blissful
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Last year I read that people are using the yogurt setting on the instapots to germinate seeds in 3-5 days instead of 9-11 days.
I usually just plant them in the house in pots on a heat mat and then wait for the 11 days...which is really a long time if the seeds don't germinate and we have to replant, which we often do for those that didn't germinate.
So this year, I don't have an instapot (nor want one yet), I'm germinating seeds in plastic containers w/paper towel and water, sealed, then in zip lock gallon bags, then into the dehydrator. I can set the dehydrator to 95 degrees and get just under 100 deg F for long period of time. I measured the temperature before starting.
Monday I began two kinds of bell peppers. My red peppers, and my mutant yellow peppers. I saved the seeds last year, separately. I was really pleased with our crop. This year we only plan on planting 30 in the garden and we'll give away and sell off the extras...so we'll have an abundance.
I'll check them tonight, then again hoping for germination tomorrow. We'll take a plant tweezer and put them in the prepared pots we have ready in the house, on a heated mat. It's the only transplants we'll be starting in the house, the rest are winter sown. (with more winter sown seeds needing to go out even now)
I usually just plant them in the house in pots on a heat mat and then wait for the 11 days...which is really a long time if the seeds don't germinate and we have to replant, which we often do for those that didn't germinate.
So this year, I don't have an instapot (nor want one yet), I'm germinating seeds in plastic containers w/paper towel and water, sealed, then in zip lock gallon bags, then into the dehydrator. I can set the dehydrator to 95 degrees and get just under 100 deg F for long period of time. I measured the temperature before starting.
Monday I began two kinds of bell peppers. My red peppers, and my mutant yellow peppers. I saved the seeds last year, separately. I was really pleased with our crop. This year we only plan on planting 30 in the garden and we'll give away and sell off the extras...so we'll have an abundance.
I'll check them tonight, then again hoping for germination tomorrow. We'll take a plant tweezer and put them in the prepared pots we have ready in the house, on a heated mat. It's the only transplants we'll be starting in the house, the rest are winter sown. (with more winter sown seeds needing to go out even now)