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Post by spike on May 5, 2017 13:46:41 GMT -5
So I am gonna try and put a picture in here. I planted my peppers all on the same day. My orange habaneros are perfect but tiny. Is that normal? I have never grown them before. upload your pics
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Post by spike on May 5, 2017 13:49:53 GMT -5
On the left is my perfectly tiny Orange Habanero pepper plant and on the right, started the same day is a Sweet Banana pepper.
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 5, 2017 16:44:24 GMT -5
That is normal for chinense peppers, spike. This is why I start them earlier than all of my other peppers. I'm bumping up a thread - Peppers 2017 to you can see photos of them, showing how slowly many of them started, but then, how they took off!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 5, 2017 23:46:28 GMT -5
I don't grow a lot of C. chinense peppers (like habaneros), but the few I have grown seemed to sulk until the weather got really warm, and then just took off.
My other peppers (mostly C. annuum types like bells, bananas, and jalepenos) seem happy enough to be planted out when days are in the 70s and nights are in the 50s. But the C. chinense just sat there looking pale and unhappy and barely growing until the daytime temps were consistently in the 80s and nighttime temps were 60 or higher. Then BOOM! They would practically leap out of the dirt.
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Post by spike on May 6, 2017 8:24:38 GMT -5
Thank you all so much. I have never grown them before and so never started them from seed. This has been an amazing year for me starting my plants from seeds.
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Post by daylilydude on May 6, 2017 9:03:52 GMT -5
spike, so this is your first year at starting seeds.... your going to love it so much! I have been doing it a few years myself and each year I have been adding to my arsenal to make seed starting better. I have made a small greenhouse out of PVC pipe and even made a double plant light out of the leftover/drop-off pieces of PVC. I have also just about a week ago got in my 2 heat mats to start seeds on i'm working on getting my thermostat for them... now mind you i'm getting all this with money that has been saved from me quitting smoking a lil over 6 months ago. Here are a few pics... Greenhouse Double Plant Light Heat Mat
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 6, 2017 13:37:08 GMT -5
It's doubly awesome that you are doing this with the money you saved from quitting smoking. That's great positive reinforcement!
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