"Dennis Edward" wrote in message
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I've generally started growing my seeds indoors early for transplanting
outdoors when the weather gets nice enough. That works fine for everything
except peppers. For those, I get stubbornly empty trays time after time. I
just can't seem to figure out the proper combination of heat, moisture,
and
soil to get pepper seedlings. Anyone successfully done this? If so, do you
use potting soil or garden soil? Keep them inside or outside? Heating
cable
or pad? Keep the soil wet or damp or allow it to dry? Any pointers
appreciated.

Tougher for me to start than tomatoes. I put in tray with moist potting
soil covered with plastic wrap and put on top of water heater. When they
sprout, I'll put in sunny room and remove plastic. Then, I transplant
seedings to peat pots. This year took maybe 3-4 seeds to get one plant. I
would discard unused seeds after 2 years and 2nd year germination rate will
be worse.