Travis, you are killing me with already being able to get your seeds started in the greenhouse. I am getting anxious to get mine started as well but have to remember you are way down south and we are up here with winter in full effect. But, I am taking notes and getting ready for the seeds to be started in March & April. Keep up the great work down there and tell Greg that we 'ppreciate ya!
Another great lesson, thank you! The Santa Fe Grande's are wonderful pickling peppers. They go white to orange then red which makes for a really nice looking jar of pickles.
One thing that worked well for me in my fall garden transplants which is a little cheaper than Perilite was to spray a weak neem oil solution on top at the start didnt seem to harm the plants and I didnt get as much algae growth.
Sure wish I could get my seeds started but 2 cold now in zone 6b. I can do so in early March. I am harvesting kale, collards, mustard, rutabaga, beets, cabbage, scallions, lettuce, .. happy with the fall/winter garden.
Love those 162’s! Only have 20 of them (with water catchment trays), but am saving up to get several more. Started three trays with long-day onions on January 2 - one each of Ailsa Craig, Stuttgarter, and North Holland Blood Red. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 1/9/2021.
Great start!! I’m about a month out before we can start. On the Row by Row, you and Greg always discuss feeding while in the starter trays; I was wondering if you could do a quick rundown/video on how it is done? I feed my plants after first true leaves appear, but feel like maybe I’m too cautious or conservative with the feedings (worried about burning even with weak mixture). Thanks, and now the bug is going crazy!!
I’m just north of you in Zone 8a. Always shoot for Valentine’s Day to have my transplants done. Some years sooner. Depends on when Good Friday falls on the calendar. I’m in Greg’s camp when it comes to Easter and the last frost...
Tip. Mix a bit of water into the perlite not to much though just barely moist so you can still work with it. That stops the dust . keep in sealed container so always ready to use
My first 3 years growing peppers I started them in the house with a heat mat (7a) and wondered why people complained about peppers being tricky to start. Then I got a little tiny greenhouse and started outside... and didn't use the mat. Two years I've had trouble and blamed it on excess rain in NE GA when it was probably the lack of heat. Even direct-sown in July up here, some varieties still took 3 weeks to germinate (looking at you, arroz con pollo!). My usual last frost is first week of April, but two nights of 20s last April 20-21 dampened my enthusiasm for being early to plant. With such a long growing season, I'm not racing anymore. But I may be trying some new peppers thanks to this vid... and the heat mat ;) will try the pearlite too as algae growth always an issue for me.
Will be happy to see how your Caribbean Queens do. I planted these in late October here in zone 10b as I've not had good luck getting more standard cabbage varieties to form any appreciable heads due to the very warm winter I've got (essentially no frost and warm day temps). They haven't started to form heads yet so I was jealous to see a recent video of Travis already harvesting cabbage heads. Keeping my fingers crossed that these will perform well for me and start heading in the next few weeks.
Im an Oregon transplant to SC and learning to garden here is soooo different! I really enjoy your videos and learn so much since we are in similar zones. I ordered seeds from you recently and I have a tiny little green house up this month, and in it my cucumbers and tomatoes seeds are coming up! So excited for a new year of gardening! My wax peppers are not up yet snd since watching this video im thinking if i need a heat mat.
What a timely video! I just got my order of seeds from Hoss and they included China Star cabbage, Flash collards and several hot pepper varieties. I'll probably start them in my garage next month.
Hey Travis, great video! Started my peppers 12/20 down here in 9b. Planting your King Arthur, Early Sensation, Gypsy (both) Mama Mia’s, Roulette Heatless Hab, Orange u sweet, and Yes to yellow. They germinated Great!!!👍🏻👏🏼 Especially that Gypsy Sweet, came up super quick and is looking really strong already. Can’t wait to grow peppers 🌶 🫑 with ya’ll. Happy Planting from Christy in the Cali Valley.
Great video. First year farming on my own. Farmed with my grandpa for years and now that I have my own land I’m doing my own. I have no irrigation so I’m relying on Mother Nature and drip tape hooked up to a water tank, water pump to pump water in. I’m mainly going to use the drip tape when needed and to apply fertilizer to the roots to give it that boost. We normally buy plants from box stores but I’ve decided to start from seeds. Got a small greenhouse. I need to figure out how to maintain heat in the greenhouse. Maybe some heat lamps, heat mats would work. I’ve also thought about doing a trial on a plot of corn that’s solely watered from rain vs a plot with rain/drip to see if the drip made that big of a difference. I may make a video of it and send it to you guys if I have a huge difference. I’m a beginner farmer and would love to partner with Hoss to be sort of a representative in the south Atlanta area.
