Check last night to see if anything was starting to sprout before bed. There was just one little guy just starting to poke out. Woke up this morning to a bunch of leggy sprouts... Wth...

Start these seeds late December. They've been potted up and getting diluted fertilizer once a week. Under grow light 14 hours a day. The leaves are now turning purple and not sure if it's because I need to now move the grow light further away, or if it's normal. (Bottom right is a Serrano).

Does anyone know where I can order GUAJILLO pepper seeds? I don't trust pepper Joe's and I've had no luck locally. Im in Canada so if anyone knows of a trustworthy online pepper seed seller (even on Etsy or something) let me know please!!! Have a good night my fellow pepperheads!

whats wrong and can it be fixed any help will be appreciated

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I’m in the Houston, Tx area.. I’ve tried a few times to germinate/grow some basic jalapeños (from purchased seeds), but have the worst luck getting them to even germinate.

Can someone point me to a primer on how to do this successfully on a repeatable basis?

Thanks in advance..

Bit late to the party this year but we are go

Longtime hot pepper grower using seedlings from local farms, but this winter I want to try growing a few of own plants from seeds, indoors, for transplant in the spring!

Looking for advice on a small indoor grow-light setup. And also, any advice on when to start the seeds?? Last overnight frost is mid-May where I'm at. TY!

The leaves on my carolina reaper recently started yellowing and developing black "veins". Any idea on the cause?

I had a really bad case of aphids that I could not get rid of (inside a very small greehouse). I sprayed my plants with melathion (after trying almost everything else from insecticidal soap to peroxide and alcohol) and it got rid of the problem. Most of the plants were very small and they all died except one plant which is still alive. After about 2-3 weeks, I planted more seeds which have all sprouted (in the same dirt that was sprayed by melathion). I realize now I probably should have changed the dirt - but now I have about 10 plants that are ready to produce. Am I safe in eating the peppers? If not recommended, would i be safe to transplant the plants in other soil even though they started growing in soil sprayed with melathion?

I had a really bad case of aphids that I could not get rid of (inside a very small greehouse). I sprayed my plants with melathion (after trying almost everything else from insecticidal soap to peroxide and alcohol) and it got rid of the problem. Most of the plants were very small and they all died except one plant which is still alive. After about 2-3 weeks, I planted more seeds which have all sprouted (in the same dirt that was sprayed by melathion). I realize now I probably should have changed the dirt - but now I have about 10 plants that are ready to produce. Am I safe in eating the peppers? If not recommended, would i be safe to transplant the plants in other soil even though they started growing in soil sprayed with melathion?

Given to me as a gift and were told they are a Salvadoran variety of some type.

This is an update on my "Starting now" post using a cooler and gallon milk jug full of hot tap water to start seeds in the house in cool weather. My seeds started sprouting on day 5 and now on the morning of day 7 five out of seven varieties have some sprouted seeds.

My thermometer is a spike and dial kitchen thermometer calibrated with ice water and boiling water adjusted for elevation above seawater (about 70 feet here LOL).

My tap water comes out at 120F, and the highest temp I have seen in the cooler is around 90F. Mostly the high temp is around 85F and it tends to hold stable around 80F for a long long time. You may have to adjust your jug water temp if it comes out hotter than mine.

My thermometer is stuck in the middle of one of the pots, a 3" x3" x2.25" pot from an 18 cell 1801 insert for a 1020 tray. I like the 3x3 size to get plants big enough to put in the ground, and they are a good size for community potting seeds and separating them out later. I fill them about 1/2" from the top with loose, sopping wet, sifted potting mix, place 4-5, 10 or 20 seeds spaced how I want on the surface, put another 1/2 inch of loose mix on top, then tamp down until the surface is smooth. That depth and tamping seems to put enough resistance on the seed for the cot-leaves to pull free when they come up for peppers and tomatoes.

I don't have room or money for a heat mat or lights. The cooler sits in my shower. If I had a bathtub it would be even more convenient for refilling the milk jugs. Right now I have to trek all the way to the bathroom sink to do that (about eight feet).

I have a sheet of plexiglass that I will put over the open cooler and put it outside for light (indirect) when the temps are above freezing and below 55F. I don't want spindly-dark grown plants. Better for me if they sit outside not growing in good light than stretching up in warm dim light. I'll see what the warm milk jug can do for them.

I plan on starting my sweet potato slips with this setup once the peppers are out of it.

Here's me doing another attempt of growing a jalapeno plant. Only 1 survived and is currently growing strong. No lose of leaves or browning. Though I have some close calls because it was too close to the frosted window. Now it's revived. This hobby is more challenging than I realized.