A Complete Guide to Starting Peppers Indoors: See Description for a Digital Table of Contents

Published 2017-03-04
I cover just about everything from starting mix preparation to pinching off the peppers. I use 3 week old peppers, 5 week old peppers and 7 week old peppers for visuals. Great for beginners!

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0:00 Seed Starting Mix (Preparation, Fungus, Insects)
1:30 Planting Cell Preparation
2:10 Planting Seeds
3:36 Germination and Bottom Watering & When to Water
5:09 When & How to Fertilize
7:25 Grow Light Tips
8:18 Acclimation to the Outdoors
10:16 When to Feed Them and Examples of Fertilizers
12:25 When & How to Transplant Them Up
15:35 Topping off Peppers and Growing Two in a Pot
17:30 Tips, When to Plant Outdoors and Conclusion

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  • I love the digital table of contents. I wish more youtube tutorials did that instead of dividing it into 12 different videos that you have to search for
  • @GetDamage
    This is the best guide I've seen here on growing peppers. Thank you very much. Very simple with so much information.
  • @BornlessOne
    Thanks for taking the time to grow prop plants to really show the stages of growth. I haven't seen anyone do that on YouTube before.
  • @addictedtoelf
    I LOVE that you did the many stages like this- thank you thank you! Such a great visual that makes it very.. complete :)
  • @caitlinkenny
    Thank you for making this so comprehensive! I am growing my first peppers and this video was very educational!
  • I'm so glad you made this video. I did get discouraged. My tomatoes and calendula sprouted quickly. Nothing happened with the peppers. I waited and waited. Then I decided to look on YouTube for advice and your video popped up. Thanks
  • @thomasjthehuman
    Never gardened before in my life. Thanks for the tutorial there is still a lot to learn.
  • @schnook11
    Thank you for this video! I've been trying to harden off peppers that have been inside; it's really hot here (heat wave) and they can only handle about 15 mins of full sun, even after 4 days now. I wasn't sure if this was normal; most of the hardening off info I can find is about cold temps. This was really helpful.
  • Thanks so much for all of your hard work Gary. I have been subscribed for a few years and always great information in all of your videos. Just getting ready to start my peppers so very timely and a great refresher for those of us who have been doing it for a while !!
  • @ravenfeathesDVM
    Great video. You have no idea how many really bad ones are out there. Very informative. Been having a tough time getting cubanelles to germinate. Hopefully this year they’ll get started. Using a heat mat this time. 💕
  • @paulchesson9483
    Gary, I just started some Thai pepper and some Pequin pepper seeds in the wet paper towel method. Right now on Sept 1, 2018, it was 95 degrees and I want mature plants for spring. This fall I will bring them inside to overwinter.😊
  • Thanks so much Gary for sharing. A very detailed explanation! I'm from Trinidad in the Caribbean and I'm going to use your process for growing my peppers. I'll share my experience with everyone
  • @theIAMofME
    Great video! I'm not sure how long ago it was. But, you made a video where you used boiling water in your seed starting mix when seeding. I did that and have had NO gnats at ALL the last few years. The first year I started my own seeds it was horrible. LOL They were EVERYWHERE! I can't thank you enough for that tip back then. Always great info from you.
  • @kaaawakiwi
    This is a great video. Thank you for sharing. Simple fundamentals like getting the plants acclimated to the sun is something I was never aware of and it explains a lot.
  • @ewellacres
    I greatly enjoy how he goes through the entire process. I have found when dealing with fungus if in a greenhouse environment I like to use sticky traps.
  • @Mazzified
    Thank you! This is super helpful, I'm growing my first cayenne peppers this year and learned a lot from this.
  • @mikefisc9989
    I learned so much from this video and the timing is perfect. I'll be starting my peppers from seed tomorrow morning. It will be the maiden voyage for my new grow light station.
  • @scottishsoil
    Just starting.2021 is my first year at seeds and soil. Your video is really helpful.Many thanks.👍