6 Pepper Varieties That THRIVE In Containers

[@scottfarrar376]

I'll be growing "Grandma Kirksey" in a container. It is an heirloom variety ornamental pepper. It doesn't have an SHU rating. But it is somewhere around cyan peppers in heat. It has striking dark leaves. The peppers start creamy color. Then turn purple for a long time before becoming mature and turning red. The pods are a little bit bitter. So they work better in combinations with other flavors. Food such chili or stew. Rather than as a powder or dried flakes or in a sauce. Also, it helps to keep the plant trimmed back to maintain a nice look. Otherwise, they can get somewhat leggy.

[@kwizmo]

Glad you guys said scotch bonnet because I’m growing one from seed in a container at my office lol. I needed an office plant to keep me sane.

[@thombaz]

It grows good in pot and you can expect a pretty good harvest if conditions are right.

[@user-hn9fr7mn3x]

Hand them out to your coworkers for a nice snack 😈

[@kwizmo]

@@thombaz Got a 60 watt grow light, small fan, and a heat mat with timers. It’s growing quickly so we shall see what happens.

[@thombaz]

@@kwizmo You use heat mat after germination?

[@LadyofRockmart]

My scotch bonnet got huge. It stood about 3 to 4 feet tall and sprawled quite a bit. It was so heavy with peppers, branches broke

[@CaliKim29]

My goodness, you two know your Peppers!! I learned a lot, too! Great video presentation. Following now!! CaliKim

[@santaanaroadwildman3614]

Hi Kim! 😊

[@jimaboughoche6191]

Learned alot from them and from you as well,Kim. Thank you

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks for that, and for following! Your channel has been helpful to us on many occasions too ☺️

[@RorysRamblings]

Already deep in the season here in South western Australia! I have a bursting crop of Thai chillies, cayenne, Anaheim and jalapenos.

[@PepperGeek]

Love to hear that!

[@kevinaldcroft2845]

I dry all of my peppers in the dehydrator and then put them through the blender turning them into flakes or a fine powder. I combine all of my peppers, and I blend them together. I have two large jars in the pantry cupboard, and I give the flake and powder away to my friends and family who enjoy the peppers. I grow Cyanne, Scotch bonnet, jalapeno and birds eye chili.

[@xthemadplumberx7110]

I follow the Chili Chump dude, he talks about the African Birds Eye pepper a lot. I grew them, and I think it’s a good mix. I like habanero also. It never takes much, and one bush is all you need all year.

[@Jeff_PNW]

+1 for Shishito & Scotch Bonnet. I grow these indoors as well as Habanero in 1/2gal pots. They produce pretty well, and they're beautiful houseplants.

[@G-boi]

Happy New year wishes to you and your family sir.

[@PepperGeek]

Happy New Year to you and yours, too 🎉

[@GuyHandy]

yeah! i was looking forward to a video like this because i dont have a garden but DO have containers! 😅

[@buddyandgeorge]

Thank you pepper geek(s)! I look forward to growing a few varieties you've mentioned.

[@PepperGeek]

Our pleasure! Good luck in 2025

[@HardyGardening]

My favorite pepper is Mad Hatter! its so delicious! been watching you guys for a couple years now on my other account! love your content! just started up my own channel, i was very inspired by you guys and am now addicted to growing peppers hahaha🤣

[@Ski_zaBoi1776]

I will grow all my peppers in pots because I seem to have much better results. I am thinking of trying a few more pepper 🌶️ plants this year

[@jimevans4755]

I was given some Vietnamese hot pepper seeds a little over five years ago. They had a high germination percentage, somewhere around 70% to 80%. I have kept them going by bringing them indoors for the winter. I keep them in three and five gallon buckets. This year I harvested over 600 peppers from seven plants. The tallest is 47 inches tall. I don't remember the name but they mature from green to black then red and are quite spicy much more than a cayenne but less than a habanero.

[@SuperKagey1]

I'll be growing pimente d'espellette in containers and garden bed along with shishito, padron and lemon drop peppers. All great for cooking. And I've overwintered my Fresno chili plants that are now 3 years old and produce a ton o' peppers.

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

I love Cayenne Peppers! My first one in my Greenstalk went crazy nuts this past year 👊🏻🌶👊🏻

[@PepperGeek]

Glad to hear you had good luck with the cayenne!

