I was so happy with my sweet peppers last year that this year I have upgraded my cell trays (as last years sowings were started in a mushroom tray) and I started sowing my Sweet Peppers indoors in these:

Windowsill Cell Trays with Lids from Amazon.

These cell trays have been ideal and come with seed labels that fit under the lid and a dibber. Each cell tray has 12 cells and lids.

They are just the right size for the windowsill to start your seeds off indoors. The ventilated lid helps when the temperatures dip at night and I open the vent during the day as it gets the sunshine and warmth through the window.

Sweet Pepper seeds usually germinate in 7-21 days but it can be up to 30 days depending on the temperature.

The Results are in…

After 18 days from sowing my Sweet Pepper seeds indoors, the results are in:

• 6 out of 6 seeds of ‘Tangerine Dream’ orange mini peppers (from Premier Seeds) have germinated.
• 3 out of 6 seeds of ‘Napia’ red block pointy sweet pepper (from Real Seeds) have germinated.

What is Germination?

Germination is in basic terms a seed coming alive.

For a seed to go from dormant to being activated into growth, it needs light, heat, water and the right temperature.

Sweet Peppers – Seedling Types

There’s a few different types of seedling that will emerge from the soil , see if your seedlings are one of these:

• Seedling with a seed still attached.
• Seedling with a hooked neck
• Seedling standing tall with two leaves
• Seedling with soil on top

🎉 Good News! It doesn’t matter how your seedlings emerge from the soil or what they look like, they have all germinated and are now a potential sweet pepper plant. 🌱

The Sweet Pepper seedlings will still need the comforting warmth of the indoors 🏠 for a little bit longer whilst they grow a better root system and grow a bit thicker and taller.

The lid can now be removed and the cell tray can be moved to a brighter windowsill.

My cell tray was behind a frosted glass window but now has been moved next to a clear glass, sunny windowsill.

Give them another water 💦 and wait for the sunshine. ☀️

There’s still time to Sow Sweet Peppers until Mid March.

If you are not sure where to start or would like to grow sweet peppers for the first time this year, all you need is an indoor windowsill and an unheated greenhouse or mini greenhouse with cover.

Learn more about Sweet Peppers in my article below:

Sowing and Growing Sweet Peppers – Origins, Types and Nutrition

Last years Sweet Peppers progress

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