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EveG Bakersfield, CA Jan 21, 2016

I recently planted four types of pepper seeds: anaheim, poblano, sweet banana, and pasilla. I didn't read up on how exactly to go about planting them so i put ten seeds in each pot and most spouted for each pepper except pasilla. Just today I looked up on how to grow peppers and see a lot of directions saying to only put a few seeds for each pot, so I'm asking, how can I fix this problem? I've also seen people talking about cutting some of the sprouting leaves and just leave one, how does that work exactly? If anyone can help me out or have any tips that'll be great!

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) Jan 21, 2016

First of all what type of light are you using?

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EveG Bakersfield, CA Jan 21, 2016

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First of all what type of light are you using?


I'm growing them indoors so I'm using a plant light of 75w.

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) Jan 24, 2016

There are many different ways to start seeds. That many plants can't continue to grow in one container. When they talk about cutting the seedlings they mean just that, cut the seedling below the leaves and that will kill the plant, leaving room for the others to grow. The seedlings you want to keep...don't handle them by their stems, if the stems get damaged the seedling may die. Here is a link that may help. http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2266/

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altagardener Calgary, AB(Zone 3b) Jan 24, 2016

You could simply water the pots well, then gently dump out the soil ball and separate out the seedlings by breaking up the soil. Then repot the separate seedlings in separate pots, if you'd intended to keep them all. Seedlings aren't so delicate as people imagine and this isn't at all difficult to do with large seedlings (and even much smaller ones).

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Dragunov79 South Florida, FL(Zone 10b) Jan 27, 2016

Yes, if you are attempting to save some of your seedlings because you used too many seeds you can try to repot them like Altagardener said. But if you do this try to keep the roots of each covered with the original soil from the pot to cut down on transplant shock.
If you don't need, or can't use that many plants because of space restrictions then the easiest way is to thin out the seedlings in the original pot. I know it is horrible to "kill" the extra seedling, I always hate that part, seems like a waste. But none of them will survive if they are so crowded.

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altagardener Calgary, AB(Zone 3b) Jan 27, 2016

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...if you do this try to keep the roots of each covered with the original soil from the pot to cut down on transplant shock.


I've never found this (i.e. covering the roots with the original soil) to be necessary. Just repot the seedlings promptly and don't allow the rootlets to dry out before repotting into moist soil.

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