 3-4 days in-between watering and I'm not sure if I should go ahead and water or wait until my plants tell me it's time. I'm afraid if the soil gets too dry that I might risk rotting out the roots but I definitely don't want to overwater. The reapers are only a few inches tall with 4-5 sets of leaves..... nothing like I've seen in any pictures. Very short but very healthy! Maybe I should try putting a small layer of straw on top of the soil to help retain the moisture? I can send some pictures if you have time to look.... Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Love your videos BTW guys!
Sounds like your plants are in great shape! Reapers and many chinense grow in that low, wide pattern. The young plants are gorgeous! Watering can be tricky but I recommend trying to water a day or two before you expect the plants to begin wilting. This encourages the roots to grow deep and fond water, but won’t cause damage to the root system. Oh, and root rot wouldn’t come from a dry plant, but from and overly wet one. If you want to share some pictures, join the Reddit reddit.com/r/peppergeek
Hi!!! New subscriber. Found you're video and found it a great help. I have the "My Smokin Hot Pepper Garden" Kit Bought on Amazon. The Kit is actually from my Province of Nova Scotia. The Makers are OH CANADA SEEDS, HALIFAX, NS. B2Y-3J7. I've never grown any vegetables or fruit at all and figured peppers and tomatoes should be a fun item to grow. The only "green thumb" I have are with Cannabis plants. I hope you'll be pleased I will watch all you're videos before I attempt to cultivate the peppers...Thanks.
Hi! What if we used potting soil but sifted out the chunks for the nutrients that are in the potting soil. They sprouted and are doing great but I started lots of seeds in one container so I can separate them later .. do I still fertilizer even with the nutrients in a potting soil!?
We advise against planting deeper to avoid potential rotting, however some people get away with it. The stems can produce adventitious roots under the right conditions, just not as readily as tomatoes
Hi Pepper Geek, in your video you mention that after sprouting the ideal temperature is between 21 and 26 degrees Celcius. But is that the ambient temperature, or the soil temperature? In my grow environment the soil temperature tends to be 4 degrees cooler than the ambient temperature, which is why I ask. Thanks so much!
I've got some ornamental Chilis (mostly for decoration and low flavour spice) going right now And are about an inch tall with their seed leaves:) I plan on buying some more flavourful pepper plants in early May too. This channel is definitely gonna be a massive help!! Growing from southern Ontario, zone 6
@@PepperGeek just super chilies, nothing special:) I've grown them two consecutive years from garden centre plants but I'm doing them from seed this year!
The leaves of my 3-4 week old seedlings are turning yellow. Pretty sure the fish fertilizer was too strong. Is there a way to fix them by backing off the fertilizer of should I start over?
Heat dome? I am growing a seedling that germinated it self in my fridge inside a week old bell pepper and it’s still sprouting, Inside my house. My heat is barely 70 degrees. Should I get a heat dome or am I cultivating the most cold hardy peppers?
I had a couple with edema. I had a fan on 24 hrs a day and exhaust fan on while the lights were on. Now I leave the exhaust fan on 1hr after the lights turn off. (In my bedroom) What do you recommend? My tent is getting fairly crowded. I tossed the ones with edema. (Extras) Also trying to figure out curling leaves. I learned from your video. But still not exactly sure. Raised my lights over 19" above leaves. Watering correctly. No pests. Maybe early life Watering issues? Some I watered from top early on. It has been corrected though.Thanks for all your videos!
same i'd like to know about the adema too. My jalapeno has it and I was thinking it was just inconsistent watering because I bought it off home depot and wasnt sure what their watering schedules were. So i thought it liked 15 days intervals, but then the leaves started to look like it was bubbling and it looked like it was oozing salt or something. So now i'm sticking to 3 day waters but just giving it much tinier amounts, the soil is pretty well draining.
