Pepper plant spacing: Space plants about 18 to 24 inches apart, depending on their size at maturity. Planting pepper seeds: Start pepper seeds indoors 8 to 12 weeks before transplanting. Pepper seedlings need warm soil temperature (about 80° F) for germination, daytime temperatures averaging 70...
Bring container-grown jalapeño plants indoors at the end of the season. Place the container in a sunny spot, and, with luck, you’ll get more peppers on the plant! Types ‘Señorita’grows to nearly 2 feet high. This pepper is very hot. ‘Sierra Fuego’produces a large amount of p...
Introduction: Pepper Plants Easy Growing Medium - All Natural Amazingly large Pepper Plants - no artificial fertilizer! To get exceptionally large plants , and not just peppers, but an acid loving plant, simply use coffee grounds mixed with good dirt. I have documented the way that I have foun...
Green Chile Harvest 2010: 52 lbs from 16 Plants! © Steve MasleyClick IMAGE to Enlarge If you’re growing hot peppers, when to harvest depends on the type of pepper, and what you plan to do with them.For New Mexico Green Chile Sauce, harvest green chiles when the walls of the ...
As your pepper plants begin to mature you will start to notice flowers appearing on your plants. This is the sign you have been waiting for as it means that your first chillies are not that far off. All that stands between you and fresh chilli pods is pollination. ...
It needs a position that receives full sun. They are heat-loving plants liketomatoesandeggplant. If you are short of space, try growing peppers indoors on a sunny windowsill. Also, choose a spot with good air circulation to avoid diseases. If you’re growing pepper in the tropics, provide...
One or two weeks after the last frost, remove the plastic, and set in your pepper plants without disturbing the soil any more than necessary to avoid turning up new weed seeds. You may like this alternative to hardening-off the plants. Cut the bottoms off round, white translucent, 1 ...
Jalapeno Pepper Plants Germination Times Pepper seeds are notorious for their slow seed germination times. If you're starting your own jalapenos from seed indoors, it may take up to a month or longer before you will see the first sprouts from the germinated pepper seed. If you're starting th...
If necessary, make a support for the sweet bell pepper plants. You can support the plants with cages or stakes for preventing bending. Tomato cages can be good for this purpose. Pests and Diseases Aphids, cucumber Mosaic virus, flea beetles and blossom-end rot are some common problems for ...
Peperomia is a perennial related to pepper plants native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Central and South America, the Caribbean, and some parts of Africa. It comes from a large South American family (about 1,000 species in the Peperomia genus, a few from Africa...