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Are there any advantages of starting sweet peppers off now?
Rgardener1
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Because if not I suppose I can do it later on in the year 
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No is the simple answer.
Unless you have good germination conditions, with light and warmth then sowing now will make little difference to sowing in four to six weeks time. Happy to be wrong though...
I have light and warm conditions
Do you mean you have a heated greenhouse and growlights? Anything much less than that will result in weak etiolated (leggy) plants - I won't be sowing anything tender until April.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nope just warm conditions with ocassional sunlight
I will be doing mine mid March I have a light and warm conservatory where they can grown on.
Occasional sunlight isn't good light, you'll end up with etiolated seedlings.
But I think you should do it. The best way to learn is to see what happens as a result of what you do.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Alright it's weird actually my Chilli plant has blooms and I've just pollinated them everything happens really suddenly
Hi daisy100,
I always start my peppers and chillies late January. Mine are now small 1.5 inch seedlings, quite happily growing on a sunny south facing windowsill.
Actually, there are benefits from starting early. Whilst you may risk elongated seedlings if you don't provide enough light, an early start is recommended for many capsicums. They often need a long growing season so I have always started early.
It hasn't done me any harm, best of luck to you!