Growing 7 pot

15 years ago

Hello everyone,

I am growing some 7 pot seeds that were sent to me by a charitable person at The Hot Pepper. I got them to germinate after about 7 days by wrapping them in moist cloth, putting this in a plastic bag, and putting the bag on my water heater. I have two seedlings now that are about 3 - 4 days old. I was wondering if anyone else has grown them has noticed the seedlings to start out very small? The ones I have seem to be healthy, but they are very small compared to the other hot peppers (hinklehatz) and bell peppers that have sprouted. THey are also rather short.

The growing set up probably gets about a 65 *F ambient temperature, is in a window, and has a cool flourescent shop light hanging just 2 inches or so above it (and my other seedlings).

I am just a bit anxious about these guys because they are rare and can be hard to germinate, so I want them to survive. Also, I have never grown a superhot pepper, and this variety is in the top 5 hottest out there apparently.

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roper2008
15 years ago
I'm growing some for 1st time also. Got them from same place.
Can you post a picture. Maybe I can compare them to mine.
plantslayer
Original Author
15 years ago
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The 7 Pods are on the upper right and lower left. The bigger pepper seedlings are hinkelhatz, and the one that's just coming out is a bell pepper of some kind. I guess they are healthy, I was just wondering if the 7 pods are kind of puny.
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romy6
15 years ago
Most of my super hots are extremely slow starters. Do not know why. Very sensative . Try to keep them around 80 degrees . Not to much water. That will kill them fast. Use soil with lots of drainage so the roots do not get water logged.A mixture of orchard bark, perlite and pumice is awesome.
shoontok
15 years ago
I think those seedlings look fine.

I think its just because some pepper types grow faster then others.

I have a Thai Chile that is 5 inches tall, and growing fast, and i have a Carribean Red that is only one inch tall and taking its sweet time. Both were germinated at same time, in same soil, with same conditions. Im not worried about it.

Jim
plantslayer
Original Author
15 years ago
I think the drainage is fine, they are in a decent starter mix.
smokemaster_2007
15 years ago
Different varieties grow faster or slower than others.
The longer the season the variety is the slower it grows.
Chinense and some Baccatums are usually long season.
A lot of people start their Chinense a month before the other stuff.
I see nothing wrong with your sprouts.

Patience , Grasshopper...You might be seeing this in a while.

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jesse_aji
15 years ago
C. chinense sprouts are typically smaller than the other species such as C. annuum. They look normal.
plantslayer
Original Author
15 years ago
Beautiful! Anyway, I guess they are OK then, I won't worry about them until they are bigger and I can actually see a problem if it appears. Thanks everyone!
rdback
15 years ago
As a general statement, cooler temps cause slower growth. As romy6 pointed out, if you can increase the ambient temp to at least the low 70's, speed of growth should increase.

Other than that, I think you're off to a great start!

Rick

P.S. Nice pics Mike *smile*
plantslayer
Original Author
15 years ago
Well I don't think that there is any way to heat up the temperature around the seeds. They are in a large room, and it would be too expensive to heat the whole room up just for these seedlings. So, granted that they will grow slower this way, will they still be in good shape for transplant around mid May?
roper2008
15 years ago
Here is my little 7 Pod.