If you're like many gardeners, you start perusing seed catalogs and dreaming of garden-grown tomatoes and peppers in early February or before. In fact, long before it's safe to plant these frost-tender vegetables. Unless, of course, you trick Mother Nature by manipulating growing … [Read more...]
Pepper Problems
Pepper Pests Most pests that afflict pepper plants are regional, so some may be present in your area and some may not. Most are external feeders, meaning they are visible outside of the plant (or at least their effects are). A few leaf miners or borers are also around, of … [Read more...]
Hot or Sweet, You CAN Grow Peppers in Containers
Peppers can be a little tricky to grow. So, even if you have a garden, you might want to grow your peppers in containers. That’s because you can control temperature, water, and fertilizer more easily in containers—which means you might just get better pods from peppers planted in … [Read more...]
Growing a Plethora of Peppers
Pepper Varieties Peppers comprise the most diverse and varied tribe within the nightshade family with regard to color, shape and flavor. Peppers can be sweet, warm or hot, their shapes range from long and pointed to the familiar short, squat blocky appearance of the bell, and the … [Read more...]