What are the longest germination times you have dealt with and what varieties?
I currently have some Moruga Scorpions (red) & Some Yellow Scorpions on a heat mat and in a humidity dome, Temp sits between 28-30°C consistently.
Sown on the 4th April, (13 days ago). Still no signs of germination, but i know they can be slow, so im not bothered. What's the longest you have waited before giving up and throwing them out? 🌱
by stifisnafu
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Probably 3 weeks with my ring of fire. But I never put the heat up that high. Most I ever have is 22c. Peppers just seem to come up when they want to.
I have some lemon jalapeños from Sandia Seeds that I gave up on but one sprouted after six weeks.
My Trinidad Moruga Scorpion yellows took 3-4 weeks. Only 2 out of 9 sprouted. Cared for the others another month or so before throwing them out. Temperature was 26 Celsius.
Those that sprouted are doing well.
3 weeks with some I got from the exchange labelled “Pepper X” (likely something else). But some have very low germination rates, like 1 in 15. I just throw all the seeds into a small pot and transplant them to seedling trays before they have true leaves.
42 days for a Trinidad Scorpion. Pretty wild range, first one popped up in 8 days!
In the greenhouse I’ve seen a few super hots still germinating a month after sowing. The first on those problem children are at about ten days then they slowly trickle out. Where I work that’s a crop failure. We put four weeks crop time on a 288cell plug tray. They’re either ready to put in a four inch pot by then or they’re in the dumpster. This year like every year Naga Viper was awful so was a Scorpion moruga. Trinidad scorpion, Reaper and Death spiral were all 85% with first germ to complete germ in about 3 days.
28-30C is too warm. There’s no reason to go above 25C. Also get them wet then let them dry down a bit, peppers like many seeds form a gel coat after they’re hydrated. Without a dry down it will inhibit germination.
Two weeks
Sugar Rush Stripeys were over 40 days before they finally germinated. They’ve also been my slowest growing plant, agonizingly slow growth rate.
2 months for rosemary, I had 3 germinate in 1 day after giving it fertilizer 🥴
I’m at 6 weeks now waiting for any signs of life from a new flexuosum seed I was really looking forward to. I don’t think it’s going to happen 🙁
Sowed a couple Reaper seeds and a couple Dragon’s Breath seeds this year. Reapers took 27 days and 33 days to germinate. It’s been 38 days now and still no germination with the Dragon’s Breath. They’ve been on a heat mat since sowing. I’ve given up them for this year, but I’m keeping them on the heat mat, just out of curiosity.
Even if they germ now, this season is a bust.
Stupid zone 5b…
Better luck next year I guess.
Longest for me was a little over a month.