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Posted by gardengolfer GA 7a (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 12, 11 at 14:40

What is the optimum grow mix temp for typical sweet bell pepper seedlings after the first true leaves have developed? Do they need as much light as say heirloom toms?

Larry

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http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1061/ANR-1061.pdf

I use tables like that to check the optimum soil temp for my starters and germination. I tend to split the difference and keep the soil around 75 degrees or so.

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Chris - The Table you linked to is great for germination temps, but gardengolfer was asking about post germination temps. From everything I have read it can be considerably cooler once they have developed true leaves. Hotter is better, but they should do fine as low as 65 F.

As a first timer last year I had pretty much no extra heat (other than the fluorescent bulbs) for my pepper plants, even for germination. I was growing in a 60-65 degree room. The smaller Anaheim peppers were prolific, the Bells produced fruit, but not many, but I dont think it was due to how I started them.

On the other hand, I just bought one of those reflective "emergency blankets"($1.98) which is basically a big sheet of mylar, and have hung it as a curtain over my shelves. The temps shot up ten degrees, just holding in the heat from the bulbs.

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