I leave my peppers in pots, they grow so much better. i used to plant them in the ground and I might get thumb sized peppers, but a friend told me to leave in pots and wow, what a difference! I have peppers I can actually share.
I. My peppers and tomatoes are about 8 weeks old now, but the peppers won't go out for another 2-3 weeks at least. They grow really slow for me so I'm not too itchy to put the peppers in yet. I just started my cukes, squash, pumpkins and melons indoors. Gotta get the taters in this weekend, too.