I’ve been itching to start sowing my seeds this year and one of the first seeds to sow in Mid February are the Sweet Peppers.

My Chosen Variety:

Semaroh

An Eastern European Sweet Pepper which is long and slim like a bulls horn. Measure to 16cm long and turns from green to red. They are apparently high yielding.

Sowing Info:

Sow: Jan to End of March

Stockists:

• SeaSpringSeeds.co.uk
• RealSeeds.co.uk

Sweet Pepper need heat of approx 20 – 25 degrees centigrade to germinate and the only place you are going to get that kind of heat is in your house (or heated greenhouse) at this time of the year in the UK.

Things to consider when sowing seeds indoors in a house:

1. Containers for growing indoors

You’ll need a container that hasn’t got any holes in it or if it has got holes in, then a saucer will help to catch the drips. You’ll also need a skinny or slim seed tray to fit on a windowsill or side.

• I’ve recycled an old mushroom plastic tray as it hasn’t got any holes in it, filled it with compost and sowed 6 seeds.

2. Where to put your container indoors.

• Put it near a window to get light but not a draughty window as it will be too cold.
• Put it in a room with a radiator but not on a windowsill above a radiator as it will dry out.
• I’ve put my seeds on a small windowsill in my downstairs toilet. There is a radiator in the room but not below the windowsill.

3. Check on it regularly for watering

• Sweet Pepper seed’s don’t like a lot of water. So if your compost is wet, that’s fine, don’t add anymore water.
• Only water the compost indoors when it looks dry.

4. Check when your seeds germinate

• My first sweet pepper seed has germinated in a record 5 days!
• Sweet peppers usually germinate between 7 and 21 days.

Updates

• Vegetable Seed Sowing Update – Mid March
• Yellow, Orange, Red Colour changing Rams Horn Peppers.