First time germinating seeds and split the seeds 50/50 between dirt and paper towel method. These seeds are under a heater that keeps them ~80 degrees. Just checking since my tomatoes have already germinated and are seedlings while these dudes haven’t shown any signs of life.
by Tlacuache552
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Pepper seeds take a while. Like 2-3 weeks sometimes
Some people puff up the bags with air on the idea that the seeds need oxygen to germinate. I’ve also heard that superhots can be very slow.
Tomatoes are really fast. Super hots are really really slow. I’ve had some emerge from the seed in about a week and others that emerged in 2 weeks or more. Then as seedlings they are slow as well. You’re fine.
When they do germinate, you’ll have to be super careful with the paper towels. I’ve killed enough trying to separate them from the paper towel that I just germinate in cococoir or seedling mix in a tray on a heat mat. If you can see where the seedlings are you can just cut around them but those are close enough it may be hard to tell.
Mine took 10 days at 85 degrees in seed starter mix; which I consider very fast for super hots.
in starting mix, my 7Pot Primos and Orions germinated in about 7 days. Orions took 24 days in wet paper towel.
They need heat. Seed heating mat
I had decent luck with the paper towel bag style. Got sick of the super careful transplanting
Recently I’ve started dropping the seeds right into rapid rooters, covering the hole lightly with a tiny piece of the rooter, and then humidity dome and watering. Germination rate definitely improved, from 75% to about 90%.
10 days to 2 weeks is not at all uncommon. Just this week, I had a seedling sprout after almost a month in a starter seed pellet
Sometimes you get lucky and 1 will sprout in a few days, sometimes you wait forever. I did banana peppers on the 21st of March and 1 of the 6 has a tiny bit of root now showing. Carolinas took 5 days for first one, other 4 nothing after 4 weeks.
I hate this method. Anytime I germinate anything. Red solo cup lukewarm water. Put in the dark.
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You need humidity and a heat mat. My reapers popped in about 5 days with this method
Mine took 3 weeks in starter soil with a 12h grow light. 40% spouted together, 20% late and 40% did not sprout.
I tape those bags to my internet modem. A little heat helps. But it takes like 1 to 2 weeks.
I did this method but used a food storage container to seal them. No superhots but they still took a week or more.
It’s only been a week. I would just wait
A heat source helps tremendously. I place them on top of my aerogarden lights.
You pre soak in the bag and then plant half an inch below soil before they sprout
A lot depends of how old is the seed. I got some fresh (few months old) seeds from a reaper pepper, germinated in a few days.
I tried Jalapeno and Habanero seeds from shop, took like 2 weeks for the seeds to germinate.
I used the same method, and btw those spicy hot peppers take a really long time to grow, they are usually really slow. I planted those reaper seeds in the 17th of Feb, i gave them everything, lights and warm, plenty of water and they are only like 10 cm tall right now.
i germed in rapid rooter pods on a warm mat this time. my aji’s and ghosts all germ’ed within a week of each other with great success. only my vincentes didn’t germ, and i blame the seeds for that since 0/3 came up. I’ll never go back to paper towels and ziplocs.
I’ve had good luck letting my seeds soak for 24 hours prior to putting them in the napkin fold.
I’m not sure if you have done it or not.
It is my preferred method when germinating peppers
I did the paper towel to start seeds last year and changed to just sowing into a 8×8 starter tray this year.
Different seeds germinated at different times and was hard to keep a hold of. At least in a tray they can begin growing before you thin out.
did both ways this year…seed in seed starter mix in a dome with a heat mat was way, way better than the bag method.