peppers

i sowed some pepper seeds about 6 weeks ago indoors but still no shoots coming out anybody know why not sure if its the temperature or they are no good they where brought out of a local shop so not sure what it could be.

 

Do you have them in a propagator g-g? If not, I would sow some more and stick them in the airing cupboard near the boiler. Check them every day and as soon as the first one germinates put them on a sunny windowsill.

 

sounds strange,i started my first lot off on a sunny windowsill over a month ago,covered the pot with cling film and they were up in 2 weeks, there flourishing now.dodgy batch maybe?why not s****e a bit of your compost away and see if anythings happening down there?you dont sound like youve much to lose six weeks in....

 

oh,the word is sc;ra;pe!!daft forum thinks i'm swearing!

 

Hi Gandy,

I planted chilli pepper seeds on 14th Feb, and they only started to show growth yesterday.

Don't give up hope yet !

 

I find peppers notoriously slow to germinate
They will come quicker in the dark and then to a sunny windowsill immediately they show as Blackthorn says

 

they have been in a propagater in my outhouse quite warm in there i did mix the compost with some soil when i was sowing them would that of made a difference?

 

Hi Gandy.

I sowed some pepper seeds a month ago and left them covered on my window sill for three weeks and nothing happened so I rewatered them and put them in the airing cupboard for a couple days. When I checked them there were seeds germinating all over the place and they are now ready for pricking out. If you have a dark warm place you could give it a go.

 

Must admit mine are in the greenhouse. Nothing showing yet after about 2 weeks.

 

PS Does the presence of light affect the germination?

 

just tryed to put peppers in the airing cuboard fell up the stairs soil and compost everywhere mrs gone mad end of pepper growing season

 

:D Gandy! My peppers (capsicums) haven't germinated at all in the greenhouse. I think I'll try the airing cupboard too, but will try not to fall up the stairs :D