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!
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! 👍
@@tbear4557 yes, I did. Being a newbie I let the seedlings get pretty leggy. I topped them and they bushed out a bit. Next year I'll be more attentive and, hopefully, they'll be even more productive! 👩🌾🙂
Hello, did you keep you hot peppers next to your sweet, then keep seeds for this year? I believe that you can get cross pollination and next year you can get hot bell peppers. I almost want to do this just to watch peoples faces when they eat them ☺️
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!
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.
Thanks for those kind words! I do plan to do another cucumber video at some point. In the meantime you can watch this older video: th-cam.com/video/5_C5PFZcqo0/w-d-xo.html
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!
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'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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Barb, I'm in the Cascade foothills area (WA) and have had success with Thai hot and Gypsy peppers for a few years now. Good luck with your garden; our cool nights can make veggie gardening a challenge sometimes.
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 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!!)
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.
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
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 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.
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
0:31 all year long we have 24°c - 33°c temperatures, we have 6 months of rain season and 6 months of summer-like season. My grandma plants birds eye chili and cayenne
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 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.
Love the ice cube idea, that's genius. And thanks to this video, I'm going to move my peppers out of the rain. We've had non-stop rain for a few days now and they haven't had time to dry out. I've got two cayenne plants and one paprika/bell pepper. The seeds were saved from peppers I'd purchased earlier in the year. Everything is growing strong and one cayenne plant has plenty of fruit on it. Thank you for another great video! Your hard work is much appreciated.
I live in coastal California and don’t like hot peppers. I have found my favorite is the gypsy pepper that is sweet, small and colorful. This I put in all my fresh pepper recipes. For making paprika, I grow Shishito peppers and dry them when they turn red and grind them in a coffee grinder. Thanks for the tips about humidity. We don’t have any, but I can do what you suggested. Great video!
Yes, it is thanks. Makes incredible goulash. Btw, the gypsy plants are going into their fifth year. They are in a sunny raised bed and have survived a few freezes. A little pruning and feeding and they keep producing.
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.
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 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.
Cheers Tony - appreciate that. :-) I'm doing a video on super-hot chillies in a few weeks, so you may enjoy that. I've got some sadistically hot varieties potted up and ready to burn!
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 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.
Carolina reapers & Trinidad moruga scorpions, had a great crop last year, the garage is still full of chilli oil, chilli jam and apple sweet pepper spicy chutney. hooked the greenhouse heaters up to solar panels to make it cosy for the chillis, gets cold in Edinburgh even in the summer.
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
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 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.
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 planted pepper seeds from a shop-bought pepper for fun. They germinated, lucky me. I have it indoors and got one small pepper on one plant. The plant seems to be still good for 2 years but no fruit. The plant is now suffering a bit. Interesting that it's still alive. I've planted more seeds to try again. Your video is informative and I'm sure I'll have better success this time around. Love the ice cube idea. It should work for herbs as well I should think.
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!
Hi Ben, interesting video, but I would like some more advice please. My pepper plants were planted late but the are flowering. There seem to be many ways to support them shown on TH-cam.eg: Prune to 1 or 2 stems and grow them up strings. Let them do what they want but tie string around them on stakes like supporting broad beans. Pinch out to make them bushy and support each resulting shoot with a cane. Trim the lower leaves to decrease the fungal risk. These suggestions are usually from the US and growing in near commercial conditions. Some are grown outside but in a warmer and less windy climates. Mine are sweet peppers, variety is 'Popti', they are in a small polytunnel in NW Wales. What is your preferred or recommended method for pruning, training and support for UK growers?
I think the advice varies with different varieties, as some plants really do have very different growing habits to others. Also the climate. I grow my peppers in the greenhouse and will simply tie them to a stumpy bamboo cane to stop them from flopping over. Plants with leaves coming off a single stem will be pinched out to create a few branches, with will be tied to supports by twine.
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!
i was given some random pepper varieties 2 years ago by a customer of my mom and i propagated and planted one that fruits alot. its incredibly hardy it had a fungal infection and a bug infestation, i thought it was dead and stopped watering it for 9 month but as soon as i started watering it again it grew back stronger and has 12 peppers on it right now.
