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joydie1 Hamilton, Canada Mar 28, 2003

How long for bell peppers to sprout? Do you start your's with bottom heat? Mine just aren't doing anything and these are from new seed packages and its been a month.

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Mar 29, 2003

Heat, heat, and more heat. I have the hardest time getting peppers to germ! They really need constant high heat (80* preferably) and a bit of moisture.

Heat mats really help, and covers of some kind over the seed to hold that heat/moisture in.

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Mar 29, 2003

Ssssshhhhh - my pepper seeds apparently don't know they're supposed to be difficult. So let's not tell 'em :o)

Maybe it is the heat - I use heating cables (or the top of my upright freezer when space on the heating cables is at a premium), and I've never had them take more than a week or so to germinate, every year.

I don't do anything special, other than I LIGHTLY cover them (just barely with a pinch of finely ground sphagnum), and then use a plastic dome to keep in the humidity.

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joydie1 Hamilton, Canada Mar 29, 2003

I have them on heating cables. Guess I better put them in plastic baggies! My tomato and tomatillo seeds came up in 2-3 days and I have flats of seedlings everywhere under lights...its those darn peppers that are giving me a hard time! Time to put those peppers on the heating mat!

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lupinelover Grove City, OH(Zone 6a) Mar 29, 2003

Phooey! I hoped this would be about how to make them bear fruit, instead of just grow huge plants. Better start my own...

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Sparks42 Lexington, NC(Zone 7a) Apr 10, 2003

I generally don't plan on setting pepper plants out until at least the first of May. I start the seeds under grow lights and then re-pot as needed. Have had good luck with them.

Sparks

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windsurffer (Zone 5a) May 22, 2003

I don't use a heating pad but do use a rooting medium when I start my seeds and they turn out fine. I just plant them in those peat cyclinders and once they start to grow I set them by my south window keeping them moist until time to plant.

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