I grew the pepperoncinis last year. Those thing do load up! This year I’m trying the heatless habanero. Going back with the cinder jalapeño again. Those things are a great size size! Also planting the Lola banana and King Arthur bell for the first time.
Starting seeds right now as I watch your video. Also 8b in Texas, almost zone 9 so Tomatoes are starting along side the peppers. You did inspire me to start some more cauliflower which I have never really planted at this time. Trial and error.
You can grow cauliflower in the spring, you just have to be a little more timely with harvesting it and understand that it might not be uniformly bleach white. The sun can make it yellow a bit, but it still tastes the same.
I'm horrible with seed starting trays for whatever reason. What works for me is planting seeds in medium containers, then separate when I'm ready to plant.
Have you ever tried to grow your peppers through the winter in your greenhouse and replant it in spring. I've seen a few videos on it and they claim the plants produce twice as well the next year. Think I might try it this year to see.
🤯 I want to get my soil blocker out ... it hurts! My guy just told me I had not be getting any ideas. Toooooo early for us northerners. He knew I watched this video. ALL the pepper seeds all have labels attached and lined up to start planting. And the onions, and the 🥦 and peas and....😁😁
Question about the perlite on top of the seeds I see a lot of people put vermiculite on top of their seeds and you put perlite which one do you like the best and why? Thanks
We were just copying the commercial greenhouses around here that grow tons of transplants. They do it and it works well for them, so we decided to try it ourselves. Have actually never tried using vermiculite to cover the seeds.
What zone are u in ?? Was curious want grow different variety of peppers i had bell peppers they did great they over wintering in the mud room however the the red bell and yellow didn't do well they never turned and was going get color in peppers some how
The cover is only for actual germination purposes. Once seedlings emerge from the soil, the covering should be removed and your light should be placed right above the plant foliage and raised as they grow.
Travis I saw you had some Ghost peppers on the site.You don’t like growing those? They are considerably more difficult to germinate than the Capsicum Annuum varieties. I grow about 150 varieties of Super Hot peppers each year and a handful of the ones that are actually enjoyable to eat, 😂
Y'all are doing that commercial grower trick with the perlite now? I remember Travis debating it last year said he was going to try it. Worked well for you then?
Has worked very well. I won't say it is completely necessary -- we grew great transplants before we started doing it. But I do like it better than not doing it.
I have these HOSS trays and want to start indoors. I got my LED lights /w proper lumens/watts. We keep our house 73-75 degrees. Is that sufficient for starting peppers.(I don't want to use a heat mat as a fire risk). I have a indoor greenhouse rack /w plastic and sunny window and can be over house vent heater for warmth. Any recommendations from anyone?
The heat mat shouldn't have any fire risk. They don't get that hot, but they are very helpful with starting peppers. They might germinate in those temps, but it will take them much longer.
Not sure of the "grind," but what we get seems to work well. I think it's the same grind as the perlite in the seed starting mix, or seems to be about the same size.
We'll start fertilizing when plants have their second set of leaves, aka "true leaves." Then we'll do it 2x a week usually. You can push them harder if you're short on time, or dial it back if it looks like the cold weather might stick around a little longer.
If you sift it, maybe. The big chunks are the hindrance with potting mix. Those fragile roots of the seedling need a fine mix to form the root ball necessary for a good transplant.
Travis, you are killing me with already being able to get your seeds started in the greenhouse. I am getting anxious to get mine started as well but have to remember you are way down south and we are up here with winter in full effect. But, I am taking notes and getting ready for the seeds to be started in March & April. Keep up the great work down there and tell Greg that we 'ppreciate ya!
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Started onions yesterday. Won't start tomatoes and peppers for a few months. Your low temps are our high temps. :)
Another great lesson, thank you! The Santa Fe Grande's are wonderful pickling peppers. They go white to orange then red which makes for a really nice looking jar of pickles.
We made some hot honey mustard with them one year and it was amazing!
@@gardeningwithhoss Actually, my profile pic are SFGs. Hot honey mustard, gotta try that!
Santa Fe Grande Peppers are my favorite. I have planted 40 or so different varieties and they are still my favorite. Arkansas zone 7a.
Started all my seeds today..only thing left is the direct sow stuff. Zone 9b Florida, pretty sure I already hit my last frost date today..🙏🙏
You've convinced me to start another round of cold weather crops. Thank you!
Go for it!
One thing that worked well for me in my fall garden transplants which is a little cheaper than Perilite was to spray a weak neem oil solution on top at the start didnt seem to harm the plants and I didnt get as much algae growth.