@@GrowVeg just harvested the first pepper the other day! i wish i could identify it the peppers are jalapeno shaped, though smaller in scale, and are black/red. they are ridiculously hot, puts all hot sauces to shame.
Habaneros in Southeast Texas. My favorite! I'm actually growing two plants from last year! Woohoo! Finally was able to make it work! I usually get at least 200 fruit per bush
By a million. Just grow one pepper plant and taste the difference. Anything you grow will taste better than the market, not just by a little, by a lot. It's absolutely worth it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My green gardening shoes are just a cheap pair of 'crocks'. I love them because they're so easy to slip on and off when I go into and out of the garden. :-)
Ben just watching the start of you video and how hot to start the seeds off and I use my 110 gallon 5ft tropical fish tanks place in the lid at 78 deg and with the lids down probley a bit hotter and the strat very well every yr
Growing super hots this year. California Reapers, 7 pot Brain strain and Scorpion x 7 Pot Primo. Reapers were over wintered from last season and are doing remarkably well considering the poor summer we're having. The others are just losing their flower heads and starting to fruit.
This year I will be mostly growing lemon drop, Bhut jolokia, Trinidad scorpion, Machu Pichu, sweet banana, hot banana, habanero, super Fresno, Cheyenne and Jalapeño. I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing so I expect them all to die. I shall take your advice on the repotting and the tomato food. Excellent video. 👍
Just recently found your videos and absolutely love them. No waffling just straight to the point. I’ve got a pepper plant growing and fruiting from taking seeds out of a pepper bought from the supermarket. I’m super excited but it’s green and I wanted red or yellow. If I bring this indoors to keep warm will it turn red or yellow? Also can I keep the pepper plant for next year I only have a little zippy greenhouse and a cold frame.
Yes, you could bring the plant indoors once it turns a bit colder to help the fruits ripen up. You can overwinter plants. Here's an article on how to do it: www.growveg.com.au/guides/improve-your-harvest-by-overwintering-peppers/
Absolutely love your content. As a first time gardener I’m experiencing frustration with my bell peppers. They just don’t seem to be growing very quickly. I’ll get them properly fed. Currently in a halfed grow bag rounded and opened up into a bucket idea. Grow bags okay for them?
Grow bags should be okay for them. You might find some other useful tips in this video - it's on chillies, but would apply to all peppers mostly: th-cam.com/video/89pnBThDrNU/w-d-xo.html
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.
Here, in the botanical garden of Montpellier, south of France, we do the "poivron doux très long des Landes" for the first year, hope it will be alright with mulching !
Yes!! My bell peppers just sprouted they only took about 12 days under vermiculite, and the temp was low too around 16 until i put the heating on then my propagator box was 18.5, I'm not sure what they are as I took the seeds from store bought fist sized with the commen 3 colours
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) 🌶🔥
What would happen if you don’t separate them??? 01:20 … like if you let them grow in a bigger pot or the ground but in 1 hole 🕳… what would happen?. I’m doing my own experiments 🧪 and put I think 3-6 plants 🌱 in one hole 🕳 and I want to see what will happen, they are still small for now but all alive and well. Reason I’m doing this is because I don’t want to prune my trees ANYMORE(it was bad last time) and prefer having lots of fruits without pruning. I want try Inosculation and see if I’ll get a bigger harvest. Have you tried it yet on any fruit tree???
You could try not separating seedlings/plants and growing a few together. They would just grow apart, in opposite directions to make the most of the light. Assuming there was more space left between each cluster of plants, to account for the fact they are growing together, this could work. Certainly multi-sown onions and beets work well like this. But I do wonder if this same technique might be a bit much for bigger plants such as peppers. Certainly a couple together would probably be fine, but more than this - I'm not sure. Worth a go though.
@@GrowVeg Ok cool thanks. I’ll see how the trees will turn out, I’ll be planting them outside and the South African🇿🇦 sun is great for such plants. I’ll let you know how it goes after a few months.
