this is great info! trying to cross a count dracula and a carolina reaper, mostly for aesthetic but fingers crossed it works.

Thanks man, good info

thanks alot for the help :)

That black pepper plant is so unique and beautiful! What kind of pepper is that? I really wanna get my own lol

After watching this channel I can say all my peppers are doing really good, from giving them shade to knowing when to fertilize, and even topped a few and have some growing natural, I think I have over 50 pepper plants growing some in ground and in bags! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Hiiii I'm trying to grow the adjuma pepper at the moment (because it it's BRILLIANT taste) but it seems like it something that's mostly known in the netherlands, other countries use habeneros but it seems as they are not the same. Have you ever had Adjuma peppers and do you have more information for me?

Heroes! To eat hot 🔥.

Calvin I have a tip for you that you and your wife will love forever! Save the plastic lid from a Parmesan cheese bottle, they fit a regular mouth canning jar perfectly. After your pickled jalapenos are pickled enough you can transfer them into a new canning jar and use the parmesan cheese lid. They don't rust up or get hard to unscrew like canning jar lids with acid ingredients do. The large opening flip up hole on one side works great to get them out easily. They're also fantastic to hold bread crumbs and herbs and shake stuff out through the shaker hole side. No need to buy Mason jar plastic storage lids, every Parmesan cheese bottle has them. You'll find a zillion uses for them and wonder how you ever got along without them.

My jalapeños started fruiting last week, they are already about 2.5 to 3 feet tall. None of my other peppers are keeping up: Serranos, Cayenne, Hungarian, Banana, Habanero, Scotch Bonnet. I was most worried about the Jalapeños too because they became flooded a few times.

I have leaves that are turning yelow and that also has black edges of the leaves. do you think its some fungi?

New subscriber. Love "PEPPER GEEK". Peppers are one of my favorite plants to grow. 🤩

10/10 - not a video but a lecture

Awesome! I always admire your bushy green pepper seedlings. Could you please oblige me with the secret of how to nurse pepper seeds to fantastically grow like your? My pepper seedlings hardly grow this way and some will die or get stunt at barely 3 inches. Your response will be highly appreciated!

For several years I did prune pepper plants. After seeing the results for several varieties it felt like I never gained anything. I lost any early harvest I might have had. Keep in mind I have a long growing season. Still I did not gain anything, just more diseases on my plants. Starting last year none of my plants get a prune. Current year 2024.

Yo, pepper geek. Since you taught us about bottom pruning, my peppers have absolutely exploded. The tomatoes and a couple squash got the treatment too, and now my garden is properly bonsai'd. Thank you!

I’ve got an insect that I haven’t been able to identify. It has a thin red body and kinda looks like a prey mantis only a half inch long. Think it bit one of my peppers.

What’s the definition of a shorter growing season? That’s not helpful as I don’t really know what’s considered short? 1 month? 2 months? Where I live it’s still fairly cool in the evenings (8-10 deg C) and maxing out at 25 during the day. July and August are usually much warmer.

If you're dealing with cold, throw a gallon jug of hot water in between the plants and cover. The colder it is, the more hot water to use. Got me an extra month of growing in Canada

what about raised beds on concrete that drains as the water is given? My beds are 4x8 but again on concrete irrigated with a slow drip every three days yet what can I do? I think the nutrients are being washed out. HELP PLEASE

I am new at this. I have the new mini peppers growing in 5 gallon buckets. I have peppers about 1to 2 inches long growing. However, today I saw black dots on leaves and to blooms fell off, One was starting to grow a ting pepper and the other still had pedals opening up. What is wrong, what can I do for my plants?

Bravo! Very good diagnostics! Chilis / peppers are Fire vibration. Given this, the most common diseases will be Water vibration bacteria or fungi (mnemonic: Water extinguishes Fire). For these cases, Earth vibration remedies will solve the problem (mnemonic: Earth dams Water). So, please feel free to ask for these plant-based remedies, if needed!♥♥

I hate aphids! They were sent by the devil to annoy me to no end!

