Homegrown Pantry : A Gardener's Guide to Selecting the Best Varieties & Planting the Perfect Amounts for What You Want to Eat Year Round (9781612125794) by Pleasant Barbara

Author:Pleasant, Barbara
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Best vegetables for preserving;best vegetables to can;harvesting vegetables;preserving;how to preserve vegetables;best varieties of vegetables;salsa
Publisher: Workman Pub Co
Published: 2017-03-06T18:12:33+00:00

How to

Grow Peppers

When: Plant peppers in late spring, after the soil has warmed and the last frost has passed. Start seeds about 6 weeks before your last frost date. Pepper seeds take longer to germinate compared to tomatoes, and they are prone to rot under very wet conditions. Provide very bright light, and transplant to 4-inch containers after the first true leaves appear.

Planting: Prepare the soil in a sunny spot with a near-neutral pH. Scatter a sprinkling of wood ashes or ground eggshells over soil that tends to be slightly acidic. Allow at least 2 feet of space between pepper plants. Into each planting hole, mix a standard dose of balanced organic fertilizer and a heaping shovelful of compost. Set peppers deeply so that their seedling leaves are just covered, and water well.

Maintenance: Peppers can tolerate high heat, but they produce best when they never run short of water. A thick mulch of grass clippings pleases most peppers. Late in the season when peppers become top-heavy with fruits, the plants are likely to fall over. Propping up fallen plants may do more harm than good, because the branches are brittle and break easily. It is best to prevent peppers from falling over by staking them early or growing them in small tomato cages.

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