Hey there, quick question. What size pots are your peppers in (the 4/15 pic on the racks), and do you think they're sufficient or will you have to get larger ones (I'm thinking mainly for Habs and some of the other 1-1 1/2 ft plant varieties)? I haven't transplanted any of mine out of the 3- and 4- cell packs yet, but I'm debating on which to put in pots (and what sizes) and which should go into the garden. My garden is 24'x40', so garden space is not too much of an issue, but I want to be able to have room for ~6 bushels of tomatoes this year. (I'm HOPING that will be enough to get salsa done, lol)

LOL, guess I should have read the caption at the bottom of the pic... silly me.

kj, very nice looking plants setup looks to be working perfectly.

Dale

I'm in a zone close to you and wondered why you planted your peppers so early?

Mine right now look like your pics from February :).

Nonetheless very nice looking peppers!

The quick answer to why I planted some so early is that I'm an idiot! BUT, I really wanted to see how big I could grow the Chinense type this year.I just really wanted to try growing the Habaneros really early and see where it would take me. I also knew that I wanted to give some away and that some might not germinate etc. I would not consider growing Pepper plants like Anaheim or Jalapenos as early as the Habs. Habaneros are just waay slow to grow.
As far as Styrofoam cups go. I would say that no. Those are not big enough in order to grow them as I did. But, I am definitely not adding a third rack, so they will have no choice but to be somewhat cramped the last few weeks.
The Peppers in the 6 inch pots will definitely remain fairly content and happy until they go outside. They will all be going into misc. gardens or 12 and 14 inch containers (1 plant in each). I am planning on keeping about 50 in containers. I have lots of other vegetables growing that I cannot keep either, like 9 Watermelons (keeping 1), 8 Peas (keeping 2), 7 or 8 Sprite Tomatoes (keeping 2) and so on..
I will easily be able to donate them to friends.

I knew that after I got 16 Habaneros to germinate, that I would eventually run into problems with space. And sure enough, even filling in a second rack is not really big enough of a setup to support 140 plants. But, it will have to do. They will have to be content and hang on almost a month and a half more. I am very sure that it's going to be totally ok. Also, transplanting, moving lights, watering and all the other stuff that follows with 140 plants definitely take up a lot of time. I think I would feel a little overworked with twice as many. My wife already wonder why I'm spending so much time on the ones I got.

You know, I just noticed that I really did not show how far some of these plants have gotten. I actually got quite a few plants with Peppers on them. I've actually been munching on Medusa Hybrid peppers too. They contain no heat, but do have the grassy taste. I would not put them in any Salsas or anything else. But, it feels really good to just take a few off and eat them. I'll take some pictures and upload them after work tomorrow (actually, after work today).