Okay, I realize that not a lot of people wintersow peppers, but I also know that a lot of wintersowers grow peppers, so I am posting the link to the 3rd Annual Incredible Edibles Pick-A-Peck of Peppers Swap. The swap is posted on the Round Robin Forum. Just follow the link below to sign up. Should be a great turnout this year! Hope you will join me! Bonnie Here is a link that might be useful: 3rd Annual I.E. Pick-A-Peck of Peppers Swap

Welcome to the swap, Simsedward! You member page does not have your email address listed. You will need to add that, or email me through my member page, so that I can send you my mailing address. - Thanks! Mike, did my envelope get there already? Man, that was fast! Jsschrstrcks, I had a lot of trouble with that last year. Fortunately, a couple of folks in the swap were kind enough to send me some extra baggies. Our Walmart was out for quite a while, as the drug dealers tend to buy them all. Hoping I don't run into that problem again this time. Thank you, Jamie, for your donation!!!

Glad to hear that everyone is happy with what they received back! Thank you John, for sharing all the extra goodies! I am down to the LAST THREE ENVELOPES!!! I have 10 ready to mail this morning: Rollinrockell Foodeefish Elvimiller Thismembername Moonfire Nak10 MissyGA64 Trickfox Plus the last couple packages from THP folks. It is such a relief to be winding down the swap. I love being able to fulfill wishes! Makes me feel a bit like Santa Claus, LOL, but I am ready to focus on getting the garden ready for planting. Well, as soon as it warms up a bit. Right now, it's 16 degrees outside. It's supposed to reach 50 by the weekend though. Come on spring!!! Thank you, EVERYONE, for participating in the Pick-A-Peck of Peppers swap! Your hostess, Bonnie

Yes! I was gonna put that in last nite and forgot it till after I had submitted it! Was falling down tired and heading up to bed or I would have done a second post! If you just want to see if they're germinating you can usually hold the baggie up to strong lite and tell well enough if they're growing, but if you plan to plant them in soil when they germinate I recommend you wait a little less than peppers usually take to germinate and then unfold the paper towel to actually look. To move them into soil it's easiest if you do it immediately when you see germination or else the root can start to grow into the paper, making it hard to pick up! Obviously do it carefully when you move them--you're good with Plant Things, shouldn't be a problem for you! I have a tweezers with a long, very pointed end I can move them with (a craft tweezers), but (if they're not imbedded in the paper) you can often just "get" them with the tip of a toothpick or unbent paper clip or something. Usually easier to use something besides just trying to pick them up with your fingers! And if you make a very slight indentation in the soil you can just sort of lay them in (sideways works!) and push a BIT of soil over them. Virtually all of them should make it! A couple times I've "planted" seeds in paper towels that I knew were hard and took a long time to germinate so I could easily see when they germinated and not have to try to keep pots of soil "the right wetness" for a long time--without ever knowing if I should "wait longer" or not! When I had enough that germinated and I had them successfully planted in soil, I just threw the rest out! Worked well! With that many seeds it sounds like you should easily find as many good ones as you want. But one thing I do! When I'm putting them on the paper towel I make sure the seeds aren't touching each other. Don't know if that's necessary or not, but I do it because of the "rotten apple in a barrel" effect! Good luck, Skybird