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How To Grow Peppers From Seed? 1.The rule of thumb for sowing seeds is to plant the seed twice as deep as it is wide. So for pepper seeds, push them down about a 1/4? â 1/2?, then cover them with dirt. Once all the pepper seeds are sown, water them well and keep the soil evenly moist (but not soggy) until the seeds start to grow. Pepper seedlings donâÂÂt like soggy soil, but never allow the soil to dry out completely. Be patient, pepper seeds can take two or more weeks to germinate, some varieties will start to grow faster than others. 2.Pepper seed germination is best when the soil is kept warm, so you can put the flats on a seed starting heat mat or over a heat vent if you have it. Bottom heat is not required, it just speeds up the pepper seed germination process. 3.The nice thing about peppers is that the seedlings is that they grow fairly slowly, so pepper seedlings donâÂÂt need a ton of extra light to grow indoors. I usually start mine in a south facing window without any additional light. But, if you find that your pepper seedlings are reaching for the window, then you need to add a grow light to prevent them from getting leggy. A small grow light would work for a couple of pepper seedlings, but youâÂÂll need a larger grow light system or a shop light fixture with grow light bulbs for seed flats. 4.Once your pepper seedlings start to grow their true leaves (that is, any leaves that grow after the first two sprout leaves), itâÂÂs time to start fertilizing them, but you donâÂÂt want to feed seedlings a full dose of fertilizer. ItâÂÂs best to start with a weak dose at first, and slowly increase the strength of the fertilizer as your pepper seedlings grow larger. 5.Once your pepper seedlings have started to outgrow the seedling trays, itâÂÂs a good idea to pot them up into larger containers to give them plenty of room to grow. I like using plant able pots to make it super easy to transplant m