FREE: 15 Mixed Bell Pepper Seeds

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Planting:

Start seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before last
spring frost date.
The temperature must be at least 70 degrees F
for seed germination, so keep them in a warm
area for the best and fastest results.
Start pepper seeds three to a pot, and thin out
the weakest seedling. Let the remaining two
pepper plants spend their entire lives together
as one plant. The leaves of two plants help
protect peppers against sunscald, and the
yield is often twice as good as two segregated
plants.
Begin to harden off plants about 10 days
before transplanting.
A week before transplanting, introduce
fertilizer or aged compost in your garden soil.
After the danger of frost has passed,
transplant seedlings outdoors, 18 to 24 inches
apart (but keep paired plants close to
touching.)
Soil should be at least 65 degrees F, peppers
will not survive transplanting at temps any
colder. Northern gardeners can warm up the
soil by covering it with black plastic.
Put two or three match sticks in the hole with
each plant, along with about a teaspoon of
fertilizer. They give the plants a bit of sulfur,
which they like.

Care:

Soil should be well-drained, but maintain
adequate moisture either with mulch or
plastic covering.
Water one to two inches per week, but
remember peppers are extremely heat
sensitive. If you live in a warm or desert
climate, watering everyday may be necessary.
Fertilize after the first fruit set.
Weed carefully around plants.
If necessary, support plants with cages or
stakes to prevent bending. Try commercially
available cone-shaped wire tomato cages.
They may not be ideal for tomatoes, but they
are just the thing for peppers.
For larger fruit, spray the plants with a
solution of one tablespoon of Epsom salts in a
gallon of water, once when it begins to
bloom, and once ten days later.