First day of spring! The day I plant my pepper seeds into pots. I use tin can sized pots so I can transplant directly into the garden row with as little root disturbance as possible. I also use the soil from the garden, as I find the ants love any duffy potting soil as an easy place to nurse the aphids they later move up onto the plant. I don't like to give them any advantage. Organic gardening needs a bit of thought and lots of tricks! *_*. the seeds will take about 2 weeks to sprout, and that gives them 5 to 6 weeks to gain a nice size without getting to tall and skinny. If the soil from your garden is balanced, your pint sized pot will hold food enough until planting time. An organic transplanting food, (like compost tea) or fish fertilizer to be used at that time, to help the plants over the shock of the move.
Peppers are classed as "Friendly" pollinators, so if you have more than one kind, Hot and Sweet, do not plant close. Opposite ends of the garden is recommended. you could end up with hot sweets and not so hot hots! If you are a gardener who plants "Unmodified" and "Non hybrids" and want to save your own seed. Plant your seed plants out in your nice flower garden as an ornamental, and be sure of good pollination by bees attracted to the flowers.
Where to plant in the garden??
Pepper Friends; Carrot, Eggplant, Onion, Parsnip, Pea and Tomatoes. Adversary;(don't plant next to) Fennel, Kohlrabi.
HAPPY PEPPERS!
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING! *_*
sounds wonderful, our daughter saves her pepper seeds and rows beauties, I can't wait to see all the photos you will have of them.
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