The Endzone Garden Thread

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Success !!!!!! Don't know why I have never ever before now spent $30 on a heat mat. After 2 failed greenhouse seedings, I bought a heat mat, re-potted new seed and in 4 days had germinated tomatoes and okra. Set it up Saturday evening. Toted them to the greenhouse with green tops emerging yesterday (Wed). In fact, it happened so fast hte okra was already shot up like bean sprouts, so I just snatched them up and dropped a few more seed. Will check every day now. The sweet peppers should be emerging any day. I checked a couple and they did germinate. This heat mat will forever be a seed starter staple. Cuts peppers down from 3-4 weeks in the green house to less than 7 days on the mat with a lid.
 
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GVF said:
Success !!!!!! Don't know why I have never ever before now spent $30 on a heat mat. After 2 failed greenhouse seedings, I bought a heat mat, re-potted new seed and in 4 days had germinated tomatoes and okra. Set it up Saturday evening. Toted them to the greenhouse with green tops emerging yesterday (Wed). In fact, it happened so fast hte okra was already shot up like bean sprouts, so I just snatched them up and dropped a few more seed. Will check every day now. The sweet peppers should be emerging any day. I checked a couple and they did germinate. This heat mat will forever be a seed starter staple. Cuts peppers down from 3-4 weeks in the green house to less than 7 days on the mat with a lid.
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They’re WONDERFUL, especially for plants like tomatoes and peppers that require warm SOIL, not just warm temperatures, to germinate.

Glad to see that you’re back in the seed-starting business! 🌱
 
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VolNExile said:
They’re WONDERFUL, especially for plants like tomatoes and peppers that require warm SOIL, not just warm temperatures, to germinate.

Glad to see that you’re back in the seed-starting business! 🌱
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It was purely about vindication at this point. Even if I wouldn't be able to plant them, I was going to get my seed to germinate. Only wish I had thought of it sooner. My 2nd string lineup cost as much as the heat mat.
 
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Go aeiou said:
Easy if you don't live at the north pole.
Warm weather and warm soil.
Plant late.
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Behr likes to grow tiny bundles of death like Carolina Reaper. (I don’t remember if it was that one specifically.) I’ve heard many, many people comment that off-the-Scoville-chart peppers can be really stubborn and tricky.

At least compared to my beloved Jimmy Nardellos, which are seemingly bulletproof.
 
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Yeah, all that and I have to go buy dirt. And containers. And find shade because "full sun" doesn't actually mean 14 hours in full 96° degrees 7 days a week. And if it does well it produces 3-4 hundred peppers. And 1 pepper is enough heat for a gallon of really hot sauce.

Yeah, it's a PITA if you're not committed to following through. And I'm not right now.
 
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Which reminds me:

Too late this season for most seed-starting, but this stuff is The Bomb. My local store for “urban gardeners” (think lots and lots of hydroponics and growing under lights 🙄) has stopped carrying it, but it’s worth a drive, or once again selling your soul to Darth Bezos. It holds moisture amazingly well, meaning wonderful for heat mats and central heating in Feb-Mar, and wonderful texture:
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Sprout Island Organic Seed Starter for Germination & More
 
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VolNExile said:
Behr likes to grow tiny bundles of death like Carolina Reaper. (I don’t remember if it was that one specifically.) I’ve heard many, many people comment that off-the-Scoville-chart peppers can be really stubborn and tricky.

At least compared to my beloved Jimmy Nardellos, which are seemingly bulletproof.
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Oh No! no, no, no!
I grow about 12 mild peppers. Mostly Italian. Those plants are getting harder to find, and I no longer grow from seed.
 
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I will attempt to grow any “sweet” peppers. Had luck one year with pimentos. Due to misfortune with my plants started from seed this year, I’m growing store bought bells and Italians - two varieties of each.
 
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Tin Man said:
I will attempt to grow any “sweet” peppers. Had luck one year with pimentos. Due to misfortune with my plants started from seed this year, I’m growing store bought bells and Italians - two varieties of each.
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Wife and I eat peppers like candy all season beginning in July. Probably the healthiest habit I have.
We only eat about 1 tomato each daily.
 
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Tin Man said:
I will attempt to grow any “sweet” peppers. Had luck one year with pimentos. Due to misfortune with my plants started from seed this year, I’m growing store bought bells and Italians - two varieties of each.
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Go aeiou said:
Wife and I eat peppers like candy all season beginning in July. Probably the healthiest habit I have.
We only eat about 1 tomato each daily.
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I grew bell peppers for two seasons, and although they were great, they just weren’t productive enough, or special enough, to devote 4+ square feet to and wait until August to start picking. Not in my tiny veg beds, or with my even-tinier attention span!

But those Jimmy Nardellos; mmm, very productive, ripen earlier, produce until frost, and I can’t find them in stores, so they get the love!
 
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VolNExile said:
Behr likes to grow tiny bundles of death like Carolina Reaper. (I don’t remember if it was that one specifically.) I’ve heard many, many people comment that off-the-Scoville-chart peppers can be really stubborn and tricky.

At least compared to my beloved Jimmy Nardellos, which are seemingly bulletproof.
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My son grew some Thai Red Dragons last year. They went ballistic. Couldn't keep up with them.
 
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GVF said:
My son grew some Thai Red Dragons last year. They went ballistic. Couldn't keep up with them.
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I often wonder if it’s very new hybrids, of various species, not jest peppers. I’ve heard fellow gardeners comment that they tried a new so-and-so, and that although the plants that made it were great, it was a struggle to get there. They don’t all seem bulletproof right out of the gate.

i saw that with the habanadas I started last year. I started the seeds at the same time and in the same manner as more-established varieties, and IIRC they definitely lagged behind the others. Great little fruits, though, once they finally got going.
 
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VolNExile said:
I often wonder if it’s very new hybrids, of various species, not jest peppers. I’ve heard fellow gardeners comment that they tried a new so-and-so, and that although the plants that made it were great, it was a struggle to get there. They don’t all seem bulletproof right out of the gate.

i saw that with the habanadas I started last year. I started the seeds at the same time and in the same manner as more-established varieties, and IIRC they definitely lagged behind the others. Great little fruits, though, once they finally got going.
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I think peppers are just slow going period. Everything I seeded on the heat mat last wednesday was in greenhouse by Sat. Peppers are still on heat mat.
 
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