Thanks for buying the book. :-) Yes, you can feed chilli plants once they've been repotted. I'd maybe wait till they are in flower though, or perhaps go in with something weaker like a dilute liquid seaweed feed.
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!
Thanks so much - you'll make me blush!
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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!
Top tip!
And yet: th-cam.com/video/BzqPzMe_l10/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2CmMz__wawrsZE4R
I’m getting addicted to Ben’s very comprehensive interesting and entertaining videos. A ray of sunshine. ❤️
My peppers have only a few on them ,they are bell peppers we bought at an expensive nursery ,they are in my green house
Absolutely agreed.
Me too
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!
Going to give that a try, sounds very good, thank you.
I'm gunna give that a try, cheers. 😁
This is such a great idea - love it! Thanks for sharing.
Sounds good, roasted pickled peppers are great too, this recipe seems very similar.
The ice cube try’s are freakin brilliant. 🤘🏻♠️🤘🏻
Your presentation style, length and content are excellent. Congratulations. Job well done !
Fab stuff, thanks Charles.
So true, that's why I've subscribed right after watching my first. This is my second. Lol
Ben, you are becoming my favorite garden guy, lol
Such a great energy!!
Thanks so much - great to hear that! :-)
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! 👍
Did you top them?
@@tbear4557 yes, I did. Being a newbie I let the seedlings get pretty leggy. I topped them and they bushed out a bit. Next year I'll be more attentive and, hopefully, they'll be even more productive! 👩🌾🙂
@@barbarafinley4246 Excellent. Each year is a learning year. I love it and can't stop growing veggies.
They're a lot of fun to grow Barbara, you're right.
Hello, did you keep you hot peppers next to your sweet, then keep seeds for this year? I believe that you can get cross pollination and next year you can get hot bell peppers. I almost want to do this just to watch peoples faces when they eat them ☺️
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!
That's really lovely to hear Greg. Here's to a very productive summer for 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.
Thanks for those kind words! I do plan to do another cucumber video at some point. In the meantime you can watch this older video: th-cam.com/video/5_C5PFZcqo0/w-d-xo.html
Wow, great tip using the ice cube trays. Thank you very much for all the great info.
This was the most thorough video on peppers that I found. Thank you!
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!
Same question
Seems like more work and more stress for the plants
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'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.
Love how this aired as soon as I started having pepper problems. XD
Thank you :)
(I just now got around to watching it.)
Hope it was useful Roy, thanks for watching.
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 somehow forgot the Queen of all peppers, Guajillos! If I don't have Guajillos I get fussy.
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!
Yes, I’ve heard about your late cold snap. Hope it warms up a bit soon.
well my crazy buddy bought me carolina reaper powder , the heat last about a few minutes or so , a little goes a long way
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.
You're doing really well there Pat.
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.
Glad you're seeing progress. Hope you get another bumper crop!
Barb, I'm in the Cascade foothills area (WA) and have had success with Thai hot and Gypsy peppers for a few years now. Good luck with your garden; our cool nights can make veggie gardening a challenge sometimes.
I am studying about growing at home to teach my son and this video helped me a lot.
So pleased! 😀
Great video, just learnt why my peppers are not thriving. Thanks for the advice.
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 ❤
That is so lovely to hear! It's an honour to be encouraging your daughter. Great to start them early with a love of gardening. :-)
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!!)
So pleased to be joining you with your morning coffee! :-)
Growing Fresno chilli peppers and bell peppers and this video has helped me loads! Thank you Ben!
So pleased to hear this. :-) You might also like my other chilli pepper video: th-cam.com/video/89pnBThDrNU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for such good advice on growing peppers! I’m a first time gardener & will definitely use all of your advice. 💚🌱🌱
Me too
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. 😋
Definitely overwinter it. :-)
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.
Good luck with them all Eric.
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
You have a swift and satisfying potting method! Inspiring 😊
Thank you!
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!
Thank you! That is lovely to hear and good luck with your peppers!!
You, sir, are a great gardener and content creator.
Cheers very much! :-)
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.
Well done on pulling that off - overwintering can sometimes be tricky.
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
Oh wow - well done Kim. You're off to a flying start - top work!
