Planting Germinated Pepper Seeds
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Some of the hot pepper seeds I started in the paper towels in the previous video have germinated and in this video I show how I transfer them to seed starting/potting mix.
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It’s so exciting seeing those tiny little roots!
I use the jello shot cups to start seeds in instead of the ziplock bag method. I fill the cups with soil, stick the seeds in, water then cover with a plastic baggie and rubber band and set them on a heat source. In 6 days all were up. 26 pepper plants started, 4 different varieties. Under the grow lights they go. When bigger, in to the larger double cups. I do tomatoes and tomatillos the same way later in the spring.
interesting. how long to you leave them in the jellow cups?
@@gapey I leave them in until they get the first set of true leaves. I transplant to double cups after that then plant out when warm enough. I don"t have a greenhouse.
swiss chards look beautiful
thanks :)
I use a similar method on many of my seeds but I add 1/32 teaspoon of saltpeter to 180 ml. of water. Especially useful on supper hot peppers. thanks for the video It got me thinking again .
Very nice progress, Paula. You shared some great tips. I love that macro shot in your thumbnail.
That was an awesome video Paula great idea with the mini cups
Nicely done video, great visuals. I was just thinking about sprouting my pepper seeds earlier today using the paper towel method & I happened upon your video, so thank you.
Great, good luck! I'm glad you found my video. :)
wow... in just a week you had some great germination already...
Nice. Great practice putting the seeds on the top of the paper towel, within the bag, so you can see germination status without opening it!
Yup that was a game changer! Never gonna do it inside the paper towel ever again! This way is so much more convenient and the roots seem to not grow into the paper towel like the other way.
@@gapey when you were gently prying that root with the tooth pick...I couldn't breathe ha
Could I just rip the paper towel with the seed and transplant the whole thing into soil?
@@bananabread6428 Yep you can definitely do that! I have don it a couple times. I've also broken roots trying to get it out of the paper towel and it still grew fine. :)
@@gapey thanks :D you respond fast
My seeds already germinated but still I am watching these videos keep a seed in a paper lightly put some water so not over wet and put it in a plastic bag and forgot about it for 10 days and see the result
You might want to check on it before 10 days. It may completely separate from the seed in that amount of time. Some grow faster than others.
Thanks for the quick reply via gmail. Link took me ribh to your website.
I soaked seeds in camamil tea for 2 hours. I got out my vintage plant spritzer.
Put seeds on 1/2 paper towel w half of that folded under to holdmore moisture. It was hard to handle when wet. I put another 1/4 paper towel under that = still limp. I putaflatened coffee filter under all. Much easier to handle! It is still drying out very quickly, even in ziplock.
I put 2 jello cups in to allow some air in. Condensation on the plastic = sagging onto the seeds. I put a "3 legged" pizza box "support" in middle of seeds. Voila! 2 more = more support & better ventilation.
A household heating pad is beneath the ziplock which in a good paper plate. My no touch thermal senser = 90*. So, two hot pot pads inbetween = 83. 2 more = 79*.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience.
I've never done the chamomile soak but I know a lot of people do it. I don't let any air in when I germinate the seeds and they never dry out. It's fine for the plastic to touch the seeds.
Waiting another four weeks before I start mine. Spring still a ways out. Interesting varieties many I've never seen before.
Makes good late night material to watch when you have the flu. ❤
Oh no. I hope you feel better soon.
thank you for the video, i learned a lot! excellent camera work, clear explanations, and very much appreciate the attention to details and reasoning behind your decisions. really did learn a ton from this!
Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with your peppers!
Nice start to the new season, good luck.. Good tip with the mini cups.
Thanks for the tip on not letting air in & its OK for plasticbag to touch seeds. I took the jellow cups out already.
I reverted to my older heating pad. The new one times out/shuts off after a while. Temp stable at 79*.
We'll start saving egg shells for in ground planting.
I've heard that coffee ground &/or human hair are good for plants..?!?
I've never heard of human hair for plants. Coffee ground are good but I usually mix them in with my compost and don't put them directly on the plants.
I did this without heating and lights and I have same results as you. Gardening should be environment friendly!
that's awesome. But with how cold I keep my house in the winter time I would have a hard time germinating at 50 degrees.
