My first attempt to grow Hot Peppers...

[Dork Fish]

Oh, i will look again tomorrow. Off of work today



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[Crandrew]

HD has composted steer manure and chicken manure. The chicken manure is like black gold but its 3x the price of the steer manure. I used 2/3 miracle grow potting mix and 1/3 chicken manure and they loved it. This year I'm using the steer manure cause its only 1.09 for a cf bag. They should do just as fine.

[Dork Fish]

Awesome, thank you

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[Dork Fish]

Alright, i checked my peppers and some of them started to sprout. So as impatient as i am, i decided to go ahead and plant most of the seeds. the Hot Lemon and peperoncini didn't show any signs of sprouting. I am going to give them a few more days.





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[akgardengirl]

I had good luck germinating my pepper seeds, Early Jalapeno, Thai and Korean, in wet paper towels in the oven with just the light on. The light seemed to put out just the right temperature.
Sue

[Dork Fish]

Oh wow, i will have to try that.

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[Dork Fish]

Hi again,

A lot of my peppers didn't germinate. I believe they got to hot. But I did start some over and now I need to get them planted. I am going to purchase the grow bags, I believe HD has them. Is 1 gallon big enough?

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[guruofgardens]

No - one gallon is not really large enough for hot peppers to grow as large as you'd like. I'd suggest 4-5 gallon grow bags or check out your nearest nursery and see if they have larger black pots that people are recycling. I used some 3 gallon bags last year and was a bit disappointed with the plants' yields.

I'm trying a few of Wal-Mart's blue bags this year. Nice size for peppers, but small for tomatoes.

Best of luck!

[socalgardengal]

Hi Andrea, I've been reading your post lately and I found a great web page that has TONS of info on starting pepper seeds and how long they each take to sprout. The site is
www.ecoseeds.com/Pepper.growing.tips.html
Hope it helps Good luck

[Dork Fish]

Awesome, thanks!

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[Crandrew]

I grow my hot peppers in 1-3 gal no problem. But then again it depends on your space requirements and how much production you want. I think 3gl is plenty but 1 gal for something like a chile pepper would be fine.

[Dork Fish]

You know what...I decided to plant them in the ground. I rented a plot at a community garden. If they grow, great...if not no biggie...

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[Dork Fish]

My pepper plants did ahhh last year in the ground. I am going to try again this year using the mixture you guys described. I think I have some pots lying around.

How successfull should I expect to be if I nix the paper towel method and just put the seeds directly into the coir mix and keep that on heathing mats?

Should I start the seeds around the end of Febuary again?

[guruofgardens]

Should I start the seeds around the end of February again? Dork Fish - it depends on what kind of hot peppers you plan on planting. Chinense (the superhots) should probably be started near the end of January or the beginning of February as they have a very long growing season.
Annuums like Jalapenos grow much faster and can be started near the end of February.

As long as you use a heating mat, planting in regular potting mix or coir or peat would be fine. I've tried just about every way, and like the potting mix the best. I also use a dome to keep the humidity in the soil.

How'd you like growing in the community garden?

[Dork Fish]

Ah okay. Well that explains some of the peppers last year. Just didn't have time to get big enough.

This year hoping to do:
Jalapeno
Sweet Bell
Banana
Pepperoncini
Trinidad Perfume
Guajillo

I am looking for a good popper pepper that has just a kick of heat


Great with the planting method because I want to keep it simple

The community garden is great but the location didn't work out so well for me. This years community garden is closer and this garden gives you the opportunity to keep your spot for the following year. Being that we spend time and money amending the soil.