BELL PEPPER | How Does it Grow? 

"leave the land in better condition than when you took it on" Beautiful.

Love this guy! A hero to farmers everywhere. May he stand resolute against the corrupt corporate farmers & monsanto.

Shout out to *Bob!* He's literally doing something in life we all take for granted. Bob, keep living out your purpose my G!

One of our supermarkets here in Australia has a line called "The Odd Bunch", which basically is imperfect fruit and veg that is sold at a discounted price so that the grower can still get a reasonable return on his/her perfect as well as imperfect produce! I have found the quality to be equal even though the shape may not be the prettiest! Our banana farmers now make green banana flour with their imperfect bananas that would otherwise end up in the compost because they aren't curved enough or are too long or straight, and our avocado farmers remove the flesh from the fruit's skin that is not perfect but the inside is, and they put the mashed flesh into refrigerated squeezable tubes that are great for when you just want a little squeeze for your toast! Thank goodness for our farmers or the world would not be able to eat.

Just wanted to share a small story on cosmetically standard food. First of all you guys are doing a great job. So here it is, I visited France few years back and went to a store to shop some fruits, while picking some apples and Oranges for myself I noticed that all the apples and oranges were of same size and colour and they looked beautiful and seemed like they posing for a photograph!! Now I took em to the counter and asked the guy to pack em half kg each. Now when he weighed em they were going over a 100 gms or so. I'm from India and here what we do is we take out a bigger apple and put in a smaller apple to bring it close to 500 gms but thr it was not an option coz all of em were of same size and weight. So Being helpless I bought em whatever weight it was and while walking back to my room I was thinking like why do they all look same, may be farmers her have genetically modified the plants to get such fruits untill I saw this video! Oohhh so they cosmetically sorted em!!!! In India every fruit or vegetable comes to the market irrespective of its looks cos here we have to feed 1.5 billion people! So we dont have the luxury to cosmetically sort em! I agree in the past decade or two the taste and quality of fruits havegone downward they are not like what they used to be in my childhood days, but thats the bargain we have to take to fulfill the current demand. Quantity over quality!

after watching most of "How does it grows" videos realized one thing, that people should know the value of foods and shouldn't waste it anymore, cause see it takes so many days and needs all the hard works by these amazing farmers all around the world. thanks for ur amazing videos

I just discovered your series today and each episode is the most information packed 5 minutes on RU-vid!!! I'm almost done binging the series. Please keep up the awesome work! Cheers.

I love this series of 'How Does it Grow?' so much! It reminds me of the books I used to read when I was little. I love feeding my curiosity even as an adult now with these videos. Thank you!!

I get to appreciate the hard work I completely forget about when the food is in stores through this series. I really hope this channel grows and its message reaches more people, and that we will one day be able to find even the cosmetically imperfect bell peppers on our store shelves!

*I'd LOVE a video on the mushroom farming! So mysterious and less known method than most crops - and one of the most interesting because it has neither actual seeds nor it can be grafted!*

Thank you to all the farmers out there....

I didn't realize bell peppers (we call them sweet peppers) could be grown outside of a tropical climate. Cool to know. Shout out, once again to the hard working labourers who keep America, and by extension, the world fed.

LOL at "harvesters". I used to live across the street from packing sheds in my hometown in south Texas. Every fall the large produce trucks would begin arriving at the sheds filled to overflowing with peppers, onions, carrots, etc. Simultaneously the packers would put a call in to the railroad which would then begin spotting rows of refrigerator cars on the tracks along the sheds. The produce would then be unloaded, sorted, washed, boxed, and loaded onto the rail cars. For the next several months the cars would be made up into "perishable blocks" for shipment to remote markets, and more empties spotted in place as the flow of the harvest progressed. That timeless process eventually came to an end as more and more produce ended up traveling by highway trailers. Now most of the old packing sheds are gone, the railroad is gone, and growers more often process and pack their harvest at remote locations instead of centralized facilities. But the "harvesters" remain.

why would you throw away cosmetically imperfect peppers when they can just be sold to juice company's or pre packaged/ frozen food company's? looks don't matter when its already chopped up or juiced

Neat. I hope the following generations appreciate Bob’s teachings…. Thx for the peppers❕💌

I seriously love this chanel. It gives me a much larger appreciation and understanding for the farmers who make it possible for me to have yummy food! It has also made me more aware of what I waste and helps remind me why it's important to be a wise consumer. So thank you! 😙

This video to be shown to every single kid. So much of hardwork involved and outcome is only one third inspite of all efforts. Food is all the most precious yet sensitive and of short shelf life.

Such wise words from the farmer. Lots of love and respect for this guy.

