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AlittleSalt · February 26, 2015

I kept the room temperature at 75F. All the tomatoes germinated within 10 days. I started 62 varieties of tomatoes this way. No heat mat.

Peppers were different. 21 of 24 varieties started just fine with the 75F room temperature, but the other 3 varieties needed some help. I used an old fashioned heating pad raising the soil temperature to 90F. It did work for two, but the last one never came up.

I've read that there are certain pepper varieties that will not germinate if the pro mix is wet at all. I wish I could remember those varieties, but I do not.

February 26, 2015	#7
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I kept the room temperature at 75F. All the tomatoes germinated within 10 days. I started 62 varieties of tomatoes this way. No heat mat. Peppers were different. 21 of 24 varieties started just fine with the 75F room temperature, but the other 3 varieties needed some help. I used an old fashioned heating pad raising the soil temperature to 90F. It did work for two, but the last one never came up. I've read that there are certain pepper varieties that will not germinate if the pro mix is wet at all. I wish I could remember those varieties, but I do not.