Another spring is on the horizon so that means it time for this dude to start germinating his peppers. Most super hot pepper varieties take a while to germinate and grow to maturity. I've had some orange habanero's take a month or more until they've finally sprouted out the ground. So with my short growing season here in Central Canada it's difficult to get enough time to get a decent crop out.
This is a little green house i constructed a few years back. Easy to assemble and take down, it's just cardboard lined with tinfoil which i found out is not actually as reflective as I first thought it maybe(approx 70% reflection rate).
It does the job though, I run a 1 by 2 inch length of lumber a across the top to hang my 100watt LED light bulbs. I always use daylight spectrum for the light bulbs, its especially beneficial for seedlings to get this spectrum as it promotes a healthy vascular system.
Here are the varieties I will be starting first, as I mentioned earlier super hot varieties can take longer to germinate. I have a few more that I will start like Brazilian Starfish, Paprika, Banana Peppers, Bell and Jalapenos but not for another couple weeks yet for those ones.
Orange Habanero, Scotch Bonnet
Jamaican Red Mushroom Peppers
Chocolate Ghost Peppers, Carolina Reapers
Red Safi Scotch Habaneros, Yucatan White Habaneros
So far I've had a lot of success with the Red Jamaican Mushroom Peppers. All of my seeds of that variety have sprouted and now I have 12 Seedlings growing. Unfortunately none of the others have even roots peaking out yet. Which worries me a bit since I do want to grow a variety of peppers this year. But as i mentioned before some of these species can take up to a month to germinate and it's only been a week, so I will cross my fingers that the rest come along soon.
Well wish me luck because I may need it with getting these little ones all germinated. Thanks for checking out my post and as always keep Blazin4Steem!
