Before you Plant Your Seeds

• Make sure you have a good place to grow your capsicums. They need a sunny place to grow with some air flow so they don’t succumb to fungal diseases. If you don’t have a lot of room you can plant them in large pots or along a wall as long as there is a breeze.

Sowing Your Seeds

• Plant your seeds in pots so it is easy to transplant them into their final place when they are around 10-15cm tall. Your capsicum seeds will not germinate until the temperature of the soil is right. They prefer a temperature of around 20 to 25°C before they will break dormancy, and they must not be planted outside until all chance of frost is over.
• If you want to start them a few weeks before the expected date of your last frost you can plant the seeds in pots and place them inside on a warm, sunny windowsill, or you can buy an electric seed starting tray at any garden or hardware store.
• Start with a pot or tray of good seedling mix from your garden center (not ordinary garden soil from your backyard).  Tickle the top of the soil with your fingers, then sprinkle your seeds over the top and add a little more soil to cover. Give them a little water, just enough to keep the soil damp, but not too wet.

While Your Capsicum seeds are Germinating

• After you plant your seeds in pots and are waiting for them to come up you need to get their final planting place ready. Make sure their spot is well drained and has adequate sunlight. Dig in some rotted manure and a handful of blood and bone and pull up any weeds. Leave it now to settle until your seedlings are ready.