You can plant peppers now for fall production. You'l probably get all plant and no flowers until the temperatures drop in late August or early September, but you should have time to get ripe peppers before the first fall frost.

You can start peppers from seeds (sown directly in the ground or in paper cups) in mid-June, or you can set out pepper plants no later than mid-July. I bet you probably can still find some pepper plants. I saw some at our Wal-Mart a week or two back.

If you start your own from seed, soak it in water for 24 hours first and it will sprout more quickly.

Dawn

Thanks, I will look today for a few big plants...

most of my garden is in the shade, and the peppers will need to be planted in the deeper shade, they should put on flowers as the temps will be a litter lower then in the sun.. Thanks

Kirts,

Some of my best pepper crops have come from the northwestern corner of my garden which gets shade from a big pecan tree beginning around 2 p.m. And, in those conditions, they have bloomed and set fruit almost all summer long, so maybe yours will do the same if they are in part-shade.

Dawn

Will Dawn, Scrap planting peppers, I was in town today, and no one had any left over pepper plants.. (I don't' do seed well) I found some sad looking legged tomatoes plants, but that was about it.. LOL
I will just have to buy some from the store when the tomatoes start to come off, or find someone who planted some in town..

Don't give up yet. Just keep your eyes open when you're out and about. I've noticed the last couple of years that our local Wal-Mart, Lowe's and Home Depot often get in some "fall tomatoes and peppers" in late June to mid-July, so maybe yours will as well.

Dawn

Its not a big deal,
I really need to brake ground for a 2nd veggie garden (the one that I have now, I am very limited in space.. One side I have the water line.. and the other 3 sides I have ditches one the city owns but I am about 6 ft from their ditch, but if I go anymore out I have way too much deep shade and nothing will grow, to the left, I have a tree in the middle and an Rose of Sharon bush, and a small ditch line, from where the barn roof line would drip. On the right side, Is a low spot so all the water from the block flows down.. I would flood the plants if I went out that side.
I have been working on collecting rocks to help keep the flow of water (when it floods, or after a heavy rain) in the garden.
I should take a photo.. I will try in the next few days to do so.

Anyhow.. on the other side, I do need to brake new ground for a plot. I would like to plant some corn next year to freeze & eat. along with peppers since I really don't have the room for them in this garden now.. but I could always screen in more somewhere if I could. :)

I wished you lived near me, I would supply you with lots of hot peppers. I'm trying some different ones I got off a seed trade on the hot pepper forum. Hawaiian Sweet Hot, Lemon Drop, Thai, Thai Dragon and Trinidad Chili Tree. That's in addition to Tabasco, Orange Habaneros, Caribbean Red Habs and Cayennes that came up volunteer. I'm going to try and save seed from everything this year and see how it goes next year with them.

I didn't put any hot peppers in this year. Last year I had so many I couldn't give them away.
I ended up chopping them and putting them in the compost.

Hey Kirts, I've got some extra hot peppers. I have to go to Wapy this afternoon to get a tag for the car. If you like, I could leave them somewhere in Wapy for you. I'll check back in an hour or two to see if you've read this.

I received your email,I don't check this forum but once a day or two..

I will reply by email..