I never had any problem getting bell peppers to germinate (although they're def slower than tomatoes), but when I put them out in late May (soil temp 70 or so, air temp in high 70's-low 80's), it took forever for them to get going, and they still weren't much of anything by August. I'm leaving them to the tailgate marketers this year! Jimmy Nardellos were a lot more responsive.
What part? We probably covered this before.
It's for our county's Extension Master Gardener plant sale. Some of the newer members, like me, are trying to broaden public perception of EMGs as flowering plant ladies into areas like vegetable gardening, native plants, etc. It's fun being a Young Turk at age 69...
Similarly, I've almost (almost) given up on growing heirloom tomatoes in this area. The prevailing winds from the south bring up all this crap from the Gulf area. I decided to walk to the local tailgate market on summer Tuesdays and pay more. The farmers are usually young people starting out in a tough economy, and I'm happy to support them as they get (and remain) established.
