How to Grow Peppers (Organically)

Growing peppers organically is the name of this video's game (that has to be the worst opening line I've ever written for these but I'm keeping it). Anyway, yes, how to grow peppers. It's my favorite crop to grow and eat, so I hope it's helpful.
Covered in this video: how to grow peppers from seed, buying pepper plants, how far apart to space peppers, how deep to space peppers, best flavor, tastiest peppers, how to trellis peppers, and more!
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[@a_l_e_k_sandra]

Making your own ajvar from home grown peppers is something to live for.

[@RealDarkBlade]

Zacusca is on the same page. Remember making tons of it for the winter months, every year when I was a kid. Guess the next episode should be eggplants 😄

[@muncheesuppar]

i made some last week here in australia

[@hazelbrungard1623]

Aj varski peppers are exceptionally good if you roast them to get the skins off. I freeze them. last night, I used some with sliced onions in a pan on the grill for sweet Italian sandwiches. They were outstandingly delicious. I'm planning to do more this year for eating on burgers, grilled cheese etc...

[@joanies6778]

Never heard of Ajvar before, but I googled it and it looks like something I would love. Thanks!

[@ryanfitzalan8634]

hell yea buddy, you know whats up

[@thedirtygardener]

I grow my peppers by planting past the cotyledons. In fact, I start in 3/4” soil blocks, pot up to 18oz cups (adding soil as the plant grows) and then plant into the ground. I start in December and by the time they go in the ground (9a - late March) they have an extensive root system at least 18” high. If something happens and they don’t have that 18” root system then I will plant them deeper so that they will get the 18” under ground. Peppers are like tomatoes in that they’ll grow more roots along the stem which is why you can plant them deeper. I do this because our summers are brutally hot and humid (gulf coast) and the deeper root system helps keep the plant happy. For whatever that’s worth. LOL

[@75blackviking]

This channel is a treasure. So many interesting and valuable topics about gardening.

[@billsnyder6945]

Yours are the only garden videos I do not have to fast forward. Bravo!

[@MistressOP]

Peppers in cali is such a fun grow. We hot baby! Plus, the whole plant can be feed off, goats, chicken, ducks, geese. You can use it in asian soups. Wonderful video. Hot pepper are so much fun becuase you can make a higher value sauce out of it. People who are into sauces try out almost every single sauce they run across. Good at the farmers market. (Bull Horn pepper Toro pepper) Agree about hot sauce, but I kinda think every single farmer who grows pepper should have at least 3 house hot sauces to sell at the farmers market. Even if you have to hire someone to come up with a recipe for you. Dryland farmers, don't forget about the compost enrich with biochar as part of your system. Wonderful video! YAY.

[@tealkerberus748]

Interesting. I was told that they're in the same family as the potatoes and tomatoes and the greenery is poisonous. Where do I find the truth?

[@MistressOP]

full wrong. Greenery is very much edible by humans. also wonderful for goats. Sweet potatoes as well fully edible except for seed pods which are rare. So, always feed off your greenery instead of composting it. if you have a pig you can put it into a slop and stew it. @@tealkerberus748

[@nineallday000]

If you did this for every single crop eventually with time, it would be an amazing resource!

[@JK-jf7xq]

For heavier feeding plants, I sometimes dig beneath the planting level and add some food scraps, crushed egg, etc and/or something that will hold water for the roots like paper or well rotted wood. I do this weeks before seeding/transplanting.

[@johndoh5182]

I know that no-till doesn't mean no-dig, but still. Soil can and will create layers when you dig and those layers can be harmful over time so best to do that once and then let it be, using proper methods with cover crops to add food to the soil or continual top feeding with compost is shown to be very effective with pretty much all plants. So, maybe when planning where to plant certain plants that root deeper and are heavy feeders you can use a dig/till once method and go down pretty deeply, adding material and it should get you set to where you can do a typical transplant along with a good dose of compost at the surface. Doing it weeks in advance at least allows the microbiome to mostly recover.