Gapeys Grub not true. I’m in Scotland it’s freezing here all year round and I germinate seeds on my kitchen window through frost and snow. Those heat mats are hogwash total gimmick. The old fashioned way works the very same.
Doing well with some of them. Good luck with the rest. Best wishes Bob.
Thanks. I hope the others come up, especially the Nebru7 cuz I don't have anymore seeds for that one. I got a wait list of varieties in case they don't work out though. :)
Thanks for reminding me of the need for air circulation.
I probably don't give mine as much as I should because it tends to dry out the soil but I turn a fan on them for at least a little while every week just be sure to keep an eye on their water needs.
Thank you for your showing an easy to way germinate a peppers seed I have sowed.. Some are the sweet peppers and hot peppers I started March 8 I don’t anything yet.. l normally buy the already plants.. Thanks
If you started them on March 8 they should have germinated by now unless it is too cold or too hot or got dried out. Or they could be bad seeds but seems unlikely they would all be bad though.
FYI: It doesn't matter if the root is pointing up or not. They find their way down on their own.
True, but it makes it a little easier for them to reach the surface if they are pointed the right direction and becomes more important the older they get. I've been letting them get so long that they almost detach from the seed.
You're a genius! I would say soak your seeds in black tea for a few hours before you toss them into the gemination station.
I've heard some people do that but I've never done it and seems to go well. I've also heard people use chamomile tea.
Little disposable cloches! What a nifty idea!
Great video, Paula! Nice progress!
Awesome video Paula I started some of mine tonight.
I liked the cup trick and the care put into the treatment of the soon to be plants.
But them under the refrigerator instead. Very dark and very warm. Will really hyper-drive the germination process. Make sure they stay moist. This works for every seed I plant.
good idea. I've heard of on top of fridge but not under it. :)
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Those varieties look very interesting. So far I'm just starting my jalapenos in a sandwich bag tomorrow. I'm just gonna stick them in a window sil. I start in March because its too hot mid summer for fruiting and by September they fruit like crazy. I'm looking into those varieties that you were starting.
Hi, Gapey! First of all, thank you for all of your amazing content so far. I am loving your channel. Sorry to post on an old video, but this seems like the appropriate one to ask this question: it is about that time of the year when I am getting ready to start my pepper seeds indoors before moving them outdoors in late spring. What are your thoughts on a seedling heat mat? Once the seedlings are in peat pots, I plan to put the pots on a north-facing windowsill above my kitchen sink, but the temperature there against the window will still be pretty cool...possibly in the 50s or low 60s Fahrenheit.
I am looking at buying this vivosun 10 x 20" heating mat and pairing it with a humidity dome to make sure they grow well, but not sure if I need to do all that or if just having them on the windowsill in the peat pots is good enough.
Hi there. You have some good questions. Seed heating mat really depends on your temps. It sounds like you have some cool temps if it gets 50s/60s so a heat mat would definitely benefit. I'd say if it's 70 or higher you can do without one for peppers. Just be sure to get a thermostat with it or the mat will surely fry your plants. As for a windowsill, that likely won't be enough light for the peppers and they will get tall and leggy. A heat mat plus a light should work great. I wo uld not bother with a humidity dome. Those are best for germination to keep the soil from drying out but once they come up it's best to remove the dome and move under lights. It will be too humid with the dome on and with the light it will surely cause fungus to grow on your soil which you don't want.
@@gapey Great advice, thank you. :) I have a heat mat and some small clip-on full spectrum LED lights on the way; fingers crossed.
Great job ill check mine in two days
At first, I thought it said Planting Cremated Pepper Seeds, lol. 😅
haha that would be interesting
Very nice. Heat mat with thermometer, i was gonna say.. my heat mat dries paper towel too fast. Nice set up👍
even if paper towel is in a ziplock?
@@gapey yes, my heat mat doesn't have temp settings. I have to put the ziplock in a plastic container.. one night will dry the ziplock alone.
@@MiWBatman you could run the heat mats on a cheap thermostat. It just turns the mat on and off depending on the setting you choose.
