Home > Growing tips & recipes > Grow Buddies Subscription – February 4 min read 07.01.2026 Grow Buddies Subscription – February Welcome to your February growing guide!Here’s what’s in your box:Sweet Pepper Habanada Dwarf Broad Bean OscarYour February growing challenge:Grow a sweet pepper that looks like a fiery chilli!Sweet Pepper HabanadaSowing infoAn early start can help increase your harvest as pepper plants can be slow to mature. Start under grow lights in January or late February without lights. Requires warmth to germinate and grow on (an unheated greenhouse will not be warm enough). When pepper plants reach about 20cm in height, pinch out the growing tip to encourage bushy growth. From pinching out time, feed weekly with a quarter strength organic feed.Growing infoContinue to pot on each time roots appear out of the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot until planting out after last frost. Peppers love heat, so will always perform best in the greenhouse or polytunnel.Blog – how to sow and grow peppers Dwarf Broad Bean OscarSowing infoDirect sow broad bean seed in place from February to April if you have no problem with mice and pigeons for a spring crop. Alternatively, sow in module trays and plant out when 10cm tall. Sow broad beans at a depth of 5cm, giving each plant at least 20cm space apart. Germination usually takes around 10 days.Growing infoThis variety does not require support unlike other broad beans.Blog – how to sow and grow beans Meet the author Nelly Nelly works in the She Grows Veg marketing department and is an incredible cook! She's learning how to grow veg fast in her very own container garden. Her favourites so far are the Dwarf Sunflower called 'Sunspot' and our Dwarf Pea called 'Tom Thumb'. Previous Farming Our Own Seeds: Rare Heirlooms for Your Garden Next Get Growing Subscription – February
