Grow Perfect Peppers Every Time! 🌶 

If the sun ever quits shining, we can just have Ben make his trademark cheery videos! You really do bring joy to life in your work. Another brilliant video. Thank you!

Top tip I got from our friends in the US with chilli plants... Once the plants get to about the third leaf pair pinch off the top growth point. The plant will keep growing, but it forces more bushy growth which means more flowers and more chillis! This works especially well with varieties like Jalepenos!

The ice cube try’s are freakin brilliant. 🤘🏻♠️🤘🏻

I’m getting addicted to Ben’s very comprehensive interesting and entertaining videos. A ray of sunshine. ❤️

In his book, "Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades", Steve Solomon has a great recipe for hot peppers. (BTW, this book is very much applicable to England, as Oregon weather is mostly the same as England.) Put peppers through the meat grinder, seeds and all. Then mix the resulting paste with lots of vinegar for a minute or so. Drain the vinegar through the sieve or cheesecloth, and save it for cooking (it's delicious). Mix the paste with plenty of good olive oil and pack it into clean jars. Top jars with more olive oil and put them into the refrigerator. Lasts until next summer. Doesn't go bad. I've been using this recipe for years. Enjoy!

Growing my first garden and have what I'm calling my Pepper Palace! I have jalapeños, Filius Blue, Hungarian Paprika, ancho poblano, Anaheim and sweet bell for a total of 83 plants. I had no idea they would do so well and I'm having so much fun with them! Thanks for the great videos! 👍

Im in Alaska, and you sir, are an inspiration. With your careful instruction, some quality seeds and other starters, we are building a DIY greenhouse this spring. I have been an indoor hydroponic grower most of my life, as our climate and local pests are more than the usual risky business. (the aphids here are another breed entirely, and we wont speak of the mites) You've opened new doors for us. Cheers! Just wanted you to know your words have reached across the pond and the plains! Much respect from Alaska!

its been great fun, watching your info packed episodes of tips on gardening. Thank you for sending them and thank you for taking the time to create them im so glad u did

Wow, great tip using the ice cube trays. Thank you very much for all the great info.

Ben, you are becoming my favorite garden guy, lol Such a great energy!!

Your presentation style, length and content are excellent. Congratulations. Job well done !

This was the most thorough video on peppers that I found. Thank you!

Great video, just learnt why my peppers are not thriving. Thanks for the advice.

I’m growing 4 different kinds of peppers in my garden boxes this year. Cajun belle, California wonder, ancho poblano, and jalapeño. So far they are doing fantastic in the boxes outside, I have row covers over them currently! I love all your videos by the way! My number one go to for information and really this channel is why I got into gardening again! Thank you!

I'm so glad I came across your site I'm a first time gardener. I'm working out of a greenhouse. You are the best. You dont ramble on with unnecessary jargon. You are comprehensive, clear and uplifting. Will you be discussing cucumbers? Thank you.

That ice cube trick.. mind blown 😅 would've never thought to do that.

I’ve got about a dozen varieties growing! 🌶 🫑 So much fun!

We are growing California Wonder, Romano and hot de Cayenne peppers. Last year I did well with cayenne peppers but I've never had much luck with sweet peppers. Thank you for your video, I found it very useful!

I love the ice cube idea! 💡

Thanks for such good advice on growing peppers! I’m a first time gardener & will definitely use all of your advice. 💚🌱🌱

You have a swift and satisfying potting method! Inspiring 😊

I've just had my first pepper flower so I'm eagerly waiting for the fruit, so excited!

I always love watching Ben's videos Saturday morning with my coffee - I always learn something new! (like, I should be potting up multiple times, unlike my current method of pot up once, let them get WAY too big and then transplant!!)

Love how this aired as soon as I started having pepper problems. XD Thank you :) (I just now got around to watching it.)

I'm growing bell, jalapeno, shishisto, habanero, aji dulce and pepperoncini peppers. I am growing them in a greenhouse and they've been loving the 4 or 5 mini heat waves that we've experienced in the Northeastern US this year. Thanks for the great tips.