@@PepperGuru 🤔nice. Didn't know they made a plug in like that. Will look for one. Thank you.
@@MiWBatman no worries! Just search google or amazon for "heat mat thermostat" they usually run around 20 bucks or so. I Plug all my mats into a power strip, then the power strip into the thermostat. Then place my diode in a central location among all the cells, as the center of the mats usually work the best, and we don't want to go over on our germ temps.
Next time seeds need water, I will transfer them to another flattened coffee filter. Then I will put that one on top of the paper towels.
Thank you i didn’t know what side to plant the seed after it’s done germinated
no problem. good luck!
The amount of care taken is admirable, but why would you start seeds this way when it is so easy to start them under a dome directly in the soil and achieve very high success rates? This is so much more time consuming.
There's several reasons I do it. For one thing, it's fun to watch the seeds sprout, also because it weeds out the bad seeds so you aren't wasting seed starting mix, Most of my peppers I have very few seeds so this ensures I get the most out of them and I'm guaranted to end up with one sprout per cell. I have pretty much 100% success rate if they sprout in paper towel. If they don't sprout in paper towel the seed gets tossed out.
Think of the space required. If you have 30 varieties growing, you will have 30 pots of potting mix on your nursery bench. Heating all of them will br problematic. Plus you will have to deal with fungus gnats and other nasties. With the paper towel method, you can manipulate the same in one plastic bag. Enormous space saving and convenience.
Great video - do you remember where you bought your seeds cells from? - I like that bigger size.
I got the seed cells off amazon. Have been using the same set for a few years. amzn.to/2TOTDjk
great tips. especially using toothpicks for removing the seed and transplanting. i closed up the seed inbetween sheets and found the some roots had grown through. So i had to plant the seedling with some of the paper as well. I think i also maybe overwaters a bit. getting some whitish stuff around the base of the stem. any idea what that could be? I pretty new to this.
Another rookie mistake was I thought ' lets get these seedlings some sun.' Came back today and probably 80-90% of my seedlings are gone due to birds. lesson learn but im very sad. had a 70% odd germination rate just using paper towels - no heatmat and lighting.
Wow I've never heard of birds eating pepper seedlings but usually it's too cold here to put them out when they are at the seedling stage so never tried. That is a bummer! Definitely don't need a heat mat to germinate but it does make it go quicker and I've always kept them in the dark during the germination process. The whitish stuff, only thing I could think of is possibly too much moisture. Not sure what else would cause that.
great video, which soil worked better?
Spiked Soil definitely did better.
Thanks for sharing this with us. So when did they start naming potting soil after adult beverages ? I saw Charles P. have moonshine potting soil.
Hah I dunno. I think this company is a couple years old. Haven't heard of the moonshine potting soil.
@hyy xsj Hah. I thought it was cute. :)
Do you water them after you transferred or do you wait till they come out since the soil was already wet..
I don't usuallly water them after transferring since I pre moisten the soil.
How long do you reckon it would take for ghost chillies to germinate using the paper towel method without a heated mat
It all depends on the ambient temperature so it's hard to say. Anywhere form 5 days to 3 weeks.
@@gapey ok thank you love your videos always answers some things I need to know
hye there,ive germinated my seeds on paper towels in a baggie and theyve sprouted..the cotyledon leaves have not appeared yet and ive transplanted them to soil.im wondering where should I place the pots now?..the seedlings are very tiny,varying from 1/2 to 1 inch in height and the thickness of a thread..leaving it outdoors even under shade seems to kill them based on my prev experience..do they require sun at this stage?what about seedlings of the same size as I mentioned but with cptyledon leaves already appearing..to be precise,they are lemon balm seedlings
I usually keep them inside under fluorescent lights for a while until they get a bit bigger. If you just use window light they may get tall and skinny depending on how much daylight you get where you are.
