How come my pepper seeds never sprouted?

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  1. Tina

    Tina Young Pine

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    I sowed peppers,lavender and coriander seeds at the same time ( mid Feb)in pots indoors. The lavender seeds sprouted early April and so did the coriander. I am yet to see any pepper seedlings. Is it too late to sprout now? Should I just use the soil for something else? Or is there still hope?
     
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  3. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Maybe your seed isn't viable. I would get new seed and try again. They should have sprouted long ago Tina.
     
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    Peppers need good warmth to sprout. It could be they rotted and disappeared. I always reserve some of the seeds for a replant if neccesary.
     
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    aprilconnett Seedling

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    This is the second year in a row that mypepper seeds didnothing. Neither did my tomato seeds. :'(
     



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  6. monmon

    monmon New Seed

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    My pepper seeds took the longest of everything I planted to sprout, but they only took about a month and a half. When they finally did sprout they really took off! If you have any more pepper seeds, I'd suggest replanting now that the weather's a little warmer. Good luck!
     
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    the666bbq New Seed

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    peppers can be picky on how they get started.
    This year I bought a heated propagator to be able to start early in the season. Since I live in a not too hot climat (but we are changing that globally as you know already) in Belgium it is a welcome help to start of the seed.
    Seeds don't really need much to start : they have their food supply already with them all (pepper) seeds are warmth and moisture. What the propagator does for me is create a perfect environment (sealed to keep the seed damp) where I can control the temperature (lettuce colder, pepper/melon/tomato warmer).
    As soon as they begin to open up their leaves I move them out of the propagator under some lights (fluorescents do fine) since winter is still swapping place with spring : too little hours of sun, sunlight not enough power; without the artificial light they will grow long and leggy (weak seedlings). But this is already the next step. First you have to get them to germinate.
    What you could try is the deno method of sowing : wrap the seeds in a moist papertowel (folded 3 times) and enclose this in a plastic bag (to keep the moisture) and place this somewhere warm (for instance the top of the refrigerator) prefarably somewhere not too hot and fairly cosntant.

    maybe you can have better results this way
     

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