Well, as of tonight, I can say I’ve got near 100% germination of the seeds I started! Fantastic! I’m so excited because often times these more exotic varieties are difficult and slow to start. Not much more to add than that tonight, but I’m really looking forward to this growing season. 56 degrees and sunny …
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2010 Garden – Week One Update – Pepper Seeds Starting
Well, since the seeds went in the “ground” one week ago, there has been some change. Last night I noticed the emergence of the radicle on several of the seeds!! WOO HOO!!! We have germination! The radicle is the first root that emerges from the seed, “digs” down into the soil and takes hold as …
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I started my pepper seeds tonight!
Well, I normally start them on Valentine’s Day. Not sure why I waited a couple more weeks this year, but I did. I’m excited though! I started seeds from 9 different varieties of peppers this evening, while I wait on two more varieties to show up in the mail this week. I started two-per-cell from …
Update from my Hungarian pepper-pal!
I received a few photos of “my babies” from Zoltan yesterday so I thought I’d share them here. Good to see my pepper seeds germinated so well for them! Looks like they’re going to have a healthy crop of seedlings! Speaking of seedlings… I’ll be starting my seeds THIS weekend! WOOOO!!!
So, what are you growing this year??
Here’s the list of peppers I’ll be growing this season. These are all seeds I’ve either saved or swapped for….