Gapeys Grub noticed that u tranplanted the germinated sprouts under the soil..im paranoid to do that as im afraid the stems will rot but my method of leaving those tiny sprouts above ground with the roots under seem to be bad as ive experienced,they seem to dry and die..would you be kind enough to explain the science behind planting the sprouts fully under the soil,it would really help my paranoid mind🤣
on a side note my dear,i love how systematic and neat you are,any science or laboratary background?
thanks for the good video and prompt reply
@@elephantsong7782 I don't think I've ever had a sprout not come out of the soil after I've buried a sprouted seed. I don't know what the science behind it is. That's just how I've always seen it done and have done myself. But I would think if you let it germinate in a paper towel long enough that the seed detaches then you are probably ok to leave a bit just barely sticking out of the soil. I think I have done that once or twice when I let the germination go that far.
Gapeys Grub retransplanted and followed your method for my lemon balm sprouts..real lifesaver for me as prior to this, my sprouts from tiny seeds had a verrry small survival rate once transplanted,always dried and died..thanks a bunch for your helpful words 💪😊
Charles Xavier ive only used this method on pepper seeds. Not sure how well it works on other things.
Hey thank you for the video it is very informative! I have a question, I have followed the heat mat plastic bag method you have done here. I have gotten some Nora pepper seeds to germinate with short roots coming out of the seed . I then plant them just as you do but they never sprout :( I am not sure what I am doing wrong . I'm using Jiffy seed starting mix also and the Jiffy green house pods to plant them when the root starts to come out.
do you keep them on a heat mat after you transplant? If not, what's the ambient temperature? Have you tried excavating to see if the seed is still in there? Perhaps too much moisture? could be a few different things that might cause it not to germinate. Temp and moisture being the main things.
@@gapey I do keep them on the heat mat when I transplant. I have not invested in a thermometer yet so I assume its approx 30 degrees celcius in the seed tray dome. I have even collected rain water to water them. I have excavated but it seems like nothing has happened or the root is somehow gone when I do take a look. I once did find mold on a seed so I realized i watered too much. How long should they take to sprout once you place them into the seed starting mix? should I bee waiting a few days or more than a week?
@@edwinvelasquez4402 should only take a few days. You could try leaving them in the paper towel for longer. I've left them so long they actually separate from the seed. If you go that long you can plant them so the leaves are just barely coming out of the soil. Just have to be careful if you go too long cuz the roots might grow into the paper towel but you can cut around it instead of trying to pull it out.
thanks for the help
Nice video!
do you or can you do all plant seeds with the paper towel method?
not sure about all but you can with most. I wouldn't with really tiny seeds because they are just too small. But people use this method all the time with various seeds for testing germination.
@@gapey I plan on doing 500-1,000 bell pepper seeds so that I can give to our neighbors once they sprout up.
@@beandavid3651 wow that's a lot! and no I don't do this with all seeds, only peppers usually but I know other people use this method for other seeds too.
Always nick your seeds!
I do nick some seeds but there's no need for doing it with peppers.
thanks for you reply- one more thing.. ive watched all of your video and in one of them you showed 2 small cuttings you had rooted in a small jello cup only prob is i cant find it again!!lol can you tell me which vid its in? please!!
hah it was in my most recent video. If you follow me on instagram @gapey, I just posted a story a few mins ago of how they look now. I just put them into some potting mix.
It's at the 10:30 mark of most recent video (18 week pepper update video).
Very good thank you
Hi nice video I am new gardener,I have got my heat mat and I want to know do i need the heat mat on 24/7.please let me know
Thank you
Yes I always leave my heat mat on while using a thermostat which will automatically turn it off and on to keep the temp at whatever you have it set to.
Thank you for answering my question 🙋♀️
@@adnankilon9519 My pleasure.
All your videos are very helpful! Thanks
You're very welcome :)
When do you "top out" a plant? How much? And why?
I really only top them if they are getting too tall and I want it to branch out more. I only topped a couple varieties this year. Baccatums grow tall and fast so usually top those.
Great!!!- just one more thing( i hear you sigh!)lol....did you just have the little cuttings in those jello pots with water.... on the heat mat?
no heat mat. It's warm enough here that it's not needed. Been in 70s and 80s. Just had them on my kitchen window sill.
The cal wonder seeds I germinated on a paper towel have white fuzz (like cotton) around the roots. Should I toss em and start over?
If it looks like little hairs then it's normal. I would think it's probably ok. If it were black fuzz then that would be bad.