[@MarkSmith-qk2rl]

It takes over a year for egg shell to produce calcium for the soil. It’s a misconception that eggshell or any food including raw fish will benefit the plant it’s put under. It’s much better to build a mulch pile and mix that stuff into it. Your next year plants will thank you for it. It’s way more beneficial to incorporate it in a mulch than under a plant !

[@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf]

I think that idea is sound *IF* you have enough matter to basically make a mini-compost-pile underground. Like a trench at least 18" wide and deep. And then have enough soil to put on top of it all. Then over a season or two you're definitely going to build up more compost right inside the bed. In some cases (historically and currently) people have built beds on top of active compost to take advantage of the warmth in fall and spring. But with just a handful in each planting hole or similar... I don't think it's hurting anything, but it's not really adding as much people think. I'm pretty sure you'd be better off just chopping up the small amounts food scraps and adding them to comfrey tea or weed tea sorts of fertilizers. Egg shells take for-freaking-EVER to break down in the soil. That can be a good thing because they do help keep sticky soils from clumping together as much. If you want the calcium from egg shells, go for the KNF style water-soluble calcium technique. That's fairly quick and easy to make, and a little goes a long way.

[@scottwhite4645]

Jesse, I always seem to try one or two new varieties of bells every season. Sprinter has worked well, although EZ is very “proud” of their seeds and the price reflects this. Had great production last year growing “Mercer”, 75 days and a nice blocky shape buyers are looking for. Best of all, price is 30% cheaper. Have you tried??

[@joanies6778]

Several years ago, two months before planting, I prepared a section of my garden that had previously been covered with plastic all summer to kill all the weed seeds. Unfortunately, when I dug a bit to prepare the bed, I noticed the only worm holes were a few that burrowed deep. So, I dug up the whole bed and put decaying limbs, yardwaste, food scraps, coffee grounds, and shredded paper in the hole and covered it with the soil and mushroom compost. I also added eggshell, but it was pulverized into a powder. The worms eat it for grit, so with all the waste and ground eggshell, I created an environment the worms would love. That first season I planted corn and pumkins that literally thrived. The next season I grew cabbage that did well and potatoes... they not as well, but that was a watering issue and the soil was clumpy. This season I decided to amend it to loosen it up, and it was loaded with worms! I'll be planting peppers, and next year I'll plant tomatoes there in rotation. I don't know about the short term, but in the long term, adding rotting limbs and compostable stuff below really panned out because the worms are partying down there! 🪱🪱🪱

[@thegoodoldways]

I am slowly being mesmerized by peppers! All the different kinds. They have completely captured me. Thanks for all the great info that teaches us. Grateful for your channel.

[@KansasGardenGuy]

You are killin it on content ! A little dad joke funnies with serious key points . 👍

[@lisamcdonald1415]

I love the MCHammwr reference, the touches like that you add to your videos is what makes you so awesome. Keep up the great work thanks for another great video. Canada 4b 2 rows 30” bed 18” apart worked well for us

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Here too in zone 3-4 nw Wisconsin.

[@CS-bn4un]

Always learning from your channel and appreciate your direct comments which are peppered (truly, no pun was intended but it fits!) with quick-witted humor! I came to this video as we are going to try Anaheim's this year in addition to others, as we buy so many canned chili peppers for cooking certain recipes...and I was like DUH...need to grow them as buy so many!! Our peppers did not do well in zone 8 until our summer cooled down a bit...and the jalapenos took off when potted and moved into our greenhouse for the winter. I was making pepper jelly in the winter with fresh peppers! Our teeny and reliably hot "birds eye" pepper (don't know bot name as seeds for our plants are from my husband's family,..and just always called "birds eye") jammed in the ground until unusual-for-us deep cold snap towards the end of the year.

[@YourUncleDan]

I grew some Carmen peppers last year. Just got some seedlings from a local community farm, and put them in a container next to some thyme and rosemary. They were SO productive, and so good grilled or charred, and now I'm obsessed with growing more peppers.

