Here is What a Pepper Geek's Garden Looks Like...

In this video, we tour our entire pepper garden! We have over 50 pepper varieties, some planted in the ground, and others in pots.
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We (very) recently moved, and have been busy getting situated, so this is not our long-term setup. However, we wanted to show all that we have planted this year and document the progress we plan to make in the future.
All of the pepper varieties are notated in the video, but if you have any questions about what you see in the video, comment below!
Stay tuned for another garden update in the late summer when peppers are ripening :D
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Making a hoop house / mulch
1:51 - In-ground pepper plants
4:10 - Companion plants for peppers
5:04 - In-ground pepper plants (more)
8:27 - Our new home!
8:59 - Potted pepper plants
13:04 - Our HUGE Bhut Jolokia plant
13:30 - Outro
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Thanks for watching Pepper Geek!
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[@bubienguitars]

Never judge a gardener on the "mess", cause there is only greatness that will come from it!

[@spicymcspice9122]

"here's the peter pepper. lot of people strangely requested that we grow this" mhm. strangely.

[@thatcrazyhindu]

The “classic shape” killed me lmfao

[@AJR-zg2py]

"With that... classic shape." OMG I'M DYING

[@nml5536]

Best pepper channel on KZbin!

[@cochroach10]

I had no idea the extent of your garden. It's amazing how many different types of peppers there are!!

[@ad8261]

Lovely tour! My first time growing peppers. Nice to see that they are growing at the same rate as yours. Your videos helped me a lot. Thank you!

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks, and we’re glad we could help!

[@BHadassah]

Me too!

[@mwright6395]

It’s great to see both your public and home and gardens and just how prolific your pepper plants are thanks for sharing

[@PepperGeek]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching :)

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

I am really looking forward to growing my peppers this year.Fingers crossed that they all germinate....so far my Lesya is the only one and it's been about 6 days or so.

[@techniquejoseph]

Great tour. I'm in Zone 6a growing peppers on a small balcony. 11 different peppers and 1 Luck Tiger Tomato. Always love to see your videos. The education you provide is much appreciated. Thank you guys.

[@PepperGeek]

Nice! We grew many peppers on a balcony last year in the same zone :)

[@pancakeman6531]

Was looking forward to this video!

[@PepperGeek]

Yay! Can't wait to do another with all the ripe pods later this year

[@ericknight69]

I'm a pepper geek as well. The excitement of growing peppers is magnified when you start hybridizing your own peppers. Much love and keep on geeking out! I'll be watching more of your videos for certain!

[@Gepstra]

Dam son that Bhut Jolokia Solid Gold looks awesome.

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks! Although it has turned out to ripen to red (probably just a natural variation as the seeds are unstable)

[@richieb1684]

Thanks for the vids I find them very helpful. I have so far been able to have the best year of peppers yet thanks to ya'lls videos.

[@PepperGeek]

That is awesome, so glad we could be helpful!

[@jarrodjohnson5645]

Great garden tour! Love all the different varieties! Plants are looking good! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed :)

[@hairybass480]

Good luck on your pest problem guys. Keep up the awesome videos.

[@WhiteThunderBBQ]

going to be quite the harvest - I cant wait to get into making sauces for this year!

[@petersmith6974]

That bug on the plant you showed was a Tick. It was sitting there with legs outstretched waiting to latch onto any warm bloodied creature. I Lived in Canada (Ontario) from 81-2015. I got bit by a tick in 2014. It gave me Lyme disease and co-infection bacteria. One bite from a tick changed my life forever. Lost my health,wealth,career and suffer every day.

[@PepperGeek]

Sorry to hear that, ticks are nasty creatures. But just want to be clear, the bug in the video is an oriental beetle, we’re very familiar with ticks here in New England!

[@sageosaka]

Looking forward to hearing about the pods bring eaten and how you used the other ones for hot sauce!

[@DonPandemoniac]

Fantastic collection, looking good! And congratulations on the new home.

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks and thanks again! :)

[@Sheenasalesthriftytreasures]

Loved seeing pepper 🌶 plants now I’m adding to my want list you and your husband inspire me thank you 😊

[@gabrielareyesaviles1362]

Amazing tour!

[@soekotaroenojaylon3379]

What a beautiful Garden🤩👨‍🌾🏡. Very cool! Good luck with planting🌱

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you :)

[@johnnycampbell3422]

Thanks for posting all your videos. Very helpful to a novice pepper grower.