Thanks. I’ll plant all of it in a big container and see what happens. I don’t want to waste good potting soil and spread mold in case it is. Great video!
Thanxs for sharing this!
My pleasure!
@@gapey did some sweet peppers and some "hot ones" like this about a month ago .they will go and grow outside soon , theres still frost at night potentially..
I'm fairly new to growing hot peppers. Second year with good success last year but didn't like the variety. This year growing ghost, scotch bonnet, orange habanero, serrano, and jalapeno. I'm having trouble getting these germinating. First I planted them in miracle grow potting soil moisture control in a jiffy dome. Most did not come up after 3 weeks. Now did the paper towel in a bag with a little more success. I've heard hot peppers dont like peat moss, is this true? And the second attempt in the bag, over half haven't come up after ten days and soaked them in water for 8 hours before putting them in the bag. Most the seeds floated in the water and didn't sink. Does that mean the seeds are no good cause they float in water? Thanks.
Planting directly in a potting mix usually doesn't produce great results because there's too much nutrients in them for a seedling. Though it's not impossible but seed starting mix is preferred. Then once the seedlings have a few primary leaves then transfer to potting mix. I usually use Jiffy seed starting mix in the beginning. I've never heard of hot peppers not liking peat moss. There's peat moss in most seed starting mixes and potting mixes. Using peat moss with nothing else in it would probably be a problem with most things as it needs stuff to help with moisture retention like perlite or vermiculite. I don't think there's a way to test if seeds are good or not by putting in water. I think most will float.
WHY DIDN'T YOU START THEM IN STARTING SOIL AT THE START?????
it's more fun to start in paper towels and I can remove bad seeds that don't germinate more easily and not waste soil on the bad seeds.
This is fun to watch as an experiment but wouldn’t it be easier to just start them in the dirt?
dirt or potting soil? It's much too cold out to plant them directly in dirt. I've also planted seeds in potting soil too. There's advantages and disadvantages to each method. The advantage to the paper towel method is you see if your seeds are bad earlier and can start more or start another variety in its place eariler, you're not wasting potting mix on bad seeds, you don't have to worry about separating or culling seedlings if you plant more than one seed in a cell of potting mix and it's more fun.
Gator jigsaw!!!! Jealous. Can’t find those.
Are you in the US? I know there are several seed companies that offer it but not sure if they sell international or not.
@@gapey yes US of A
@@iipriorii Looks like there are a few US sources that sell then when I do a google search.Mine didn't end up growing all that well.
Great video, when germinating is it usual to see the seed sprout a white root like yours but it has small white spikes on?
Yes the roots are always white. Sometimes they look kind of fuzzy.
@@gapey thanks for the reassurance!!
don't forget human cake in the store bought dirt
So, I put them in a row in the garden. Maybe something will happen there. .
If a seed was just put in a pod put a few stones to cut the light and wait til today...I opened it to nothing...I would like to try another try do you think these seeds are still good ??
It's hard to say. Usually people start a few seeds at a time because most of the time you won't get 100% germination. Maybe try more seeds next time. You can see if the seeds are still good easier by germinating some in paper towels.
@@gapey My setup was all wrong...second try...xxxx
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What kind of light are you using or where can we find it? Thank you for this video
Also how often do you water once transplanted into tray
@@HallofWin For young seedlings I just use regular shop light with T8 bulbs from a hardware store. How often I water depends on a lot of things. I water when they get dry which could be every couple days but it depends on the temp and how big the plants are and how big of a container they're in.
Do you happen to have any extra lemon Starrburst seeds you could spare me?
I think so. Are you in the US?
@@gapey yes. South Louisiana
None pf my seeds got roots
The more you care the sprout the more you damage the sprout..
Do you have more lemon starburst seeds? I cant find anyone who has extra. Iv never had it but dying to try it.
I have some but they are ones I saved from a plant I grew last year. Can't promise they didn't cross with something.
@@gapey would it of been with something that might completely change the look and taste?
I grew all my peppers in the greenhouse, about 24 varieties but the ones closest to the Lemon Starrburst were all scotch bonnets.
@@gapey sounds like it would be a good mix anyways
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