What Everybody Ought To Know About How To Start Pepper Seeds

Peppers are the most popular garden crop of all time.

How to start pepper seeds. Fill small pots or seed trays with seed compost and mix in a small amount of perlite or vermiculite. Water well, then set the trays aside to drain until the mix is moist but. Sow your pepper seeds about 2.5cm deep.

Start your pepper seeds now to get a head start on spring! Start them 8 weeks before your last frost date. First, you’ll need water and your quality seeds and water.

Place lights 2 to 4 inches above the seedlings for 16 hours a day, and raise lights as the plants grow. A heating mat provides bottom heat to help speed germination, and extra ambient room. They are easy to grow, transplant well, come.

You should start your seeds 6 to 8 weeks before you plan to transplant them. Starting your own pepper plants. Place the seed starting tray (with the clear lid on top) in a warm location.

Then you need a seedling flat that comes with a lid. In this video, brian shows you how to plant hot pepper seeds and sweet pepper seeds in seed trays and paper towels. Ideal growing conditionspeppers are tropical, so they need very warm conditions to get started in life.

I sterilize these containers, take a paper towel, fold it to fit the container, dampen it real good, sprinkle it with seeds, close the container loosely then put the container in my dish. Soak the hot pepper seeds in warm water overnight. Here's a look at how to start pepper seeds using the double cup method.