Finally got peppers started.  Like last year, we’re doing only sweet peppers.  We’re also focusing on just three varieties: two that did well last year (Ace and Islander), plus a new one (Revolution).

We start them in teeny tiny soil blocks that are just 3/4″ square.  They like heat to germinate, so the small blocks allow us to start a lot in a small space, maximizing our heating mats.  That probe-looking thing in the second pic is a thermometer.

Soon after they germinate, we’ll move them into 2″ square blocks so they can stretch their feet a little.  Next they’ll go into larger pots, and then finally into the field sometime in late May.