{"id":522,"date":"2010-03-21T22:25:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T04:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/?p=522"},"modified":"2010-03-21T22:25:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T04:25:08","slug":"sprouting-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/03\/21\/sprouting-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprouting Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n

1- Seed heaters are awesome!
\n2- Jiffy soil is terrible.<\/strong> 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.
\n3- The fluorescent lights are really great, but I still need more.<\/p>\n

Sprouted so far:<\/strong>
\n22 Jalapeno Peppers
\n7 Banana Peppers
\n2 Poblano Peppers
\n36 Roma Tomatoes
\n4 Brandywine Tomatoes
\n3 Big Boy Tomatoes
\n3 Cherokee Purple Tomatoes
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