How to Plant Habenero Peppers

Planting Seeds

• 1

  Pour hydrogen peroxide into a small bowl and add the habanero pepper seeds. The hydrogen peroxide will effectively sterilize the seeds and remove any mold spores or fungi.

• 2

  Soak the seeds for one minute and then pour into sieve. Rinse them with cool water and then return them to the bowl.

• 3

  Dig a trench about one-eighth of an inch deep in your garden after the last freeze.

• 4

  Add a thin layer of bone meal to the trench.

• 5

  Put on disposable gloves and drop seeds about one-half inch apart the length of the trench. The heat in the habanero peppers is intense in the seeds, so wearing gloves ensures that you don't transfer that heat to your face.

• 6

  Cover the trench with the displaced soil and water. Continue to water about 1 inch of water a week, ensuring the plants don't become too wet or dry.

• 7

  Thin the seedlings once they are about 3 to 4 inches tall by keeping only the stronger plants and creating about 18 inches of space between the best plants.

• 8

  Water the plants in the mornings when you insert your finger into the soil and it is dry 3 to 4 inches below the surface.

• 9

  Fertilize your pepper plants about every two to three weeks with an all-purpose fertilizer.

Transplanting Small Plants

• 10

  Transplant your pepper plans when the temperatures at night do not dip below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

• 11

  Ensure your plants reach about 6 to 8 inches in height before you transplant them to your garden.

• 12

  Put on your gardening gloves and turn over the pot and gently hold the main stem of the plant in one hand while you tap the soil loose from the pot with the other.

• 13

  Transplant the pepper plant in a hole that is slightly deeper and wider than the root base of the plant.

• 14

  Fill in the hole around the plant with soil and create a slight mound of it around the base of the plant and water and fertilize appropriately.