[@BecomingaGreenstalker]

Thank you! I only grow in GreenStalk containers so this was very helpful. 😊

[@PepperGeek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MartyinOZ]

Serrano's are growing well in Melbourne summer in containers also Red Cap Mushrooms growing well ATM.

[@tdog54]

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[@SanDiegoCaliforniaUSA]

Thai Hot Pepper is a great container pepper. It's a small pepper. Probably a 6.5 out of 10 for heat. A nice hardy pepper plant here in San Diego where it can see 30's and 40's for over night lows and see as high as 100's and avg. around 70's and 80's.

[@smas3256]

The Shishito is one I'm interested in. Thanks for review.

[@jasonolszanicky4035]

I have had great luck with Habaneros, Carolina Reapers, and Ghost Peppers in large pots.

[@ALink2Zelda]

Yolo hope everyone is doing great

[@thombaz]

Numex veterans day got the best look for a pepper in a pot, an I had great succes and lot of harvest with ks lemon starburst, one of the best pepper I ever had.

[@Chili_Chungus]

I live near Baker Creek and I’ve never been but I love their seeds.

[@Just_A_Name14]

2024 is almost coming to an end and we’re still claiming most wasted lives 😂

[@exchrols]

question, i live in northern sweden, in the summer we almost have 24hours of sun. is thos ok or should i build screen wall or something to block the sun for some time during the day(if the spot is one of those normally visible through most of the day).

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Northern friend :) i am also very far north and the wind is howling outside even now.

[@bausgrows]

Nice video! Would love to send you some of my Ghost Dropping seeds. They are excellent container peppers, very low heat and prolific cross of Lemon Drop and Ghost Pepper. Best wishes on your 2025 garden!

[@DonPritch1850]

I like the sound of this cross. Those lemon drop plants are such abundant producers!

[@regatta2k]

LOVE the idea of adding Scoville Heat Units (SHU) to the peppers you mentioned. Hope you do the same to all your videos going forwards. Bravo.

[@TM-ro7lh]

I have been doing a hybrid kratky. I start my plants in 4” containers and then transfer them (just drop them in) to 4” net pots in buckets. The roots grow right through the holes in bottom of the cups. I get much sturdier plants this way; they don’t tip.

[@apeacebone6499]

I bought seeds for Aji "Mojo" this year, which was billed as tropical, sweet, citrusy, and mildly spicy... I really wanted something I could just eat on its own, since I'm still VERY wimpy when it comes to spice! If my sugar rush peach seeds will germinate (they're a few years old now) I'll grow one of those as well because my brother loves them. Aji Charapita looks amazing, though, and I will think about that!

[@TheProteusV]

I do a lot of peppers in AeroGardens and find that cherry peppers do the best and are easy to train to keep them from getting overgrown. I've just started growing shishitos and are amazed at there productivity and vigor. Ditto jalapeno and banana peppers. All peppers seem to do great in hydroponics! Living in central Maine I don't get the growing season or weather for peppers and the like. That's why I'm sold on hydroponics and was happy to hear that MiracleGro decided to keep the AeroGarden brand alive! Love this channel! 😍 Thanks for your always useful advice and entertaining videos. 😊

[@shiftstart]

I’m growing Ghost Pepper, Scotch Bonnet, and Sataka this season.

[@carlgomm9699]

I've had the same jalapeño, Serrano and Tabasco peppers 🌶 for several years, one jalapeño gave me 11 harvests this past summer ❤

[@antemercep8844]

Last year I grew jalapeno in 1 gallon container on my balcony. It was very hot summer so I watered every day and it did much better than expected, 64 peppers all together. I still have one pepper that I grew on balcony that's inside for about month now and last few peppers were about ready to be picked(was given to me so not sure of variety).

[@PainInTheS]

I have finally succeeded growing some Carolina reapers, in the living room. Planted somewhere in March, now quite a big plant. I'm definitely not born with green hands and I tend to forget/not spend time on plants.....so it almost died a couple of times because I forgot water and I let it grow just like that no pruning. But lo and behold, peppers are coming, 1 is already a good red. Quite curious how hot they will turn out.

