What peppers your growing for 2018

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Originally Posted by Shelley

I pre soaked my seeds overnight in a potassium nitrate solution before sowing them and used two thermometers inside the covered tray and placed them on the heat mat but to no avail for many varieties. I then used the soaked paper towel/baggie method on a heat mat and got two stubborn varieties to finally pop today. Next year, I plan to germinate seeds using the latter method before planting. And I will plant double the seeds for sure.

With pepper germination patience is a must. It has been three weeks since I started my sweet peppers and some came up after a week and others are still popping up. Pre soaking is a good idea, as is the baggy method. I used the latter to sprout 10 year old seeds. The rate of success was not great but I have 3 seedlings of Kurtovska Kapija (aka Ajvarska) popping up. Good luck.

Alex