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RMO
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IM IN OHIO, ITS OCT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW AND IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO START GREEN PEPPER SEEDS NOW INDOORS AND HAVE RED,YELLOW,ORANGE PEPPERS THROUGH WINTER. THEY ARE SO EXSPENSIVE TO BUY AND I HAVE TONS OF SEED. ANY HELP OR TIPS WOULD BE GREAT.
THANX

Plants: 2 | From: OHIO | Registered: Oct 2004  |  Seeded: 64.12.116.72
sidheblooms
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i know what you mean about peppers being expensive, and i too wish i could grow them all year round.

i do know that they need adequite light and heat, and i am pretty positive that a window wouldnt provide enough of either. there is the option of artificial lighting, but how bright, i am not sure. if you had a big ol window frame, and placed a grow light and perhaps a heating mat, this might be enough to get 'em going.

good luck, i hope someone will provide you with a key to make it possible..and please let us know if you find one!

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Plants: 88 | From: in the bush, canada | Registered: Sep 2004  |  Seeded: 64.141.19.122
RMO
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DO YOU THINK MAYBE A SMALL HEATED GREEN HOUSE WOULD DO THE TRICK? OR IS THERE NO SUCH THING?
THANX

Plants: 2 | From: OHIO | Registered: Oct 2004  |  Seeded: 205.188.116.71
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you can grow almost anything in a small heated green house. do a forum search on harbor freight and/or green houses and you can see the one that weezie got. it's cool!
Seeded: 12.77.200.10
ServantsHeart2003
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[flower] You can easily and cheaply set up your own indoor heated greenhouse!! Mom just ought for me a great mini greenhouse for Christmas (I told her that is all I really want for Christmas)! It only costed $35.19--including s&h, everything!! It is 27"Wx19"Dx62"H--just right for sitting in front of a window that gets full sun all day!! It comes with a cover so if you keep it closed it will have its own heat and humidity during the sunlight hours and moisture from that as well!! But you can also add heating pads or grow lights!!

Farm Tek

They have a LOT of great things for a gardener of any degree to use, farmers and horticulturists!! I will be ordering flooring for my dog kennel soon and a cover for the kennel as well!

I also have a much smaller mini greehouse Mom got me for my birthday this year that I have outside for harding off plants started indoors!!

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Plants: 268 | From: South Carolina--zone 7/8a | Registered: Oct 2004  |  Seeded: 24.197.120.223
weezie13
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I [Cool] [Love] Farmtek, awesome catalog and great supplies!! *I haven't ordered anything
from there, but there's lot's of stuff!!!!


***RMO,
Alot of growing indoors from what I understand does rely on light... so do alot of research in that field...
And some research on hand pollenating..
I know we've had a few people post about that, if you do a FORUM SEARCH and type in HAND POLLENATING..you should be able to find some info..

and if you do this, PLEASE keep us posted, we
[Cool] LOVE updates [critic] and we love how to
learn and do things [teacher] ,so good or bad on your out come we'd love to hear about it. [gabby] [critic]

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

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Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.67.57
Triss
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RMO,

Yes you can grow peppers indoors and as stated above you need lots of light. I started 13 varieties of peppers a couple weeks ago and they are starting to sprout now as I didnt have them in enough heat/light initially. I am hoping to get lots of peppers this winter but if not then outdoors they will go come spring and have a headstart on the growing season.

Peppers can be annual plants and grown year round which is something I am just learning about. If you have peppers outdoors you can put them in pots and overwinter them inside and while some will have a period of time where they are resting, and appear to be dying, be patient and they will come back. I have a Jalapeno and Serrano growing in the basement right now and the Serrano has not stopped producing and the Jalepeno does have new flowers about to bloom. They do have to be hand pollunated to bear fruit.

I am hoping to have much success with my peppers this winter and hope you do as well.

Triss

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Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 139.55.218.123
   

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