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what fertilizer did you use? I use 12/12/6 (Master Blend, Calcium Nitrate , Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) to 5 gallons of water if you have something better let me know
New,... I do that type of pepper germination yearly,fresh from the fruits and this year I had about 98% success most likely every year. thank you for added info,🥰👍🫑🫑🍆🥕🥬🥒🌶
Really helpful - I've had houseplants for years but I started germinating my first peppers last week. The jalapeños look ready to pot already, the Carolina reapers definitely need more time. I use a mix of perlite, bark and soil for my potting mix for everything. Would just perlite and soil be suitable for peppers?
Last year, i planted two red bell peppers from a pepper from a food bank. I grew them under a grow light and got two peppers. This year i have five growing on my balcony along with five piquillo peppers. From the same place. I have two big green peppers. And a ton of buds. I just got a bag of mini peppers and im starting those seeds to grow indoors in hydroponics.
Did this several years back. Drilled drainage holes in the bottom of the gutters. It solved the problem of insects/worms eating the strawberries (as the did in my above ground planters), but the lizards, squirrels and birds continued to feast. Eventually had to cover with chickenwire as the squirrels would not be deterred by bird netting. This made for a real PITA when trying to harvest once the berries started coming in. The hot Florida sun dried out the soil daily since the gutters heated up on 3 sides of the gutter. I gave up on this method for strawberries as I think they really do much better with deeper soil. Might work better for a less severe climate, a constant source of water, and/or a less aggressive squirrel/pest population for strawberries. May work great for other herbs and plants. Just my experience.
Super helpful and straight to the point on exactly what I needed to know. I definitely planted my sprouts roots up first but thankfully saw this video 5 mins after and corrected it. Thank you!
Just realized we made this mistake, we planted about 3 weeks ago. Should we dig them up and replant them, just being careful with the roots? What would you do?
I started my onions from seeds in September, they're about the size of green onions the store sells but they are red, yellow and white onion varieties. They haven't started to bulb yet but I can see the color starting to show on the red and yellow ones. I'm just concerned I planted them too shallow when I transplanted them into the garden from the little starter pods. If I move the dirt away there's about an inch - inch and a half of the onion below the soil and I won't dig further down to avoid disturbing the roots. Is this deep enough? I don't want to uproot them so my best option would be to build up the soil above ground but I need to know if my depth is ok before I go messing anything up. If you're still active on this channel can you give me some advice on what if anything I should do?
I don't have any tips as such, I just looked for a very healthy looking rich red organic pepper and harvested the seeds, I left the seeds drying in an open tub for a couple of weeks. I then just sprinkled them in tomato grow bag mix with a quarter inch covering using a seed tray. After a week I am losing count on how many have germinated.
