If you read somegeek's thread "My First Starter Attempt..."garden5 wrote:Peppers love that warm soil. One thing I've found out is to germinate them under lights. Now, I've not found this to help with the actual germination (though some say it does), but it keeps them from getting leggy. I germinated some early this year, but could not have the lights where I had the plants (kept them in this tight area since it had heat) and they all got leggy after just a day or two without the lights.
at the end he compares putting 6 bhut jolokia seeds in a pot covered with saran wrap in his server closet with only heat no light and has 1 seedling after 3 to 4 weeks where as he puts 6 in a pot covered with saran wrap and puts it under his light and gets 5 in 7 days.
[url]https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13054&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105[/url]
Its the thread that really inspired me