{"id":4449,"date":"2013-02-27T20:29:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T20:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2014-09-27T15:50:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T14:50:26","slug":"seeds-hot-peppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/seeds-hot-peppers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to sow Seeds: Hot Peppers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chilli<\/a>If you like to eat chilli peppers, hot or otherwise, you might like to grow them… there’s nothing like picking a pepper off a plant that’s been growing on your kitchen windowsill, patio, greenhouse or polytunnel for freshness and flavour!<\/p>\n

In the Greenside Up Feeling Hot seed collection range<\/a> three region’s hot peppers have been represented from the\u00a0Caribbean to\u00a0Asia and Mexico. February and March are the best months of the year to sow the seeds in Ireland giving the plants a long growing period to form their spicy fruit.<\/p>\n

\"recycled<\/a>The following YouTube clip explains how to sow seeds, propagator use, watering, seed \u00a0depth and compost requirements as well as showing you some ideas for using recycled containers to grow the seeds in.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions after seeing the video please leave a comment below. For more tips, hints to help you in the garden along with chilli recipes, take a look in the Feeling Hot category of blog posts.<\/a><\/p>\n

If you sow your seeds over the next few weeks you should begin harvesting, drying or preserving them from late July to August onwards.<\/p>\n