The Keys to Growing Thriving Prolific Bell Pepper Plants in Your Garden: They Love Loose Soil!

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[@curlyredcafe]

I bought a bell pepper at the store and planted about two dozen seeds from it indoors in March. They all germinated and I ended up planting three in my garden and giving the other plants away. Those three plants have given me over a dozen peppers and they keep churning out more. A nice, easy plant to grow!

[@ellkellseb]

Me too… waiting to see what happens with them and the seeds I bought… hopefully I still have enough sunlight/sunny days left 😊

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[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

I love me some stuffed peppers. For consideration, and if you haven't yet, try Giant Marconi's or Escamillo. They have a thinner wall than a standard bell - but just can't beat the flavor.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Stuffed peppers tonight!

[@santaanaroadwildman3614]

I'm definitely going to grow banana peppers from seed next year instead of bell peppers. There is a hybid called Bounty that is huge, prolific with thick walls. 🌶

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[@jaytoney3007]

I'm harvesting a lot of Hungarian Yellow Wax, Lipstick, and Jimmy Nardello Peppers. I have Etiuda, and Corona di Toro peppers developing. I am also getting a decent amount of California Wonder, Banana, Leysa, and Cubanelle peppers. My late starts, Big Red, and Yellow Monster are flowering, so I expect peppers from them soon. I have dwarf zinnias growing on the outer edge of my raised bed. They are only supposed to get 18 inches tall, but grew to over three feet tall. I had to cut them way back to give the peppers more sunlight. September and October are the most productive months for peppers in my garden. Of course, mid to late October is when I have problems with deer. They don't bother my turnips, or Asian Greens, but they love peppers.

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[@ChiChi75169]

The Jimmy Nardello are my favorite!!

[@Gordie1450]

I’m going to have stuffed peppers for dinner, enjoy your videos, from Lethbridge Ab 4A

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[@memyselfandeye8377]

You're an awesome teacher ❤️

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[@chasitythornbrugh9489]

I live in a super windy area. I plant my peppers close together and do not stake them. They hold each other up this way.

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[@venusgarden959]

Wonderful video🌹🌹

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[@roserizzo3094]

Your peppers look beautiful! My sweet peppers are growing, the hot peppers just starting to grow! I freeze quite a few! Thinking i need to water more!

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[@GentrysGarden]

Thanks for the video. Some of the peppers I grew from seed turned out to be different from the seed packet. A purple bell pepper is actually a hot pepper, and a jalapeño is some kind of longer very hot variety. Not a disaster, but definitely a surprise. A couple of Facebook groups I follow have mentioned the same problem.

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[@tamidavis3730]

Me too. My Tam Jalapenos turned out to be banana peppers😅

[@contestwill1556]

I like to think there is some poor sap out there whose habanadas were habaneros

[@jefffarris9238]

Were these seed packets from commercial seed companies, or just some seeds you bought off of a random website?

[@tamidavis3730]

@@jefffarris9238 mine were commercial

[@ChiChi75169]

Great video Gary! I just bought your Modern Homestead Garden book and LOVE It. Easy to follow, gorgeous photos and recipes for the the harvest 🥕🍅🍇🍋🧅 Thank you 🤗 Definitely will be buying a few more as gifts.

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[@VictorMTaveras]

Great video, thanks! A neighbor gave me 2 bell pepper plants and they've taken off! This is helpful

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[@ausfoodgarden]

Your peppers look great! Down here in Melbourne Oz, It's time to start some tomato and pepper seeds indoors for early crops. There's still a chance of light frost here for a few weeks yet. I can't wait for the big Spring push 😊 Cheers!

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[@virginiahyatt6961]

Great content ❤

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[@cliveburgess4128]

I wish I could list my peppers that are doing well, but all I have is root knot nematodes destroying everything, any advice? I was trying to see if you had a video on the subject, didn't find anything, your place looks great as always, thanks for all the tips!

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[@MariThomas01]

Thank you so much, this was a great tutorial, you are an awesome teacher :). my peppers didnt do as well this year and now i know why. I have some mature plants that i can put into the sun and still try to get a good harvest with.

[@lauriethompson1480]

I'm going to try peppers in my raised bed same as yours next year. Ive been planting in 10 gal black pots. The plants look great but peppers never get very big. Maybe too hot in triple digit temps 😢

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[@erinhendry5415]

Do you top your pepper plants to have them branch out like this? Just sewed seeds indoors here in Sydney, Australia 😊

[@dcwatashi]

I Don’t think he does

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[@valerietromble]

My son was not using peppers he boofroze them but took the seeds out and planted them the orange ones are doing the best

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[@petezahutt5174]

Lookin good Gary

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[@davidwarden3269]

You grow Muscadine? I am always cutting them down. They are good for jelly though

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[@shirleyk623]

My peppers were almost all volunteers from my compost. They started out really nice but soon got little brown spots on the leaves. I looked it up and found that it's called bacterial leaf spot. Is that in the soil or where does it come from? They made a few peppers but not like your plants. Your pepper plants are beautiful.

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[@RoseBornagain]

My bell peppers are growing but no flowers and fruits, I add so much food but nothing.

[@Razzy-sr4oq]

Too much nitrogen and not enough phosphorus and potash. It may also be too much heat. Provide a shade cloth for sun to give them a little break. They could be dropping flowers because of the heat stress.

[@RoseBornagain]

@@Razzy-sr4oq yes, we had over 105 or 43 c, very hot, I m in southern Italy I hope they will grow later thanks.

[@dcwatashi]

@@RoseBornagainWe are getting over 100F for 3 days and I brought out some cardboard to use to shade them

[@deborahdunn7844]

Too much food makes more leaves, no fruits.

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[@evelynrogers7145]

Instead of staking I use small tomato cages

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[@Grace-kash]

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[@onemoredoll5791]

My bell peppers are growing but the fruit is so tiny. Poor things got their roots eaten by gophers but came back.

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[@walterflanamonk4734]

September 23rd look to the heavens

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[@Rachnic1]

Im so jealous. Here in Nashville nothing is doing well. My peppers in separate beds different soil both struggling. My 2 red bell peppers tatse nasty when they do get to the end. Nothing i planted did well except collards ironically which are still going. Also all my volunteer plants from seeds just sitting in the soil from last year are doing perfect with no care lol. My squash wont take off and the roots keep getting infested with smal green bugs in the soil. I gave up and left it to the luck now

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