Re: [CH] (Windowsill Gardening of Peppers)
Paul Karpowicz (hondamedic@mediaone.net)
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 05:36:23 -0500
Mich,
Have you been shopping at Pepper Joe's? The reason I ask is the peppers
you list are all in his catalog.
The two problems with trying to grow peppers on a window sill is size
of plant & amount of sunlight available. If the pot is too small for the
size of plant it soon becomes root bound and will not get enough nutrients
to sustain growth and most importantly flowering & fruiting. Even the
smallest pepper plants like Thai's require a minimum two gallon pot to grow
from seedling too maturity.
Sunlight requirements are six hours minimum & eight to ten hours
preferable to achieve growth. Up here in the Northeast you'd have to move
each potted plant three times to different windows to get eight hours of
direct sunlight a day. A combination of florescent and incandescent lights
would help but expensive grow light are the way to go to get the full
spectrum of colors that plants need to grow.
Best suggestion I have for fresh peppers in the winter is to start seeds
at normal time for your area then transplant to containers big enough for
healthy growth. In the fall when cold nights are a problem you can cover
them to maintain temps above fifty degrees. When frost threatens you bring
them indoors. I was eating fresh Serranos & Thai's in January using this
method.
Hope this helps,
Paul (The NortEast ChileMan)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Alexjojo@aol.com>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, 15 March, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: [CH] (no subject)
> I ordered some seeds in order to 'attempt' a window sill garden. Anyone
> have advice for the following seeds??
>
> I plan on following the excellent advice of many chileheads as to 'how' to
> start seedlings but never really asked if the seeds I have were
appropriate.
>
>
> Thai Sun
> Charleston
> Barney
> Argentina
> Jamaican
> Mushroom
>
> Has anyone tried growing these on their windowsills?
> I would love any advice
>
> Mich