Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

My vege garden awaits the species that germinate from seeds…sowing is what you do right now. Peppers comprise the capsicum group. They go from the colourful reds, yellows, orange to the green “Bell” Peppers. My standard colour to a salad. The hotter members of the family are the chilli peppers. These plants require quite a good, high temperature to germinate, so there’s little point in sowing them outside while we still encounter cool nights. If you can give them more than 20 degrees Celsius you’re ahead of the game. Sow in pots or seed trays and don’t bury the seeds deeper than a centimetre. Seed-raising mix Not Too Wet! I often “mist” them with a water bottle, rather than “gluk-gluk- gluk” them with a watering can. All are relatively easy to grow and don’t require a lot of space. They’ll take at least 7 weeks before you can transplant them into a glasshouse, tunnelhouse or out in a frost-free environment outside. Staking is a good idea… let them “grow up”! They are Gross Feeders that would appreciate regula