[@artinspiredgifts]

Love your videos. You keep us inspired to do better. My favorites sweet peppers are bull horn Carmen, and my favorite hot peppers are Fresno Flaming Flare and Santa Fe Grande for flavor and production. I can vegetable soup, salsa, freeze and dehydrate peppers. Blend dried peppers to make flakes and powder to use everyday. I am not a farmer, just a homesteader growing organic no-till produce with a goal of 1+ years worth of fruits and veggies to stock up each year. I hope many small OG no-till farmers are following your advice so we can buy what we need locally at the farmers markets and stands. Thank you!

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I have pretty much settled on red marconi, jalepeno, and chilis. They cover the flavor profiles I like and are prolific.

[@zoonotes]

I buried my peppers like tomatoes (I'd grow them indoors to 4-5 leaf pairs, then snip off all but the top two leaves and bury the rest of the stem). That was in a backyard garden, fairly heavy clay and very dry 9a central California. It seemed to help a lot with root growth and cut way down on how much I had to water. Your crop looks lovely! Best of luck!

[@Beavercountyrancher]

Can you do more in dept video about starting seedlings? Like how to use the soil blocker and how you make the soil balls? Never seen anything like that before

[@TheZGALa]

You are my new favorite gardening channel. Great stuff! Super Thanks!

[@DeborahGregH]

Lovely garden! You just talked me into planting some vegetables next year. Thank you for the step by step instructions! (no hot peppers for me though lol, I'm a wimp). 👍👍🌹🌹😁😁

[@mylaughinghog]

I plan on paying more attention to pepper variety plant size this year. The Aji Rico grew over 6 feet tall with about 700 peppers per plant. I had to frequently trim the Aji Rico so they would not shade out the numex jalapenos.

[@natefox1496]

Thank you! Your soil balls look great

[@italiana626sc]

With you 100% on the red shishitos! Grew shishitos by accident last year - seed packet from a national seed producer was labelled as poblano. Turned out to be shishito. A happy accident because I realized how great shishitos are!! Because they were so prolific we couldn't get through them fast enough, and I realized how delicious they are when allowed to turn red.

[@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf]

Maybe it's just me but I have never found a pepper that didn't taste much better when fully ripe. Hot, mild, sweet or whatever. Green peppers are... well, they just aren't done yet! 🤣

[@Pausereflectandbreathe]

I love listening to the adlibs in between explainations. Makes the video fun and interesting. Thank you so much! I wasn't very successful with planting bell peppers. The tiny and skinny long peppers grow well in my garden. I guess bell peppers and me are not friends. 😂

[@matthewdutra3968]

What zone?

[@chrisa6682]

Great channel, thank you. I always bury the stems of everything I grow including flowers like cosmos and zinnias. I'm in the north without a hoophouse..just a 6x8 polycarbonate greenhouse, so I start seeding in my house under lights. I move them to the greenhouse which incloses another smaller greenhouse with shelves. As you can imagine, I have to repot many times for bigger plants before I can plant outside at the beginning of June. I've never had a problem with planting deep as long as the bottom leaves are removed.

[@laurenceblanchette7177]

Thanks!

[@notillgrowers]

Thank YOU! 🙌

[@jojow8416]

Just found your channel and LOVE how much information you pack into it without a lot of bla bla bla. Your dry sense of humor is wonderful in these times of little to laugh about. THANK YOU and GOD BLESS!

[@xaviercruz4763]

How are you doing now?

[@hhwippedcream]

Homegrown paprika kills it on a freshness and flavor scale. For the home grower it is a must. Almost an entirely different spice than that bought at the store. Could not agree with you more on red shishitos. We've had excellent luck with a yellow cayenne type called Ho Chi Minh. Just a touch hotter than cayenne with a bit of southeast Asian flavor.

[@rickthelian2215]

That was well explained, thank you.... In Australia we call Bell Peppers as Capsicums 😊

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

😊 Great information! Plenty of room here on my homestead to experiment with growing varieties that I can dry.

[@originalwoolydragon8387]

Felicity peppers are my faves! They look like jalapeños, but are sweet; great for stuffed jalapeños for those who are not fond of hot stuff. I rarely grow any bells anymore.

[@kingjames4886]

I've always planted my peppers pretty deep, it helps them from getting blown over in the wind. I've also never needed to support them other than maybe a stick for them to lean on when they're first put out.