Thanks for sharing!
Sure wish I could get my seeds started but 2 cold now in zone 6b. I can do so in early March. I am harvesting kale, collards, mustard, rutabaga, beets, cabbage, scallions, lettuce, .. happy with the fall/winter garden.
Love those 162’s! Only have 20 of them (with water catchment trays), but am saving up to get several more.
Started three trays with long-day onions on January 2 - one each of Ailsa Craig, Stuttgarter, and North Holland Blood Red. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 1/9/2021.
20 trays -- wow! That's a ton of transplants!
Great start!! I’m about a month out before we can start. On the Row by Row, you and Greg always discuss feeding while in the starter trays; I was wondering if you could do a quick rundown/video on how it is done? I feed my plants after first true leaves appear, but feel like maybe I’m too cautious or conservative with the feedings (worried about burning even with weak mixture). Thanks, and now the bug is going crazy!!
Yes. We'll certainly talk about that in an upcoming video.
I’m just north of you in Zone 8a. Always shoot for Valentine’s Day to have my transplants done. Some years sooner. Depends on when Good Friday falls on the calendar. I’m in Greg’s camp when it comes to Easter and the last frost...
Tip. Mix a bit of water into the perlite not to much though just barely moist so you can still work with it. That stops the dust . keep in sealed container so always ready to use
Thanks for the tip. That stuff is quite dusty when dry.
Just put my order in. Cant wait to try the Mama Mia Rosso peppers.
Thanks for your order Britney!
Have 4 varieties of pepper just coming up 12 tomatoes all started. 9b Ca Coast. 💖
I think allot of folks struggle with at least some aspect of seed starting, including me. Loved these more detailed videos about this subject!
Our pleasure! Seed starting is a very fun part of the gardening process once you get the hang of it.
My first 3 years growing peppers I started them in the house with a heat mat (7a) and wondered why people complained about peppers being tricky to start. Then I got a little tiny greenhouse and started outside... and didn't use the mat. Two years I've had trouble and blamed it on excess rain in NE GA when it was probably the lack of heat. Even direct-sown in July up here, some varieties still took 3 weeks to germinate (looking at you, arroz con pollo!).
My usual last frost is first week of April, but two nights of 20s last April 20-21 dampened my enthusiasm for being early to plant. With such a long growing season, I'm not racing anymore. But I may be trying some new peppers thanks to this vid... and the heat mat ;) will try the pearlite too as algae growth always an issue for me.
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I can hear the construction on yalls building, I'm also switching to covering with perlite i agree it stops the Algae
Yep. It was quite noisy that day. Surprised it wasn't even louder on the mic.
@@gardeningwithhoss im not complaining good to see it happening
Can you cover with vermiculite instead of the perlite ? Does it work just as well?
Will be happy to see how your Caribbean Queens do. I planted these in late October here in zone 10b as I've not had good luck getting more standard cabbage varieties to form any appreciable heads due to the very warm winter I've got (essentially no frost and warm day temps). They haven't started to form heads yet so I was jealous to see a recent video of Travis already harvesting cabbage heads. Keeping my fingers crossed that these will perform well for me and start heading in the next few weeks.
I'm excited to try them as well.
Im an Oregon transplant to SC and learning to garden here is soooo different! I really enjoy your videos and learn so much since we are in similar zones. I ordered seeds from you recently and I have a tiny little green house up this month, and in it my cucumbers and tomatoes seeds are coming up! So excited for a new year of gardening! My wax peppers are not up yet snd since watching this video im thinking if i need a heat mat.
A very exciting time for sure! Get a heat mat under those peppers and they'll surely germinate better.
What a timely video! I just got my order of seeds from Hoss and they included China Star cabbage, Flash collards and several hot pepper varieties. I'll probably start them in my garage next month.
Thanks for your order! We hope you have a great garden this year!
I feel super ahead of schedule but I attribute that to my new 162 cell trays. Thank you!
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Hey Travis, great video!
Started my peppers 12/20 down here in 9b. Planting your King Arthur, Early Sensation, Gypsy (both) Mama Mia’s, Roulette Heatless Hab, Orange u sweet,
and Yes to yellow.
They germinated Great!!!👍🏻👏🏼
Especially that Gypsy Sweet, came up super quick and is looking really strong already. Can’t wait to grow peppers 🌶 🫑 with ya’ll.
Happy Planting from
Christy in the Cali Valley.
Sounds like you're well on your way to a great pepper crop!
great education. learn something important every time. Appreciate the hard work of your family.
