At Campbell’s Freedom Farm we grow them in pots and they are crowded. We produce a lot of peppers. We also grow them in the soil as well in a crowed situation. Hope all is well, Sabrina
Yeah I want you guys on RU-vid as well. I remember last summer you did plan some right next to each other along a fence line and I was just surprised but then when I saw you harvest them I thought wow that works
My mom has taken care of my parents' garden every year but, due to her health, I planted and will be taking care of their garden for them. This is my first ever garden and, knock on vegetables, everything is growing remarkably well so far (mostly thanks to this channel and some of another). I never knew there was so much to learn about gardening in general, as well as each individual plant. It was a bit daunting after a couple weeks and I began regretting undertaking this project. Thankfully, my competitive nature took over because my parents never did anything to their plants other than feeding and weeding their garden. I'm hoping my plants will produce much more and better fruit since I'll be taking the advice from professionals like this gentleman. Wish me luck. 👍 Oh, btw, I grew Habanera and Piñata peppers from seed and they sprouted about a week ago. No permanent leaves yet but this IS Chicago.
I agree with most of this I just think you’re topping the plants too soon. I topped my jalapeño and bells after they were around 2.5 to 3 feet tall and they look like trees with branches growing in all directions. The base of the jalapeño is around 2.5” thick and I get 45-60 peppers a week. I live in Houston and this is my second year with the same plants and they’re full of peppers already. Oh, and I used a simple organic fertilizer when planting and the same once every 1-2 weeks after. Good luck.
My tip comes from my first year growing them! Give them more space than you think. I followed instruction on planting but it was way too close for me to actually keep up with their growth. And mine went crazy huge and tangled and I had a hard time supporting them. I was ill prepared especially since even growing tangled they where also over 6 feet tall. Great I know! And I got so many peppers. But I’m 64 and 4’11” tall. Lol I learned pruning was my best choice. I was on a serious relearning curve last year. I’ve planned better this year.
My mini bell peppers do not like to be in the same pot,so I transplanted one of them and it’s super happy now. I’m glad you told us about cutting off the top leaves. I will try it because last year was a small crop. Anybody know how to get rid of crickets or grasshoppers, they are a nuisance when it’s windy here, in northern Nevada? They love my green leaves of the pepper plant. Thanks,for telling us to take off the first 6 flowers, hopefully that will make a difference this year.
I'm going to plant two of a type together and top one and not the other. Jeff from Ripe Tomato Farms did a fairly large scale experiment topping every other Pepper with the total of about 70 plants. The untappd planted fewer, larger peppers with much thicker walls which of course is what you grow it for. The top ones took a little longer to produce cuz they were growing green but produced a lot more Peppers but they were smaller and had thinner walls. At the end of the experiment the overall weight of the untopped pepper plants was much greater than the peppers of the topped ones. His experiment is available on youtube. Doing one of each I should have larger denser Peppers sooner and more thinner Peppers later which I like.
Here in the California desert, it's been 85 to 90° daily and then today it was about 65 and then it dropped down to about 45 right now. I was going to plant my peppers but thank God I didn't. The wind in the cold was unbearable the last couple hours. This is crazy weather for May.
Use tomato pfertilizer with pfish bone meal and start plants indoors in pfebruary on a heat pmat. For tall lanky varieties, use a tomato pcage. Wait a few weeks after last freeze dates before planting. Pruning depends on pepper variety. If pruning, start seeds earlier to give more time. Short squat varieties don’t require pruning. I grow a few varieties that branch out without pruning.
True on growing together...have a large pot with three of them and its been year and a half...now producing fruit again...pepper almost ready to turn red
I successfully overwintered 2 plants, 1 cayenne, and 1 jalapeno. I had them in my basement under a grow light this last winter and they are currently performing great in their second summer season outdoors. :D
I ALWAYS plant mine close together facing north to south. The foliage from each plant helps shade the one next to it in the evenings here in the southeast when temperatures rinse.
@@windellmcspindell3652 It's interesting that you plant them north/south. An old Italian man many yrs ago said to always plant everything north/south. He said it had something to do with the bees flight. It's always worked for me.
Yes! I planted 2 pepper plants in a 3 gallon bucket. When I realized they didn’t have enough room I cut the bottom of the bucket off and dug a 1 inch hole and put the bucket in the ground!! I got about 50 peppers on those two plants! They worked well together! So much so that I am going to do two peppers in the same bucket in the ground
Your channel is outstanding!!! My passion is gardening, but we have harsh winters and a very short growing season. I wish I be outside in the garden all year. Thank you for the knowledge that I've learned so much from you.
Bad girl....did not side dress with phosphorus last year, no wonder I had a puny harvest. I will also have to provide shade this summer. 110 for days on end makes the plants say no thanks to production. I’ve got a good idea for shade cloth cover this year.
First time growing peppers and other vegetables... Thanks for all the tips!! My mad hatter peppers are flowering now I will be picking the flowers off tomorrow. I will also be trimming the top off my sweet peppers... So happy I watched your video!!! Just in the nick of time!! Thank You...
My 'privacy fence' isn't that private, so I'll keep my clothes on while gardening today! Also, had to laugh as one of my cats is named Pepper, and kept looking at the computer wondering who was talking to him.
Thank you so much. It is always more rewarding to watch an experienced gardner who lives in a Mediterranean/desert climate like myself who offers more substantial info that will work for us.
