In this organic gardening video, Brian with Next Level Gardening covers 8 mistakes you might be making and how to avoid them or fix them to grow a ton of peppers. Whether you are growing peppers in pots on a balcony, growing peppers in raised beds, or you have a homestead, these tips will help you with planting peppers, pruning peppers, pepper pests and diseases, watering peppers and so much more!
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00:14 – When do you plant pepper plants?
01:21 – How much sun do pepper plants need?
02:53 – How far do you space pepper plants?
05:49 – How much water do pepper plants need?
06:27 – What is the best fertilizer for peppers?
07:29 – Should you prune or pinch back your pepper plants?
09:18 – Should you stake pepper plants?
09:48 – Harvesting peppers
10:32 – Pepper plant pests and disease
14:04 – Can you overwinter peppers?
29 Comments
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Thank you 😮
Great information!!! I have done it all wrong, so now I know 😮
We DO NOT use any sunshade for our peppers (mainly chile). We rarely use stalking although we have. We are in Southern New Mexico and believe it or not we plant a LOT of chile here!
When you say you give them 2-4-2 every two weeks what does that mean? Can you tell me how? Do I just sprinkle some around the base of my plant? I’ve never done anything with the soil once my plants are growing. Thank you!
You’re always so full of interesting things & information 🦋
Have a great weekend 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Regarding aphids & mint … I plant basil with tomatoes, any harm in adding mint (contained) to the bed?
I have Bells & Jalapeños sharing a bed. I would love a spicy Bell. Are there other risk in these seeds beyond a cross breed?
Brawndo has what plants crave!!!!!😅😂😅
400 ft apart. Hmmmmm ok I'll plant my hot peppers in my yard and plant my bell peppers 5 houses down the road. Surely my neighbor won't mind.
I have decided to plant my tomatoes later also going forward. Going plant mid july here in midatlantic. The son and heat ladt few years has been too much
“Tomato” cages work great for peppers. My tomatoes grow up and over cages by July, but peppers are just the right size.🍅🫑
Over-wintering peppers works, thanks to your guidance over the years. It's worth it! Zone 9B.
The sun is strongest at noon. It's hotter in the afternoon because the earth is reradiating heat it's taken in earlier in the day, not because the sun is the strongest then. Loved the video though.
Can all peppers be overwintered?
I'm watching even though I don't grow peppers. Hi, I'm Kat & I'm a gardening addict
Hmm, I'll bet my pepper plants are getting too much sun. They are still like 3 inches tall, since about May, when I transplanted them.
Valuable information!! Thank you!
What's the best way to kill flea beetles? I ordered something with Spinosad today, and tried hydrogen peroxide last year with limited success.
I listen to lots of garden videos but increasingly am wary – not of the advice but the results. I raised tomatoes from seed, set them out, fertilized, watered, great dirt. I tried the "one branch" method (vertical), pinched off early blooms, pruned at the appropriate time and all have died (very unusual heatwave). My parents, on the other hand, planted tomatoes next to the house, got about 5 hours of sun – no fertilizer, no special soil, no pinching, pruning, one branch, blah blah they used to get tons of big tomatoes. LOl
Peppers are doing fantastic if I water, epecially those in pots.
I planted way to early. Next year will go better after today's lesson. Thanks Brian!
sounds like a sweet jalapeno is a possible cross…
Horn worm ate my pepper
Great info. I found out that peppers like to grow in pairs close together on accident last year. This is confirmation on what I found last year.
One pest I never figured out is once in a while I see a pinhole at the top of the pepper. What does that?
Why my peppers get ripe when they are really small
I’m gonna try wintering pepper this year. We have really short spring, and to get the pepper established from seeds and be tough enough for the brutal summer is difficult.
on pruning / topping. I live in a shorter season area and still top. The key is to start earlier, top the pepper, and up pot all before you actually plant outside.
To build on the seed saving tip and tip #10, most new LED bulbs are full enough spectrum for plants. Put a "high bay garage" bulb into a regular socket in a place you want light indoors most of the day anyway and enjoy your winter houseplant.
Bonsai chilis not only preserve the original seeds but are fun to look at and grow year round. And if you live in a high rise or windy area, a great way to grow deep roots and thick stems for next season.
They can live in a 4×4 inch square pot for 3 months or all winter in something like a 2 liter bottle. Simply cut the bottle away, plant, and recycle like normal.
Super hot peppers can be 150+ days to maturity, creative lighting indoors is my only option for Reaper and Scorpion peppers