Beginner Gardening: New here, and trying to develop my green thumb!, 1 by obsidian468

obsidian468 wrote:
I started my jalapenos from seed about two months ago. Mine grew fairly quickly. I haven't done anything except water them. They're also planted in Miracle-Grow Moisture Control Potting Soil (so they're not exactly organic).

At the same time, I just had another rosemary plant sprout after nearly a month in the seed pod (I'm saving all of my non-sprouting pods until the sprouted pods are ready to transplant - just when I think they're garbage, they often surprise me with a sprout).

As for peppers liking their soil dryer, from what I understand, they like to be well-watered early on while they're growing their main stem/bushy leaves. Once they start producing peppers, they like to be a bit dryer, particularly once the peppers are close to ripe (a process known as droughting them). Some people think this makes them hotter. Others don't. Stick with your personal experience on this.

After two months, both indoors and outdoors (peppers love hot and moist weather), my jalapenos are going strong.