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks for watching, we're happy to be here :)

[@shaunboshoff5548]

I love how you have a community garden what a lovely idea . I can't wait to see the setup idea you have for your new home . I love your content . Much love from South Africa

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you! We can't wait to share as well. Cheers :)

[@tacobell.gourmand]

Definitely got some ideas of plants i want to grow next season from this vid! Great work

[@PepperGeek]

Sounds great, and thanks!

[@Mike-Eye]

Nice spread of pepper plants!

[@Mike-Eye]

You’ve got some killer strains going!

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you!

[@kurstink1222]

Awesome collection!!!

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks :)

[@danielhostetler5387]

Great tour! I'm inspired to get some additional varieties for next year. I went back to pepper growing this year and all my varieties are doing spectacular. Glad to be a part of this group.

[@PepperGeek]

Nice! Glad you found us here :)

[@esaulozano5351]

Good luck in the new house and hopefully you'll get that garden going soon. I am in Brooklyn growing around 20 peppers that i bought in nurseries. Sadly none of my seedlings made it. First year mistakes I guess. Anyways, your channel is always inspiring and and educational!

[@stephenhope7319]

Great work, gave me some good ideas for seeds for next year. Peppers do well here in 9B Sacramento, Ca. I grow red and green bell and habanero and jalepeno but you have so many varieties.Thanks for sharing.

[@theshelbypalace]

This is awesome 😎

[@icouldjustscream]

That was a lot of peppers! Awesome! I only have 6 varieties......NO superhots.

[@PepperGeek]

Can’t say I blame you for omitting them, they’re brutal 😂

[@ttb1513]

Very impressive variety of pepper plants. Great tour!

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you :)

[@hollynelson543]

Love your channel.

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Looks great Guys and Gals.

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you :D

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

@@PepperGeek pickling my hot cherry peppers today

[@williamalexander6658]

lol at peter pepper

[@cindystrother7710]

Awesome

[@justpyrite591]

Welcome to Ct!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Good tour, nice collection

[@stephenhodgeman6496]

I also saved some Fresno seeds from a store bought pepper, and the resulting plants are doing great! First time grower, but definitely doing them next year as well.

[@PepperGeek]

Nice! Aside from our 'Aloha' growing experiment, store bought varieties have always been strong, healthy plants.

[@lucasmaniotto5167]

Very interesting video and beautiful garden! So much to learn and I love your collection of spicy peppers. This is one of the best youtube channels on spicy peppers. 🌶#1 . Waiting future videos 😁

[@PepperGeek]

So nice of you, thanks for watching :)

[@brucecook502]

Very nice. I only grew 9 varieties, 6 being super hots, 2 being regular hots and spicy bell pepper I got fromhome depot already at least a month into development for the fun of it, 44 plants total, but due to a budget limit this year I only grew my favorite superhots for the most part that I lie most to mae hots sauces for myself and friends. Next year I am definitely going to get some of these really cool varieties including some of the ones you featured in this video, and many many more superhots than what I grew from seed this season. Cant wait :-)

[@callikohl7603]

I have some beautiful Serrano peppers just coming on. I am so excited. Everything is flowering, can't wait.

[@PepperGeek]

Eeee! Glad we're not the only ones who are getting excited :D

[@callikohl7603]

@@PepperGeek I was always a green bell and jalapeno planter. I started watching you last winter and you got me so pumped to grow more varieties. I have 7 different varieties growing and have made a list of all I am going to plant next season. You have turned me into a pepper geek and I am loving it. Thank you for the encouragement.

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Good job. Geek. Slow pepper year in CO

[@carramrod9119]

Thanks for the tour. So far my Scotch Bonnets, Fish, Txorexiero (spelt wrong I’m sure), Sante Fe, Aji Chombo, Shishito, Hot Portugal, Cayanne, Cubanelle & my 1 Carolina Reaper plant are doing well and goving me plenty of peppers & can’t wait to try some more varieties next season.

[@KendrickDrake242]

Hey man I’ve watched a lot of your videos. I’m from the Bahamas. Started sprouting some goats today along with some interesting crosses I’ve started. Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. I currently have a reaper tree doing well about to have a lot of fruit. Can’t wait to get some ghost and scorpions in the ground too!! Thanks for a lot

[@PepperGeek]

That sounds great, and the Bahamas should be ideal weather for growing some of the fruity C. chinense varieties..cheers!

[@redbone7040]

Excellent thank you👌👌👌

[@clutchmadness]

This is cool.

[@jamesgiliberto3737]

nice! looking good. im also growin those aji achupaunas and yes i butcher it as well lol. glad im not the only one.

[@PepperGeek]

Haha, strange name, but the peppers look tasty

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

Nice job geek.

[@PepperGeek]

🤓

[@leahness3588]

Thank you your peppers are awesome!!🌶🌶🌶

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks!

