How Do You Grow Fruit Basket Peppers?
Gardening in small spaces requires finding hybrid varieties of vegetables suitable to containers. In exceptionally small spaces, hanging baskets add to the available gardening space. Fruit Basket hybrid peppers are well suited to basket growing. These miniature pepper plants reach less than a foot in height but the foliage and fruiting stems trail over the basket sides so that the plant is wider than it is tall. Start Fruit Basket peppers inside 10 weeks before the last expected spring frost in your area so the plants are healthy and strong when you move the basket or container outside. Fill seed starting pots with a soil-less potting mixture. Water the potting mix until it is evenly moist throughout. Sow one seed per pot to a depth of ΒΌ inch. Cover the seed with the potting mix or a light covering of crushed sphagnum moss. Place a plastic bag over the pot to preserve moisture in the pot. Set in a warm room to germinate, which takes approximately 10 days. Remove the plastic bag once th
