Planting Peppers
How to plant indoors:
- Soak peat pellets in boiling water or fill small pots with a peat and soil mixture (I use pellets but they are less environmentally sustainable)
- When the soil is damp and cool, make a small hole with the end of a pencil or chopstick. Check the seed package for the depth of the hole
- Drop in two seeds. You will pull or snip on of the two plants in they both grow, but I use organic seed, so one seed in five doesn't sprout
- Cover over the seeds with the dirt you pushed to the side with the pencil and pat lightly
- Place tray under grow light or in very sunny south window (I am using my grow table)
This year I planted organic 12 green bell peppers and 12 yellow bell peppers. I also planted 6 mini peppers and 6 of the hot chilies I liked so much last year. I will buy one jalapeno pepper (I only use one plant, so the bedding plant is cheaper than the seed in that case).
I will mist my peppers every few days and re-pot them once before I put them in the garden.
This is great! I'm planning to start some seedlings in the next week or so and have never planted peppers before. Maybe it's too late but I'll still give it a go :)
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