From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 1/12/2025 10:07 AM, Carol wrote:   
   > Snag wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Snag   
   >>>> 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 .   
   >   
   > Snag, well meant but this is not suitable for the indoor setting.   
   >   
      
   Put the TP tubes in the cells of your starter trays .   
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