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How Late is Too Late?

9 years ago

I live just south of Orlando Florida. I just received my pepper seeds from Pepper Joes'. Do I still have time to plant them? Or should I wait until next spring. I will be growing them in large containers like 5 gallon buckets when they get big enough.

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User
9 years ago
I received some super hot seeds last weekend and decided to go ahead and germinate a few. My plan is to use fairly small containers (about 2 gals.) in an effort to force them to fruit sooner. I know I won't get as many pods this way, but how many SHs does one need?

If they don't ripen before first frost they should inside where I plan to overwinter all my peppers anyway. Can always re-pot to something larger next year.

So I would say go for it!

PS I'm in Central Texas, closer to 9a than the 8 the charts suggest.

This post was edited by mecdave on Tue, May 20, 14 at 8:30
jutsFL
9 years ago
I think if you start some now, and keep them in 3gal containers you should be fine. And in that size container they'll be highly mobile - so you can bring them to shelter when the cold starts to hit again.

As stated above, the smaller container size should induce earlier fruiting.

Jay
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9 years ago
...I'm in Orlando and have reapers that are ripening now. I started them on Jan 2nd. So at 4 1/2 months I'm showing the first ripe set. This would be a time frame for you being early October - which will be plenty warm here still.

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seysonn
9 years ago
Haha. In zone 9, Orlando, FL ?? you can do it any time, I think. You have a loooong growing season, almost year round.
flo9
9 years ago
Yeah, like seysonn had to say basically.... you live in Florida!

I started a cayenne in mid spring once and ended up with tons of peppers in summer. And I started it off in a tiny pot in a box with a light bulb for heat left on about 8-12 hours a day until it grew to a couple inches and I planted it in it's perm pot.

You're looking promising... I did this on top of a mountain in NC... cooler than below.

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