[@pk-pj4sz]

So cool man

[@gazellecarlson6543]

yes overwinter

[@DavePatricio]

awesome garden, wish i had space like this too lol

[@williamcorbitt7060]

Great tour! Good luck to you with your move and expansion. If you ever start selling seeds from your peppers, Id buy them. ... Good luck again!

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks! We will be trying our best to make this happen (selling seeds) in the future

[@UraniumChef]

Classic shape

[@dgc940]

Like Ya'll we have had a ton of rain here in Texas too. Isn't crazy! We are all drowning and the far west side is drying up! I had to teach my tomatoes and peppers how to swim! My mortal enemy on peppers is stupid aphids ugh. That blue ghost isnt a pepper plant! Its a pepper tree!!!

[@PepperGeek]

Hah! Yeah the weather has been erratic all across the country this year :/. Thanks for watching

[@tomc8115]

Garden looks amazing! Will you be doing a video on how to know when peppers are ready to be picked?

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you! We do have a harvesting video, but may do a refreshed version in the coming weeks when we start getting more ripe peppers

[@hairybass480]

I took pollen from my fresno and crossed it with some kind of highly productive thai pepper. This is the season I get to see what it did. The flowers grow out sideways and then the stem twists and they either point up or hang. It looks odd. I can't wait to see the pods. The foliage looks slightly different than both parents too. Can't wait.

[@PepperGeek]

Would love to see!

[@crombaugh]

Great video! I have friends in Waterbury.

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks, and nice!

[@anewlife5332]

Wow! I need to up my game….

[@PepperGeek]

Nah, honestly we grow more than we would if we didn’t have a website and KZbin channel about peppers…it’s easy to get carried away though!

[@dgc940]

OH! on the bug problem of Beetles and such let me tell you what has helped me in the last 3 years I have 4 big bug zappers and I sit them on the ground on corners of garden. I also cut the plastic guards open for bigger bugs/moths to get in. works great! moths get zapped before laying eggs has ended my tomato worms and corn worms totally. beetles go in too somewhat at night if sit on ground. Now the cheep 20.00 ones do nothing though

[@PepperGeek]

What brand do you use? Might try something like this (though I'd be afraid it might harm the good guys too...)

[@dgc940]

@@PepperGeek I just use the bigger black flag ones been good for 2-3 years now. all i ever see in them is moths and whats cool is the little wrens eat some of the fried bugs out of them during the day and the toads hang out under them as soon as it gets dark. Only one ive seen beetles in is the one I have sitting on the ground.

[@dgc940]

Another thing is the people that think the lady bugs and such help are fooling themselves there is no way on gods earth a 1000 of them could eat all the aphids I have. And the soap and the peppermint oil and the neem oil. everyone on youtube just repeats stuff they have seen on videos. I have tried all that stuff with very little good. Heck and the videos of people saying spray them off with water. common sense tells me that is not going to work! How did they get on the plant in the first place? by uber! dont think they just going to climb right back up????? Heck I cant even keep them off with poison 7 liquid and such. No I am not a big organic guy.

[@RobMyself]

The grow bags are where it's at

[@blasermann1994]

I've been harvesting sugar Rush striped already. Definitely one of my favorites. They take a while to ripen. I like the flavor of sugar Rush peach better but the striped version in also good.

[@PepperGeek]

Wow, when did you plant? Looking forward to seeing them ripen

[@blasermann1994]

@@PepperGeek started from seed in January.

[@mattjirgal1676]

I was going to reccomend the Aji Charapita but it turns out you've already got one! I overwintered mine from last year and it's really getting huge after having rough spring.

[@PepperGeek]

Yes! I love them, I've been picking them and eating a few every time I am at the garden plot. Perfect for spicy snacking

[@agatth]

My favorite channel🍺❤

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks, cheers!

[@mygardenhomestead]

Great vidéo 👋👋😀😀😊😊😊

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks! 👋🏻

[@diygardener8574]

Loved the tour. Wrote down a bunch of names to try out next year. The Death Spiral peppers, however, creeped me out. The big orange one turned upside down looks like the Boogeyman from Nightmare Before Xmas, and the smaller yellow one looked like a baby. I swear I'm not crazy....

[@PepperGeek]

🤣 Yep, some of the superhots look like monsters

[@mjcubo2246]

Nice gardens. I'm trying to do potted peppers because my backyard if full of tree roots from neighboring trees. You seem very knowledgeable and your videos are helpful. Did you buy the PCV pipes at a big box type store? I never saw any that bend like that. How long are they? I could use them in shading my pots.

