Hoe te slagen in peperzaailingen?

Here is a little guide to making your own pepper seedlings!

Preparation

You will need a germination support: small pots of fine potting soil, insert trays, and others. This must be tempered and re-moistened, the use of additives for rooting is possible in small doses.
Your seeds must be well rehydrated to maximize the number of setting, to be soaked in temperate water for a few hours.

Climate

It is important to bring your seedlings to a heated place, most varieties require up to 26°C but some germinatemore easily at 28°C . But be careful, heating means drying out the air and the substrate!
The simplest way to limit interventions is to use a mini greenhouse (heated or placed in a place with the right temperatures)
You will need to keep a stable temperature and high humidity so that germination can take place!>

To keep enough humidity in the heated greenhouse, you can use substrate, perlite, litter, coconut fiber, etc., in the bottom of the greenhouse (well soaked in water) to create a reserve of evaporable water which will not suffocate the roots which could end up in the bottom of the greenhouse within a few days

Light

Natural light can be sufficient if it is not too intense. Otherwise you can also use low intensity artificial light 24/7 as long as the cotyledons (very first leaves) have not emerged, then we will reduce the light cycle to match that which the plants will have when they emerge, and we will take advantage of gradually increasing the light intensity.
We aim for a PPFD of 100-200 µmol/s/m²for germination

Daily work

You still have to watch that the supports do not dry out too much, you will then need to gently re-moisten them with water that is not too cold. Be careful, however, not to humidify excessively or too frequently, it is the appearance of drought which encourages the appearance of roots and not the other way around.
It is interesting to keep the bottom of the greenhouse well soaked, the supports will thus pump by capillary action.
After one to two weeks you can gently acclimate the seedlings to drier air by opening the greenhouse vents fully then removing the cover, However, be careful not to rush them too much, they are still little babies

There you go!
To your seeds, wet, sow!!