Starting season?

Kikaida

Kikaida

So, as my tomato season winds down, I eagerly look forward to starting my peppers. Reading that good production doesn't start until the second season, I kinda want to get a jump on things but don't want to shoot my self in the foot, too much work involved. I was wondering if the 'typical' planting schedule is 'springish'? Here in So. Cal. the winters aren't too bad although we did have a few freezing nights where I'm at this January.
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Start now or wait until...'springish'
 
If you grow in containers, you can start anytime.  Just bring them in on the handful of freezing nights.
IMO, Fall is actually a good time to germinate small plants: It's dry enough to avoid damping, root rot, and the like, yet not so hot as to burn up young plants.  With 2+ months to get going, your plants should be well established by the time cold weather arrives.  They won't exactly show explosive growth during November~March, but they'll survive it just fine and will have a nice running start heading into the 2016 growing season. 
 
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