It has been almost a month since I planted the rest of my Tabasco Pepper seeds from Tomato Growers Supply. None of the others germinated. From an entire pack of pepper seeds I have one plant. Two germinated, but one died before it even got the seed coat off of the first leaves.
I'm growing over twenty kinds of peppers this year, about half of them from seed. None of the other pepper seeds have had problems germinating, although the Devil's Tongue Peppers did take almost three weeks...a bit long, but not abnormal.
So, I have to assume that I got a bad batch of seeds, and I'll be contacting Tomato Growers Supply.
Thanks for the information some of you supplied.
Penelope