The Odd Bunch is an initiative which is the first of its kind in New Zealand to help cut food waste, use more produce from local growers and make healthy food more affordable. ... The price of The Odd Bunch produce will vary depending on seasonal price fluctuations and stock availability. Also Woolworths Australia, I always look at the selection offered here first. The US needs to do this too.

My south Jersey brother from another mother ! I got some growing in my little garden

Bob , you are the " MAN ". feeding your plants from the soil mix you are building from what you have access to like the leaf mulch, I am not only impressed but so happy for you and your soil. Leaving the land In a better condition than we found it is just another plus for you and your soil. I grew bell peppers in my little green house last season ( South Island, New Zealand ) they took along time to go red and grew nearly 5ft high. Your plants don't seem to be that tall on this video. Is this a curtain strain or do you clip the top off when there at a curtain height?? I hope someone answers this question soon.??? Teach your people BOB with the same knowledge and respect you have for the land which will in turn bring more people to realize you don't need all that chemical shit that destroys the land.. Thank you for this video. I am even more inspired that I also are doing the right thing for the land...

Wow Bob’s got it! His customers are lucky to have him grow their peppers for them! I’m jealous!!!

Same price (not expensive) for all colors here (at least at all the local shops around my home) and the quality is great, too.

Another great episode Nicole!!!

I subscribed to your channel just because you asked in the last moment. Please do continue making this kind of videos.

Love what you are doing, keep it up!!!

Sure is nice to see those fine legal workers, harvesting the peppers they're going to put in our stores.

What a great credit to modern Agriculture Bob is!!! Thanks for this great episode.

Another great video. I wish we had the choice to pick the less cosmetically attractive fruits and veggies at the grocery store.

I agree they are the best I moved to NC and miss the jersey peppers and tomatoes

Thanks!. Great video about peppers!, greetings from Finland!!!

Where do bell peppers go to have a few drinks? The Salad Bar! What do you call a nosy pepper? Jalapeno business!

I'm happy that farmers like Bob, take care food by making sure every detail is prepared correctly for people around world to enjoy. Peppers are delicious in spaghetti!

I was curious about actual Bell pepper prices in New Jersey. I found a PDF of 2003 crop profile on Bell peppers grown in New Jersey. I learned something new to pass on to ya'all.

Impressive video. I subscribed at the end because you were so persuasive. Great info. Thanks

While it's upsetting that cosmetically imperfect peppers/capsicum pods are weeded out and sold at 1/7 the price of the cosmetically sound pods, it's still a plus as those tend to be flash frozen and sold in the freezer aisle. (I hope) it allows for less waste and still very tasty capsicums year round!-

It must be your smile. i love the way you present every video. I have been a subscriber since day 1. Best Wishes. Grandpa Jones. 😃

You know your stuff & Cute when Explaining the differents

Those who are used to buying "perfect" produce are often shocked when they plant a small garden and get delicious, nutritious, "ugly" produce. Some come out perfect, then you find that the local trash pandas took one bite out of each one. 🤪 I've had a non-gardening friend over while processing tomatoes for canning and she volunteered to help but was shocked that the tail end of my canning tomato crop was full of bumpy, lumpy, rather misshapen lumps of red with areas that we cut around to prepare them. With a little effort that was an amazing 16 gallons of marinara canned for the pantry, and shared. The waste went to the chickens. Then the pulp was dehydrated to make tomato powder to enhance recipes throughout the year. As for the trash pandas, the fence is higher on our garden and their garden is planted closer to their den at the edge of the woods. I'll start more tomato plants just for them.

I want to thank all the hard-working Latino brothers and sisters who work the fields to pick our fruits and vegetables.

It is crazy the notion that consumers have for produce. Mind you has an ex chef, perfect peppers are easier to cut. Now as an amateur gardener, I take such pride in anything that I grow regardless of the shape. I love your videos and content. Also the little twitch that the camera sees as you walk away is nice to watch.

I like the way she says wait 😄

I really love this.I mean it was perfectly awesome.Now i have an idea of growing bell peppers.

I like also the yellow one, that is stop light vegetable.

They should sell the sort outs at discount retailers. I would buy them. You only need the perfect shaped ones for dishes like stuffed peppers.

I love peppers especially the red peppers. They are more expensive but I will still purchase them. I also buy the other colors too.

I use the Ruth stout method for my garden. Year four and every year better

Nice episode. Thank you again Nicole and team!! Also I don't care about food cosmetics, That's crazy.

