When to Start Pepper Seed in Alaska
Peppers in the Anchorage area and most of Alaska’s populated growing regions should go into seed trays indoors in mid to late February through early March.
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Alaska
In Alaska, pepper plants rarely fail because of extreme heat. The Anchorage reference station logs zero days a year at or above 90 F, so scorching…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Alabama
In Alabama, start pepper seed indoors roughly 8 to 10 weeks before your local transplant date, which falls once the soil hits 60 F and the frost danger…
When to Start Pepper Seed in West Virginia
Start pepper seed indoors roughly 8 to 10 weeks before you plan to move transplants outside, which for most of West Virginia lands seed-starting in…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Vermont
In Vermont, start pepper seed indoors 8 to 10 weeks before you plan to move transplants outside.
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Vermont
Vermont pepper plants abort blossoms for two opposite reasons: a hot stretch that pushes days above 90°F, or a summer night that slips below 55°F.
Growing Carrots in New Hampshire: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
New Hampshire’s benchmark soil runs sandy and sharply acid, the kind of ground that drains fast but starves a carrot of the loose, deep root run it needs.
Growing Beets in New Hampshire: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
New Hampshire gardeners can raise a solid beet crop, but the payoff depends on two separate risks: dry soil in the first six weeks after sowing, which…
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Utah
Peppers in Utah often set flowers just fine but never turn those flowers into fruit. The reason is usually temperature, not soil or fertilizer.
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Texas
Peppers stop setting fruit in Texas because both ends of the state’s temperature swing push blossoms outside the narrow window where pollen stays viable…