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Instant pot germinating

Post by Happy » Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:41 pm

I am testing this with some jalapeno, hot banana pepper and cayennes. Will let you know how it goes!

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Re: Instant pot germinating

Post by kenya » Sun Apr 04, 2021 1:55 am

Very interesting!
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Re: Instant pot germinating

Post by Happy » Sat May 29, 2021 10:01 am

I forgot to update my results here. In short they were not very good! Would not recommend 😄.
I feel like the low temp was too low but the med temp was too high. Several green/red seeds sprouted out of a dozen...zero jalapeño seeds sprouted and I ended up binning them and starting fresh just in case they were crap seeds. All of my hot banana seeds sprouted within 12 days and zero cayenne seeds. I will go back to the heat mat next spring.
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Re: Instant pot germinating

Post by labradors » Sat May 29, 2021 12:13 pm

Other gardeners have had disappointing results as well. It seems that it's imperative to find out the actual temperature given out by the Instant Pot before using it. I think I'll stick to waiting a little longer for seeds to germinate in my house that is chilly overnight!

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Re: Instant pot germinating

Post by thegawd » Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:26 pm

I actually just use my Hatcher set at 80° for germination. it sits mostly unused anyways. heck I didn't use it for birds in like 3 years but I was using it for germinating seeds all along. with the digital read out it's as simple as dialing it down. it's a homemade 2 drawer Hatcher documented on here somewhere.
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