@@ln2182 yea I found 3 days works. Just set your pot in water and let it soak up all the way. Making sure it has enough water then make sure tray is empty. Wait 10 - 20 minutes then empty tray. I didn't give enough water the other day then some plants wilted. Using a pool. Hard to calculate exactly how much they will actually be able to take up. Because a pool is difficult to empty. (Turkey baister lol.) Edema was caused probably by not religiously bottom watering only. Added from top. The soil looks almost dry all the time now. Always go by weight
@@blasermann1994 oh you bottom watered? So did I.... I bottom watered all the way to the top and it got edema. Now i'm top watering every 3 days. We'll see how that goes. Really new to this top watering too
@@ln2182 I'm sure I personally got it from top watering and bottom watering. The one's affected I didn't do 1 method consistently. I have so many around 80
I direct sowed the seed in the ground and watered it every day. Now I have seedings. What next? Other than sun, water, time, and the dirt they are growing in? My light is 94.026 million miles from my plants and is the brightest thing in this solar system . So how do I adjust it ?
Oh no! Old school farming! It's how I do it, it's how the woods do it, it's how it's done. My nephew is pseudo hippy hemp man and thinks he can regulate light better than the earth/sun relationship lol
Great video. I have a question. My pepper seedling has sprouted but the leaves r pointing upward. The i have an LED light but idk what kind it specifically is but idk what to do. The light is really bright n its at about 3-4 inches away from the plant. Should i put it closer to the plant or do i need to move it further away
I have way too many starts- def gonna pawn some off on the neighbors 😂. Jamaican Scotch Bonnets, Poblanos, Datil, Sante Fe Grande, Buena Mulatto. Zone 7b Dover, Delaware
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OMG! This video was such perfect timing!! My pepper seedlings are the same size as yours. I am in Texas and we just went through an EXTREME freeze. My seedlings were still inside under growlights, but with no electricity, they had no heat or light source. Thank God they survived.
WOW.. you are guys are very thorough! I have read many How-to's and nothing was more informative like this video and the starter one! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you! I'm glad you found our videos helpful :)
How often should I be feeding them?
Thanks
Super good video. Quick and to the point and one of the best ive ever seen on these topics. Good job. Wish i had this vid back when i started my pepper grows.
We appreciate the kind words :)
Connecticut !?! I'm from CT also. I started growing peppers 2 years ago, last year from seeds. Love your videos. Keep up the great work. 🌱🌶️🔥
Yessir! Glad you found us, we’ll keep at it
Last couple of years have come to count on all my seeds sprouting (2, 3 per cell) for peppers and tomatoes to get the number of plants i need. Easy to pop the block from the cell swish the soil off in water untangle the roots and plant up to individual pots. Before it hurt to eliminate all those sprouted plants as well as half of the sometimes expensive seed.
I hate to throw out good seedlings.
I am planting some ghost pepper seeds. This is my first seed planting endeavor. Thanks for you helpful tips. Wish me luck.
Thanks for the recommendation on the starter fertilizer. I was wondering what to use that wouldn't burn them.
Wow, I didn't realize you guys were in CT. Thanks for all the tips, following your videos is gonna be much easier now that I know I'm in the same place
Super helpful video! Following along from Alberta Canada. Thanks for all the tips
Nice - thanks for watching - would love to hear how your harvests turn out from up there in the chilly weather!
Great Channel guys! just found this while I was looking at my pepper plants it's going to be a big help.
Why have I just now found this channel?! 🙏🏽 🤩
Lotsa vids warn of planting leggy pepper seedlings deeper than the root ball because of stem rot. I did just that 2 weeks ago , but I dusted the part of the stem that was going to be buried with CINNAMON as an anti-disease agent and my seedlings are doing very well, looking much better than before. Thanks for the tip about the fan. It really works.
Wait are we the pepper geeks? Or are you the pepper geeks?
Both, I hope
I love this comment
We are all peppergeeks, geek 😅
I just planted some birds eye chilies. I followed a tutorial on how to germinate seeds from fresh chilies. It's now a month into summer here so I planted them outside because it will be warm from now until May.
