Re: Transplanting seedlings

I've come to follow The Pepper Gal's recommendation--

"Soak seeds in a solution of 1 tsp saltpetre per quart of water for 4 hours before planting. Save solution to water seedlings."

Just figured because peppers are kinda fussy about having their roots disturbed, "hill" planting might be the best alternative.

On Apr 10, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

Never tried the saltpetre. How is it done? I might actually have some of
that lying around, we used it once trying to tan a sheepskin (note to the
list: should you be in this situation, just mail it to a tanning company.
Much easier :-)
I figured I would get better production if I planted the seedlings separate
instead of in "hills" like corn.


Cyndi

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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 10:02 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Transplanting seedlings

Two questions, Cyndi--

One, have you ever soaked pepper seeds in a salt petre solution before
planting? It seems to improve germination.

Two, why not plant two or three seedlings together?

On Apr 10, 2006, at 12:29 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

My peppers this year had a rather irritating germination pattern. I
swear I
was paying attention when I put in the seeds but it sure doesn't look
like
it. Half the cells have all their seeds sprouted (2 or 3) and the other
half, nothing.
Normally I would just pinch out the extras in each cell,
but...germination
time for peppers is long and I got started late. Rather than
replanting I
want to separate out the multiple seedlings. They have their first
pair of
true leaves at this point. What technique do I use to gently separate
them?
I heard you are supposed to handle them by the leaves not stems?
Should I
wait till they are more robust or not?

Cyndi

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