Storing and Preserving Your Hot Peppers
So, you’ve picked plenty of peppers and you have more than you can eat in a week. Time to put together a preservation plan!
Handling tip: Hot peppers, even milder hot …
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Harvesting Your Hot Peppers
The longer you wait to harvest your hot peppers, the hotter they’ll be. You can pick some before they’re fully ripe, but they won’t have the same heat as fully …
Watering, Weeding, and Fertilizing your Hot Pepper Plants
Water
Once your hot peppers are settled in—whether it’s in a container, a raised bed, or open ground—consistency is key when it comes to watering. If you don’t get rain on …
Growing Hot Peppers in Containers
Hot peppers are easy to grow in containers. The key to happy container-grown hot pepper plants is to follow the plant—that is, transplant your pepper plant (gently!) as it grows. …
Planting Hot Peppers in the Ground or in Raised Beds
Planting
The easiest way to plant hot peppers is to plant seedlings. Many gardeners have success starting their hot peppers from seeds; it depends in part on your gardening …
Sun and Soil Requirements for Growing Hot Peppers
Hot peppers like a full day of sun—preferably at least six hours of direct sunlight. The soil should be well-drained and rich in organic matter. Sandy loam soil is best. …
Growing Hot Peppers From Seeds or Seedlings
Peppers are warm-season perennials that we treat as annuals. They have a long growing season—15 to 18 weeks after planting out—and cooler weather slows them down. You can start them …
Types of Hot Peppers
Hot peppers, or chile peppers, are part of the Capsicum genus. They’re part of the Solanaceae family, which includes tomatoes, eggplant, and potatoes. When you’re planning your garden, make sure …
What to Do With Extra Garden Vegetables
Some years, everything comes together. The temperature is just right, the humidity is perfect, your watering system is spot on, the pests leave your garden alone while the bees and …
5 Tips for Saving Vegetable Seeds for Next Year’s Garden
As a kid, I was committed to saving vegetable seeds from every vegetable on my dinner plate. I loved the idea that food could make more food and in a …