Agree with others your ice-cube idea is fab! Just started to see Chilli's growth and definitely going to do! Thanks.

wow you really know your stuff and the video goes at a nice pace and is packed with information.

Thank you for all the tips

I'm a sweet pepper lover. I've got red, orange and yellow lunchbox peppers, orange bells and cubanelles. I started them from seeds I saved last year. I've always said peppers are the princess of the garden--conditions need to be just right for them to thrive.

I am studying about growing at home to teach my son and this video helped me a lot.

Growing Fresno chilli peppers and bell peppers and this video has helped me loads! Thank you Ben!

Thank you, Ben! I love your videos.

I've just started getting into gardening and growing my own food etc. I tried to grow a bell pepper. It got about 3 inches height and then it just stopped. I honestly have no clue. I purchased a small scotch bonnet from the nursery and it's been a roller coaster. I kept it windowsill all year. I grew only one successful chilli last year. Then it went through a process of pests. Leaves dying and flowers just kept falling off. This summer I've taking it outdoors and it's growing many chillies. Yay! So rewarding. I'm learning. Anyway.. I'm taking up studying of horticulture so i can understand and help me grow more fruit/veg/herbs. I also want to work in the industry as well.

Yeah! Happy to find you. Great video. Much thanks.

You produce such amazing content, I'm really grateful for it. I live on Brazil and plan on planting some peppers in our summer (in December).

I’m growing jalapeños again this year, it was our most abundant crop last year. We garden at a high altitude so I’m just learning what works here and going with that. For instance, I found a pea variety that does quite well so I’ll keep growing that one. The pea bed is empty now so I’m planting more chard, kale a and broccoli. Love your videos! Thank you!

Thank you. This is very concise and helpful.

Great! Thanks Ben!

A really helpful video, thank you! We are trying 2 different peppers this year - Gourmet, orange bell peppers and Calypso, a longer red pepper. Both new to us but the plants have produced plenty of little fruits that seem to get bigger everyday. Looking forward to stuffed peppers again in a few weeks. My husband grows chillies every few years, he freezes them whole and we just snip them into recipes as needed. They don’t seem to deteriorate and take up less freezer space than ice cubes. One plant will keep us in chillies for at least 3 years with no apparent change in the quality of frozen fruit.

Wonderful advice as always

Brilliant!! Thank you so much for this info.

You, sir, are a great gardener and content creator.

Great stuff as always, Ben. 👍 In addition to your tips I would add topping off your pepper plants which will force them to bush out. Snip off the little stuff that tries to grow down low and let the top branches go nuts. Basically, treat them like miniature fruit trees(which they are), and get them to grow "orchard style". You'll get lots more branches & blossoms, and thus more fruit. Oh, I'm growing mostly spicy peppers as I make lots of salsa every year. So I've got Poblano, Anaheim, Jalapeño, Serrano & Habanero, all from seed which I started indoors back in December, hardened off then planted outdoors in early June. They're all doing fantastic. The ice cube tray thing is a great idea. Something I do with mine is what I call "pepper medley". I roast my spicy peppers on the grill, various kinds all at once, peel & chop them, then portion them 1/4 cup into ziplock snack bags inside a larger freezer bag. Whenever I want to add some kick or heat to a dish I pull one our two little snack bags out.

My four year old daughter and I just LOVE your channel. We have learned SO much! We just sowed red biquinho peppers after watching this video! Thanks for all the great info and also the enthusiasm ❤

I started growing chillies last year and they were a huge success even though we had a pretty poor summer. I kept a few alive over winter in a greenhouse whose temperature doesn't drop below 7°C. It should give me a good head start on the the seeds I've been planting over the last three weeks, (it's 23rd Feb), as I write this. Here's hoping for a good hot summer to make all our chillies nice and hot😁🤞

I'm on my second round of bell peppers. 1st harvest took off when I doused them with diluted liquid from canned salmon. What? Yep!! They produced a hefty harvest; firm, crisp & sweet. I did the same about two weeks ago with this second round coming up & they have already increased in size. Looking forward to another sweet harvest 🙂

Love it, so helpful, thank you

Growing peppers in western Oregon has proven to be a challenge over the years. Finally I'm fertilizing and waiting long enough in the spring to set them in the garden that I'm beginning to see progress. I grow primarily Anaheims and Poblanos, but am testing a small sweet red pepper this year. My chili pepper crop was great last year. I see that you (Ben) are growing bigger sweet peppers in pots - perhaps I'll give that a go next year.

