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Fast Germination

10 years ago

I have a lot of healthy seedlings of different veggies I planted in peat pellet starting on March 31. However, its blown my mind that my cabbage was up in four days and my cauliflower in 3 days. I've never had them come up so fast. They must really like me.

Comments (2)

Slimy_Okra
10 years ago
Yeah, the brassicas are among the fastest to germinate especially if kept warm (80 degrees). However they should be kept cool (60-65) as soon as they emerge and afterwards
Creek-side
10 years ago
Yep. Contrast that with peppers, which for me take 10-15 days. Tomatoes for me take maybe 4 days. All of this is at probably 80 F.
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