[@kwizmo]

If you almost killed it a few times, chances are the pepper will be very hot. The more stressed the plant is, the hotter the peppers.

[@PainInTheS]

@kwizmo Yes I read about that....did it in my negligence but in this case that may have been to my advantage (or not 🫠). 🙂

[@theworldiscrazy364]

Stressing a Carolina Reaper to make it hotter....good luck. 😅

[@Sicknastyfpv33]

Thanks for the content. I just subscribed. Jalapeños, Habeneros, Bounty-Banana.

[@PepperGeek]

Welcome! Thanks for sharing. That's a nice little collection of plants.

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

Great food for thought. I mostly grow Bell, and a couple Aji type. I noticed, too, the larger the container, the better the bell's do. So, makes sense that the BIG container (earth, lol!) would do best. Still, I typically plant in 10 gallon grow bags

[@oBsRVr666]

Im a first time grower and startet in November. I am currently growing the Black Pearl and Numex Twilight varieties as they were suggested to me by ChatGPT as varieties that have a rather small and bushy growth habbit. And then I am also growing the Numex Lemon Spice Jalapeno based on your recommendation.

[@oBsRVr666]

I've also got some CPI Jigsaw seeds which is not to be confused with the (Gator?) Jigsaw. The CPI Jigsaw is supposed to grow green, purple and white variegated foliage and I think its an annuum variety so it will probably also grow well in a container. I am not planning to plant them soon since I already have like 18 chilis growing on my kitchen table. The table can't be used for other things at the moment. 🤣

[@PepperGeek]

Haha, that sounds familiar. Those sound like great smaller varieties for containers. If you up pot later they should also get bigger. Good luck!

[@oBsRVr666]

@@PepperGeek Thank you so much and thank you for your awesome videos too!

[@Tokyo_Titus]

Be prepared to pot up quite a bit unless you're going for smaller, stunted plants. In zone 6a, I started a few hundred Chinense varieties on December 24th last year, and the plants became root bound before I could get them out for planting/sale.

[@oBsRVr666]

Thanks for the hints. I am indeed aiming for smaller sized plants since I am forced to grow indoors exclusively. Sadly I don't have a garden and no balcony either. My hardiness Zone is Zone 8b -9.4°C to -6.7°C but I think it doesn't matter that much since it will be quite warm indoors all the time. What will matter though is my electrical bill for the grow lights. Energy prices are very high here in Germany, but oh well just like with any Hobby it's normal to spend some money I think. Currently I am monitoring my plants in transparent 10cm (4") diameter pots and I am uppotting them to 17cm (6.6") diameter pots when the early flowers are starting to grow (which I will prune).

[@pplusbthrust]

Getting the mind set for the incoming season. Seeds first.

[@stephaniegee227]

We usually grow almost all of our peppers in containers, with the exception of bell peppers and banana peppers. I never thought about the mechanics of it before now. It worked the first time for those varieties, and we've just stuck to what works for us!

[@sirrloin]

I grew 20 pepper plants in 3.5g plastic pots last year. Malawi Piquante ( Peppadews) and Red Savina Habenero really turned out some good numbers. Trying 5 or 7 gallon pots this year to see if they get even larger.

[@snoywntr2]

I overwintered my aji charapita in a container this winter and it’s so healthy- which is great because it Abwasch stunted and produced almost nothing last summer so I’m really happy I kept it over mostly so I’d have a better start next year. But unthinkable I’ll keep it in the container next summer-. I am kevall my peppers into ground spices and mixed pepper flake and it turns out great every year!

[@Katze822228]

I don't have a garden so I grow indoors. Previously I grew peppers at my window with seeds that I got from friends and family so I'm not sure what varieties they are exactly but I got an C. Annuum and a C. Frutencens plant and they're probably both thai peppers. Now I got a grow light and ordered seeds myself for the first time and I'm growing the Aji Charapita, Cobanero, Thai Orange Hot, Zimbabwe Bird Pepper, Assam, Naga Khorika, Rocoto de Seda, Aji Ethiopian Fire and Aji Cito. All in small pots because of the limited space I have.

[@KurtWickham]

I started some chilipiquins last summer, they're now in pots in my sunniest room - I intend to upscale their pots for half and get them into large pots. The other half will be transplanted into the garden in May of next year.

