Update on Pepper Seedlings

On February 10, I posted an entry about the pepper seeds I planted.

http://windyacresnaturalfarm.blogspot.com/2013/02/seedling-starting-time.html

So, here is an update.  The little pepper seedlings are a couple of inches tall now.

Tom has already started transplanting the seedlings into 4-inch pots.   He has transplanted the second and third rows (Jalapeno) and one row from the middle (King Arthur).  

We had a bunch of old seed that we planted this year.  We found that seed from the previous 2 years (2011 and 2012) germinated pretty well.  Seed from 2010 was not very reliable.  The first and the last rows were 2010 seed and, as you can see, we didn't get good germination on those at all.  None of the seeds in the sixth row come up.  I'm not sure what year that was because the top part of the package where the date is had been cut off and lost.

After the seedlings are transplanted into 4-inch pots they begin to take up a lot of room and we do not have room in the basement for all of them.  So, we'll have to begin moving them to our small greenhouse before long.  Tom is busy planting onions, lettuce and other spring crops outside.  So, I need to help him by cleaning out the greenhouse and getting things organized.  

So much to do; so little time.   I also need to get tomato seeds started soon!  Yikes.  I'd better go get busy.