I have 24 plants in 5 gal. buckets with (8) 1/2" holes and Happy Frog soil Planted from nursery plants May 5th.. Buckets are on carts to move them out of the rain. 40% shade cloth is used between high UV hours from 1pm to 5pm. Each bucket has received less than 1gal. of water since May 5th. Over watering symptoms persist, and after transplanting {8) plants into other buckets with Promix HP, the Happy Frog soil in those buckets contained saturated soil in the bottom third of the buckets. The plants receive 8oz. water with recommended mixture of Miracle Grow Performance Organics about once per week only. All plants are stunted to about 12-14 inches and bearing fruit, finally. Growing in Kentucky. Why is soil still wet? Why are they stunted?

What would your recipe be for a pint jar

Quick question, did you sterilize the ball jar in boiling water for 10 mins or is it not necessary?

Maybe deleting the “pruning peppers” video should be deleted so no one else makes the same mistake!

Thanks Calvin

The care-less crow cares not the important business of the human in yon garden. The human cares not the crow's business.

I find using empty cleaned small medicine/prescription bottles to store dried seeds very convenient. Just a thought.😅

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This year I put my very slow ripening hot peppers in grow bags, so that I can bring them into the greenhouse at the end of the season to finish ripening up. It also allowed me to start those earlier, so I kept them in grow bags in the greenhouse until early June. They were already a pretty good size by the time I brought them outside, and they are flourishing!

Before I watch, let me take some guesses. dying older leaves at the bottom; not enough nitrogen, too much watering...that's all I can think of. Now let me watch and see if any are right!

i have a plant that keeps wilting

When the flowers on a red pepper plant turns brown, does that mean you won't get a pepper from that flower ❓ I had multiple flowers and one by one they started turning brown 😢 I do have 4 peppers that have already emerged

hello, why are my blossoms on my red pepper falling down? they become beige..

I started my peppers in an outdoor grow tent this year, and man, the slugs LOVED it...

Different pepper plants like different amounts of water. I've found some plants need water daily, or twice a day, and others don't like to be watered a lot. I would pay attention to each plant to see what each prefers.

No matter what I do my pepper plants always get yellow leaves. I use good soil and fertilise properly, have no pest issues, weather conditions are pretty spot on. I get a decent amount of peppers, it just always makes me feel like a bit failure not having lush, deep green leaves on my plants.

Great video! Can water with too much chlorine cause yellow leaves?

Pepper geek is the king! I started growing peppers this year and he helped me figure some things out when my leaves were turning yellow. My peppers are thriving right now.

Great video

First off I absolutely love and enjoy your videos! It was an easy choice to subscribe to your channel! I thank you so much for all your hard work and time you put into making these videos. They are extremely informative and very helpful! But, I do have a question. I have a Carolina Reaper and a Ghost pepper plant that I am growing and wanted to know if I should prune them. I did prune a little off the top but not sure if I did it correctly. I wanted to send you a pic but don’t know how to. Thank you again!

You have a great source of fertilizer right in your backyard. Neptunes Harvest. If you have seen them you should look them up they are great!

I thought that you should remove damaged leaves so the plant can put energy in the healthy parts

I'm in Zone 3 and we've had a few nights this summer where it dipped to about 4C (39F) and there was no yellowing of the leaves whatsoever. Not sure if my sweet peppers and chilis were just supremely lucky but up here we can have really wild temp swings and I've never see this yellowing issue you've pointed out. Chilis have always thrived for me and I think this is the first year where my sweet peppers will take off. Love your channel!

Full of pertinent information. This is my go to channel!

Neem oil is an organic way to keep bugs off

Did you use all 3 fox farm products at the same time?

for some reason i got many really small flying bugs around my plants.. they look like mini Mosquitos...... gonna buy some fly catcher sticky tape tomorrow and place around the plants.

i get them on tomatos too