I think BurpeeÂs would be a reliable seed supplier. Peppers can be tricky to sprout. I sowed several varieties around the same time you did. All the sweet have sprouted, only a few hot and ornamentals are up and no jalapenos yet. As long as they havenÂt completely dried out, I would give them more time. IÂve even had seeds that had dried out sprout from the compost bucket in the sun room months after IÂd planted them.

With me, peppers of all kinds are notorious for taking quite along time to germ. It could be that they are bad seeds, though coming from a reputable supplier such as the company you mentioned, you shouldn't have any major problems. I would continue to watch them. Best of luck to you and your peppers.

hot peppers usually take longer to germinate. you may have to heat your soil. Some take as long as 30 days to germinate and that's with the heated soil.

When I grew them last year they took 3-4 weeks to germiante for me. I'd set a few aside to wait it out and replant some just in case.

I would try more heat. Hot peppers like higher temperatures for germinating than almost anything else. 84 degrees soil temperature is about optimal.

I had tomato and pepper germination problems last year, after I decided to start seeds in my basement instead of my heated shop to save utilities expense. I had used old seed, and my basement was actually cooler than shop. After two weeks with little germination, I put more seeds in starting media. Ten days later, both plantings came up.

I planted out three times the pepper plants I had planned, even put them in some of the few "flower beds" I have. Grew an additional row (13 plants) of tomatoes, and had to compost some plants I couldn't give away.

If more heat and time does not solve the problem, I would complain to Burpee,s. I have never got a total failure from them, but I did have a really bad experience with several seed varieties from another company I will never use again.