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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
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 Posted - Mar 24 2011 : 08:23:07 AM
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I had to drastically downsize my garden this year. No more farm:(. I decided I didn't need a lawn in the back yard, and each day it isn't raining, I am pulling it up...it was so fun to see an article in this issue of MJF, on this very idea, a garden instead of a lawn!
Oh, that's a different topic for a different post, sorry, I'm really excited....
I started a lot of the plants about three weeks ago. They seem to love the little indoor greenhouse. My green beans are 7-9" tall. Tomatoes not far behind. Herbs thriving...but I have over two dozen bell pepper plants, all new seed, different varieties, that have not germinated yet. Nothing has happened at all! I have never had this problem before. Any ideas? Should I try soaking a few seeds first, and try again? I will not pay $2.00 a stinkin pepper at the store. I'm better off buying starter plants, but I love to start my garden from seed. Starters are a bit like cheating to me, LOL.
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2011 : 09:25:29 AM
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Peppers need heat to germinate. I ususally put mine on top of a heating pad. Works like a charm every year!
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2011 : 11:29:13 AM
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I use a heat lamp or put a space heater under the table for peppers. They need lots of heat. The cooler the temps the longer they take. I like to think of them like the salamanders of the plant world, cold makes them sluggish, heat makes the run.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2011 : 12:13:14 PM
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I put a heating pad under them this morning...hope its not too late? Praying they just take longer. I do four plantings of peppers, And I hate for them to already be three weeks behind!!! Our home is much bigger than the last, and cost so much more to heat (we have two HVAC's!!) we do not keep it as toast as our last home. I am wondering if that is what made the difference this year?
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."-Dean William Ralph Inge |
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 09:26:04 AM
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Thanks ladies!!! Two days on a heating pad, and a dozen bell pepper seedlings are peeking out of the soil, to see what they've been missin!!! Only 14 more to wake, I love this part. everyday is a new garden. inches have grown, leaves springing out of nowhere....
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."-Dean William Ralph Inge |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4828 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 10:21:14 AM
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I have learned to be very patient when it comes to peppers germinating. Just when I'm ready to give up, the little stinkers sprout!
I hope you have a bountiful garden this year!
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
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Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 6:15:43 PM
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I am waiting on my peppers, too. But they are on a heating pad, so maybe not much longer.
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Sunflower64
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
Janie
Canton
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Mar 25 2011 : 6:22:55 PM
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OMG you girls are the best...been worried about mine, been almost 2wks and nothing...heating pad it is!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
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Cibola
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Remi
Ellensburg
Washington
USA
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Posted - Mar 27 2011 : 6:16:16 PM
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What fun ideas! You all are awesome for sharing. I can't wait to begin. It's been a very long winter. Thank you all.
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sleepy bell pepper seeds?
