With their white flowers, colorful fruit, and upright growth habit, pepper plants are just as welcome in flower beds and borders as they are in the vegetable garden. In fact, many newer cultivars have been bred just for the purpose of showing them off. (See: A Guide to Growing Ornamental...
One or two weeks after the last frost, remove the plastic, and set in your pepper plants without disturbing the soil any more than necessary to avoid turning up new weed seeds. You may like this alternative to hardening-off the plants. Cut the bottoms off round, white translucent, 1 ...
If you have an impermeable layer near the surface, build raised beds and fill them with a mixture of native soil and bagged organic material likePaydirt™ Planting Mix or Dr. Q’s Vegetable & Herb Mix.When locating your vegetable bed, choose a spot with good air circulation. Avoid excessi...
Alicia said:“To save money on water, and to help your plants grow nice deep roots, save your plastic 64 oz. juice containers. Leave the caps on, cut off the bottoms, and then poke a zillion holes in the sides (I use my hubby’s grilling fork!). Bury the containers (cap-side dow...
Of course, you can also buy cold frames, pre-built. You want to be sure they fit the size of your raised beds. Cold frames you can purchase pre-built: Giantex Garden Portable Wooden Green House Cold Frame Raised Plants Bed Protection (39.5"X25"X15") ...
Peppers –Peppers do wonderfully in containers, especially if growing in a colder climate. Pepper plants need warmer soil to thrive, so wide containers that are 10 – 12” deep will allow for 2 – 3 smaller plants to grow nicely. Place pots in the sunniest spot available and keep them she...
Rosemary is one of my favorite plants in the garden. This amazing evergreen herb is well known for fragrant aroma and culinary uses. Rosemary grows very will in a variety of conditions including pots, in gardens, in raised beds, or even indoors! You might be wondering “Can you propagate ...
They also benefit plants because they keep the roots from circling around inside the container. Several companies now make big, deep fabric planter bags that are essentially raised beds made of fabric. They’re frost-proof and can be left outdoors all winter long, and their larger size makes ...
Although I grew peppers last summer in the greenhouse, they were planted in pots. I think it will be interesting to see how they do in the gutters. I noticed last summer their root systems were not especially long so we’ll see. I’ll also growing some pepper plants in pots as well....
Twenty-seven green bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) cultivars were evaluated over three growing seasons in Maine. Each year, plants started in a greenhouse were transplanted into double rows on raised beds covered with black plastic mulch. Overall yields were low compared with similar experiments in ot...