Growing Ghost peppers in Michigan

[swamp]

Ok Splash whats the secret to this..

[SPLASH]

I bought my plant alredy started at a local greenhouse.
I have read some about starting pepper plants from seed. Peppers are one of the slower plants to grow so they start them early indoors. Late January, here.
You can start with the Jiffy starter kits. The one with the plastic dome for germination. Follow the instructions on the box for planting, but what I've read quite a few people do is put a heating pad under. Put a small thermometer in the dome and keep the temp above 80. Pepper seeds can take up to two weeks to germinate, so don't give up on them.

[swamp]

ok...sounds like i am growing peppers in january

[SPLASH]

Once they sprout, they will need light. You will need to keep overhead lights an inch above the seedlings. Most will hang the lights with small chains so they can adjust the lights up the chains as the seedlings grow.
If you just put them in the window for light, they will be weak and never make it.
Do a google search and get a few ideas, but the lights will be a must.

[SPLASH]

I know we talked about Trinidad Scorpian peppers (The Hottest pepper in the world) on fb. Have you looked around at the prices of the seeds? I've seen different quanities for different prices, but on average they are going .75 cents to $1.00 a piece!
You aren't the only person who has asked if I could mail some ghost peppers to them from fb, but I'm thinking now....... Maybe I should try to sprout some Scorpians for sale next year?

[swamp]

thats what i was gonna do..grow some scorpions and sale the seeds the following year,,like i said before i got experience with growing lights..lol

[wanderinangler]

This is obviously an older topic, but I thought I'd add to it anyways. Be careful growing your peppers under a dome. Retailers really like to sell you those kits, but they often do more bad than good. If you're not careful you'll end up with damping off disease. What I have found works best is to leave them uncovered the whole time, always water from the bottom (make sure the cells/cups you're growing them in have holes in the bottom) and sprinkle the top of the cell/cup with cinnamon once you've planted your seeds. Cinnamon has an anti fungal property that helps prevent damping off disease.
I start all of my plants, including my peppers, in a $40 greenhouse I keep in my basement. I have 4 shop lights suspended across the width of the green house on two levels. Also, to keep your plants hardy when growing indoors, they need to move around a bit. I put a small fan on low in my greenhouse every now and then. I think the movement helps thicken up the stalks.

[SPLASH]

All good info. Any greenhouse pics?

[wanderinangler]

The greenhouse is empty now, and come to think of it I don't have any really good setup pictures, but I'll attach a link to our blog. It has a few pictures in there. Most of the pictures are post-greenhouse though.
lampsonfamily.blogspot.com/

[SPLASH]

Nice pics. I'm glad there is another member who enjoys gardening and posting pics of their gardens.

[wanderinangler]

My grandma used to have a garden in the backyard that I had to take care of. It was a love hate relationship with that garden. I hated turning the soil every spring, weeding all summer, etc. But I loved watching the plants grow and eating the harvest even more so. Finally last year I made the decision to revive that same garden, just on a smaller scale. I now find all the aspects of it really enjoyable. Turning the soil? Good workout. Building the raised beds? Fun! Filling them with 3 yards of compost? Good workout. Planting seeds and teaching my kids where food really comes from? Priceless and peaceful. When I get stressed out I just go work on the garden a bit. It equates to the same feeling I get when I'm out fishing. But at $4.15 a gallon it's way cheaper to just stay home and putz around in the garden.

[SPLASH]

I go to the garden after work most days to unwind.

[wanderinangler]

All I need is a hammock out back under the maple behind the garden and I'm good!