How to Use Peat Pellet Kits for Seed Starting Cucumbers, Tomatoes & Peppers: No Grow-Lights Needed!

This is part of my 2020 seed starting series. I show you how to set up and use compressed peat pellet kits to start cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers. I discuss a no grow-light method and if you use grow-lights, how you can best use them. I also discuss when to start cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers indoors and why.

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[gendeb]

I get ridiculously high germination rates using these. Thanks for sharing, highly recommended!

[annaraime]

I use these all the time and I have great results with all of my tomatoes and my green and red peppers won't use anything else to start my seeds thanks for showing the review hope others will learn just as much as I do

[jonplaud]

I recieved a pellet kit at a funeral to plant something in the name of the one who was deceased. Thank you so much for this video! It is my first time planting anything.

[akatobi]

I subscribed as soon as you said you were in MD. Finally someone who has to deal with MD's dysfunctional weather

[strawberrymage]

This is the first time I'm starting from pellets. I am glad I revisited this video! Thanks for leaving it up and good luck on your next book. I look forward to it! Thanks for autographing your first book for me :D

[redredwine]

I'm in 🇨🇦, February usually is still cold and freezing, but thanks and happy planting 2020.

[loriweaverbush]

These videos are great! I got a grant for indoor greenhouses in my special education classroom. We are going to have an indoor container garden! I'm loving all of your videos! I'm hoping my students will, too!

[jackiehorsley]

I like using them peat pellets there really convenient you don't have to worry about disturbing the roots on your plants when planting them In your garden beds

[joebarrett]

what an amazing tip to label the trays. I have always failed at this task!

[chrisdahl]

I never had good luck with the pellets...now I realize why....never thought to use boiling water to set them up and sterilize them. Gonna have to try them again, using this technique! Thanks for this!!

[eb]

Thank you! You get right to it. No bells and whistles! ❤️

[FromTheHeart-]

I so appreciate you Realized my lights were too high and just got the pellets. Going to start seeding this way. Thanks so much.

[LuvBritTV]

Thank you for the video! First year for me in Ontario Canada with the peat pellets, newbie veggie gardener. Started last year with 2 containers for a few peppers and beans, (bought from nursery), they did well, now I have a raised bed for this year. I had a terrible year last year with fungus gnats which I think I inadvertently brought indoors with my plants. I used Miracle Grow soil and didn't know they're notorious for this. I'd put houseplants outside and re-potted them thinking I was doing a good thing, when I brought them back in for winter! Little did I know! So after researching I found these pellets. The boiling water is a good idea. I probably will try the larger ones next time round. It's only for me, so I don't need many. 👍

[maymawadee]

I needed the instructions for this and fortunately I am from MD too!

[jessesprecher]

This helps me so much! I’m a Maryland resident as well

[ZacharyVered]

I love these. My taproots each grow through the netting without issue, but I also still cut the netting away. I imagine you’re supposed to anyway, it’s only there to hold the peat together before planting.

[danialamcquarrie]

thank you for the great information! I am making 40 small garden boxes with a class, and this is who we will start our seeds perfect video!

[thorned]

Thank you ! Answered all of my questions. New to plants

[holly_kay]

This is great Gary! I want to order the larger Peat Pellets. I looked at your links, but I wasn't sure which ones were large. Thank you for all of this great info.

[JenniferSteeves]

I’m in zone 6b, I have all my hot peppers germinating In wet paper towels in baggies and in propagation tray, on top of a heat mat, I moved the seeds that germinated into jiffy peat pellets and have them in another propagation tray on top of a heat mat, they sprouted but haven’t yet sprouted in my peat pellets 😭😭😭😭😭

I am doing 24 types of peppers and have 100 hot pepper plants I think I killed lol. I am HOPING since I started germinating them March 10 and it’s now April 1, that maybe by April 30 they will some plant exposed.

I’ve got about 40 tomato plants which are doing great in peat pellets …
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