Just curious.. Why did you put them in the fridge?

Peppers need warm soil to germinate, so in the soil right now or in the fridge woudl not work so well. On top of your fridge would work.

Melons, for me, are easy as pie. They have always direct sown them with no problems. I sow them in mid-may. What zone are you in?

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Keriann~

The reason your watermelon and peppers didn't sprout is that they require a constantly hotter temperature than they would get in a non heated hoop house.

I have never used this system, but yes the rooter plugs look like they would be good. You will have better luck rooting them indoors with bottom heat.

By the way does your fridge give off heat on top. The newer ones don't

I put the seeds in the fridge and followed byrons famous seed starting tea directions. And then put them into the plugs and onto the burpee's growing system. I live in michigan, zone 5. My fridge is a old huge fridge. So i hope it lets off enouph heat.

Peppers germinate best at about 85 degrees. I am not familiar with famous Byron, but can't imagine a tea helping a seed germinate. Al

Thx Al, Byron's info is listed on this sight. I search seed starting tea and it brings up his way of germinating seeds. There are tons of comments.

Byron has a point, but I can't imagine why he would use black tea instead of chammomile, which has better anti-fungal properties and is cheaper in bulk. And I still prefer 3% peroxide until germination, then tea afterwards.

Dicot, how do you germinte with the peroxide? Thx, Ginny