[@fredherbert2739]

Thanks for video. I was able to get hold of some sugar rush stripey seeds this year so I am looking forward to those. Will put them in my raised beds, not grow bags Based on your video. Thanks!

[@r.awilliams9815]

I really like the purira pepper. Moderately hot, tastes good, does well in containers and is prolific, even in a shorter-season area like the PNW.

[@stephenmarch3736]

Thanks for the video, this is very timely. My shishitos are taking off in my hydroponics lab, and I love the size/compactness of the plant for my indoor grow room, and was looking for some spicier options with the same foot print.

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, shishito is a great option for indoors too. Some of these would work well indoors as well.

[@MrYanlowen]

Numex are beautiful and nicely spicy. They grow well in a container.

[@regatta2k]

Nice to see you again, guys :)

[@Frank2314-y1z]

Thanks friend a love your videos.. one question I planted from seed. Six different kinds of peppers and they all sprouted I’m happy the question is how long does it take before the true leaves come out… ?? Been waiting over a week and only have the cotylidon leaves and it’s taking its sweet time..

[@drduandada4218]

If anyone loves making your own chili sauce try the Thai chili pepper for this. I was given a packet of seeds from a seed bank a couple years back and they were high producing in containers and in the ground and made a tasty mild sauce.

[@rchrd1bolt]

Ghost pepper , numex lemon, Pequin pepper , red cayenne, khang star lemon star .all in pots . Love your videos!! Thank you I have Learned so much .

[@PepperGeek]

KSLS is an amazing potted plant - similar to scotch bonnets for flavor. Thanks for watching us!

[@WineGuyMN]

I like the jalapeno La Bomba II. I grow it, slice it freeze and use it all year. I also liked the Pizza Pepper for the same reason. It isn't sold anyplace any more I believe. Last year when I ordered them from Territorial I received 3 different peppers none were the Pizza pepper I received previously. For potted table plants I must have a Buffy and an Aji Rico to pot as well.

[@brianjohnston4207]

I started a Bolivian Rainbow Pepper from seed indoor in late August in Washington state. Its doing very well now in late December its about a foot tall with flower buds developing all over the plant. Im using supplemental artificial light in addition to the plant being in a south facing window.

[@Jardin-de-invierno]

Where did you purchase the seeds for your favorite cayenne? Ever since I watched that cayenne video I’ve been searching! Love you guys

[@PepperGeek]

We got them from totallytomato.com

[@Jardin-de-invierno]

@ thank you so much

[@franksinatra1070]

I've had luck with banana and jalepano peppers in containers also.

[@philipfinn3787]

I grow shisheto peppers every year

[@larryhenry719]

I just started my pepper seeds in the green house

[@MrTwubs]

Didn't even know seed catalogs existed. They look so interesting. Where do you get yours?

[@PepperGeek]

Be careful what you wish for…usually after buying from a seed seller, they’ll just start sending you their catalogues. Baker Creek is the one we showed in the video, but we get many from other sellers like Johnny Seeds, Jung, Seeds n Such, etc.

[@ramz1455]

@@PepperGeek lol that so true! I had to unsubscribe because they were piling up like newspapers.

[@miamited69]

what are good bell peppers for containers. I have tried several and not of them get near the size of grocery store peppers. Thanks

[@ashleys637]

I don't grow bell peppers for this exact reason. Instead, I prefer to grow mini bell peppers, sometimes called "snack" or "lunchbox" sweet peppers. The plants are prolific producers and the peppers can be used just about anywhere you'd use a bell pepper, with the exception of course being stuffed bell peppers (though I've made sweet variations on "jalapeno poppers" with these with great success). My 2 cents.

[@TerribleTim68]

I have not had much luck growing jalapenos in a container. But yeah, the shishitos do well considering that my wife won't eat them so I only need a big enough harvest for myself.

[@AmandaRPatterson]

I'm growing shishito this year for the first time! I would also add that Jimmy Nardello has done really well for me in 5 gallon pots. That said I've never tried it in ground so maybe it would be better there.

[@PepperGeek]

Nardellos are great for containers too. They aren't overly productive in our experience, but they can definitely do well with a big enough pot!

