From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 1/11/2025 2:50 PM, Carol wrote:   
   > Snag wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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 .   
   >   
   > Ok, I'll try 2.  I got some better pots, silicone bottom so you can get   
   > them out better.   
   >   
      
      Have you tried using TP tubes ? Cut them in half , stand in a   
   suitable container and fill with potting soil . Come time to transplant   
   - whether to a larger container  or to soil - just bury the tube , it'll   
   decompose .   
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