Ordered the top four and got the bottom three as freebies! This is my first time growing peppers, and still relatively new with germination in general (though I’ve been successful). Anything I should watch out for as I start these seeds?
Top: Serrano, habanero, scotch bonnet, Trinidad scorpion
Bottom: chile de arbol, swamp thing, TS CARDI yellow (never heard of the last two)
by Purisima_Slug
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Nice selection.
This is my first time growing peppers too.
They were really easy to grow, if you have grown other seeds these will be simple. You may lose a few to damping off, so plant all the seeds and if you have extra plants, the more unusual ones will sell on facebook marketplace(i did this). Don’t use a rich soil , use seed starting mix, or you can reuse spent potting soil by putting in plastic bag and microwave 30 seconds until steaming(keep eyes on), I do this to pasteurize and inhibit damping off. I dip my planted seed starting cells in water when they are almost completely dry, don’t keep soaking them every day or some will damp off. When about half of them come up I’ll put in the sun, but the trays will dry faster so you have to watch them more. The arbol and serrano should sprout first, and the others will come shortly after, but some c. chinese have taken over 30 days to germ.
I also have ts yellow cardi, heres a pic. They get pretty big, the trunk on this one is wider than a quarter. These were my best selling plants on marketplace, we have a large population of trinis where i live. This one I sold for $40, but i feel like i could have gotten more.
https://preview.redd.it/9ntollxs3poe1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56a1a03f9f34950cbf3a27ccfecd2daac3ee5729
Nice selection.
This is my first time growing peppers too.
They were really easy to grow, if you have grown other seeds these will be simple. You may lose a few to damping off, so plant all the seeds and if you have extra plants, the more unusual ones will sell on facebook marketplace(i did this). Don’t use a rich soil , use seed starting mix, or you can reuse spent potting soil by putting in plastic bag and microwave 30 seconds until steaming(keep eyes on), I do this to pasteurize and inhibit damping off. I dip my planted seed starting cells in water when they are almost completely dry, don’t keep soaking them every day or some will damp off. When about half of them come up I’ll put in the sun, but the trays will dry faster so you have to watch them more. The arbol and serrano should sprout first, and the others will come shortly after, but some c. chinese have taken over 30 days to germ.
I also have ts yellow cardi, heres a pic. They get pretty big, the trunk on this one is wider than a quarter. These were my best selling plants on marketplace, we have a large population of trinis where i live. This one I sold for $40, but i feel like i could have gotten more.
Oh, and also picked up a packet of Gator Jigsaw that I accidentally left out of the picture. Can’t wait to post (hopefully positive) updates!
Also, not sure if we are allowed to provide sources, but I bought these from **White Hot Peppers** after hearing some good things.