I really love pappers and i trying to plant in my back yard,greeting from indonesia, the red one is my fave

i live in a country with good condition for growing those red bell pepers they are not very expnesive but they are the most popular kind here. the other varieties of the peper are barely sold because of the taste. about the price? the red isnt much more expensive then the green and sometimes they are sold at the same price. however, the yellow and orange ones are a bit more expnesive then the red

Interesting. Especially the leaf compost. I just want to add that green peppers taste like lumber.

Pepper plants always fascinated me. Idk why.

I dont give a shit about the shape, totally will buy it.. I love how this farmer responsible for his land health

I wish there were sections in stores where they would sell these "imperfect" peppers at a discounted price. This way the farmers make money and people can buy fresh produce for cheaper.

Thank you! Bob ❤

Raising hat for all these hardworking people 🤝👍

I wonder if it would be feasible to set up a secondary market for cosmetically imperfect produce, selling to restaurant suppliers, places require large cooking operations(prisons, military bases, schools and universities, etc)?

don't forget lilac, orange, white and purple bell peppers. with so many people struggling to buy groceries there should be a program to share the less than perfect produce because it's still edible

Great video. I was happy to learn about the red and yellows and that the yellow variety has a higher vitamin C content. What I was bugged about is how can you have "7 times less" of anything? 7 times less for a $2.00 pepper would seem to be a price of ($12.00) which means I get paid to take the pepper from the grocers's shelf. Do you mean that the imperfect pepper sells for 1/7 the price of the perfect pepper? 🙃

God bless all the hand pickers of food.

1st finally! let me finish watching!

I would love to know how they breed the yellows & oranges to ripen at a different color stage.

I realize this is "How Does it Grow" but maybe somebody can answer my questions. I recently saw a video on vitamin C foods for diabetics, which ranked fruits and vegetable according to vitamin C per unit of sugar. Red and yellow peppers were ranked the same, with green peppers listed as slightly lower vitamin C per unit of sugar. If yellow peppers have three times the vitamin C, and rank the same a red peppers, this would imply they have three times the sugar. Could this be true? Worse yet, I prefer orange peppers, which were not mentioned at all. How does the vitamin C content of orange peppers compare to that of red and yellow peppers? How does the sugar content of orange peppers compare to that of red and yellow peppers?

I always had the same question

never knew i needed this video.

One thing people often fail to realize is that harvesting crops by hand is skilled labor.

Farmers are heros.

good for you Bob!

In the Netherlands you can buy the "misshaped" stuff in the AH grocery stores for cheaper. Most of the times they are either just a little too big or a little smaller that the "perfect" ones.

Notice those guys bent over picking the "perfect peppers" by hand. Welcome to the USA you guys...you're working hard, and I hope you bring your families, pay your taxes, settle down and be the kind of Americans my grandparents were...I would be proud to be your neighbor.

just found you, great channel! Can't wait to watch more episodes!

im glad your edumakating the sheep lady!

How was i thinking this just yesterday and now this shows

Excellent, happy I stumbled upon your channel~

Love her smile

There is a shop that sells not store shaper fruit and veg and delivers it...there in the US..

3:42 Wow... I hope one day we wake up and grow new ideas to stop wasting such amazing, high quality food.

Hi, I have just started to grow peppers in the UK, will they turn red in a cooler climate? Thanks

Key point… nourishes the soil.

Wait a go Bob, that’s regenerative agriculture with all that leaf mold building soil. I bet the sugar content is much higher than chemical crops grown in greenhouses. Great farm!

Nice video, and thank you for the education.

I've heard that having peppers mature (ripen) on the plant discourages the plant from setting more fruit.

This is a great opportunity for bargain hunters. We can buy the slightly blemished food at a vastly discounted rate at the farm gate...with a little haggling. NICE tip!

In our market green and red pepper have the same price but yellow pepper is expensive

i love bell peppers especially the red ones.

Love the reds more Than any other color

what is the variety of this bell peppers?

Love it 😍🙏🏽 thanks Mr Muth

A useful post. Good on you.

Where i live, the red and yellow costs x3 or x4 of the red

I like the green ones best.

red peppers are obtained after green are left in field for more time, so how are yellow peppers obtained then, when red ones are also left for some more days or what?

Bro is a savage he just cut the pepper & ate it lol

I eat so much peppers 🫑 all colors 👍🏽

oh yeah yeah yeah...the peppers...the peppers are great..

May (ALLAH pak) bless the labours, works and all the people who are spending their lives in hard work to see smiles on other people's face aameen 😇

whats the difference b/w pepper and capsicum?

Where I live green bell papers are more expensive and we call them paprikas.

Where do you get your seeds from??

hi 👋🏻 new jersey 🇯🇪here God bless him it s not easy job but why u don't sell the unperfect paper to like hot sauce factory or something