The peppers are sprouting! The package said to expect 12-21 days for germination, but the heated seeds sprouted in about 5 days. That’s absolutely amazing. The tomatoes have also sprouted, but it’s not nearly as amazing to me, since tomatoes sprout much more quickly than peppers.

We’re a little over a week into this year’s garden. We haven’t planted anything more, because we have been down in Moab, but here are my observations thus far…

1- Seed heaters are awesome!
2- Jiffy soil is terrible. We bought a bag of “Organic Seed Starting Jiffy-Mix” and I hate it! My 12 x 24 seed starter may be utterly wasted because I can’t get the water to go into the soil. Why does it repel water? I have no idea, but I am extremely frustrated with it.
3- The fluorescent lights are really great, but I still need more.

Sprouted so far:
22 Jalapeno Peppers
7 Banana Peppers
2 Poblano Peppers
36 Roma Tomatoes
4 Brandywine Tomatoes
3 Big Boy Tomatoes
3 Cherokee Purple Tomatoes