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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Starting Peppers from Seed
  • Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 07:09:20 -0500

Allan

Fresh pepper seeds should have enough internal nutrients that they really don't need fertilizer until they produce true leaves. It seems to me that the fertilizer shouldn't cause a problem but, on the other hand, may present a risk because it's so biologically active. It may stimulate some micro-organisms you'd rather leave alone.

Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html


----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Starting Peppers from Seed


This is sort of off the topic, but...

when you are starting pepper seeds, do you use any sort of nutrients
in your starting mix, or do you transplant soon to a fertilized mix
or fertilize 'soon' with a liquid.

Under advice, we've been wetting our starting mix with a cup of fish
to 5 gallons of water. We've had amazingly low germ rates this season
(with heat mats) and I'm wondering if the fertilized mix is
contributing to that.

Which reminds me: what mix do you use?

We've been using vermont compost's mix and are certainly happy about
how it grows on.

Thanks

-Allan Balliett
WV
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