Canadian Gardening: Trying to Start Green Peppers Indoors, 1 by Chilko

Chilko wrote:
Ginny--My peppers are really slow to germinate too. I start wondering if I should plant more, I get so impatient. But I just read that peppers sprout better in the dark so I'm trying that to see if it makes a difference. As soon as they show, I move the black plastic off. Keep them fairly warm, about 70F.

My pansies were spotty too--they also like the dark,

You could really start a few of your tomatoes now, if you've room, and keep potting them up--by the time you can set them out, you'll have fruits starting!

Hey, I did the same thing with my sprouting garlic! I've stuck them in the soil in the greenhouse, where it still freezes at night, and hope that in 2 months when I'll need the g.h. space for other things, I'll be able to transplant them into the garden. Normally our season is too short to produce garlic--it needs 120 days.

It's SO exciting to have little green things growing while it's still winter outside, isn't it!

I just snapped a picture of one of my windows--the tomatoes don't show well but they are 5" tall. The tall big leaved ones are zucchinis!. Spring is coming!!!!!

Rosemary