FEATURESTORY
by Donna Brown
Hot Tips for Growing Hot Peppers
I
magine going out to your garden and picking
fresh hot peppers to use in your favorite spicy
dishes. If you like hot peppers, they are easier
to grow in your vegetable garden than sweet
peppers because pests stay clear of them. In addition,
these hot peppers can be used medicinally or used to
protect other plants in your garden from insect pests.
Starting Hot Peppers from Seed
Although you can buy a wide variety of hot pep-
pers online or from your local garden center, you have
more choices when you start your own from seed.
Some hot peppers are relatively mild while others are
fl aming hot. Peppers don’t like to be transplanted very
much, so it makes sense to plant them indoors in bio-
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