[@AmandaRPatterson]

@@PepperGeek Mine are in 5 gallon grow bags and they have produced insanely well. They slowed down a lot in the summer for obvious reasons, but they stayed alive and did produce some! Once temps dropped they returned to producing all the way until our first frost last week. They still had flowers when I cut them back and brought them inside. I'm hoping that in a few weeks when things warm back up and they can go back into the sunlight, they will give me an even earlier head start than last year!

[@leoroberto9052]

Hey @Pepper Geek, thanks for the content. Any chance you could give us recommendations of the container size for the peppers in the description? Thanks for all the content, you guys are great!

[@MiguelY22]

He said 3-5 gallons is a good starting size

[@nurhidayati3706]

Wow

[@Zenithx3]

Calvin is one Hot pepper!

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

I won't be doing any hot peppers this year due to growing several last year and getting a bumper crop. My husband is the only one who can eat hot peppers. For myself I like mild peppers and tried a couple of new ones (for me) that I love. I will be planting Habanadas and twice as many Hot Sweet Things. The HSTs take a long time to ripen and my growing season cannot support more than one planting. ;-)

[@MiguelY22]

Im growing aji charapita indoors right now. 2 plants about a month old, they are very short and grow slower than others. They are in coco and wick watering with hydro nutrients. I have videos on my youtube

[@NolanBuchanan]

2024 was my first year growing peppers and I mostly grew in containers, with a few planted in the ground once I ran out of containers. All of my container plants grew large and healthy, but the larger pepper varieties seemed to struggle to grow full sized fruit. The few that I had in the ground grew normal size fruit. I was thinking of planting all of my larger fruit peppers plants in the ground next year, and only grow small fruit plants in the containers. Any advice?

[@KaizenB]

WHat seed catalog is that?!? at 0:09-0:12? Looks so nice

[@PepperGeek]

It’s the Baker Creek freebie catalogue that came this year

[@64BitKaizen]

@@PepperGeek Thank you guys

[@canlatic]

Does the firecracker pepper do well in small containers

[@PepperGeek]

It should yes, any smaller chili is a great choice.

[@ronburgess6929]

Are these containers left in the sun the most of the day? Or is the container shaded at some point but the plant is still in direct sun light still?

[@perplane]

Very useful information, thank you for that! Living in Georgia, I've had better luck growing Jalapenos in container rather than in ground. I've given up on bell peppers in ground due to the poor yield and pitiful size. Perhaps the location is getting too much sun, IDK. Thanks again for always providing helpful content.

[@Chili_Chungus]

Pretty much any Asian, skyward facing chilies do amazing in containers. Most of the habanero landrace as well. And I still overwinter my frutescens plants. They don’t do amazing, but they’re extremely hardy and can survive a ton of stress. Seems like I haven’t had a lot of luck with Chinense varieties from the Ghost/Naga class unless they’re in containers 5 gallons or more. There are some Red Bhut Jolokia selections that do fine in small containers, though.

[@adamfreeman5609]

I live on a chilli farm in Australia and one thing I'll tell you guys and that many people seem to be unaware of the fact that chilli plants need a strong sun to make them hit. We can grow the same varieties all year round but when the suns intensity drops off so do the Scovilles.

[@PepperGeek]

Absolutely agree! We've learned that too - plants in full sun all day have produced the hottest peppers we've tasted.

[@Chattyman2]

From experience, the best pepper to grow in small pots is Basket Of Fire

[@canlatic]

Does the firecracker pepper do well in small containers?

[@ovedjedaniel710]

Am planning on growing sweet peppers, bell peppers to be precise in containers. My reason for this is because I have a very small space for gardening. Is it a good idea to grow Bells in containers?

[@PepperGeek]

Yes, you absolutely can. I would grow in at least 5 gallon pots, but 10 gallons or larger would be ideal for bell peppers

[@ovedjedaniel710]

@@PepperGeek thank you very much! This is particularly helpful.

[@2008nursey]

My Scotch Bonnet is an awesome size, but it got hit hard this season 😢 by Queensland Fruit Fly!

[@TFMaps]

Cayenne Capsicum Annuum which is the closest to the original? Any Pointers will be obliged. I am after Cayenne Capsicum Annuum to relax the muscles in blood vessels in other words lower the blood Pressure. Any opinion on the objective and purpose of my search? Thanks for your comments.