[@farmer-red488]

Hello from eastern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 My first successful pepper (both hot a sweet varieties) was in twenty twenty. I scoured the net for tips and tricks, to my pleasant surprise "topping" them was a winner for me. My ground was tilled ots second time, in nineteen it had been all potatoes.. when I planted my peppers, all I did was make a slurry of goat poop(straight from the barn with straw mixed in) and chicken litter clean out from the coop. Let that percolate (a five gallon pail with one quarter goat/ one quarter chicken, topped with water and left outside for three days.. took a scoop of that slurry approx a sour cream containers worth of it,, added it to each hole dug to transplant the seedlings. Once the plants grew to rhe flowering stage, I use a banana peel slurry and water for two days keeping an eye on the weather that there was no rain during said time... that season, out of twelve plants of standard green peppers, I was able to can twenty-four jars of salsa, 12 jars of tomato juice, sauces, and 60 cups divided into 2cups per bag into the freezer. I've applied said method since on both the peppers and the tomato plants with phenomenal success! Many thanks to all you have shared and contribute to all who have a love for growing!

[@sandrareaves]

It’s been awhile, but I have set young peppers deeply at transplant. They seemed stronger in general and made a great crop.

[@nihatoksuz8982]

Türkçe

[@PrewittHomestead]

Good info. We grow a fair number of peppers for our homestead. We have found our greatest value add is small batch pepper sauce. We can't keep it on the shelf. We love to over winter our peppers in our little greenhouse. It gives us a HUGE jump on the next season. I have a beautiful ghost pepper that's 3 years old and is a hell of a producer. Looking forward to your pepper pruning video.

[@TheZGALa]

Here in New Mexico, hot peppers are our pride and joy! I somehow didn't know there are so many bullhorn peppers with no/low heat.

[@alfonnantumanggur702]

I'm a new subscriber, there are so many good topics that you show up.. and i love the way you explain...

[@jlp4111]

I enjoy your humor!

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

My winter indoor garden was a bust while my outdoor garden is doing great but we only had the Arctic Blast and one day of snow in June. But my indoor Spring garden is growing great and I'm really surprised by it. And my seedlings for the summer are doing well.

[@roberttillotson6861]

I grow superhots in Reno. I have to start mid feb indoors. By April they go to greenhouse, and late May, into garden bed. I only have until late September here. I space plants 3’ apart since mine grow to 3-4’ and produce 100-150 peppers each. I also like airflow and means for pollinators to get full access.

[@ariverdreaming]

Growing stocky red roaster for the first time this year! 🌶️💖

[@ginninadances]

😂 love the comparison of sorry needed for peppers versus tomatoes..🍺

[@ryanfitzalan8634]

great use for hot peppers, dry them and/or smoke them and market them for Latin dishes, or break them down into Chili flakes. Is a shelf stable product that can be sold past harvest time. FYI for your own purposes, making chili or enchilada sauce from scratch with varying whole dry peppers, toasted in a cast Iron first, will bring you to tears of joy and pain simultaneously (gotta get those Guajillo peppers baby!)

[@shadyacrefarm1005]

Love ajvarski, chervena chuska, and elephant ears peppers. Go Vols!

[@notillgrowers]

I saw your Vols.. Anyone who beats Duke is a friend of mine 👍

[@shadyacrefarm1005]

@@notillgrowers who ya rooting for Jesse?

[@gnarlee4250]

Ajvarski are my favorite too! A friend of mine accidentally crossed his with a banana pepper... what a great accident!

[@nelsong6264]

love all the video that you make😁, you give such a amazing info

[@D0praise]

These vids are the best out there, yup

[@Christina-cq6hq]

King of the North is a really good one and my favorite so far is Chocolate Beauty. ☺️

[@lisamcdonald1415]

Love king of the north as well

[@MistressOP]

You should do pasture cropping pumpkin and squash next.

[@notillgrowers]

I tried that once! And... it was not a success 😬. Anything that vines and living pathways or perennial cover crops is not a great combo in my experience.

