[Kimberley04]

Forgive me, I can't work it out...

The expanding peat pellets - just add water and seed - do I put them in a pot of water and wait for them to expand before i put the seed in, or do i put the seed in the middle part, water and wait??

How long does it take for them to spring up ?

Thanks, and sorry for being silly.

[Yabba]

Add water, wait, put seed in

No idea how long they take, but they get several times larger

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[fletcherbaker]

Takes 30 seconds ish ive used them this year and i was very impressed used them for chillis and peppers!

[Lardman]

Takes 30 seconds ish ive used them this year and i was very impressed used them for chillis and peppers!

I stopped using them when I found the biodegradable mesh didn't degrade and my poor pepper plants roots were confined to a 1inch pot !  (They were Suttons pellets)

[Kimberley04]

Oh dear, maybe I'm doing something wrong .... they've been in water for 10 minutes, and they've expanded a LITTLE.

[fletcherbaker]

MMMM that dosent sound good i just put them in a bowl with teppid water just covering them and 30 secs or so later they had doubled  in size kimberley!!!Lardman i used the jiffy pellets and my chilli and pepper roots were bursting through the mesh no problem

[oldcow]

You probably just need to soak them in more water. It's surprising how much water they can absorb!