Hi all, I have some biquinho yellows, and they seem to be in a permanent state of being a seedling. They’re on heat propagation tray, two grow lights @ 16 hours / day, Westland superfine compost mixed with coco coir, and watered sparingly. They’ve been like this for about amonth now – anything I’m doing wrong or are they just slow?
by llxll23
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Pretty random guess, but: too high pH? Coco + compost only could easily land you close to 7.5. Measure drain, slowly adjust to 6.
Thanks for suggestion, I don’t have anything to measure pH at the moment but will look at getting something this weekend!
Peppers take forever to grow. Also have you fertilized them at all? How hot is the heat mat? I remove all my peppers from heat mats once they have leaves.
I have 10 different varieties of peppers growing and my biquinho is by far the smallest. It is also the only capsicum chinensis that I am growing and they tend to need more time than others.
Some peppers are just slower to grow than others, even of the same variety where I’ve had some seedlings just be stronger and grow with more vigor than others of the same type.
I’d recommend 1/2 strength water soluble fertilizer at this point (like miracle gro or jacks original/jacks classic). I am also trying out “bonide root and grow” this year with my seedlings right as I’m transplanting them from their seed cell trays into something bigger. Here, I’ve mixed 3 1/2 tablespoons into a gallon of water and used that to water the newly transplanted seedlings.
Turn off the heat Matt and get a dedicated soil ph, should be 5.5 to 6.2.
Get a water soluble fertilizer, urban farmer vegetable fertilizer works well