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To: Oberon; patton

I had no luck with the chiltepins last year, so I didn't even look for any this year. My habaneros OTOH are growing like weeds :) and the anaheims are flourishing.

A FReeper friend picked up some seeds of his favorite chili in New Mexico and sent them to me. I'm debating about wether I should just straight sow them into the ground or start them inside first. What do you think?


181 posted on 06/22/2005 9:07:21 AM PDT by Gabz (My give-a-damn is busted.)
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To: Gabz
I'm debating about wether I should just straight sow them into the ground or start them inside first. What do you think?

This year I started seeds indoors for the first time in a long while. I went to Wal-Mart and bought a starter set from the garden section; it's a plastic tray with a clear lid, loaded with X number of peat pellets. I bought two of the 72-pellet trays to start my peppers in, and they sprouted like weeds.

I helped things along a bit by putting a small electric heater under the card table the trays were on, so as to keep the soil temps in the 80s. I got terriffic results, much better than planting seeds outdoors.

183 posted on 06/22/2005 9:16:20 AM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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To: Gabz

Not a clue. LOL.


197 posted on 06/22/2005 11:48:55 AM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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