I'm growing cayenne and bell peppers from seed for the first time (first time growing anything in fact) and was wondering why they'd need to be potted in stages rather than straight to a big pot - you've answered that, so thank you!

Great tips Ben brill video

You're a Legend bro.

Thank you very good presentation and advice

Enjoy your videos! I live in hot, humid Arkansas in the U.S. Peppers thrive here. I grow Bell, Cayenne, Jalapeño, Pablono, and Serrano.

Thank you very much appreciated the information

I always struggle with peppers....now I know where I'm going wrong lol. Love watching your channel...many thanks 👍

We are growing Cubanelle, Ancho and Marconi peppers. I overwintered them in the laundry room garden bay window. The clothes dryer and the adjacent kitchen keep the pepper plants warm. They grow slower during the winter, but they do not die. I have them in square 12 inch pots.

I first watched your compost video.. i trust you with my garden ❤

Hi Ben, Thanks for your video! King of the North sweet pepper is a favorite of mine in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

Hi Ben it’s Ben thanks for the tips

Hi Ben loved the video on peppers. I've never grown them until this year. awaiting the fruit now. Last summer knowing I was taking on my first ever alotment in late july/August 21: I planned the seeds I wanted. Taking the red pepper seed core we ate as part of our supper, I dryed the seeds for a couple weeks, then put them in an old yoghurt pot with clingfilm cover and stored all winter at the back of my fridge. Not knowing if it would work or not. I planted several trays in early spring in hope and found every one germinated. I am now the proud gardener of rather a lot of pepper plants. lol I've planted out about 20 plants in the hope they will produce prolifically. Looking good so far. love your videos your my inspiration to keep feeding my family fresh home grown veg. regards Kim x

wow awesome video simple informative not trying to sell you however I'm sold! I've been a gardner over 50 years and thought I knew it all but never grew peppers/ giving it a shot back to the basics your spot on! thank you good gardening

Yep I loved it… thank you

Thanks for this video

I’m growing a poblano plant in a small pot. It’s doing surprisingly well and the pepper are DELICIOUS! I will overwinter this plant. 😋

I am growing Jalapeno, New Mexico Chili and Black Cobra. Zone 9

Growing several types, but so far Rokita and Basque are far ahead of the rest. Looking forward to see the produce of saved seed from shop bought peppers, they're about to colour up and I'm hoping for orange snack sized fruit if they come true 😊

Thanks for the info!

I just tried over wintering them and they survived. End of the season just chopped off all the branches and kept them indoors over winter. Got a great head start this year.

What a contagious possitivity! Obvious Subscription!

I grew padron chillies a couple of years ago in my polytunnel. First time I'd grown peppers, very attractive plants, had more chillies than I knew what to do with, still got loads in the freezer. We bought a drier last year and I have dried some. Growing Bullshorns and anaheims this year, took for ever to germinate!

I'm germinating jalapeno seeds, mini bell peppers and red thai pepper seeds my nephew bought from a grocery store. I have hope this years crop well do good this season and thanks to your video I have high Hope's.

I am so excited about this year. Happy New Year. It's 2022 already! 😮This year I'm growing Chocolate Beauty, Ajvarski Sweet Pepper, Pepperoncini, Banana, Nadapeno's, and Yellow Caliwonder. Looking forward to it. 😊

Thanks for sharing.

So far so good with mine. First time I've tried. Grown from seed in my greenhouse, I now have about 20 plants (didn't expect them all to take). They are producing fruit, about 3 per plant at present. Marconi Red (sweet) and Banana Yellow (sweet). I can't stomach hot peppers.

I just transplanted my pepper plant cells into 4" pots! I have bell pepper, Anaheim, Cayenne, Hungarian hot wax, cubanero, jallapeno, Serrano, Marconi giant, and super hot!

