http://www.homegrown-peppers.com Taste What Fresh Really Means! Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:37:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/planting-pepper-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/planting-pepper-seeds/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:41:07 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=305 Planting pepper seeds is pretty easy.  Sure, all you need to do is put the pepper seed in soil, cover it and water it, but there are a few more steps along the way that can up the germination rate of your pepper seeds.  Let’s take a quick look. Seed-Starting Medium I can’t remember the [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/planting-pepper-seeds/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/redskin-pepper-in-the-garden/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/redskin-pepper-in-the-garden/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 12:32:46 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=269 I decided to try the Redskin pepper, even knowing my track record with bell peppers hasn’t exactly been stellar.  But I have to admit to being impressed with Redskin.  Finally, a bell pepper that actually produces for me in South Florida! Planting Redskin Pepper I had to plant this versatile pepper from seed, as there [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/redskin-pepper-in-the-garden/feed/ 4 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/germinating-pepper-seeds-update/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/germinating-pepper-seeds-update/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:08:28 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=206 It’s been just over a week since I planted my latest batch of pepper seeds, both hot and sweet. So what’s sprouting already? And the Winner Is… Corno di Toro, a sweet pepper, was first out of the gate at 5 days. However, of the two seeds I’ve planted, only one has shown up yet. [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/germinating-pepper-seeds-update/feed/ 2 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/pepper-seeds/germinating-hot-pepper-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/pepper-seeds/germinating-hot-pepper-seeds/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:06:44 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=197 Germinating hot pepper seeds is a little different from germinating sweet peppers, at least in my experience.  And the more exotic the pepper, the more particular they may be about sprouting. Here are some tips for growing hot chile peppers from seeds. Peppers Like it Hot! While you can coax sweet and bell peppers to [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/pepper-seeds/germinating-hot-pepper-seeds/feed/ 4 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/germinating-pepper-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/germinating-pepper-seeds/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:32:57 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=53 Germinating pepper seeds can be a wee bit frustrating at first, mainly because it takes so long for the seeds to germinate. But once you have done it a few times, it’s pretty easy. Why should you try germinating pepper seeds, instead of just buying plants at your local garden center? One reason is because [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/germinating-pepper-seeds/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:41:58 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=37 Growing peppers from seeds isn’t as hard as you might think.  The absolute hardest part is waiting for the seeds to germinate and poke their little heads above ground!  (Well, that’s the hardest part for me, at any rate.)  So let’s take a look at what needs to happen in order to grow pepper plants [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds/feed/ 0