[@bonefish221]

Hello from Indiana.

[@PepperGeek]

👋🏻

[@weregoat529]

I'm in envy.

[@PepperGeek]

Thanks, cheers!

[@beckysharpe7268]

So glad I've found your site. I currently grow two peppers a year, but I'm afraid you may be a bad influence on me.

[@duecebiggalowe]

Great Video!!! I have some extremely hot phenos with purple foliage just like your plants here. The peppers start out green/purple then to yellow to orange and then ripens to red. Beautiful plant and very productive!! I'm still trying to figure out what crosses it might have came from.

[@PepperGeek]

Very cool! Would love to see that plant

[@RyanL651]

Congrats on the new place. It will be nice to have all of that extra space to garden. After looking at your peppers so far, I feel like I started way late on my reapers. My super hots aren't even close to the size you have (all in 5-7 gal pots). My seeds germinated the first week of April and I'm in zone 4 (Minneapolis area). Do you think I'll make it? I do have a 3 season porch with decent sunlight for backup when it starts to get cold late Sept, Oct but yeah.

[@PepperGeek]

Thank you! Hmm..it is kind of tough in a cooler climate like zone 4. I might try to start earlier for superhots like the reaper, and size up the container while they are still indoors to keep the plants growing larger. With the 3 season porch, you should be able to eek out a harvest. Good luck!

[@oatiko3065]

I think I started my peppers too early, they’re all stunted. I started them indoors October 2020 and they’re about 6” tall. 😂. My Siling Labuyo is fruited though.

[@TimBeitz-vp2fw]

My greenhouse peppers are good so far. Big Jalapenos.

[@homernextdoor5950]

Love all your informative vids! In your fertilizer for peppers vid 3 months ago and in the description you mention a 2-3-1 fertilizer for bloom/fruiting. I'm curious why the nitrogen % is higher than the potassium % and also can any of the 3 numbers be a higher percentage, for example 8-16-16? My Reapers, ghost etc are in 3 gallon pots and started flowering about 10 days ago and don't wanna give them something too strong!?! Lol Thank you and Cheers from Canada!😁🌶

[@davidniemi6553]

Congratulations on your new home and garden! Hope it is as rewarding for you was it has been for me. A TomatoGeek channel would be very valuable if created by someone with your level of excellence... You're giving me a run for the money with how many cultivars you are doing each year. I tend more toward the middle of the Scoville scale, not seeing the point of anything hotter than a Ghost at present, and am more outdoor-oriented, but now that you have your own yard that may converge. There are a lot of very promising Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultivars I'm trying out at present. I got into C. Baccatum last year but you've overtaken me on that front. A research question: in my experience, if a pepper you grew from a purchased seen turns out different from its packet-mates, it is because a variant seed got mixed in by accident, rather than due to cross-pollination in my own garden. As far as I know it is biologically unlikely for cross-pollination to cause same-season variance though quite a few people talk about it. In one case a Ghost pepper seed I grew turned out to be a Tomato! (and a pretty good one). Quite a different story when you're saving seeds, I've seen two (rather nice) hybrids form that way so far.

[@mreid1166]

Next Level Gardening - the guy knows his tomatoes....

[@davidniemi6553]

Yes, he certainly does. Apparently has his own TV show too, very polished.

[@ottoman4r]

Thank you, for showing us around your pepper garden! How do you stop the plants from cross-pollinating? Don't you get mixed varieties?

[@PepperGeek]

We don't worry about it, most of our plants are started from new seeds, and if we do save seeds, we don't mind an accidental cross breed

[@martinlaukkanen1652]

Y'all can make Caribbean dishes with the scotch bonnets e.g. jerk marinade.

[@PepperGeek]

Yes! If you know a good base recipe to get us started, let me know :)

[@drcurby]

beautiful garden/peppers !!😍 I have 1 question that I can't seem to find in your videos. why are my bell peppers (purple beauty, orange) so short and leafy? the trunks are thick, and are over flowing with vegetation... but they don't seem to be getting any taller. they are in large pots pit doors , full sun.

[@1ACL]

All I want to know is: Do you have the Hatch green chilis from New Mexico?😉 They really are good.

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

You could grow pelargonium with your peppers it might reduce the pest damage or nasturtiums as a sacrificial plant.

