From: cshenk@virginia-beach.com   
      
   Snag wrote:   
      
   > 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 .   
      
   Don't fit.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)