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sprouting temp question

12 years ago

Hi,

I seeded a mix of super hots and non super hots in one of those covered 72 cell chambers, with heat mat and timed light. I had the temperature set to 80F.

I got 32 sprouts out of 54. I had really good success with all of my superhots(black naga, caramel bhut, butch scorpion, moruga scorpion,etc..), but less so, almost no success, with the normal ones (Andjelika, Lazzaretto, Black Prince, Angkor sunrice, and hot cherry)

Usually the nuclears are the harder/slower to get going. Is 80F too hot for the less spicy peppers?

Thanks, -E

Comments (5)

  • 12 years ago

    Maybe your destine for a super hot summer this year

  • 12 years ago

    80 should be fine. I set my thermostat at 83 but I can germinate with good results down to room temps at 65-75. I would not go much over 85 though. Pretty much the same for all varieties.
    Were most of the lower success seeds in one area of the 72 cell chamber? If so, I would look more at a problem with too much/too little moisture in those cells. Usually the super hots are tougher to get to germinate and they usually take a couple days longer than the others. However, the ones you listed as "normal" are really not all that normal. Not sure if I have ever even heard of any of them before. But that isn't saying much as I have only been growing peppers for 3-4 years and there are literally hundreds if not thousands of varieties out there.
    I would start replanting right away unless you got enough to germinate to be happy with.
    Bruce

  • 12 years ago

    Thanks guys. You might be onto something Bruce. Most of the successful sprouts were towards the middle of the chamber.

    Hehe, I only said "normal", because they can be eaten without threat. These are new to me too, rainbow chile seeds had a lot that sounded interesting.

    Agreed, clearing out space now, going to try again, with the temp set to 75

  • 12 years ago

    I am all done with pepper germination this year.
    I also tried to stay around 85F (+/- few degrees). Everything worked well. Though they might germinate at lower temps but I loose patience. 6 to 8 days had been my average.

  • 12 years ago

    Yes, Chemillo, I find that the outer cells in my grow trays tend to do worse than the inner cells. Here is a photo of my tomato starts. Notice how the center container did better than the rest. And this is on a heat mat at 75 degrees...seems tomatos like it a little lower than peppers. I had the thermostat for the heat mat in the center container. Maybe I should start putting it into one of the perimeter containers.
    Bruce

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