Pepper (bell, Chile)

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Grow It Now-Warm Season Vegtables

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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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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Growing Great Peppers and Chiles

Garden Help > Vegetables > Peppers 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 75F, typically late April or May in Santa Clara County.
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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. Admission: Free. Parking: $6 About Martial Cottle Park Directions (Google Maps) Please note: The park opens at 8 am. Cars are not allowed to line up before the park gates open.
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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

Garden Help > VegetablesUC Links How to grow: Peppers/chilesPest management: Pepper cultural tips, pests, and diseasesThe BasicsWhen to plantTransplant: May–June, possibly late AprilFor best results, wait until daytime temperatures are regularly over 75°FStart in pots for transplants: February…
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