Bell peppers are one of the most popular vegetables grown in home gardens. The bell pepper is native to Central and North America and is easy to grow. There is now a much wider variety of peppers to choose from with different colors and even different shapes. Whether you’re looking for ...
Chillies don't mind growing in bigger pots, so the timing for planting them out is not critical if you use pots. If you live in a cooler climate, use pots. Let them to grow to 10 to 15 cm/4-6 inches. Make sure it's warm enough before you put them outside! Water the chillies ...
Planting pepper seeds: Start pepper seeds indoors 8 to 12 weeks before transplanting. Pepper seedlings need warm soil temperature (about 80° F) for germination, daytime temperatures averaging 70° to 80° F, and nighttime temperatures no lower than 60° F. Keeping the soil evenly moist and pr...
Ideally, pepper seedlings would be maintained at 70F daytime and 60F nighttime as they grow, but Sarah admits Adaptive’s unheated greenhouse in Sweet Home, Oregon, just isn’t that consistent. “It can fluctuate a lot,” she says, “and even get to 80s by day and 40s at night. If...
Cross pollination will never cause hot peppers to be less hot or more hot. Should You Prune Pepper Seedlings? It won’t affect the heat of the fruit, but pruning does affect when plants fruit and how they grow. Find out more inShould You Prune Pepper Seedlings?
Banana peppers grow to about 2 or 3 inches long with a curved, elongated and banana-like shape. Banana peppers come in either sweet or hot varieties, both of which enjoy warm temperatures and lots of sunlight. One of the easiest-to-grow pepper varieties,
Cover the seedlings with a light layer of soil as they grow. Provide one-inch of water each week. Remember, don’t harvest for three years – allow the plant to grow all summer and cut it back to 2 inches in the fall. Growing Asparagus From Crowns ...
Sow winter squash seeds in the garden–or set out seedlings started indoors–only after the soil has warmed to at least 60°F (16°C), usually no sooner than 3 weeks after the last frost in spring. Winter squashes grow best in air temperatures ranging from 50° to 90°F (10-32°C...
There are many types of peppers that can be grown in the garden. So many, in fact, that you are certain to find one that suits your particular needs, even if it’s in a container. The care of pepper plants is easy once you know how to handle common peppe
How to Plant Eggplant Start seeds indoors, sowing them ¼ of an inch deep in flats or peat pots. After the risk of the last spring frost has passed and daytime temperatures are 70° to 75°F (60° to 65°F at night), set seedlings in holes 24 to 30 inches apart in rows 3 feet...