Sowing Pepper Seeds... - Page 2

Gardeneer · February 27, 2015

My Opinion is that under good germination conditions ANY pepper seeds should germinate in less than 2 weeks. My record is 6 days, 90%. The other 10 percent take up to 10 days. I soak them overnight then sow.It will take a while longer for bone dry seeds to absorb enough moisture from soil to sprout. So probably soaking can save couple of days.

Pepper seeds take/need a little more heat than tomatoes to germinate. They will germinate around 85F the fastest. At 70F it might take twice as long.

So if you provide right temperature and moist environments but your seeds still won't germinate in 15 days, then probably you have seed quality problem.

Tracydr · February 27, 2015

Anybody use a presoak like saltpeter or Miracle Grow for the super hots?

February 27, 2015	#16
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,909	My Opinion is that under good germination conditions ANY pepper seeds should germinate in less than 2 weeks. My record is 6 days, 90%. The other 10 percent take up to 10 days. I soak them overnight then sow.It will take a while longer for bone dry seeds to absorb enough moisture from soil to sprout. So probably soaking can save couple of days. Pepper seeds take/need a little more heat than tomatoes to germinate. They will germinate around 85F the fastest. At 70F it might take twice as long. So if you provide right temperature and moist environments but your seeds still won't germinate in 15 days, then probably you have seed quality problem.

February 27, 2015	#17
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Anybody use a presoak like saltpeter or Miracle Grow for the super hots?