Very good video. You brought out a lot of good tips. Thank you.
Thanks for watching :)
Nice one 👍. For a newbie to growing this is get info / advice. Watching from across the pond. Thanks for sharing Robbo.
Thank you for these videos. I've grown peppers for years but this is my first time starting from seed. I'm north of you in central (M)assachusetts. The M is optional.
Haha! Well cheers, we're very familiar with your area.
Thanks guys! I thought I had a bug problem when I saw the crystal-y leaves and plucked them all off and started looking up info. Glad to hear there's no bugs, and just in time for moving my plants outside!
Glad to help! They should be much happier outside (though then the bugs may actually become the issue, keep an eye out!)
You are so caring to your peppers. I simply use a heat mat and rotate my peppers each day. But then I don't grow any more than three peppers each year and grow lots of other vegetables.
Planted my first peppers today. Habanero, Jalapeno, and Serrano. Hope they do well.
Found your channel in the nick of time, I am in N TX, starting peppers this weekend 😀
I use Neptune's Harvest as well but just go straight to full strength indoor dosage as soon as they sprout. You really can't screw up with that stuff though, pepper plants just love it.
I agree. Neptune's was a real game changer for me
Absolutely loved this video guys. It’s my very first time growing and iv been lucky all my 12 peppers have come through and all looking so good. Thanks for the great advice guys.
Glad to hear it, thanks for watching :)
Great video guys, I am in St. Louis Mo & I am getting ready to try growing my sweet peppers from seeds I harvested from peppers. Thanks for the tips!
That's my third Carolina Reaper trial hopefully this will be a success following your tips they're slow growers just subscribed to your awesome Channel 🌱
Great video, I look forward to more tips from you!
Awesome, thank you!
fellow nutmegger and Tortie owner here, great vid with excellent tips. keep up the good work
🤓😸 thanks for watching!
I set up my Philips Hue lightstrip for grow light, that I basically taped to the inside of the humidity dome. Whats nice is that you can decide what kind of color you want, in terms of using a red or blueish white. And, you can easally set how bright you want the light to be, from completely dimmed to full sunlight.
I'm playing around with this now to see where my plants likes it. So far, no issues.
You two are so awesome! Love Your cat, too. I thought I had one of the most unique looking cats ever, but she's almost spitting image of Yours!!! Thanks for all the great videos!
Yo you guys are the best for translating the imperial units to real ones!
Love from the rest of the world
Great advice and beautiful kitty! Thanks!
Love your videos, so informative and very interesting to watch thank you.
So nice of you - glad you found us :)
I felt lucky that I live in a tropical country so I don't have to think about the temperature in growing peppers. I'm trying to grow the superhot varieties. This is a perfect video for me
Lucky you! The only thing you might consider is that they like it a bit cooler when they are fruiting - not sure if you get any sort of changes in temperature throughout the year. Good luck!
Damn this is cool. I just wanted to start a vegetable garden this year, but i totaly can see myself becomming a pepper geek and forgetting all the rest :p
Plant onions and store bought tomato starters in the gaps. Instant salsa garden.
Wow I had no idea that how you guys grow peppers on the East Coast!
Here in Arizona we just put the seed in the ground and they grow like weeds, keep in mind the soil in the Southwest is sandy, so little sand in the soil mix goes a long way to happy chile peppers!
Must be nice! Haha, but yeah well-drained soil is a must, especially for the Mexican varieties.
