![]() ![]() In cold weather areas like mine, this high temperature is difficult to provide in most homes during winter. A soil temperature of 85 degrees F is ideal. Peppers like very warm temperatures for germination. I’ve been growing red peppers in my garden successfully for many years, but I’ve had trouble during the seed starting process with getting them to germinate. In an effort to help you skip over the mistakes I made, I’m sharing the step-by-step process I use for successfully starting peppers indoors each winter. ![]() Before I figured out a solid process, I had several frustrating years where I could not get my pepper seeds to germinate well. Not only can peppers be tricky to grow as plants, the seeds can also be difficult to germinate. Plus, as a seed starter, you have access to so many more interesting and unique colors, shapes, and varieties of peppers than you do if you buy your plants in spring. Starting peppers indoors in late winter will allow you to experiment and find the best varieties for your garden. That’s why, if you love the idea of growing sweet peppers, it’s worth it to grow your own seeds. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to hunt down these varieties as plants in the spring at local nurseries and farmers markets. Over the last 18 years of being a home gardener, the award for the best sweet pepper varieties have consistently gone to the same two pepper varieties year after year. Over the years I’ve experimented with growing many, many different varieties of peppers in an effort to identify which ones are the best performing in my zone 5 garden. This is because the varieties of peppers you choose to grow will very much determine the success you’ll have. Hot peppers are generally pretty easy, but if you’re aiming for red, orange, or yellow sweet peppers you might have a history of being disappointed by your plants. Every season I grow between 30-35 sweet and hot pepper plants.īut, peppers are one of the vegetables that can be tricky to grow, especially if you live in a northern climate. They’re so versatile, I think peppers are one of the most exciting and rewarding vegetables to grow. The taste of fresh red peppers from the garden is so amazing you’ll likely find yourself snacking on them before they make it into the kitchen for a recipe.Īt our house during the pepper harvest season we eat as many as possible in favorite summer dishes, and then when we get our fill we freeze peppers for winter, throw them in our favorite salsa recipe, and make roasted red peppers for winter hummus wraps. When you consider the high price of organic red (and yellow and orange) peppers at the grocery store, they might be one of the vegetables that are the most worth it to grow. ![]()
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