How to Grow Peppers Indoors During Winter So They Can Be Enjoyed The Whole Year!

  • Peppers are one of those foods that many of us include in our food as often as possible. The bright colors and fantastic flavors just give several foods that little extra spice that we love. These tips and tricks for growing peppers indoors in the winter will mean that you eat them as much as you want. You'll be stunned by how well they turn out!

    Tips And Tricks For Growing Peppers Indoors Include:

    Starting Peppers Indoors
    Seeds should be planted in a mixture of peat moss, vermiculite and sand.  Place two seeds in each pot near its center, push seeds just below  surface of soil. Keep soil moist not wet, keep pots in a spot where they will get sunlight.

    If you have lots of room,  you can grow larger plants such as red bell peppers or Hungarian wax peppers. If you are short on space, however, then try more compact varieties such as dwarf chilies.
    Bringing Your Outdoor Peppers Inside
    Peppers in containers can be brought directly inside.
    For peppers that are planted directly in the ground, the process for bringing them inside is trickier. Start this process well before your first frost.   Dig around each plant, lift it out of the ground, placing it into a plastic pot. This should be done during the evening so that the plant has the cool of the night to recover.

    If there is extra room in the pot, add some compost, but avoid adding extra garden soil. Water  plants, place them in shady spot outside, leave them for a few days. Inspect plants for any pests or aphids, rinse them off very well, move  to  different spot. Repeat as necessary, until you can’t find any pests. After a few days, bring  plants into an in-between spot like a porch. Bring plants inside,  place under florescent bulbs.
    Keeping Your Peppers Fruiting
    The room that they are in should be a constant 65-75 degrees. Using very bring florescent lighting or a combination of sunlight and florescent light is best. Peppers tend to need more light than other plants, so if you want fruit, plan on leaving their lights on for 14-16 hours per day.  Once plants have flowers, they should be fertilized weekly.

     

    Additional Tips

    You can water your plants when their soil is a little bit try. However, do not allow peppers to be in a pool of water or this could lead to disease for your peppers. Since peppers are very sensitive to the quality of the air they are in they shouldn't be placed in a room that people used to smoke in or in any place where there might be any other pollution in the air. If they are, your peppers could be damaged. As soon as your peppers are ripe, make sure to harvest them with a sharp knife so you don't do any damage to your peppers.

     

    As you can see peppers can be safely and effectively grown indoors. You just have to be careful when planting your seeds and make sure they have enough water and sunlight. When you are transferring peppers from outside to inside, you have to carefully dig around it and give it a cool night to recover. Then you need to keep moving it around to different areas to see which works best and also to keep pests away. They need a large amount of light and warmth to grow well inside. You should also avoid putting them in a room with smoke or any other harsh environment so they do not get ruined. Once you use these tips and tricks, growing peppers inside will be so successful.

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