James wrote:
Used peat pellets and planted pepper seeds on 4/5. Using my heating
pad I was able to get half of them sprouting after 10+ days. Now 24
days later they still don't have the true leaves yet.

Since I keep my house at 60F or less and don't have grow light system
set up, they grow very slowly. Guess I need to really put some money
into a germination system or else turn up the heat to get a good
seedling crop. So it's much wiser for me to just buy from the
nursery. Even if i buy the mail order bare root plants from southern
nurseries, I would still save money and have bigger transplants. That
is until high gas prices make shipping too expensive.



I tried starting my own and gave up after the first year. I plant
everything I can from seed straight into the ground (turnip, peas,
radish, carrot as well as onions from sets and potatoes from seed
spuds). I buy tomatoes, corn, cucumber and celery from the nursery...a
tray of nine usually...all for under $20. If nothing else, it's worth
saving the mess.

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Zone 5b in Canada's Far East.