Thank from a fellow CT pepper geek 🌱
love it! we are pepper lovers here in So Cal too, grow hundreds every year😊
Woow nice! Would love to see the crops
Pepper Geek we’ll be sharing on our channel😊
I've found your channel a couple of weeks ago - and I have to admit that I enjoy it a lot. Both WHAT you do and HOW you do it. :) Greatest thanks for sharing! It is my first year to grow rocotos, my first year to grow more than a couple of chili varieties - and probably the 20th or so to grow sweet peppers. Thus, not a complete newbie - but with a very shy experience in growing hot pepper varieties indeed. One thing that I do differently is that I always water from above - very gently and carefully but definitely from above. Why? Because the water evaporates from the soil surface, letting all the soluble stuff in the thin upper layer of soil. Watering from above washes this soluble stuff back where it came from and distributes it evenly in the soil. It actually is not a big problem with young pepper plants - because they will be pretty quickly planted to where they were meant to grow and the gradient of water-soluble stuff in soil will not grow big at all. But with plants that grow longer in a pot, especially in hot climate and with frequent of waterings, it may grow into a problem.
Thanks so much, Harri. A lot of people do this. Definitely stick to what works best for your climate and pepeprs!
I knew you were in New England but didn't know you were in CT too. I'm in Portland. We need a meet up for locals. This is my 1st year
We are hoping Chilifest will happen this year in Sunderland, MA! It's an absolute blast.
@@PepperGeek oh that sounds fun.
So I love the videos yes, great information. All correct. The lack of a humidity dome will account for the increase in bacteria. Also, I’ve found the plastic dome just gets in the way lol. I usually just use them as trays to use for bottom watering.
Random fact: your cat looks exactly like my cat, squeaky. Love marbled cats!
Perfect timing! Thank you so much for the info! 🌶 ❤🌱
Hi Peppergeeks, from Australia.
thanks for your videos, it's been fun watching.
I have a question, I think using the humidity dome keeps the chili plants really charging along nicely.
I would like to know what kind of humidity you try to maintain in the domes? I can't keep the humidity down, I think I need to cut bigger holes in the dome to allow it to drop below 95% humidity?
What are your thoughts on this?
Kind regards,
Beau
Hey there, so we always remove the dome after germination. The plants do like it humid, but they also need some fresh air. You could try cutting holes to target around 70% humidity if you think your plants are enjoying it!
I have germaneted about 20 in one little pot oops, I didn't think that many would germinate, all I did was used miracle grow compost added my seed then put a wet folded kitchen paper over he top then some cling film, it only too 7days on a south facing window and now I have alot in the same pot, I'm a beginner so didn't really think before sewing, what should I do as some are very close together but they are only at the stage where there popping out the soil some are slightly bigger than others. Help appreciated ty.
I just bought the pepper book you have and its great stuff. I might have mist the part where you mention how often to fertilize the baby plants / seedlings. Can anyone please help🙏
Great video! I subscribed!
I used to have trouble with seed husks stuck on seed leaves for both peppers and tomatoes. I think I have it solved -- the change was packing the right amount of pre=moistened potting soil over the seeds when first putting them in soil; depending on seed size -- for peppers 14" to 3/8". I use a spoon to gently pack the soil above down and then water with a full eyedropper.
(Note -- I start pepper seeds inside a small piece of folded paper towel in a non-sealed plastic snack bag in a warm place (~80F),, lightly moistening twice a week until the a good fraction have sprouted, then put them in soil. This is a little different from starting directly in soil but gives me better control over how many viable plants end up in a container).
Ayy hello fellow CT resident here.
Such great tips, as always. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you! I’m growing 4 varieties and having success thus far. 🤞
Worth noting that if you don't need many plants and are using quality seeds you can just spoil them and sow one per cell.
And if you do need a good number then it is also possible to stack seed trays in most propagators (rather than over sowing and thinning). You just have to take them out once they need light. This is something that suddenly dawned on me when I had some seeds I wanted to sow but didn't have any more space for them. Tried it and it worked.
I started my seeds for the first time this year and my germination rates have been great! It was painful removing the weaker transplants but I know it’s necessary. Really helpful video thanks! 😁 I’m looking forward to the transplant video!
I know, it hurts to pluck them - Thanks for watching!
Growing mine from the Desert S.W.
I like to germinate in wet paper towels before i even bother puting in soil in case any seeds are duds... seems to be working well!