[@MistressOP]

@@notillgrowers Oh, I thought you had sheep? Pasture Cropping is where you put a crop in the pasture directly into grass. Then you mulch it good. Add a little compost. You can also grow it in compost paper bags. Directly on to lawn. The most important things to do is mulch it good once you transplant the vine crop. Also, at the end of the season you can use chickens to spread all the mulch and you end up with a better pasture. Also, remember to locate your pumpkins before the pasture grass grows up. It's a kind of delicate balance. Pasture cropping works on a few different crops. It's becoming big in Australia but honestly, if the midwest would do a lot more pasture cropping the food system could gain a lot more of that prairie back. We use it as an easy way to let the pasture go to seed crop and still make money when we want something to seed out. Then you can take your sheep/goat/cattle/rabbit/cuy and graze it off. It's to high for ducks/chickens/geese. Don't do cucumbers, we did cumbers one year. Really small circle shape ones. Didn't work out. Just not as hardy as a pumpkin Impossible to find the plants in fully grown out pasture. This is also a really good way of kick starting a pasture that might have been heavily use for haying.

[@sappir26]

I love the bull horns. I grow them too. ❤

[@657449]

A commercial farmer needs a crystal cube ( balls roll off the table when pushed by the cats) to see what sells months later and what problems will occur with weather and bugs. I salute you.

[@Gardeningandstuffwithholly]

Of course we plant around Derby weekend. 😊

[@scottbaruth9041]

Rabbits love to snip young pepper plants off. If they leave just a stem, it's dead. If they leave a few leaves on the plant, it will recover nicely. I plant my peppers' regular depth, but add enough dry grass clippings around each pepper to cover a set or two of the lower leaves. If a rabbit takes the top off, you can uncover the lower leaves, and the rabbit usually will not target that pepper again, and it will be fine.

[@mistyniles333]

In really hot climates i'm planting two together in one hole with space between to help with sun scalping

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

i love peppers, we are growing a ton to have have them in the freezer. We have load having peppers for all sorts of things over winter. I am excited to have fresh peppers tho. we eat tons and tons fresh over the summer.

[@MarkSmith-qk2rl]

I’ve always planted all the way to the the first leaves like I do with tomatoes. My father never did until he started seeing my yields. I would say it was really close to 35% more. I will always do it until someone shows me something better. I believe it’s worth the effort for you to try !! I’m heavy on nitrogen to jumpstart then I’m a touch heavier on phosphorus with equal parts of potash and nitrogen after they start blooming. Generally I’ll side dress with calcium nitrate ever 21 day as I do with my tomatoes ! Give it a try I believe you’ll get a touch better yield.

[@mikecrouse8761]

Good Info.. Love the Humor.. Keep it up.. Thanks For all you do..

[@Roho2000]

2 legit to rule it out (quit)🤣🤣❤School's in folks, lots of good info in this one! Like & Share

[@cherylbertolini3140]

another great video thanks for sharing, have a wonderful week.

[@virginiamurray5828]

Agree about the flavor of the bulls horn varieties and for me they produce more fruits and faster than bells for sure. A hybrid, Giant Marconi, is a great one along with Carmen.

[@mathewrichards7309]

Here in New Zealand we grow lamuyo peppers basically a long version of a bell pepper and yellow bell peppers from Syngenta each of these varieties can reach 400g in size. Palermo peppers from Rijk Zwaan are the long Italian peppers in red yellow orange and chocolate but we don't grow them as the seeds are way too expensive.

[@lambsquartersfarm]

I grow King of the North in Ontario Canada 6B, without greenhouse, we can barely squeeze out reds in late September.

[@MorePranaGardens]

Mmmmm, those "Early" jalapenos from High Mowing are SO good.

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Both of our favorite bull horn peppers are Corno di Toro and Cubanelle. Sweet, unique pepper tastes, we think better than bells.

[@doinacampean9132]

A few words on preserving the remainder of the crop for the winter? Dehydrate, smoke, roast and can, chop and freeze...?

[@AmeliaAnnesAnimals]

i live in zone 6 in Northern Michigan but by the lake. i have a buyer for hot peppers from a local hotsauce company.... thanks for the advice!

[@AJWGBFX]

In my greenhouse and tunnel I trellis peppers and aubergines, removing side shoots just like my tomatoes. Sometimes I've grown two leaders for some plants.