Thanks for watching Carl!
Great video. First year farming on my own. Farmed with my grandpa for years and now that I have my own land I’m doing my own. I have no irrigation so I’m relying on Mother Nature and drip tape hooked up to a water tank, water pump to pump water in. I’m mainly going to use the drip tape when needed and to apply fertilizer to the roots to give it that boost. We normally buy plants from box stores but I’ve decided to start from seeds. Got a small greenhouse. I need to figure out how to maintain heat in the greenhouse. Maybe some heat lamps, heat mats would work. I’ve also thought about doing a trial on a plot of corn that’s solely watered from rain vs a plot with rain/drip to see if the drip made that big of a difference. I may make a video of it and send it to you guys if I have a huge difference. I’m a beginner farmer and would love to partner with Hoss to be sort of a representative in the south Atlanta area.
We've never heard of a situation where drip didn't make a huge difference. Definitely let us know how it works for you.
I started my Red Snapper tomatoes about a week ago. Also in 8b. I plan to try planting them out early under protective cover and see how it goes.
Early bird gets the worm -- or tomatoes in this case!
Yaaaaayyy!! I can't wait to start my seeds! I'm a few hours north of you guys... So maybe I can hold off one more week... Lol
I grew the pepperoncinis last year. Those thing do load up! This year I’m trying the heatless habanero. Going back with the cinder jalapeño again. Those things are a great size size! Also planting the Lola banana and King Arthur bell for the first time.
Great choices!
Starting seeds right now as I watch your video. Also 8b in Texas, almost zone 9 so Tomatoes are starting along side the peppers. You did inspire me to start some more cauliflower which I have never really planted at this time. Trial and error.
You can grow cauliflower in the spring, you just have to be a little more timely with harvesting it and understand that it might not be uniformly bleach white. The sun can make it yellow a bit, but it still tastes the same.
The Adler Boys sent me! I look forward to learning how to grow my own food. From Eden,NC
Welcome! Those Adler boys are good people!
Adler Farms sent us saying you're the best.
Happy New Year
Welcome! Glad to have you here!
This was great, simple and to the point. Thank you
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Now when you step them up to the four inch pots, do you still use seed starting mix or go to potting soil?
Either is fine, if you do use potting soil I would recommend sifting it first using a garden/soil sieve to get all of the big chunks of bark out.
We use the same seed starting mix.
I'm horrible with seed starting trays for whatever reason. What works for me is planting seeds in medium containers, then separate when I'm ready to plant.
im also 8b zone
Have you ever tried to grow your peppers through the winter in your greenhouse and replant it in spring. I've seen a few videos on it and they claim the plants produce twice as well the next year. Think I might try it this year to see.
Have not. Our greenhouse really doesn't have enough room for potted plants. But I have seen it done on other channels.
Would appreciate hearing your pepper sauce recipe. Great video.
It's really just peppers and vinegar in a bottle. It helps to cut a slit in the peppers and use hot vinegar. But that's really about it.
Very impressed with your new seed starting mix. Much better quality than Promix
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🤯 I want to get my soil blocker out ... it hurts! My guy just told me I had not be getting any ideas. Toooooo early for us northerners. He knew I watched this video. ALL the pepper seeds all have labels attached and lined up to start planting. And the onions, and the 🥦 and peas and....😁😁
Sounds like you're ready!
Question about the perlite on top of the seeds I see a lot of people put vermiculite on top of their seeds and you put perlite which one do you like the best and why? Thanks
You can use either. Same concept.
lots of great info on starting seed's..thumbs up from me..
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Do you use any grow lights over the seedlings when planting in the greenhouse?
No need to do so in the greenhouse.
Hey Travis, so your preference is perlite. Reason for not using fine vermiculite? Just educating myself why some do this, some of that. Thx 😊
We were just copying the commercial greenhouses around here that grow tons of transplants. They do it and it works well for them, so we decided to try it ourselves. Have actually never tried using vermiculite to cover the seeds.
what if you dont have a green house what else can you do to start the seedling
You can grow them inside.
First let me say my wife bought me your heat mat for Christmas but no thermostat. What temp do you keep starting mix at for best germination
80 degrees is a good rule of thumb for most crops. Some cooler weather crops will prefer cooler soils.
What zone are u in ?? Was curious want grow different variety of peppers i had bell peppers they did great they over wintering in the mud room however the the red bell and yellow didn't do well they never turned and was going get color in peppers some how
8b, south GA
I ordered some trays from you and they came with lids. Do you cover your newly planted seeds with lids?