[@anatevkabell6046]

Nice video - but what‘s the alternative to Aji Charapita called? I don’t get it 🙈

[@PepperGeek]

Quintisho!

[@anatevkabell6046]

@ Thank you so much 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Bevo619]

Would topping aji early on help with them growing in containers?

[@dusanmal]

I am growing peppers in containers for almost 15yrs now. Most of that was in NJ... Few years ago I moved to TX, expected good results and for most of it - great. However, I encountered one issue nobody could explain to me and I saw some other similar questions that went unanswered: pepper plants and fruit do excellently for a while, no issues. Then, late August, early September as if some switch is hit fruit becomes small, about 1/4 of the expected size. Still ripens well, there are still flowers and production (I just picked up the last for this year, be it small they are still perfectly tasty) but, they shrink. Plants are still perfect, no obvious glaring issues. I still water and feed them regularly ... Any ideas why and how to correct? I am growing them in 15Gal containers. Good soil mix. Varieties I grow are for what we use the most: roasting peppers. All of them behave the same. Examples: Cunbanele, Ajvarski, Bulgarian Cervena, Marconi, ... I even got some Greek pepper seeds for the similar type of peppers... I grow few hot peppers too, for them this issue appears too but by nature of it (mainly eaten raw) not as important as for roasting peppers (I grow Mesilla and Reza hot peppers).

[@PepperGeek]

Hi there. Given your extensive experience, my only guess would be that the temperatures are shifting, especially overnight. In Texas, I imagine that the desert-like climate might come with some colder overnights, especially later in the season. Even if the daytime temps are warm, any cooler temps could cause the fruits to stunt and ripen prematurely. The only other thing that comes to mind is keeping up with fertilizing through fruiting, but I'm sure you have a good handle on that. Hope you can figure it out!

[@vincedb8597]

I bought my seeds 4 weeks ago, are coming up just now. It's too bad this vid came out just a little late for me. I'm a container grower.

[@johnneill23]

What are some good seed catalogs to look at?

[@PepperGeek]

Johnny's Seed is a great one if you want F1 Hybrids that are very reliable/disease resistant. For heirlooms and some more quirky peppers, Rareseeds is good, along with SeedsNSuch, Sandia, and Totally Tomato. Hope you find what you're looking for!

[@ataribowlingcgc4465]

This year, I'm going with some ornamentals and some thai varieties in containers: Black Pearl Candlelight Mutant Pepper Chinese 5 Color Filius Blue Midnight Fire Puma Purple Marbled Purple Tiger Red Missile Trinidad Purple Coffee Apache These are the non-ornamentals: Aji Charapita Biquinho Black Biquinho Red Biquinho White Biquinho Yellow Fish Shishito Spanish Cayenne Sweet Cayenne Thai Mini Thai White White Lightning Yellow Cayenne Super Hots: 7 Pot Douglah 7 Pot Yellow Hallows Eve Jay's Peach Ghost KSLS MOA Scotch Bonnet White Ghost Everything else is going in the ground this year.

[@PepperGeek]

Quite the list! I'm scared to ask about "everything else" ... 🤣

[@deecooper1567]

Saving your list for 2025. Thank you 🌶👵🏻❣️

[@n3mo146]

What is a Galon? Are your channels exclusive to the usa?

[@PepperGeek]

1 gal = ~3.8 liters.

[@theworldiscrazy364]

I am growing a few varieties indoors now using hydroponics. I have Tabasco, Big Thai, Jalepeno, and Ghost. Hundreds of flowers on the Tabasco and a dozen peppers. Yikes.

[@CODE3p141]

What's a good hot pepper like the kind you get with a hoagie or hero?

[@davidvankainen6711]

Probably pickled peperinchinos (yellow). I grew them in the garden 2 years ago since I've never seen them fresh. They were prolific and ok tasting, much like Shishito that I grew for the first time last year. Shishitos were indeed prolific producers in a 10 gal fabric pot on the porch! Single plant after snipping earlier leaf lettuce at soil level. I'm not thrilled about the blistering peppers method in general. Great just chopped in salads, salsas, sauted, or stuffed and baked like most mild peppers.

[@CODE3p141]

@@davidvankainen6711 This year's list is growing, thanks. I'm really just starting to take this hobby seriously.