Question, do you ever grow seeds in the garden? I'm in a similar climate and cross breed ghost-scorpion/ scorpion-ghost last season. I used seedlings to start with but I'm trying from the garden this season.
Great information! Thank you 🤙🏾
Glad it was helpful!
great video guys. I'm a subscriber!
you can stop using the domes during the day when the temperature is warm but at night when the temperature dips below 55 degrees F, put the dome back until the morning when it warms up again
Awesome information as. Always thang you
Great info however I find peppers are very sturdy in general kinda hard to kill. Best example I can give is I had planted out my garden had some of the weaker plants left my friend was going to come take them so I left them in there cells in the shade got totally water filled and sat for almost 2 weeks like that by the time he came and got them..
They were totally fine grew almost as good as mine did by end of the year.
Probably couldn't kill them if I wanted too
Are you supposed to run your led lights on full blast as soon as they germinate? Thanks for the vids guys !
No problem! It depends on the specific light power. We run our 150W light at 50% power (so about 75W) at about 24" to start. Play with the height/intensity and adjust if the plants seem stressed in any way.
I've found out that when the seed shell is tuck on the leaves, I can just cut through it with small, sharp scissors and separate the leaves. I think it's better than risking plucking the seedling or breaking the leaves.
Apparently if you spit on them there are enzymes in your saliva that can help break down the seed casing :D Feel kinda bad spitting on my seedlings though haha
I had good luck with the spray bottle method. The husks softened right up and I was able to brush them off with a pencil.
I really need a grow light. I thought the heat mat would be fine for getting me started in North Carolina (7b) and it was awesome for sprouting. But some of those sprouts like the ones nearest Crystalyn are so large. That's what I want!
I have 2 mutant pepper seedlings I'm excited to see what happens with them, 1 Hass the first seedling leaves connected as 1 large leaf and the other plant has 3 starter leaves
We had a couple plants with 3 cotyledons this year too! The plants grow normally after that though
Very helpful video. I noticed you guys use the seed cell trays vs soil blocking. Have you found you had a better experience with doing peppers that way?
We don’t have a soil blocker (yet) but plan to try it out, maybe next grow season
My humidity dome question is do I still use it when only three out of the twelve have started to sprout? Or should I wait until the majority of them sprout are all of them?
I need to get me one of those.
Connecticut you say? Damn.
Good job , very helpful
Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Cool vid I am 2 weeks in with some habanero and Armageddon seeds.👍🏻👍🏻
Nice, jealous of your warmer climate!
TFS this video. Daughter just shared it me as I had a question. My plants have fruit. Found them growing in a strange place. Can I transplant them , or is it too late to find a better home for them with more room.
I've found that when I put a fan in my grow room it drops my temp way down and i have heat mats and warm lighting. That's with a small Honeywell fan on low
Strange..ambient temp should not drop from a fan alone, if anything I would expect it to rise slightly due to the motor running
@@PepperGeek i made my closet a grow room so when the fan runs in there it grabs the outside air and brings it into the closet which is a cooler air due to my air conditioning. I live in South Louisiana so my A/C runs 24/7 at least 80% of the year. I've been turning on my fan for just a couple hrs a day now.
Very very informative vedio.
Thanks. Pls make a vedio about pepper and tomato fertilization from seedlings to maturity.
Could you give me a tip my tomato seedlings are about 4 inches tall it’s not lush green and my pepper seedlings are the same size as yours but the leaves are yellowish .
A fertilizing video is definitely coming soon. Have you fertilized yet? At that height, you can definitely apply a light fertilizing for tomatoes and peppers.
Thanks a bunch guys!
Thank you, you answered alot of my questions.😁👍🌶
my cat ate all my 2 months old Chili plants when i was not at home for a day. luckily I had 4 plants inside a dome that survived. learned the hard way.
We had one plant get devoured last year down to the bare stem, but it recovered fully believe it or not
@@PepperGeek sadly he chewed them all up to the last bit. I did plant new seeds yesterday, hope they'll make it through :D
How do you apply this fertilizer? Is it part of the bottom watering, or a spray bottle, or other?