Thank you for the info! This year I have 60 pepper plants. Ranging from jalapeños all the way up to Carolina reapers! It’s been a battle keeping them warm and happy, as we are experiencing snow here in Washington state in April!

Having a good start on 2024's peppers Ben. I am growing 3 varieties this year, Mohawk, Big Ben and Odyssey. Just started potting on as they are up to third leaf already.

Growing chocolate Habanero on windowsill inside with lots of chillis, Jalapenos and long slim chillis which are in a lean to greenhouse with less chillis but they are coming on. Growing sweet peppers in hanging baskets and they are doing well but bought as plug plants as i don't have much luck growing from seed and getting them to produce fruit. Love your videos. Thanks

I used to grow peppers until I married. My wife can't eat spicy food. I jusr kept the plants outside in pots, facing south. Sow as early as possible, I sowed in Februari. Take them outside as soon as the weather gets warmer but take them in if it gets clise to zero in the night. Outside they grow stronger and more comact. They grew very well and were very prolific. I made sambal to presetve them.

Thanks for the info Ben! see you for my next veggie! lol

I sure hope to have better luck in 2023. Will try containers that I can move to control environment. This year my serranos were loaded with flowers that never turned to fruit. They were grown in the ground, and we did have some very hot arid weather. I'm in zone 5b in Colorado USA. I will look at ways to add humidity under the containers.

I'm new to your videos. I really enjoy learning better gardening from you. I do have a question about your green garden shoes or miles. They look so comfy. Keep bringing the cheer. I actually got into gardening this year. Thank you.

Love the video bud. I’m a avid pepper grower from kcmo Love your garden.

It’s the first month of summer here in South Australia, and I’ve just planted out 150 seedlings across garden beds and pots for around 120 different varieties. Temps are in the high 30’s (Celsius) 🌶🔥

I've planted about 4 packs of pepper seeds, the sweet variety. Hopefully they'll come on nicely and I'll have mountains of those tasty treats in coming months. Great advice there chum 😁👍

I over-wintered green bell, red bell, jalapeño and habanero for this season and am growing some habanero plants from seed. In 9b Sacramento, we are a bit behind with cooler temps but I should be planting out for the season in 1 week.

Good job

It is good explain and good channel....congratulations ....!

Hey, Ben! This year I'm growing sweet bell peppers, poblano peppers, and jalapenos, and I grow them in ground.

I had two cardboard coffee cups from McDonald’s. I washed them out, put some compost in them, then planted 4 seeds in each of the cups. After 2 weeks my seedlings grew. I left the plastic tops on the cups and left them on my windowsill. I have repotted them and looking forward to having some bell peppers

Nice video, thanx. I'm growing peppers for the 1st time this year, got some fruit but they are taking ages to ripen

This year I’m doing cayenne, jalapeño Giganten, Big Dipper bell pepper, and jimmy nardello. Will be my first time doing a bigger garden. 6.5m x 5.5m. A step up from two small 1 x 3m raised beds. Growing a variety of other things as well.

I currently have 6 producing plants and about 25 others in various stages of growth. Where I live, peppers can grow for throughout most of he year and come back for several years. One person I know of is on her 8th season with the same pepper plants.

I'm growing bell peppers and jalapeños frist for me thanks for sharing 👍

I have been growing Shashito peppers this year. They are a nice small pepper so I can harvest before trouble happens like bugs, birds, etc. lol Love the subtle heat.

I'm growing California Wonder, Orange Sweetie, and Aji Amarillo. I did start them indoors with a heated mat, but transplanted them all out into the garden. A couple of plants have one larger pepper each. They are all getting baby ones now. It's been very hot and dry this year so we'll see how they do.

I am growing carmen, jalapeno, and poblano peppers this year. I live in Maine.

In my country have many vhilly peppers variety, we like hot chili peppers because our foods spicy with chilly peppers, and the weather is good for the plants because we only have summer and rainy season, ,😊

Brilliant vid

My first year growing chillis, I've gone for carolina reaper and trinidad scorpion. Growing very well, flowers just opened there are a lot more than I expected. I grew them on from early spring in the conservatory and they are in pots on the patio now in full sun. I do bring them in if it rains heavy.