r/HotPeppers • u/CityBuckets • 1d ago

Indoor seed starting rack Growing

Just put this together today. Jan-10-2025. What you all think of this set up. Want to get a head start on my hot peppers. They take forever to germinate. 7000lumen 6500kelvin. 2 Fans and 2 oscillating fans. 6 shelf rack.

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u/no_name_user 13h ago

What all are you growing in there?

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u/CityBuckets 13h ago

Right now I have , habaneros. Carolina reaper / dragons breath and jumbo jalapeños. But my Carolina reapers and dragons breath have yet to even sprout after 4 weeks. I may have sowed them to deep ? Idk. I have several habanero seedlings and jumbo jalapeños seedlings now that sprouted. So they will be put on the rack. I have marigolds seedlings already on rack.

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u/no_name_user 13h ago

Nice! I am in Chicago suburbs and planning on starting my hot peppers soon too. Habanero, jalapeno, and ghost peppers are ok my list for this year for sure.

I usually like to dome my peppers to raise the humidity. Try it if you haven't yet.

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u/CityBuckets 12h ago

Yes. My peppers are all started in trays with heat mats and domes. Experimentbing for sure. Because my Carolina Reapers and dragons breath are picky sob’s. Lol. Started gardening last year with buckets and raised beds. I truly enjoyed it and wanna up my game. So this grow tent was put together by stuff I already had for a while and now just adding lights I put it all together. So I’m hoping to see the difference and save space with these shelves. I can get a lot growing on this I think.