You might remember that I have mentioned that my kitties prevent me from starting certain things inside, especially peppers, even hot! And so last year I just bought bell pepper plants and did fine with them. I bought a few 4 or 6 packs of red, orange and yellow. Well this year I cannot find 4,6 packs of colored bell peppers anywhere! I have gone to 6 garden centers and called another 6 today and none have multipacks of colored peppers. One place has 6 packs of mandarin peppers which might be acceptable for a few. I can buy single packs of larger peppers in the desired colors but it would cost me about $50 to buy 2 dozen peppers and that is too much money! I am just so upset I don't know what to do! Next year I a going to try to start peppers again and then put them somewhere when they get taller than the tray cover. Maybe I can borrow my mom's mini greenhouse (just have to be around to unzip it when it gets too hot ). I can't understand why nurseries do not have more selection. they all have the same green bells and habaneros and jalapenos and it makes me pretty !

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Yeah, I did seeds too, last couple of years,
cause no one sells them around here either...
*I guess not alot want to take the time with
them or maybe think they are fussy or something*

And the colored one's have more "good stuff" in them than the plain colored one's..
The brighter the fruit, the higher in good for you stuff in it...

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I might have to buy green but I think they aren't as nice as the actual red varieties (?). I called another place today that said they had colored peppers in single packs but if I bought a full flat of plants/flowers it would be only $19.33 total. So I drove there and when I got there the person had been way off. they had no bell 4/6 packs at all. they offered me a free 1 gallon pot but I felt bad taking it as it was worth $15. I should have taken it yes, but I just felt it was too much reimbursement for driving 6 miles. Anyway, I called another one after that and nothing. I have 2 left in the entire area. After that I will buy a couple 6 packs of green and spend whatever I can on single yellow and orange. I also need 2 more hot peppers. I was told by the garden center I went to last year when I called them this winter, that they would have colored bell peppers and serrano. So I didn't start any. I just am very broke this spring from a large cut in pay in the last year. And so I was so fed up today I cried for a couple minutes about it. I just felt so drained. Not that it is the end of the world, but you feel so disappointed and alone when you can't find what you need. Wish me luck for the couple remaining places.

Deborah, once you start your seeds on the fridge where do you put them for light?

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Tamara...I don't know, but I think a red bell is prety much a red bell. That is to say, a green allowed to ripen. I could be wrong

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You're not wrong. Red peppers are just fully ripened green ones. They're the same plant!

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Ok all, I did find 6 packs of gold peppers today, Hallelujah! I bought 12 and I also bought 12 green. I have one red chili (not very descriptive, can't find serrano!). I will now buy a single jalapeno and a couple orange and red bells. I just don't understand why every place has the exact same thing! They all have habanero and Hungarian wax and banana peppers and green bell. WTH? I wish garden centers were better. The good ones are better than Walmart and the like but so expensive and still have about the same thing.
Another thing that bugs me is why they don't sell pansy flats again in the fall. Well I can see I am a second away from philosophising about our cookie cutter world. So I will just think about planting those peppers!

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Do you have lowes near you? They had a pretty good selection of hot peppers, including Tabascos, and a few Bells.