0:31 all year long we have 24°c - 33°c temperatures, we have 6 months of rain season and 6 months of summer-like season. My grandma plants birds eye chili and cayenne
Sounds like perfect pepper-growing weather!
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!
Hope your chillies catch up after the late start. :-)
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.
Hope you have better luck next summer Suzannah.
Hey, Ben! This year I'm growing sweet bell peppers, poblano peppers, and jalapenos, and I grow them in ground.
That's a lovely mix of peppers. :-)
Love the ice cube idea, that's genius. And thanks to this video, I'm going to move my peppers out of the rain. We've had non-stop rain for a few days now and they haven't had time to dry out. I've got two cayenne plants and one paprika/bell pepper. The seeds were saved from peppers I'd purchased earlier in the year. Everything is growing strong and one cayenne plant has plenty of fruit on it. Thank you for another great video! Your hard work is much appreciated.
So pleased the video's been of use.
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I live in coastal California and don’t like hot peppers. I have found my favorite is the gypsy pepper that is sweet, small and colorful. This I put in all my fresh pepper recipes. For making paprika, I grow Shishito peppers and dry them when they turn red and grind them in a coffee grinder. Thanks for the tips about humidity. We don’t have any, but I can do what you suggested. Great video!
Love the idea of making your own paprika - I bet it's incredible stuff.
Yes, it is thanks. Makes incredible goulash. Btw, the gypsy plants are going into their fifth year. They are in a sunny raised bed and have survived a few freezes. A little pruning and feeding and they keep producing.
That ice cube trick.. mind blown 😅 would've never thought to do that.
I am growing Jalapeno, New Mexico Chili and Black Cobra. Zone 9
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.
Some spicy numbers there! Lovely!
thats good stuff
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😁🤞
Nice and hot chillies Ted? You're a man after my own heart!
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.
Great to be planting them out soon. I'm sure everything will quickly catch up after the cooler start.
Great tips Ben brill video
Cheers Tony - appreciate that. :-) I'm doing a video on super-hot chillies in a few weeks, so you may enjoy that. I've got some sadistically hot varieties potted up and ready to burn!
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 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.
A lovely variety. :-)
Carolina reapers & Trinidad moruga scorpions, had a great crop last year, the garage is still full of chilli oil, chilli jam and apple sweet pepper spicy chutney. hooked the greenhouse heaters up to solar panels to make it cosy for the chillis, gets cold in Edinburgh even in the summer.
Those are some pretty hot ones Michael!
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
So pleased you found the video useful, thanks for watching. :-)
gosh, I love this channel. not having a garden yet but planing to have one for sure. ❤❤
Hope you manage to get a garden soon. :-)
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
No shame in starting from plugs - a great way to get ahead. :-)
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.
That's a great record - it's well worth keeping hold of your pepper plants if you can.
I love the ice cube idea! 💡
Agree with others your ice-cube idea is fab! Just started to see Chilli's growth and definitely going to do! Thanks.
It's so simple but so effective!
Enjoy your videos! I live in hot, humid Arkansas in the U.S. Peppers thrive here. I grow Bell, Cayenne, Jalapeño, Pablono, and Serrano.
That's a great mix of peppers. :-)
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.
That's super to hear. Some lovely varieties there.
I planted pepper seeds from a shop-bought pepper for fun. They germinated, lucky me. I have it indoors and got one small pepper on one plant. The plant seems to be still good for 2 years but no fruit. The plant is now suffering a bit. Interesting that it's still alive. I've planted more seeds to try again. Your video is informative and I'm sure I'll have better success this time around. Love the ice cube idea. It should work for herbs as well I should think.
Very best of luck with your new papers Olive.
Thank you for all the tips
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!
Hi Ben, interesting video, but I would like some more advice please.
My pepper plants were planted late but the are flowering. There seem to be many ways to support them shown on TH-cam.eg:
Prune to 1 or 2 stems and grow them up strings.
Let them do what they want but tie string around them on stakes like supporting broad beans.
Pinch out to make them bushy and support each resulting shoot with a cane.