I meant to add, I am going to top more of them this year, i used to look at the different varieties and some seemed to grow with enough branches whilst others needed to be clipped. I too was wary about doing it but am happy to see it's a good thing. I also will try epsom salts a few times. Has anyone had any peppers cross pollinate? Last year i had some wax peppers which were very mild in heat. However, One of the plants produced very hot wax peppers from the same seeds as the others! I had no idea why originally. Please let me know if this is possible. It was growing next to jalapeno plants. Peppers are wonderful. I make salsa using five types of cherry tomatoes and either poblano or jalapeno's to create the level of heat. I get fresh peaches to die for up the street at another farm. If anyone want's my recipe i will gladly upload it. Honestly, it's the best salsa i have ever had. I can't eat really hot salsa so i make mild to hot for friends and relatives and a few to sell. If you can't get peaches, the regular recipe is great either way. My salsa is close to Mrs. Renfro's which i spent a few years trying to copy. Except, i love cherry tomatoes and use thousands in a large brewing kettle when i make the salsa. The colours and smell is intoxicating. I'm going to get another espresso and go check on my garden. It's such a rewarding, therapeutic, healthy, hobby. Alot of good tips on this site. MT
Might try your bag that pepper and tomatoes trick. And they do just seem to turn on after making fruit. I'm also trying the over the winter trick Thank you
I've watched quite a few pepper videos, but I learned a couple new things on yours! I missed it when you put this out. Last year was busy, but I'm glad I caught it now.😊
I am so glad I watched this! I have been planting peppers and just leaving them (no pruning or pinching) for a few years, and end up with literally one or two peppers per plant. I thought maybe they were just impossible to grow or something. I feel dumb for not looking into it before this year.
Was grounded for two weeks My peppers were spread out . I made sure it did have weeds around them . I watered them a lot ( everyover day ) parents loved them Love your information 🤗
Hello I love your informative video. I have one question. I am planting Armageddon peppers. Should I do the same tricks that you mansion in this video? Looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you 🙏
Marvellous Marvellous thanks for this your advice is relevant, concise no mess no fuss. Just thinking, could the 'armpit' of the plant perhaps be the axil? Great stuff!
Since I live at the USA Canada border and sweet peppers are perennials last November I did mound my sweet peppers with soil and also plant covers to protect them from the extreme cold under the raised bed hoops. This is 13 March 24, and today I counted 36 sweet potato plants whose stems are still green inside. If there is any growth in the next couple of weeks that would be amazing. 🥕🫑🥒🍅🌶️🥬
I don’t mean to be contrary but I live in coastal Maine, zone 5, and plant peppers in mid to late May. I get massive yields here of both bell and hots. According to your guidelines here, I shouldn’t be getting any peppers at all due to the cold. They regularly go through 40-50 degree nighttime temps for their first month out in the beds and yet, I am picking bell peppers only 4-6 weeks after planting seedlings here in June and they keep pumping out more right on through until late October. They (both hots and bells) even keep producing after some light frosts.
Pruning and pinching produce pepper providence. Fruit grow on the side shoots. Pruning the central leader and pinching early flower buds will improve yields. This works for sweet peppers and chili’s.
I have a small window plant of california wonder. I dont know if it will produce anything but its worth a try (: Today i used some dried basil and mint for fertilizer in the water. Don't know if it was smart or stupid but i guess we will see :) I love peppers
I have tons of peppers on my plants. Can I prune now? The plants are tall and straight and some are falling over, but production has been crazy good this year!
Do you think your tip about placing under ripened peppers in a paper bag with a tomato would work with jalapeños? I'd like to get them all to ripen fully.
This is my first year planting peppers in the garden. I use raised beds this time. All my peppers, jalapeños, & bell peppers have holes. What video do you address pest on the peppers. They are perfectly round holes, I think slugs, how do I control them? Can you give me the link where to tell how to control pest in the organic garden?
Last year I had just two volunteer pepper plants but this year I have about 12 little plants I started from seed. Waiting for them to grow a bit before I plant them outdoors.
Mother nature did my pruning for me this year. Had a very unusual late frost that killed off the tips of my pepper plants. I just left them alone and the plant branched out where the tip had been frozen. The biggest negative i see to pruning is how much longer it takes for the plant to mature.
Great video. Is the pricking out of the top suitable for all zones? Our season here in MA is quite short. Also a bit concerned I put them out too soon. They are deeply mulched in raised beds, so fingers crossed.
I hadn't ever heard of topping peppers until a couple weeks ago, another gardener I like to watch had mentioned it. They only seemed to use that method on their hot peppers though, you do it to all of your varieties? I tried it out on 4 of my salsa pepper plants. I cringed at every snip, but I kept telling myself "it'll be fine and if it turns out it's not I have plenty of backup!"
I had awful luck last year with peppers. I will have peppers this year one way or the other. Lol My soil is high in phosphorus. Do I still need to add the rock phosphate and bone meal? If I haven’t said it enough, I love your videos. I’ve learned so much. I figured out what I was doing wrong last year, which was my first year gardening. I’m an addict now.😁
On hormones: - the auxin produced in the tip flows down the plant and _inhibits_ the growth of side buds. Pinching removes the flow of auxin to the side buds, removing that inhibition, allowing growth - the ripening tomato releases another hormone, ethylene - plant hormones are neat!
I am in the North. I am a little confused as to whether or not I could take off slightly ripening peppers and come up with more peppers in the same season. We have a fairly short season here.
I'm in zone 5b so the only point I will disagree with is the pruning. If I prune my peppers there isn't enough growing days for it to recover and produce fruit. So in cooler climates pruning isn't something we do on a regular basis. Some gardeners may, but none that I know.
I live in Alabama where we have long hot days in summer and often several days without a lot of rain. I water every other day but still have dark spots on the end of the peppers. There are several peppers on each plant but quite a few have the dark ends. Any fix for this?
