Grow Your Own: Bell Peppers

by wiffy on September 5, 2008
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Oh, how I luuurrrvvveeee bell peppers (aka capsicums) – especially big, red, organic ones ;)

Home grown bell peppers

Don’t they make the loveliest food porn models?

Home grown bell peppers

These are the bell peppers which I harvested together with my eggplants in July.

Do you know?

… that if your bell peppers are the red variant kind, you can get different colours of bell peppers by harvesting them at different times? The bell peppers will grow from green to yellow to red. Personally I like to harvest them when they are yellow or red :)

Home grown Bell Peppers
Bell Peppers, turning from yellow to red… can you see some remains of green, and the onset of red from the yellow base?

Fortunately I took these photos back then, because sadly, my plants aren’t looking that great currently, sigh >o<

So anyway, pssstt… wanna find out what I wokked with these home-grown bell peppers? Stay tuned for the recipe, coming up tomorrow! =)

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1 Foodycat September 5, 2008 at 6:49 pm

Gosh those are pretty peppers! So glossy! I can think of many tasty things to do with them.

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2 tigerfish September 5, 2008 at 7:00 pm

I would love to try growing bell peppers! Where did you get the plant or seedlings from? :p

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3 lisa September 5, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Those are lovely! I have a difficult time with vegetable gardening due to the heat and lack of rain here in Texas. I keep trying though!

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4 Pepy September 6, 2008 at 12:59 am

I am growing turmeric to get the leaves and also kencur. Since it is nit easy to find kencur and turmeric leaves for purchase in Winnipeg. Fall is coming my turmeric leaves look a bit dry hikss

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5 Nate September 6, 2008 at 5:33 am

Hey, nice capsicum! I am jealous, as bell peppers don’t seem to do so well in my yard. You did yours out on your balcony?

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6 Little Corner of Mine September 6, 2008 at 7:37 am

Wow, I’m so envy, your bell peppers look perfect!

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7 Katie September 6, 2008 at 10:15 am

What cute peppers! They look so shiny and delicious. I love home-grown food – it is always best!

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8 beachloverkitchen September 6, 2008 at 12:02 pm

wow!! your bell pepper look really good!!.home grown taste better,sweeter and fresher!!

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9 daphne September 6, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Amazing stuff noobcook! I’m envious, u have a great green thumb!

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10 Ning September 6, 2008 at 1:45 pm

I tried to grow peppers too. But it is not thriving yet. My old lady neighbor said it is not yet the season for peppers here. Maybe in November…:(

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11 SueSue September 6, 2008 at 9:38 pm

OMG…. those bell peppers looks so GOODDDDDD… You really have green thumb and the plant looks so healthy.

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12 Sandy S September 6, 2008 at 10:36 pm

Wow, these are beautiful! I’m growing green bells this year; next year I may give red a try. If they turn out half as nice as yours, I’ll be happy!

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13 Jeanine September 6, 2008 at 10:44 pm

Wow, those are some nice looking peppers! We have a fairly short growing season here, and I’ve never had much luck with the peppers. Yours were wonderful models though. ;)

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14 juhuacha September 7, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Yr bell pepper looks fat and juicy. Home grown food is the best as u can ensure that it is organic. Is it difficult to grow yr own vege?

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15 didally September 8, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Eggplants previously, and now bell peppers too? Who say you don’t have green fingers? :P

Very lovely bell peppers. I love to add them in my dishes too. Just love the crunch. :-)

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16 wiffy September 8, 2008 at 9:47 pm

Foodycat:: Thank you!! :D

tigerfish:: You can get them at World Farm & Far East Flora (Thomson) … call b4 going … I’ve sent you an email :)

lisa:: I’m having the same problem too … worse still, I stay in an apartment… keep trying, I know you’ll succeed :-)

Pepy:: Hope your harvest turns out well. I haven’t tried growing turmeric before, it sounds so interesting ^^

Nate:: I had it along the corridor :D Thankies :-)

LCOM:: hee, thanks, you are too kind ;)

Katie:: Thanks girl :D

beachloverkitchen:: I can’t agree more ;)

daphne, Suesue, didally:: I killed more plants than keep them alive, hahaha … thanks for the kind words :-)

Ning:: Ah … November … it’s coming soon@~ XD

Sandy S:: Aww you’re too kind, thanks! And welcome to my blog 8)

Jeanine:: I hope yours thrive soon … thankies :)

juhuacha:: I personally find it quite hard coz I dun have green thumbs… most of the harvest is one-off so I still have to go supermarket regularly… hehehe…

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17 Wandering Chopsticks September 8, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Sweet! That’s my verification word today and I think it totally applies to these pictures. :) I bought a six-pack of heirloom bell peppers one year and grew green, red, orange, white, and purple bell peppers. They were so yummy and so pretty! No purple peppers in this picture, but weren’t they so pretty? Look.

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18 Coffee and Vanilla September 9, 2008 at 5:11 am

Wiffy,

What a great idea!!
:roll: Unfortunately at the moment I don’t grow anything except basil I bought ready in a pot… but I’m waiting for my banana tree to come out…. 3 more weeks to go and I should see something above the ground… hopefully :lol:
I still did not make my own emoticons and I’m still jealous of yours but the reason is that I’m doing the whole Wordpress theme instead of the existing one :wink:

Enjoy your evening! M.

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19 wiffy September 10, 2008 at 12:19 pm

WC:: omg your harvest is soooo beautiful *envy* 8O Thanks for sharing :-) And oh ya … this captcha verification thing is starting to get really creepy huh :?

M:: Good luck for your banana tree! It sounds like a lot of fun. Woah, so exciting to have a brand new theme … I look forward to seeing it, I know you’ll do a good job! :-)

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20 Cecil September 12, 2008 at 8:55 pm

Hello! Oh, I love peppers!! I am terrible in anything plant/garden (cactus would die on me!!) but been thinking about give it another shot. Peppers is high in my list. But for now, I just do little bitty herbs – and see if they’ll survive.

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21 wiffy September 16, 2008 at 3:22 pm

good luck for your gardening endeavors! Thanks for visiting me and welcome ;)

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22 JK September 22, 2008 at 5:10 pm

1) I am so inspired to also grow my own plants.
Could you also forward me the contact details of the reliable source that I can buy from?

2) As I have no prior knowledge on gardening, do they have classes?

3) What are the best plants/herbs to grow indoors?

Many Thanks
JK

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23 Emma May 23, 2009 at 4:17 am

those are really nice peppers! :-)

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