Gardeners can extract seeds from their own peppers for planting the following year. Store the seeds in an air-tight container in the refrigerator after rinsing them and allowing them to thoroughly dry ...

Start pepper seeds indoors six to eight weeks before your last frost date. Transplant outdoors once nighttime temperatures stay above 55°F. Keep seedlings at 70–75°F and harden them off gradually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red and green bell peppers growing in a garden. - Helen Camacaro/Getty Images Growing Capsicum annuum, like bell, green, or sweet ...

There are two kinds of gardeners. First we have the laissez-faire growers who prize plants that thrive when ignored. These are succulent people, well-adjusted and simple. Then there are the gardeners ...

If you love the fiery kick of spicy peppers and are attempting to grow your own, its disappointing if they turn out milder ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Various peppers growing in pots - New Africa/Shutterstock If you have visions of vegetables growing in tidy rows, laden with a ...

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

CORVALLIS – As the gardening season winds down and you pick the season’s last vegetables, let some plants go to seed and harvest them for planting next year. “Saving seed can be really fun and is a ...

You prune your tomatoes, why not your peppers? Well-timed pepper pruning provides surprising benefits.