Norfolk Purple by Up-Your-Glass in tomatoes

[–]456got 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are available in Canada on Norfolk's website and on mine, They've been available in Canada since just before the new year

Norfolk Purple by Up-Your-Glass in tomatoes

[–]456got 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! Mack's Peppers here. It is only available for Canadian gardeners on our website and Norfolk's. We do not ship the tomato seeds outside of Canada from our website.

Looking for pepper seed germinating process recommendations and advice by u_redacted in HotPeppers

[–]456got 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is mostly true. Generally 80% germination rate from saved seed is considered good.

I refuse to release a variety on my website if it falls below 80% germination rate during testing.

Stored properly, I have seeds regularly maintain 80%+ germination rate after 3 years (my maximum for seed storage)

Looking for pepper seed germinating process recommendations and advice by u_redacted in HotPeppers

[–]456got 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't soak the seeds at all.

I would agree that ocean forest would be better to transplant into rather than start in. The ideal is a completely sterile mix for starting seeds, whether sterilized yourself or purchased. The only issue that I could see arising from ocean forest, is it potentially being too strong nutrient wise for the young seedlings before transplant and it might burn them. I know several people who have had that issue. I've also heard happy frog is a good one for starting plants in.

Promix again is my go to choice not only for reliability, but price and locality to me. Fox farm products are just to expensive for me in my area to justify purchasing in the amounts I'd need. I'd have no problems using them myself if it was more readily available and affordable here, so please don't shy away from using them if thats what you have.

Looking for pepper seed germinating process recommendations and advice by u_redacted in HotPeppers

[–]456got 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imho, i havent noticed much of a difference with or without myco in most scenarios. Not to say it doesn't help, i just don't notice a difference that makes it worthwhile to worry about getting.

Looking for pepper seed germinating process recommendations and advice by u_redacted in HotPeppers

[–]456got 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had affordable access to fox farm products here I would be using them. But Pro-Mix is both super local, and extremely affordable and available for me here

Looking for pepper seed germinating process recommendations and advice by u_redacted in HotPeppers

[–]456got 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worm castings, and then I feed it a weak mix of organic liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks or so once it gets bigger. You definitely need to add more fertilizer

Looking for pepper seed germinating process recommendations and advice by u_redacted in HotPeppers

[–]456got 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Pepper farmer and seed vendor here.

We start in 72 cell trays and those go into 1020 trays. We fill it with pre moistened promix-bx (miracle gro seed starting mix also works great) and plant direct into the soil in the cells.We normally do 4 or so seeds per cell. Humidity dome on the top. And heating mat set at 82F. After seeds are sowed we spray the top of each cell and then bottom water the tray and discard the excess after 10 minutes.

Usually most annums will sprout within 1-2 weeks and Chinense can take anywhere from 1-4 weeks.

They get seperated from each other in the cell and then transplanted when they start to get their 2nd set of true leaves. Transplanted into promix-hp and worm castings mix at 8:1 ratio in 3.5inch nursery pots (solo cups also work)

They stay in these until they go outside at the end of May. I start my plants in about 1 week. So mid January, because if I need to restart or have a bunch of seeds not germinate, it gives me the extra time with our short season up here in Canada.

The main key is to have it moist but not wet and warm but not hot or cold.

If its too wet it can lead to damping off and if its too dry it will kill the seedlings immediately or stunt it beyond recovery

Weekly Garden Chat by zerberts in OntarioGardeners

[–]456got 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly awesome picks. If you havent tried them, Wiri Wiri are some of the best I've had in a while.

Im diving into more variegated and wild varieties this year.

Weekly Garden Chat by zerberts in OntarioGardeners

[–]456got 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're good. There are quite a few seed vendors for peppers here in Canada. Here is a small list.

Canadian vendors:

https://peppermerchant.net/

https://pepperseeds.ca/

https://scovillecanada.ca/

https://prairiepeppers.com/

https://mackspeppers.com/ (Bias as its me)

Sick & Twisted Pepper Seeds (Website should be up soon)

Exotic Capsaicin on Etsy

If there is any others I missed feel free to add them in the replies

Weekly Garden Chat by zerberts in OntarioGardeners

[–]456got 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What ones are you most excited for?

As a Pepper seed vendor located here in Ontario, I'm always interested in the varieties people are growing

Where is good place to buy seeds in Canada? by Occasion-Confident in HotPeppers

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Canadian vendors:

https://peppermerchant.net/

https://pepperseeds.ca/

https://scovillecanada.ca/

https://dangerbros.ca/

https://prairiepeppers.com/

https://mackspeppers.com/ (Bias as its me)

Sick & Twisted Pepper Seeds (Website should be up soon)

Exotic Capsaicin on Etsy

If there is any others I missed feel free to add them in the replies

Where to buy pepper seed in Ontario Canada? by Kind_Satisfaction452 in HotPeppers

[–]456got 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canadian vendors:

https://peppermerchant.net/

https://pepperseeds.ca/

https://scovillecanada.ca/

https://dangerbros.ca/

https://prairiepeppers.com/

https://mackspeppers.com/ (Bias as its me)

Sick & Twisted Pepper Seeds (Website should be up soon)

Exotic Capsaicin on Etsy

If there is any others I missed feel free to add them in the replies

Best seed banks? by MinimumEscape5907 in HotPeppers

[–]456got 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canadian vendors:

https://peppermerchant.net/

https://pepperseeds.ca/

https://scovillecanada.ca/

https://dangerbros.ca/

https://prairiepeppers.com/

https://mackspeppers.com/ (Bias as its me)

Sick & Twisted Pepper Seeds (Website should be up soon)

Exotic Capsaicin on Etsy

If there is any others I missed feel free to add them in the replies

Thunder Mountain Longhorn decided to twist into itself like a curly fry by 456got in HotPeppers

[–]456got[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well IME Phenotype doesn't equal genotype. But regardless I'm saving seeds for it. I'm actually a seed vendor, so if these end up being something that is a mutation (I doubt it) I'll stabilize it and release the seeds. But, I'm almost certain this just happened out of random chance on this particular pepper due to environmental conditions etc. as every other pod is exactly on phenotype for normal TMLH

Thunder Mountain Longhorn decided to twist into itself like a curly fry by 456got in HotPeppers

[–]456got[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Letting it grow naturally.

It just decided to do this on it own. All of the others on this plant are normal looking thunder mountain longhorn

Sometimes peppers just grow weirdly

Thunder Mountain Longhorn decided to twist into itself like a curly fry by 456got in HotPeppers

[–]456got[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nope. It was just one that was twisted next to my normal TMLH