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lurley · February 17, 2012

I started my peppers last week, a full 3-5 weeks before the tomatoes. It lets me set out pepper starts that are about a foot to a foot and half tall with roots that fill a 4 1/2 inch pot. Eggplants get started this week also for the same size transplants. I started dropping peppers(and eggplants) MUCH earlier because here, 5b tho now they say 6a, I was only getting a few fruit per plant before frost when I set out transplants that were the same size as those from the garden centers, those in 6 or 9 packs. Now, since I set out the larger plants, I get good amounts of harvests from each plant, and my pepper and eggplant production has quadrupled.

February 17, 2012	#14
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	I started my peppers last week, a full 3-5 weeks before the tomatoes. It lets me set out pepper starts that are about a foot to a foot and half tall with roots that fill a 4 1/2 inch pot. Eggplants get started this week also for the same size transplants. I started dropping peppers(and eggplants) MUCH earlier because here, 5b tho now they say 6a, I was only getting a few fruit per plant before frost when I set out transplants that were the same size as those from the garden centers, those in 6 or 9 packs. Now, since I set out the larger plants, I get good amounts of harvests from each plant, and my pepper and eggplant production has quadrupled.