Germination Time...?

[braders]

Evening All

What is the germination time for peppers..?..sowed seeds 12 days ago, and no sign yet. They have been on a sunny window sill covered in a clear plastic bag Do they take a while..?

Cheers
braders..

[Mustard]

I think I heard it's anything upto 21 days, depending on conditions.

[kernowyon]

depends very much on what type of pepper you have, some I have last year took over three weeks to show, so have patience they will start to show soon

[Norm]

Planted mine on Feb 8th. Just coming through now!

[braders]

Planted mine on Feb 8th. Just coming through now!

Thanks guys...will wait and let you know when they start showing.

[Victoria26]

Peppers and chillis take forever - Dont worry. Mine took 3 weeks!!!

[FionaH]

My sweet peppers took ages!

[Alice]

3 days or 3 weeks. Depends on variety and conditions. But they're quite reliable at appearing - in their own time. Be patient.

[King Carrot]

I "cheat" by germinating or chitting many seeds on damp paper towel in a plastic container - such as a margerine tub.

I put my peppers and 2 lots of Toms in tubs on Saturday and put them in the airing cupboard, I've got a few Brandywines and "Vine" Latah Tom that have chitted already to put into cells later. I'd expect the peppers to begin germinating in a couple of days.



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[w33blegurl]

3 weeks for my peppers too, but they all came up eventually!

[braders]

Thanks for all the replies people...will wait a while longer and let you know...if only we all lived in a hotter climate...lol.

[Creemteez]

No sign of my chillies yet - planted 14th Feb!!!!

[bazzaboy]

Germination is closely related to constant temperature and humidity... If you like over-complicated charts there's one at
Temperature effect on vegetable seeds - percentage germination
If you prefer a simpler hit-and-miss approach most seeds germinate best around 25C (melons, aubergine, cucumber, okra slightly warmer, celery, parsley, onions, spinach and much debated parsnips slightly cooler). Either way it still amazes me every time it happens! b.