{"id":4298,"date":"2024-03-28T10:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2024-03-28T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:21:11","slug":"first-fails-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=4298","title":{"rendered":"First Fails of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?resize=695%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4299\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?resize=1100%2C825&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Pepper-and-eggplant-seedlings-fails-03_28_2024-arrows.jpg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not even April and I already recorded the first fail of the season. All my eggplant and hot pepper seedlings stalled after germination and never set true leaves. The only explanation I have is that I kept them on the heat mat for a few days after germination. Perhaps that was just too hot for the seedlings. I now will have to buy Thai pepper and Asian eggplant seedlings as it is too late to start new plants from seed.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not even April and I already recorded the first fail of the season. All my eggplant and hot pepper seedlings stalled after germination and never set true leaves. 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