20: Some Like it Hot: Growing Peppers and Okra
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
4.7 • 830 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
If there are two vegetables I can depend on in my blistering southern summers, it's peppers and okra. In this episode of the Beginner's Garden Podcast, I talk about these staple vegetables in my garden and how you can grow them in yours.
Show notes: http://journeywithjill.net/2017/05/some-like-it-hot-growing-peppers-and-okra-the-beginners-garden-podcast/
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net, |
| 0:06.0 | and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden. Hi friends, welcome back to the Beginners Garden podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | As you saw from the title of this episode, we're going to be talking about peppers and okra today and for me this is a |
| 0:40.3 | very timely topic because I just planted my okra yesterday and I planted my peppers in the garden |
| 0:47.6 | last week the weather is starting to warm up and this is just when the peppers and the okra like the weather to be for |
| 0:56.4 | them to grow the best. So we're going to be talking all about these two vegetables who |
| 1:02.0 | like the weather hot. We're going to be talking about how to grow peppers and how to grow |
| 1:07.2 | okra and if you want to grow either of these vegetables in your garden you are going |
| 1:12.0 | to love this episode so first off let's talk about peppers peppers is one of the most popular |
| 1:19.4 | vegetables to grow and it is fairly easy to grow at least in my experience it's also very versatile |
| 1:26.7 | it grows well in the garden bed, in raised beds, |
| 1:30.5 | and in containers. For the most part, I have grown my peppers in raised beds with the best success, |
| 1:37.3 | but I've also grown them in the garden. And then this year I'm going to be growing them in containers |
| 1:42.9 | because I know so many of you guys are gardening in containers, so I just want to get an idea how it compares. |
| 1:49.0 | And if I like it better that way, then I may do that more in the future. |
| 1:53.0 | As I mentioned earlier, the biggest thing you need to know is that peppers like it hot. |
| 1:58.0 | You'll see peppers in the garden center way earlier than they need to be |
| 2:03.1 | there. Peppers will not do well in cool soil. They don't do well with cool nights, so don't |
| 2:10.1 | take it as a sign when you first start seeing those peppers in the garden center that they're |
| 2:14.6 | ready to be planted in the garden because they are not. |
| 2:18.6 | Our average last frost date is April 15th, and I usually won't put peppers in the ground until |
| 2:24.2 | about two weeks after that, at the minimum. As I mentioned before, they will languish in cool |
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