[@horrido666]

I love thai chili peppers. Grow them every year. Also do Anaheim for roasting. If you don't grow peppers to roast you are missing out. Chopped tomato and roasted pepper rolled up in a tortilla is a standard fair around here in the late summer.

[@dabadore.]

I use their own siblings to keep them up. Well at least it's what I did last year. Had them in 2 rows of 3 each. Spacing was like half foot, maybe less. Just enough for them to grow and keep each other up without staking them.

[@williammorley1600]

I ain't know if anyone has said this yet but if you periodically starve a hot pepper of water it will love you and also make your peppers hotter

[@sherimatukonis6016]

I grow a few peppers for decoration... Just pretty plants.

[@Sidneybeach875]

I have grown many types of mint in aquaponics, it might work out well in your wetter areas.

[@ernestoginebra9651]

Nice information !! Thank you

[@SimonHergott]

I planted my peppers a foot apart last year. The Madhatters did the best as they seemed to reach up pretty high, but they're also just generally prolific by the sounds of it.(I wouldn't recommend Madhatters as they don't taste all that great to me) The rest of my 30 or so different plants did fairly well. I was never short on peppers in the summer and I'm still using my pepper flake seasoning mix into spring. That being said, I'm going to try 16 - 18 inch spacing this year and see if there's a difference.

[@gnarlee4250]

I have 3 mad hatters this year. I planted them because of the shape, but the seller was over the moon about the taste... I'm curious and it will be fun to see what I think!

[@657449]

The bull horns in my supermarket are all mis shaped and ugly compared to the greenhouse bells . Great video. I’m in NJ zone 7a. They start to flower and grow late and frost in November kills them.

[@timothyalan7731]

I always need help standing up as like right now. 😊

[@karenpage9383]

I've always heard that pepper plants liked to "hold hands" and be close enough together that they touch. I've not grown a ton, so I haven't spent any time testing it out in my environment.

[@atchleyfarm]

Always enjoy watching your videos. Question so have you seen noticable effects of dead heading peppers to produce a more bushy plant rather than letting them get so tall? Just asking because I did this to half my plants for this coming season. Once they was about 12" tall Will this increase production make them rippen on the vine faster or make them larger?

[@icculus7989]

Dude..the Hammer pun got me! I miss the 90s

[@tealkerberus748]

Plants that don't love well-drained soil: anything that prefers living in water or in the mud of water littoral. There's a number of those, but we don't tend to grow them in gardens much because their needs are so different to common garden plants.

[@reynolds69]

Do u have a video of how you do your soil blocks or balls? 👍

[@Mifaroicazzimieidaadessoinpoi]

Try to grow Carmagnola bell pepper or other variety from Piemonte, can be similar to your zone and are very famous sweet pepper. 🙂🌱

[@MrRemakes]

For a market gardener, I bet making hot pepper sauce would be a better way of selling hot peppers than selling them fresh. Or maybe you could sell the peppers fresh, and any that don't sell could go into sauce, which could then be sold. And one benefit of pepper sauce is it's pretty shelf stable.

[@curiouscat3384]

Excellent - very helpful Thank you!

[@peterv3216]

Awesome Jesse!

[@hatz11]

Great vid! Any tips on dealing with pepper fly/pepper fly maggot?

[@notillgrowers]

Oof, that's not one I have experience with. I see there are some good university guides like this one from UMass that may be helpful? ag.umass.edu/vegetable/fact-sheets/pepper-maggot

[@hatz11]

@@notillgrowers thanks! - had issues with them last season so I'm going full court press defense this season hahaha

[@nextchancenow7153]

“Stuffable” was the one direction the wife had for my pepper selection this year. Try the Korean Dark Green Chili for a plant that cranks out fruit like a machine. Makes the best dried chili I’ve had.

[@vincent2872]

I found a new variety yesterday called february Fire that is perennial down to 15 degree Celsius , from small island company

[@NolimitErik1466]

Your channel is very informative. I have learned a lot. How do you feel about starting seeds in solo cups. I know several people who refuse to grow in them.

