Is it a good idea to plant jalepenos from small little 2" tall plants?

I just planted 4 small 2-3" tall jalepeno plants in my garden about 1 week and 1/2 ago and they don't seem like they are changing very much. Are they dead? They are still green and everything but they don't seem like they are getting any bigger and they don't have any blossoms or anything on them. I live in Minnesota. There have been some kind of cold nights but it has been mostly in the mid 70's during the day and they get lots of sunshine and are watered everyday in the morning.

Is it a good idea to plant jalepenos from small little 2" tall plants?
Pepper plants are heat lovers, so wait until it warms up. In the meantime, they are making strong roots, so aren't just wasting time. Don't over-water. As soon as you have consistently hot days, they will take off.
Reply:Do what Holly says cause she knows what she is talking about.

The capsicum which is the engine in the pepper which makes it hotter thrives on stress. Way down on the Mexican border where the real hot ones live it is very hot and very dry with little rain, so if you stress them by not watering until they look like the might self immolate then they will produce the hottest pepper. I have grown haba~neros in Kentucky that were hot enough for me but would not hurt a Mexican fly.

The more stress you apply so far north the better.
Reply:Give it time to recover from planting shock. Once the temps really warm up your jalepenos will grow leaps and bounds. Never let them dry out and fertilize half strength with daily watering.
Reply:Peppers are slow growers and are heat lovers. 2-3 inch pepper plants would not have any blossoms yet..they are too small. It takes months for therm to produce fruit.
Reply:It needs to warm up to where your nights are at 65 to 70 degrees then they will take off...Do not fertilize pepper plants with a fertilizer such as All Purpose Miracle Grow..pepper plants do not like alot of nitrogfen which all purpose has alot of...When they start blooming then use a fertilizer high in phospherous but very little nitrogen..also do not water peppers every day...if you overwater them then the fruit will not get hot..they will stay sweet..they produce better if the soil goes slightly dry inbetween watering..heres my pepper plants...

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