I almost gave up
 

I've been quite happy with the pepper seeds I started except for 1 container that had no activity. Its been 11 days and nothing, so I pulled the pot thinking I'll do a quick re seed. But upon closer inspection I realized I wont have to replant as I spied a seedling just peaking up! Now my mission is complete and the next is to make sure they progress to final planting.

I've had some sitting still for ~20 days, a variety of different "ages", but haven't given up yet.

This year mine popped up in 3 days, but I've had them come up after about a month, too. Good to remind us all to be patient.

Mine have been slow to pop up this year too as have those of several other friends. About 12 days on average this year. I wonder why as they've been treated no differently this year than any other year.

10 of the 11 varieties I planted 9 days ago are up. Just waiting for Fish to sink or swim. The latter's seeds are 3 years old.

The room temps have ranged from 56 to 63 F. Using bottom heat.

I planted pepper seeds for the first time this year, Anaheim peppers I just planted today. It might be too late, or they might never germinate. The seeds are 2 years old and I have them on the heat mat with the tomatoes, and they might do better with a bit higher temp on it if I were starting them alone. We will see if anything comes of it. Not much invested, just 2 dixi cups and a bit of soil.

This year I have had pepper seeds spout after only 3 days and some that didn't spout for more than two weeks. Mike

+1 on bottom heat! Yes, they can be variable.