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/pretty-purple-pepper-in-the-garden/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/pretty-purple-pepper-in-the-garden/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:34:56 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=252 Pretty Purple Pepper is not only a variety name, but an accurate description of the plant and its fruit!  Let’s talk a little about growing this wonderful pepper variety in the garden. How Does it Look? It’s really hard to capture with a photo how lovely both the plant and the peppers are!  The stems [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/pretty-purple-pepper-in-the-garden/feed/ 5 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/peppers-in-the-garden/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/peppers-in-the-garden/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:02:49 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=217 So what’s new with the peppers in the garden?  We’ve had a cold winter here in South Florida, which has affected the peppers (sweet and chile).  However, the days are warming, and hopefully we won’t have any more nights in the 30′s! So what’s with the peppers in the garden — and what about another [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/peppers-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 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/chile-pepper/chile-pepper-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/chile-pepper-seeds/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:13:56 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=191 It’s been quite cool here in South Florida during January, and now we’re set to get more near-freezing weather this week — it doesn’t bode well for chile peppers!  I’ve got one out in the garden already — Thai Hot — but none of my other chile seeds (except for Pretty Purple Pepper) have germinated.  [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/chile-pepper/chile-pepper-seeds/feed/ 2 http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds-part-2/ http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds-part-2/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:45:41 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/?p=42 I got a little carried away describing some different pepper seeds for different climates in my previous growing peppers from seeds post.  So now let’s talk about the actual planting process. What You Need You’ll need the following to plant your pepper seeds.  I germinate mine indoors, and then transplant them a little later.  So [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-peppers.com/growing-peppers/growing-peppers-from-seeds-part-2/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