July 25th, 2008 Â· 40 Comments. The article below is an editorial that I was asked to write for the New Zealand Medical Journal, as a comment on article in todayâs edition about the misuse of the title âdoctorâ by chiropractors [download pdf].
Varieties. Most hot pepper cultivars require long growing seasons. Red chili peppers require 85 days to reach maturity, while jalapenos need 70 days and cayenne peppers require between 70 and 73 days from the time of planting to the date of ripeness.
Hot peppers are most easily grown from transplants. Start hot pepper seed indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the date you intend to set peppers into the garden. Peppers can be seeded in the garden or transplanted out 2 to 3 weeks after the last frost in spring after the soil temperature has risen to at least 65Â°F. Hot peppers grow best where the air temperature ranges from 70Â° to 95Â°F. Hot peppers mature in 60 to 95 days. Description. Peppers are tender perennials that are grown as annuals. Peppers grow on compact erect bushes 1Â½ to 2 feet tall. The fruit follows a single flower growing in the angle between the leaf and the stem. Hot peppers can range in length from 1 to 7 inches long and in color from green to red to gold and yellow.