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First red pepper of the season

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10/May/2011

Last year I grew some pepper plants from seed. They weren't very successful and I only managed to get a few ripe peppers from them before the season finished. I had read that it is possible to keep the plants alive over the winter and this will give them a head start in the spring.

I had one pot with 2 small pepper plants which I kept in the front room. One of the plants started flowering around february and has just given us our first ripe pepper of the season.

Small red pepper

It's fairly small and I haven't eaten it yet so I don't know whether it is any good or not. Last years peppers were all slightly bitter and under-ripe tasting no matter how long I left them to ripen. Since none of the pepper seeds have germinated this year, the only home-grown peppers I'll be getting will be from the one year old plants.