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Peppers in Newfoundland
Peppers want more heat than most Newfoundland summers give. Start early, use the warmest container spot or a greenhouse.
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- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Heat-loving — needs strategy here
- Indoor seed start
- ~9 weeks before planting out
- Transplant / sowing
- ~3 weeks after typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Frost tender
- Days to harvest
- 65–90 days
- Sunlight
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Spacing
- 40 cm apart
- Wind
- Needs shelter and support
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Benefits greatly
Common problems here
- Stalling in cool weather
- Few fruit setting
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Early, smaller-fruited types
- Container-friendly compact types
Harvest
Pick green or wait for colour if season allows.
Will peppers work in your garden?
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