Earliest

[anthonyjb]

What is the earliest you can sow peppers in a heated propagator

How about October time
Thanks

Anthonyjb

[Fleurisa]

You can if you have the correct environment to keep your seedlings happy, i.e. warmth, moisture and light levels

[Potstubsdustbins]

As pointed out above, its not germinating the seedlings that is the problem but where do the plants go afterwards. If you sow in October you will have to provide an artificial environment for the plants until mother nature can take over and that could be several months.

[Alison]

I sow my first ones in mid Jan, don't find any advantage in going earlier as they are very slow in winter due to low light levels and I find the season is long enough to not gave the expense of grow lights. Also there is only so much room in my house to store increasingly large plants until I can plant out after danger of frost has passed.

[Two_Sheds]

October won't work, because the days are shortening.

You need to sow them when the days are getting longer, and when you can provide constant 10c+ heat ~ I don't start mine until March because I just don't get the light until then

[anthonyjb]

Thank you all for you help


Anthonyjb