You are geeks and we love it 😃
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How long do you leave your fans on?
New fan right here! 🌶
Thank you for this info, I have been binging your channel for the last few days and have learned so much! Growing peppers from seed has been a struggle for me, but your videos have really helped mine sprout! Looking forward to more!
Awesome! So glad you found us :)
I just wasted time in my 1st year planting these babies. Not a single seed came up for me. Then I started researching what's different about Peppers? Heat being 1 I found out. So much to learn with all this stuff. But very fun. Thanks for sharing more information. I think now I can start some new seeds knowing more what I have to do to start and now to keep them alive.
Although my plants are not as tall as I would like them to be, they appear to be very healthy. This is probably due to me transplanting into 4.75 inch pots instead of the recommended smaller sizes. It's my first time growing peppers...They are about a month and a half along. The only problem I have run into is when to water and when to fertilize. I have been letting my soil fully dry out for about 3-4 days in-between watering and I'm not sure if I should go ahead and water or wait until my plants tell me it's time. I'm afraid if the soil gets too dry that I might risk rotting out the roots but I definitely don't want to overwater. The reapers are only a few inches tall with 4-5 sets of leaves..... nothing like I've seen in any pictures. Very short but very healthy! Maybe I should try putting a small layer of straw on top of the soil to help retain the moisture? I can send some pictures if you have time to look.... Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Love your videos BTW guys!
Sounds like your plants are in great shape! Reapers and many chinense grow in that low, wide pattern. The young plants are gorgeous! Watering can be tricky but I recommend trying to water a day or two before you expect the plants to begin wilting. This encourages the roots to grow deep and fond water, but won’t cause damage to the root system. Oh, and root rot wouldn’t come from a dry plant, but from and overly wet one. If you want to share some pictures, join the Reddit reddit.com/r/peppergeek
@@PepperGeek Thank you for the response! This makes me feel much more confident that I might actually have some peppers by the end of the season.
Great videos. How often should you fertilize? Every watering?
No, it is usually once every week or two. Follow instructions on the fertilizer you choose, and be careful not to overdo it!
Hi!!! New subscriber. Found you're video and found it a great help. I have the "My Smokin Hot Pepper Garden" Kit Bought on Amazon. The Kit is actually from my Province of Nova Scotia. The Makers are OH CANADA SEEDS, HALIFAX, NS. B2Y-3J7. I've never grown any vegetables or fruit at all and figured peppers and tomatoes should be a fun item to grow. The only "green thumb" I have are with Cannabis plants. I hope you'll be pleased I will watch all you're videos before I attempt to cultivate the peppers...Thanks.
Definitely! Hope you find success with your hot peppers, I’m sure you will given your experience
Awesome! Thank you guys.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching
What dosage of the Neptune’s harvest are you using for seedlings ?
A man of culture i have that same mario t shirt 👍
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@@PepperGeek i wish my jalapeños looked as good as you guys plants
When is the right time to remove the dome or lid of the tray?
When they sprout. If you have many plants, aim for around 50% germination.
For aeration does the fan need to be on all the time?
No, you can put it on a timer and give them just a few hours a day. We leave ours on 24h though as they are very gentle/quiet fans
Hi! What if we used potting soil but sifted out the chunks for the nutrients that are in the potting soil. They sprouted and are doing great but I started lots of seeds in one container so I can separate them later .. do I still fertilizer even with the nutrients in a potting soil!?
Hello Pepper Geaks. Question, can peppers be up-potted deeper than the root ball to establish a larger root mass?
We advise against planting deeper to avoid potential rotting, however some people get away with it. The stems can produce adventitious roots under the right conditions, just not as readily as tomatoes
@@PepperGeek Thank you for the quick response!
Hi Pepper Geek, in your video you mention that after sprouting the ideal temperature is between 21 and 26 degrees Celcius. But is that the ambient temperature, or the soil temperature? In my grow environment the soil temperature tends to be 4 degrees cooler than the ambient temperature, which is why I ask. Thanks so much!