Trim the lower leaves to decrease the fungal risk.
These suggestions are usually from the US and growing in near commercial conditions. Some are grown outside but in a warmer and less windy climates. Mine are sweet peppers, variety is 'Popti', they are in a small polytunnel in NW Wales.
What is your preferred or recommended method for pruning, training and support for UK growers?
I think the advice varies with different varieties, as some plants really do have very different growing habits to others. Also the climate. I grow my peppers in the greenhouse and will simply tie them to a stumpy bamboo cane to stop them from flopping over. Plants with leaves coming off a single stem will be pinched out to create a few branches, with will be tied to supports by twine.
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!
Cheers for watching. Great idea planting more chard, kale and broccoli - all fantastic follow-on crops.
Thank you, Ben! I love your videos.
Thanks for watching. :-)
i was given some random pepper varieties 2 years ago by a customer of my mom and i propagated and planted one that fruits alot. its incredibly hardy it had a fungal infection and a bug infestation, i thought it was dead and stopped watering it for 9 month but as soon as i started watering it again it grew back stronger and has 12 peppers on it right now.
That’s great to hear! A tasty harvest can’t be too far off now.
@@GrowVeg just harvested the first pepper the other day! i wish i could identify it the peppers are jalapeno shaped, though smaller in scale, and are black/red. they are ridiculously hot, puts all hot sauces to shame.
Habaneros in Southeast Texas. My favorite! I'm actually growing two plants from last year! Woohoo! Finally was able to make it work! I usually get at least 200 fruit per bush
Well done! Overwintering plants can be tricky! 🌶️
Only took me 2 years of trying lol
I always struggle with peppers....now I know where I'm going wrong lol. Love watching your channel...many thanks 👍
Glad this video offered a few pointers. :-)
Flavourless in supermarkets, are they definitely better home grown?
By a million. Just grow one pepper plant and taste the difference. Anything you grow will taste better than the market, not just by a little, by a lot. It's absolutely worth it.
@@tootsweet2476 Thanks
100% better.
Absolutely!
I am growing carmen, jalapeno, and poblano peppers this year. I live in Maine.
Great job Greg. :-)
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.
Chillies are so versatile in that regard - you've got to love 'em!
Nice video, thanx.
I'm growing peppers for the 1st time this year, got some fruit but they are taking ages to ripen
They sometimes can take a while to ripen. Hopefully with a bit of sunshine, they will do their thing. :-)
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.
That’s really great to hear you are going to be studying horticulture. It’s a very rewarding career!
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.
Great additional tips there Jeff. Thanks for sharing. I love your pepper medley suggestion.
Thank you very good presentation and advice
Wonderful advice as always
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).
So pleased you're enjoying our videos. Thanks so much for watching.
Thank you. This is very concise and helpful.
I’ve got about a dozen varieties growing! 🌶 🫑 So much fun!
Hi Ben it’s Ben thanks for the tips
Hi Ben, Thanks for your video! King of the North sweet pepper is a favorite of mine in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
Sounds like a great variety Lynda. :-)
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.
My green gardening shoes are just a cheap pair of 'crocks'. I love them because they're so easy to slip on and off when I go into and out of the garden. :-)
Ben just watching the start of you video and how hot to start the seeds off and I use my 110 gallon 5ft tropical fish tanks place in the lid at 78 deg and with the lids down probley a bit hotter and the strat very well every yr
What a great idea! :)
Thanks for the info Ben! see you for my next veggie! lol
sowed seeds from old pepper, seeds sprouted in 5 days at 28 degrees c
That's very speedy germination. :-)
Growing super hots this year. California Reapers, 7 pot Brain strain and Scorpion x 7 Pot Primo. Reapers were over wintered from last season and are doing remarkably well considering the poor summer we're having. The others are just losing their flower heads and starting to fruit.
Some seriously spicy number there!
This year I will be mostly growing lemon drop, Bhut jolokia, Trinidad scorpion, Machu Pichu, sweet banana, hot banana, habanero, super Fresno, Cheyenne and Jalapeño.
I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing so I expect them all to die.
I shall take your advice on the repotting and the tomato food.