[@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf]

I just gang-seed all my peppers in trays, and separate/pot them up into 6" or so pots, then into the ground when the roots start filling up those pots. I've found that's the least work while still keeping the growing root system happy. I've seen vids from some commercial growers that re-pot peppers and tomatoes 4 times or more before getting them in the ground and man... I just can't see the benefit of all those extra steps. If they get 10% more fruit, more power to them - but at that point I'd rather just grow a few more plants. Definitely do *not* let pepper plants get cold or otherwise badly stressed when they're little. They never seem to quite recover. One or two nights below 50F can really stunt some varieties. I don't put them in the ground until the nights are consistently above 55F and 60F is better. So that's really the biggest labor issue with peppers for me - bringing them out into the warm days and back inside at night for a couple/few weeks in spring. Of course a hoophouse or greenhouse would help that a lot.

[@OneGold_777]

Market knowledge is stated here and important, we're in New Mexico where people judge peppers based on how hot they are, we like our peppers to send us into psychedelic trance's😂

[@jamesofallthings3684]

Shoshito peppers are amazing. People were missing out not buying them.

[@wesnerdesir3168]

Thank you so much for the videos. What do you suggest for irrigation for a small backyard?

[@dogslobbergardens-hv2wf]

If your pepper starts get root-bound, don't panic. Be gentle with the roots of course but there's no need to be precious about it. They're a bit tougher than people think. I've found several times that they respond very well to dunking in water or spraying much of the whole root ball off with a hose, so you can "fluff up" the roots and the spread them out nicely when you put them in the ground. They seem to recover faster than "normal" transplants. If not for the time involved, I would probably do that with all my pepper starts because they seem to settle into the ground very quickly and take off faster overall. I also had wonderful success starting peppers in small grow-bag-type "pots" (4-6" dia.) so the roots air-prune and never start circling in the first place. Those seemed to suffer almost no transplant shock at all. I think people get similar good results using the soil blocks, for similar reasons?

[@annmc3878]

I think celery like a damp soil. I’ve never grown it, but that is what I read. I like to try different peppers each year. Unlike tomatoes, I never seem to have favorites and always want to try something new. When through a phase of trying out every ‘no heat’ pepper, so Habanada, Nadapeno, Roulette, etc. They are got to add to sauces to bring down the heat without diluting the taste. I also pick 5 to 9 peppers to overwinter each year. That really gives me a jump start on producing peppers. I’m in 6b also. I had an issue with sun scald on some pepper plants, but then wondered it it was blossom end rot. Does BER look like it does on tomatoes? I would love a video showing and example of each.

[@maryaragon7275]

Yes peppers and sweet potatoes!

[@GardenTours_Network]

very informative

[@diabolusexnihilo1048]

Remember the first time I had bullhorn pepper, could never go back to bells, I love them griddled/grilled any way really(can eat them every day) I’ve grown lots of different kinds over the years but by far my favorite has been a variety called “mattadorres”

[@bobbyjones7505]

Awesome channel 👍👍👍👍👍

[@PlantObsessed]

Great video. In my experience, super hots germinate much slower. They are well worth the drama to get the quality swearing and sweating they bring.

[@tarjei99]

Prep tomato and pepper seeds by grinding them with some sand. The idea is to remove whatever that is covering the seed and delays sprouting. It might work to just grind with just the seeds in some water. This works well with peas. Even for cooking them. This should not be necessary with commercial seeds. But it works very well with cheap peas for cooking.

[@bigoljoe1829]

You dont need to grind them. Soaking them works just fine on its own. Just soak for a few hours, change water and then soak a few more. Then plant. No need for all the extra steps.

[@tarjei99]

@BigolJoe That only works with seeds that have been processed. That means that the water proof film that protect against sprouting has been removed.

[@johndoh5182]

Amen to the flavor thing. I like the subtle flavor of red and yellow bell pepper, but none of that matches that of a banana or poblano pepper, sticking with the more mild peppers. I use poblano more than anything else because of how well it works with Tex-Mex sticking with milder foods. I have little use for a green bell pepper.

[@samtole]

Yes! Thanks for this