I've got some ornamental Chilis (mostly for decoration and low flavour spice) going right now And are about an inch tall with their seed leaves:) I plan on buying some more flavourful pepper plants in early May too. This channel is definitely gonna be a massive help!! Growing from southern Ontario, zone 6
Cool, what ornamental varieties?
@@PepperGeek just super chilies, nothing special:) I've grown them two consecutive years from garden centre plants but I'm doing them from seed this year!
Hello! Do we need to use grow lights until we put our plants outside?!
It is ultimately up to you. We do use grow lights until the plants are outside
I have questions on watering do i need to water the soil every day or if the soil are dry
Just don't let them become bone-dry. Usually every 2-3 days for seedlings unless the humidity is very low
The leaves of my 3-4 week old seedlings are turning yellow. Pretty sure the fish fertilizer was too strong. Is there a way to fix them by backing off the fertilizer of should I start over?
Heat dome? I am growing a seedling that germinated it self in my fridge inside a week old bell pepper and it’s still sprouting, Inside my house. My heat is barely 70 degrees. Should I get a heat dome or am I cultivating the most cold hardy peppers?
I had a couple with edema. I had a fan on 24 hrs a day and exhaust fan on while the lights were on. Now I leave the exhaust fan on 1hr after the lights turn off. (In my bedroom) What do you recommend? My tent is getting fairly crowded. I tossed the ones with edema. (Extras) Also trying to figure out curling leaves. I learned from your video. But still not exactly sure. Raised my lights over 19" above leaves. Watering correctly. No pests. Maybe early life Watering issues? Some I watered from top early on. It has been corrected though.Thanks for all your videos!
same i'd like to know about the adema too. My jalapeno has it and I was thinking it was just inconsistent watering because I bought it off home depot and wasnt sure what their watering schedules were. So i thought it liked 15 days intervals, but then the leaves started to look like it was bubbling and it looked like it was oozing salt or something. So now i'm sticking to 3 day waters but just giving it much tinier amounts, the soil is pretty well draining.
@@ln2182 yea I found 3 days works. Just set your pot in water and let it soak up all the way. Making sure it has enough water then make sure tray is empty. Wait 10 - 20 minutes then empty tray. I didn't give enough water the other day then some plants wilted. Using a pool. Hard to calculate exactly how much they will actually be able to take up. Because a pool is difficult to empty. (Turkey baister lol.) Edema was caused probably by not religiously bottom watering only. Added from top. The soil looks almost dry all the time now. Always go by weight
@@blasermann1994 oh you bottom watered? So did I.... I bottom watered all the way to the top and it got edema. Now i'm top watering every 3 days. We'll see how that goes. Really new to this top watering too
@@ln2182 I'm sure I personally got it from top watering and bottom watering. The one's affected I didn't do 1 method consistently. I have so many around 80
@@blasermann1994 lmao yeah, me too. not pepper plants though but just a bunnnch of plants indoors.
I direct sowed the seed in the ground and watered it every day. Now I have seedings. What next? Other than sun, water, time, and the dirt they are growing in? My light is 94.026 million miles from my plants and is the brightest thing in this solar system . So how do I adjust it ?
Oh no! Old school farming!
It's how I do it, it's how the woods do it, it's how it's done.
My nephew is pseudo hippy hemp man and thinks he can regulate light better than the earth/sun relationship lol
ask yo mama
Great video. I have a question. My pepper seedling has sprouted but the leaves r pointing upward. The i have an LED light but idk what kind it specifically is but idk what to do. The light is really bright n its at about 3-4 inches away from the plant. Should i put it closer to the plant or do i need to move it further away
I have way too many starts- def gonna pawn some off on the neighbors 😂. Jamaican Scotch Bonnets, Poblanos, Datil, Sante Fe Grande, Buena Mulatto. Zone 7b Dover, Delaware