Excellent video. 👍
Some lovely varieties there! You might also find this video helpful: th-cam.com/video/89pnBThDrNU/w-d-xo.html
Just recently found your videos and absolutely love them. No waffling just straight to the point. I’ve got a pepper plant growing and fruiting from taking seeds out of a pepper bought from the supermarket. I’m super excited but it’s green and I wanted red or yellow. If I bring this indoors to keep warm will it turn red or yellow? Also can I keep the pepper plant for next year I only have a little zippy greenhouse and a cold frame.
Yes, you could bring the plant indoors once it turns a bit colder to help the fruits ripen up. You can overwinter plants. Here's an article on how to do it: www.growveg.com.au/guides/improve-your-harvest-by-overwintering-peppers/
@@GrowVeg Thank you so much I’ll do that.
What a contagious possitivity! Obvious Subscription!
Nice one! Welcome to the channel! :-)
48 pepper plants and I'm so excited. Any others you'd recommend?
That's a great number to be growing. I reckon you've got a really solid mix there. :-)
Absolutely love your content. As a first time gardener I’m experiencing frustration with my bell peppers. They just don’t seem to be growing very quickly. I’ll get them properly fed. Currently in a halfed grow bag rounded and opened up into a bucket idea. Grow bags okay for them?
Grow bags should be okay for them. You might find some other useful tips in this video - it's on chillies, but would apply to all peppers mostly: th-cam.com/video/89pnBThDrNU/w-d-xo.html
Growing Emerald Giant, Marconi, orange, red, purple and yellow peppers. And early jalapeno.
Lovely mix of peppers! :-)
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.
Good luck Heather - I hope they crop well for you.
Here, in the botanical garden of Montpellier, south of France, we do the "poivron doux très long des Landes" for the first year, hope it will be alright with mulching !
At least it's nice and sunny and warm for them - I'm sure you'll get a great crop.
wow you really know your stuff and the video goes at a nice pace and is packed with information.
Yeah! Happy to find you. Great video. Much thanks.
Glad you've found me Cindy - thanks for watching. :-)
Yes!! My bell peppers just sprouted they only took about 12 days under vermiculite, and the temp was low too around 16 until i put the heating on then my propagator box was 18.5, I'm not sure what they are as I took the seeds from store bought fist sized with the commen 3 colours
Great to have them sprouted! Hope you manage to get them to fruit. :-)
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 imagine you get some amazing peppers in your climate. Lovely stuff!
What would happen if you don’t separate them??? 01:20 … like if you let them grow in a bigger pot or the ground but in 1 hole 🕳… what would happen?. I’m doing my own experiments 🧪 and put I think 3-6 plants 🌱 in one hole 🕳 and I want to see what will happen, they are still small for now but all alive and well. Reason I’m doing this is because I don’t want to prune my trees ANYMORE(it was bad last time) and prefer having lots of fruits without pruning. I want try Inosculation and see if I’ll get a bigger harvest. Have you tried it yet on any fruit tree???
You could try not separating seedlings/plants and growing a few together. They would just grow apart, in opposite directions to make the most of the light. Assuming there was more space left between each cluster of plants, to account for the fact they are growing together, this could work. Certainly multi-sown onions and beets work well like this. But I do wonder if this same technique might be a bit much for bigger plants such as peppers. Certainly a couple together would probably be fine, but more than this - I'm not sure. Worth a go though.
@@GrowVeg Ok cool thanks. I’ll see how the trees will turn out, I’ll be planting them outside and the South African🇿🇦 sun is great for such plants. I’ll let you know how it goes after a few months.
Good Job! Thanks Elton .😊
I've just had my first pepper flower so I'm eagerly waiting for the fruit, so excited!
Whoop, whoop! Great result!
You're a Legend bro.
Thanks very much!
Thanks for all the content! I just brought your book for my sister, is it okay to feed chilli plants immediately after repotting?
Thanks for buying the book. :-) Yes, you can feed chilli plants once they've been repotted. I'd maybe wait till they are in flower though, or perhaps go in with something weaker like a dilute liquid seaweed feed.