How to grow hot peppers part 1
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The Bhuts I mean. I read some crazy stuff claiming they were difficult to germinate, so I got worried and changed my germination methods. I'm glad I freaked out because my germination is much faster now.
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"I haven't overwintered, lack of space. GL"
Yeah, that's the hard part! I wish I had space to take in all the varieties I'm growing this year.
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After this new experience and reading a lot of opinions on seed germination, I recommend using peat to hold in more of that moister. I'm almost doing the same thing as you are. Except I used Jiffy pellets that have peat, sunlight for warmth, and put a light on em after I saw them sprout in 4 days. Some of the other peppers took a little longer. The bhut jolokias only took 8 days to sprout. I did research because I wanted to make sure I germinated them properly.
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@ratdavid9 I've changed the way I do things since that post. I use a warming box now, lol. I'm getting more rapid germination with pellets. I'm very impressed at the speed I got seedlings. I decided to put more work in it since that last post. So I think it's worth all that effort now. By light, I meant sunlight, hehe. I use that to heat things up rather than mats. I think I was being overcritical in the first half of my post. Use what gives you the best results :) .
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Best to dry them out. Some people thinking soaking them helps. I don't see a difference in the germination rates. Also other people think the seeds that float don't germinate but they do.
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@ratdavid9 yes, I have germinated them without drying before. I think the rates are much lower.
very informative loved the discription. from Sindh, Pakistan.
nazrpositive 2 days ago
@nazrpositive Thanks!
ratdavid9 1 day ago
Good video mate. You've got fans in Australia lol
Nomaxia 6 days ago
@Nomaxia Hey I appreciate that, thanks!
ratdavid9 6 days ago