[@davidvankainen6711]

@@CODE3p141 at least I was able to limit varieties of carrots, beets and parsnips. So tough NOT trying alternative peppers and tomatos. I do double down on what worked best in prior years to hedge the new for me trial seeds.

[@Maazzzo]

I have indoor pepper plants, and the aphids are driving me mad. I spend a good hour every day with washi tape just getting them all off. They're not in a greenhouse situation, but they are still flowering fruit, so I haven't over-wintered them. Should I do all of this anyway just to get rid of the aphids? I've also re-planted them twice with brand new soil after washing off all the roots and treating them with the neem oil and soap. The neem oil and soap have not worked at all. Any recommendations? thank you

[@PepperGeek]

Odd that the neem hasn't worked. There are some neem solutions that are less effective than others. For indoors you really do need to kill them since you won't have natural predators coming in to eat the aphids for you. You could try another insecticidal soap (we have had good results with "Safer" brand). There is also one called Lost Coast which also does well against aphids. Hope you can get it under control!

[@Maazzzo]

tried insecticidal soap as well. Dos exactly as videos and's the instructions suggest. Nothing. I'm based in the UK so I haven't seen that brand. I'll try another one from the two or three I've tried so far. 😔 thank you. Will let you know if it doesn't work. Thanks!

[@maryannjordan8143]

I think this would have been more helpful if you put the names of the peppers on the screen, and maybe some container sizes for reference, thanks for the information:)

[@PepperGeek]

Good point on container size - generally each of these choices will do well in smaller pots, anywhere from 1-5 gallons. But as we mentioned, if you want a larger plant/harvest, you can upsize to 10-20+ gallons!

[@larryhenry719]

Can I grow jalapenos next to cayenne peppers?

[@MiguelY22]

Sure, but in different pots so each has their own space

[@Maxime-cl7og]

I unfortunately do not have a garden, any peppers that can be grown indoors in low sunlight?

[@Katze822228]

All pepper plants love lots of light but you can still grow them on a window sill with just the light from outdoors in spring and summer. They will just grow a bit slower. I grew Thai peppers, Jalapenos and a bell pepper at my north-west facing window and they all had fruits eventually but I wouldn't recommend jalapenos or bell peppers for that because the fruits get so big that they'll take a long time to ripen and they will only have very few fruits. Varieties with small fruits are much better for low light conditions, you'll have ripe peppers earlier and more of them. Really any variety with small fruits works but C. Annuum varieties usually grow a bit faster than the others so i'd recommend those. And also for the first weeks I'd recommend using a household LED lamp for light with around 10cm distance to the seedling so it doesn't stretch too much, preferably with a neutral or cold colour temperature.

[@andyisposi]

Is that hillary clinton?

[@scorporsupremacy7948]

I got real excited when I saw the growing kit. I got equally disappointed when I saw it was priced for $80. I was ready to purchase it until I saw the price. 😩

[@PepperGeek]

It is pricey, but we tried to include a lot of value for the price. The pots and trays are much sturdier than your average, and they're all USA made - thanks for your interest anyway though!

[@noodle8881]

and if you are really lacking space Medusa bird eye demon are perfect for a 3 liter pot

[@joefization]

Anyone else have leaf disease issues with aji charipita? It's the one variety I just haven't been able to get past the finish line.

[@richardpendleton8772]

2nd gen cross between white thai chili and purple dwarf chili

[@richardpendleton8772]

Named the 1st gen Goliath because it grew tall quickly and produced a lot of small peppers in a short amount of time. Probably 50k to 100k scoville but doesn't last long.

[@abhipray1000]

my pepper is dieing near roots need help

[@SuperUnknown-y3h]

i have started lemon drop,super chili, habanero,ghosts and trinidad scorpion. just to get rid of squirrels eating my lettuce😠.and for pepper spray 2025 will be a hot one☠

[@BeverlyandPeach]

Be careful with kitties around hot peppers, and plants in general.

[@tricannabis]

dang, you look too much like hillary clinton lol

[@bbhong-v5i]

grow up

[@tricannabis]

@@bbhong-v5i are you going to cry baby b

[@bbhong-v5i]

@@tricannabis you probably will, you act like a 5 year old