Skip Pallesen

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Retired Chemist

All of my pepper plants are now in the ground.

Normally when I harden my plants I do so on consecutive days. This year that was difficult as the sixty and seventy degree days was interspersed with snow. The forecast is looking better next week so I hope to get the plants outside and planted. Even with topping, they are outgrowing my growing chamber.

Started hardening off my seedlings

The question was asked about topping seedlings. I have never done so but I am being forced to this year. After no germination last year, I planted my seeds earlier than normal and they have grown like weeds, to the point they are toppling over.

Now that the seedlings have a number of leaves, I am starting them on some weekly fertilizer.

I am not sure exactly why but my ghost pepper seeds are much slower growers than my other peppers.

I am starting to get real leaves.

All twenty of my pots have germinated.

I have green in a few pots so it is already better than last year.

After picking the wrong seed company last year, I am starting my seeds a little earlier than normal. Eight different varieties of seeds just went into their pots.