Question: I’m interested in growing some unusual peppers this season that I can’t get as transplants at the nursery. I’ll need to start my own seeds. I know peppers can take longer to grow from seed ...

Q: How do I get the seeds for hot lemon peppers to germinate? They are my favorite peppers for drying and in salsa, but I have trouble growing them from seeds. When I have gotten lucky and had one or ...

Missing your garden already? Worry not - you can easily grow hot peppers indoors. All you need is to choose the right variety ...

I dried some seeds of sweet mini peppers that I bought at Costco. They came from Mexico. Will they grow in my garden here? A: If you can get the seeds to germinate, the plants will grow just fine here ...

A few years ago, I planted pepper seeds for the first time to make my own paprika. This small start sent me on a journey from my bathroom window to a small growing tent in my closet and eventually to ...

Seed Technology, Vol. 33, No. 2 (2011), pp. 134-146 (13 pages) Fluctuating and extreme changes in temperature during seed germination may disrupt several physiological processes. Developing easy and ...

You could spend significant money buying pesticides, fertilizers, and fungicides to keep your garden, or you could use a simple product that you already have sitting in your medicine cabinet. Hydrogen ...

There’s a certain magic about seeds. Virtually every plant in the world produces them, and in most cases, they are the most efficient and effective way to start a new plant. There is, however, an art ...

Move over butter chicken and mushroom risotto. There's a new use for the Instant Pot, the popular kitchen appliance, famous for hurrying up slow-cooking dishes. An Ottawa scientist who's a keen ...