No you DON'T cover them.
The cover is only for actual germination purposes. Once seedlings emerge from the soil, the covering should be removed and your light should be placed right above the plant foliage and raised as they grow.
Hey Travis do you guys carry any cherry peppers?
Not currently, but we definitely should add some in the future.
Travis I saw you had some Ghost peppers on the site.You don’t like growing those? They are considerably more difficult to germinate than the Capsicum Annuum varieties. I grow about 150 varieties of Super Hot peppers each year and a handful of the ones that are actually enjoyable to eat, 😂
They are much tougher to germinate. I don't grow them because I have small kids and don't want the accidentally touching them in the garden.
That sounded like a crop duster when he started the peppers😲
It was either a crop duster or the guys working on our new building behind me.
Y'all are doing that commercial grower trick with the perlite now? I remember Travis debating it last year said he was going to try it. Worked well for you then?
Has worked very well. I won't say it is completely necessary -- we grew great transplants before we started doing it. But I do like it better than not doing it.
Would you still crank the heat mat if you had your setup indoors?
I would.
I have these HOSS trays and want to start indoors. I got my LED lights /w proper lumens/watts. We keep our house 73-75 degrees. Is that sufficient for starting peppers.(I don't want to use a heat mat as a fire risk). I have a indoor greenhouse rack /w plastic and sunny window and can be over house vent heater for warmth. Any recommendations from anyone?
The heat mat shouldn't have any fire risk. They don't get that hot, but they are very helpful with starting peppers. They might germinate in those temps, but it will take them much longer.
What would you recommend for a good roasting red pepper for New England (ct) area thanks
Our Mama Mia Rosso is a good one!
Can you use vermiculite too
You could.
Do you folks order the perlite in a special fine grind....I actually grind my own in the blender to get it to a fine texture.
Not sure of the "grind," but what we get seems to work well. I think it's the same grind as the perlite in the seed starting mix, or seems to be about the same size.
How often do you fertilize after you start every watering one time a week 10 days?
We'll start fertilizing when plants have their second set of leaves, aka "true leaves." Then we'll do it 2x a week usually. You can push them harder if you're short on time, or dial it back if it looks like the cold weather might stick around a little longer.
Once the peppers germinate do you take them off the heat mat?
We will usually once they have their second set of leaves.
Travis how do you fertilize them
Using our brass siphon mixer. We'll be doing a video on that once these things germinate and have a few leaves.
@@gardeningwithhoss look forward to it.
Since perlite is volcanic glass ground up, should we wear a mask to prevent cutting out lungs?
Wouldn't be a bad idea.
Do you have to heat your greenhouse at night?
On a rare occasion where it gets down in the 20s here, we'll put a little propane heater in there. But that doesn't happen very often.
I don’t have seed starting mix. If I mix perlite with potting mix will that work? Thanks.
If you sift it, maybe. The big chunks are the hindrance with potting mix. Those fragile roots of the seedling need a fine mix to form the root ball necessary for a good transplant.
@@gardeningwithhoss I understand. Thanks.
Just wondering if you carry any 60 count watermelons?
Do you mean seed packets with 60 seeds in them? Or something else?
Do you sterilize the seed mix and perlite?
It comes sterile. Most of your high-quality seed starting mixes are sterile, as they should be.
Where have you been? I haven’t seen you in many videos lately? Did I miss something
He left the company back in April of 2021.
@@gardeningwithhoss sorry to hear this. Hopefully there are greener pastures.
Is that greenhouse heated?
It is not. On the rare occasion the night temps get in the 20s here, we'll put a small, portable propane heater in there.
How many weeks do you think you’re ahead of zone 7a?
Probably 3-4.
Hoss Tools thanks.
My dad grew a lond green edible gourd for years does anyone have any idea the name of them
We just added some to the site! It's called Chinese Okra, but is actually a gourd. Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/chinese-okra/
"9 x 5 , so anywhere from 35 to 40 plants." That's that Georgia state math right there. Lol.
That's assuming that a few won't germinate and some might be runts. Gotta factor a little loss in there.
This title was misleading for me. I didn't realize it was just germinating I thought it was a video on pepper plants.
Peppers are so temperamental. Smh
I WASTED MY MONEY BUYING GHOST PEPPERS FROM HOSS! 10 SEEDS AND NOTHING!
If you email their help account, they might help you out with that issue! That is a bummer.
Those are tough to germinate. If you give us a call (1-888-672-5536), we'll be glad to make it right.
Miranda Beaudry Thank you.
Hoss Tools Thank you. I was so upset. I will be sure to phone.