[@PepperGeek]

Interesting idea, do you do this? Do you plant them right alongside your vegetables or just somewhere nearby

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

@@PepperGeek I have one in the same pot as my cucumber and it’s covered in black aphids and not one on the cucumber or tomatoes. Also have one in the greenhouse near my greenhouse plants, no aphids.Don’t let the nasturtium go to seed it’s seeds itself quite freely. Chamomile is very good as well as it smells and seems to deter some pests (again seeds very freely)

[@pamelapruett7833]

Normally I don't eat spicy stuff but this is my first year of growing a full garden and peppers are coming in like crazy! They love my garden area. I need to know what to do with them when they are ready to be harvested? I do want to make some pepper sauce and to dry some and grind them to put in my homemade BBQ rub but don't have a clue as to what to do with the rest of them! But they are so much fun to grow

[@pamelapruett7833]

And my Carolina Reaper happens to be my biggest plant so far

[@clownadiannews8461]

Your Bhut Jolokia Solid Gold plant in the pot maybe just has warmer soil than the one in the ground.

[@PepperGeek]

I kind of forgot about when the 2 plants were transplanted - the potted plant was put in the pot much earlier than the in-ground plant

[@kingjames4886]

lol I grew peter peppers this year also... cuz why not XD I realize that the "ideal shape" is a best case scenario but my seeds must suck cuz mine just look like deformed nonsense... only like maybe 10% fold back over themselves at the tip at all and none fully do. at least they still taste like a pepper I guess...

[@noblejennette2101]

Brazilian Starfish are pretty but they’ve got so many seeds and the inside

[@kingjames4886]

lotta super neat unique varieties! where are the good ol' japalenos and other things I can actually grow outdoors here though? :P

[@PepperGeek]

Haha, well we have a jalafuego, which is basically just a jalapeno that is more spicy...does that count?

[@peter.s-yt]

Looks great! Is the soil tilled then added mulch? How thick should the layer be and how often should it be applied?

[@PepperGeek]

This bed had a lot of weeds, so I did have to do some digging to get them out. Then, I raked some compost into the first 2-3 inches and it was ready for planting. Mulch as thick as you can, I went for about 2" deep of straw and it worked pretty well

[@Vicariously_gifted]

with all the different peppers so close will you not get natural crosses?

[@Boxenjou]

Leek Geek x'D Ievan Polka

[@ebenhilton2173]

I am still new to learning about peppers, but how do you prevent cross pollination of so many varieties in one area like that?

[@basofzo]

I'm wondering the use of all these peppers, this is way too much for consumption 😛 verry nice channel, verry nice garden and plants

[@Huck1]

How do yall use/eat your peppers? Predominantly in sauces? Or in stir fry-like dishes? I would love some more recipes from yall, on the website or otherwise.

[@PepperGeek]

We will do our best to share more recipes as we go into the fall/winter. We do sauces, pickling, salsa, pico de gallo, roasting, flakes, dry rubs, etc.

[@lucphinney]

Hello, congrats on the move. Just wondering about a seed source for the yellow serrano. Thanks!

[@PepperGeek]

Got them from Chile Pepper Institute: chilepepperinstitute.ecwid.com/NuMex-LotaLutein-p308602183

[@Omegawerewolfx]

The sugar rush peppers are awesome. Problem is I cannot get them to ripen. Two years straight. They'll produce fruit and the peppers never go ripe. So by time October comes I'm throwing fruit away.

[@PepperGeek]

Well don't throw them out, they're edible unripe, and still really tasty. Great pickled or just fresh!

[@lowhanlindsey]

I tried out the straw you talked about. Now I have to pull out the grass growing in my pepper pots every day :(

[@PepperGeek]

Yeah, that shouldn't happen. It is really meant to be used as a lawn weed suppressant, so it should be 100% seed-free.

[@nunyabitnezz2709]

Do you have a video about the caterpillars that savage my peppers?

[@PepperGeek]

Not yet, but we will probably get to that topic eventually. We've got plenty of them here in CT

[@Samuel-yt9ty]

Subscribed, I need help, your plants looks beautiful and I want to get mine to grow like that. Where to start? Also, I would like to learn more about the different varieties etc, and suggested reading?

[@PepperGeek]

Where are you located? If you're in a Northern Hemisphere temperate zone, it is too late for this year. In the Southern Hemisphere, early spring is when you should plant seeds

[@JonTopping]

This year I grew the mocha swirl, which I "believe" is a fish pepper? It starts green and whitish, and goes a cholatey brown when ripe. Very sweet, nice for salads. Any idea if this is a fish pepper?

[@PepperGeek]

Interesting, never heard of that variety, but looks like it has similar traits. Definitely different, as fish peppers are spicy and smaller

[@russwilkerson2741]

Holy 🤬. You are a pepper geek. I didn’t realize there are so many kinds. I definitely want to grow ghost or Carolina Reaper next year. I’m on my second year of jalapeño. 😅