Like Chaz, I posted a thank you to Ryan here but it did not show up. IT was while the site was having troubles to imagine it got caught in a "trouble bubble"! Ryan, the bulbs looked so great! Not a single problem with rot on any of my 15, and I am just delighted with them! I have mine all potted now, and am working on getting all my older bulbs moved outside for the summer. I am 1/3 done with that, not counting the seedlings. Big rush here to get everything planted before I head to ALaska on the cruise with my sis. Actually, going for a manicure on Tues so I better speed up the process! My sis and I will pretend to be ladies of leisure for a week! (Then come home to hours of weeding for the rest of the summer!) ANyhow, thanks, RYan for all your work on this and thanks to all the others who went in on this order so it was possible! NOw we wait to see what we got...oh my, can you imagine how exciting that will be!!!

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

Glad to hear that everyone is happy with what they received back! 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

Well it looks like the nice weather has everyone off the computer and out in the garden. That is the way it should be I suppose but it has put a damper on the numbers for this swap. I will give it until Tuesday night; if we don't hit ten swappers ( we have five now) I will pull the plug. I have received two packages already and if the swap is cancelled, we will have to work something out.