Pepper (bell, Chile)

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Grow It Now-Warm Season Vegtables

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Apr 7 2025

Now is the time to plant warm season vegetables to harvest over the summer months, following the #1 rule; plant what you and your family like to eat!   
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2025 Second Report-- April 16th

April 16th, 2025
By Patricia A Lazicki, Neil McRoberts
General situationThe oldest tomatoes have been in ground for more than a month, and planting is progressing rapidly. The warm weather in the past two weeks has pushed thrips population projections forward by a few days compared to the last report. Thrips populationFirst-generation adults are still…
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Peppers

Peppers, Capsicum annum, consist of many varieties, including sweet (bell, banana) and spicy (Anaheim, cayenne, jalapeño, serrano). Chile peppers are smaller, longer, thinner, and more tapered than sweet peppers. Peppers are native perennials in Central and South America but they are grown as annuals here…
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) UC IPM website What is IPM? An ecosystem-based process for solving pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. What is a pest? An unwanted organism that damages or interferes with desirable plants.
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Growing Great Peppers and Chiles

Start your seeds 6 to 8 weeks before you plan to transplant them into the garden. Peppers grow best when the soil is warmed and daytime temperatures are regularly over 75ºF, typically late April or May in Santa Clara County. Temperatures below 50º–55ºF cause flowers to abort or the fruits to be misshapen.
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Spring Garden Fair

Join us for our Spring Garden Fair, held at our Martial Cottle Park Demonstration Garden in San Jose. Shop our plant sale, stroll through our gardens, attend a talk, bring your plant, soil, pest, and tool questions to our Information Tables, or eat a picnic lunch.
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Pile of long red and yellow peppers
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Spring Garden Fair Peppers/Chiles

We offer a wide range of delicious and unusual pepper/chile seedlings from around the world - India, South America, Mexico, Africa, USA and more. Whether you like sweet and juicy or hot and searing, you'll find many choices to please your palate.
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Peppers/chiles

When to plant Transplant: May–June, possibly late April For best results, wait until daytime temperatures are regularly over 75°F Start in pots for transplants: February–April; ready to transplant in 8 weeks
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