This winter had an early and very cold start. We were at the Nevada place when the heat went out up here, we lost everything growing in the house.
In an upper window was sitting a pot with nice soil. I moistened the soil, eye balling a line across the pot [ 10" ] I put in seeds of the same pepper plant, 4 from a pepper that had turned red and [ 6 ] from a pepper that was eaten when yellow. This is a precious pepper variety given me by a friend on this form.
This is not: If it sprouts that's great, if not that's OK too, this is a please let it grow Lord.
I know it's early but, I have a heat pad under the pot, the sun gracing the pot when it isn't snowing and light set up, ready to flick on should seedlings pop up their little heads.
Richard
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Update: To my surprise and joy, two seedlings have raised their little faces. In the upper picture you should see two sprouts, in the lower corner is volunteer, not a pepper.
As I mentioned, in the first post, there is an imaginary line down the centre of the pot, with seeds from the green pepper on one side and the seeds form peppers allowed to turn red before being removed, on the other.
I've rotated the pot so the sprout on the left , the line being drawn from the remains of a pepper plant that died in the freeze, should be from the green pepper.
I know this is a humble showing but, still, it warms my heart.
Richard
Can you see them? Look hard.
As I mentioned, in the first post, there is an imaginary line down the centre of the pot, with seeds from the green pepper on one side and the seeds form peppers allowed to turn red before being removed, on the other.
I've rotated the pot so the sprout on the left , the line being drawn from the remains of a pepper plant that died in the freeze, should be from the green pepper.
I know this is a humble showing but, still, it warms my heart.
Richard
Can you see them? Look hard.
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Put the seedlings under a desk light (do you have an under shelf fluorescent? or desktop light?) Put it on a riser of some kind so that the top of the leaves is no more than 2 inches or so from the light bulb.
In front of the computer monitor while it is on might be helpful too....
Ref https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... 96#p321996
Also... Just posted this photo elsewhere Anaheim will get pretty big though. 18-24 inches at least, more like 30-36" in the ground last time I grew it. I doubt you can grow it to fruit well unless you can provide sufficient supplemental light. There are smaller peppers that do better in small containers.
Ref https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... 81&t=55256
In front of the computer monitor while it is on might be helpful too....
Ref https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... 96#p321996
Also... Just posted this photo elsewhere Anaheim will get pretty big though. 18-24 inches at least, more like 30-36" in the ground last time I grew it. I doubt you can grow it to fruit well unless you can provide sufficient supplemental light. There are smaller peppers that do better in small containers.
Ref https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... 81&t=55256