[CH] Re: Thank you RisaG, here's some tips
Rosemary Basil (rosemarybasil@yahoo.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:01:44 -0800 (PST)
<<Rose, I went to your site. Your peppers are amazing for pots. Mine
never
> look that good>>
Thank you darlin, I like to offer inspiration and advice. You can do
it too.
<<No germination yet. They are in my sunniest window in
> the kitchen. I have them wrapped up with towels and I have some green
> plastic under some of them to help with the heat. SO far nothing.
ShouldI put them above the refrigerator? Do you think this might help?>>
Risa,
Pepper Joe recommends it & he's a pro.
I bet the number one reason some people get frustrated with growing
peppers is germination. Also use a sterile growing medium like Jiffy
mix and be patient. I'm hearing some chiles can take weeks to
germinate, just keep em moist. Btw, my red habs popped up in 5 days
here.
As I understand it, pepper seeds need temps of 80-90 degrees to
germinate and must be kept moist. I may be wrong, but I would think a
windowsill in New Jersey in March could be cooler and draftier than
even an average room temperature of 72. Yes, I'd recommend the
refrigerator, but many of the new ones are so well insulated they
don't get as warm as they used to.
I used to always forget them up there. lol
I like the heating pad idea and have been using it these chilly nites
over an old aquarium. Details are on my GROW CRAZY page or my
gardening journal on my main webpage. I update it daily so if I keep
plugging it that's why--oh Geocities has also been down for upgrades
some this week, just my luck, so they're back up, please try again
(sorry list)
Sorry if I get preachy, I just love gardening so much and now with the
chiles, I want to share my ideas with everybody --geez is that what
the Krishna and other religious fanatics are about? Well, let it be!
Welcome to the Church of Chile, mi casa es su casa! :)))))
<<If I get 8 flowers during the whole summer and 5 or 6
> fruits I am amazed. >>
Do you fertilize? I use miracle gro and fish emulsion. You want
something with a high enough middle number to produce flowers.
<<It does help when my 3 year old doesn't pull off the
> pods. He did that last summer. He touches them this summer, he is in
BIG
> trouble. >>
Why not get the child involved in gardening?
Get him loving gardening when he's young, don't yell at the curious
babe. Give him some dirt to dig in or his own plant. Make sure it's
something safe and edible, maybe chocolate mint, yum, or make it a
SWEET pepper,lol, geez you better keep your hot chiles away from him
or he could get hurt! :O
My best memories are of gardening with my mama, I still remember her
giving me fresh picked chives to chew on. Then helping my grandma
pickin raspberries out on the farm and eating one for every one I'd
pick of course :)
Grow crazy, think spring,
Rose
---RST G <synapse7@home.com> wrote:
>
> Not really. Just plant them as you normally plant anything else. You
> should get some coming up pretty fast (that is if they aren't dead -
> they aren't old so they should).
>
> I have collected 12 different kinds of seeds from all the nice
> C-Hers out there (didn't realize how many there were) and I can't wait
> to start planting them. The OLD seeds that I planted 3 weeks ago are
not
> doing well at all.
>
>
> RisaG
>
> Rosemary Basil wrote:
> >
> > RisaG, I got my epazote seeds, thank you, darlin!
> > Are there any tips on germination or growing I should know?
> > Thank you Judy for the link.
> > cheers,
> > Rose
> >
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