From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 1/10/2025 10:30 AM, Carol wrote:   
   > songbird wrote:   
   >   
   >> Carol wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >>> Anyone know how high seedlings should be, before transplant?  Bell   
   >>> Peppers mostly.  I'm in Virginia Beach, Zone 7A I think it is.   
   >>   
   >>    peppers love heat, so don't plan on setting them out until   
   >> well after the ground has warmed up and the temperatures are   
   >> consistently above 55F at the least.  any cold spells or   
   >> frosts may get them to drop leaves or kill them.  if they   
   >> drop leaves they can recover, but of course that's not a   
   >> good thing for them.   
   >>   
   >>    it can take some time for peppers to start and grow.  i've   
   >> put them out even after they've reached a foot and a half   
   >> tall.  as long as you keep them watered if it gets hot they   
   >> will be ok to start and get established.  after they are   
   >> established they will probably not need to be worried about   
   >> as much.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    songbird   
   >   
   > Thanks Songbird!  I must have put them out too soon last year.  This   
   > time, 1 seed per container.  I've got some bigger containers gathered   
   > now as last time, they were getting pot bound before could transplant.   
   >   
      
      I plant 3-5 seeds per hole then thin to the 2 strongest . I read   
   somewhere that peppers like to be planted close together . Seems to be   
   working , I'm still using Serrano's from 2019 .   
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