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Posted by toxi (U15154223) on Sunday, 11th March 2012
Hi,
I planted some pepper and tomato seeds a couple of weeks ago and popped them in my conservatory to get them started. Whilst I seem to have loads of tomato seedlings coming through there isn't a single pepper!! Am I just being a little too impatient???
Many thanks
Peppers take longer-be patient
Do you have a cold or heated greenhouse or not at all?
I have one of those plastic covered greenhouses but it's not heated where as my conservatory has a frost free setting on the heater and is lovely and warm when the sun hits it - hence I thought that would be the perfect place to get my seeds started.
I'll be more patient though - well I'll try lol!!!
Thanks for the reply
Do not be in too much of a rush- in a plastic greenhouse you do no want to be putting tomatoes until early May-you might be getting too much ahead of yourself
Peppers can take around twice as long as tomatoes to germinate,with some varieties taking much longer than others.
Chillis can take around the same as peppers,this year my cayenne varieties were first at ten days.
My tomatoes this year have varied between 3 to 11 days from sowing to germination.
Another thing I have noticed over the last couple of years is that some of the older varieties e.g. Moneymaker and Alicante can take twice as long as many of the more modern varieties, this year they took ten days.
Just thought I would throw in that useless piece of information for those who might be interested
With peppers I usually work on 7-10 for the first seeds to germinate, this year the first came through in 10 days, so I would say two weeks would be a norm.
BTW I germinate my seeds at 75* C so I would expect at lower temperatures the germination period to be longer.
I hope that helps. Tg
Thanks peeps, that's great advice.
I wasn't planning to put them in the greenhouse for a good while yet - so thanks for the reassurance on that.
And I'll try and be far more patient!! Really not something that comes naturally to me!!!!
Interesting, TG. Some varieties do take longer than others. The genes. Age of seed can obviously impact too. I've got some Golden Queen seeds that I saved in 2003 that I'm currently nursing to germination. For older seeds, an overnight soak in warm water usually does the trick.
75C sounds a little hot, even for chillies! I'm sure you mean 75F.
I use a heated moist propagator at around 75-80F until germination and only occasionally have failures. However, I think many novices particularly tend to leave their seedlings in these tropical conditions too long rather than toughen them up in slightly cooler conditions.
75C sounds a little hot, even for chillies! I'm sure you mean 75FÂ
Well spotted Paul just another aged moment.
Still coming to terms with celcius, the convesion for those interested is 75°F = 24°C
I agree with you about leaving them in heat too long this is one of the reasons I sow in cell / plug trays.
It means I can remove seedlings that have germinated to a cooler situation and still leave the tray at 75°F / 24°C for the stragglers.
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