On the advice of an older central European woman I started planting my peppers about a foot apart rather than 18". She said the leaves of the plants should touch each other as flowering begins.Planting them a bit closer than 18 increased my fruit production A LOT. The Habaneros looked like fully decorated Christmas trees as the peppers ripened through their colors. Most people would say my plants looked crowded.... but man o man did they produce. All varieties,,, bells , habs, jalapeno, thai. Also I run my pole beans along the west garden fence which provides the semi shade in the afternoon
I did the same thing. I planted 6 hungarian banana peppers in the space you might reccomend 3-4 plants.... wayyyy to many peppers. It was a chore to pick they were exploding with pepers late into the season.
1. Planted too early 2. Not enough sun or too much 3. Improper spacing 18 inches spacing preference 4. Improper watering Water from below and gently 5. Using the wrong fertiliser Very sensitive to nitrogen 6. Not pruning them If you don't prune them it will be tall and produce less growth points 7. Not staking them 8. Not continually harvesting 9. Not keeping on top of pests Spray with neem oil or aspirin 60ml of uncoated aspirin in a cup of water in a blender add to a gallon of water then spray 10. Not over wintering
I always prune off the bottom branches up the stem about 4 inches kept clear. IF they produce fruit, they break off every time and can tear. Sun Scald can also be caused from LOW CALCIUM/Magnesium. I add Cal/Mg weekly to Liquid fertilizer. (q7-10 days unless temp over 100) Peppers, tomaotes, potatoes are all nightshade, and can get BER with low calcuim uptake when soil dries out repeated time and cannot absorb nutrients.
I had no idea that pepper plants shouldn’t be dug up and discarded after growing season. Thanks Brian. I finally confessed to my neighbors the source of my new found gardening expertise.
It’s always great to have a gardening mentor, I have found, in my gardening journey. Brian has become that for me, and now I am getting my Master Gardener’s certificate, so I can also pass on the knowledge I have to more gardeners. I truly love being self sufficient with my garden for my family and friends.
I wintered my peppers without realizing it a few years ago I had one in a potted plant from a season prior and I kept it in doors and kept it alive it was down to next to no leaves and I thought it was dead but it was sleeping and come the spring put it in the window and it bounced back fiercely and ended up giving me quite a few peppers so I definitely like that idea.
I'm over 70 and I remember my granddad telling me when I was very young and allowed to help in the garden to never plant tomatoes anywhere near a walnut tree and I always followed that rule. Glad to hear that you agree. Thank you.
I transplanted dozens of black walnut trees at the back of my property to make a natural high wall. Delicious nuts too. And little invades that wall. My garden is about 20 feet away, no problems at that distance. Walnut oil is very good to preserve wood too.
"Walnuts and butternuts produce a compound called juglone that is toxic to many other plants. Tomatoes and other members of the nightshade family are particularly susceptible. They can wilt suddenly when in contact with juglone from the roots, husks or uncomposted leaves of the walnut tree. The walnut tree's roots can extend beyond the dripline of the tree, so even if the tomatoes are not planted directly under the tree, they can absorb juglone exuded by the roots."
I moved from the gulf coast to zone 6b. Lots of differences in gardening between the two. Your video was so comprehensive that it covered most of my questions. Also great to learn peppers are perennials. Thanks a bunch!
I definitely swear by your pruning technique. I’m so glad I watched the video just in time to prune. It produced so much more fruit than any other year I’ve grown them.
One thing here in New Mexico we do is plant them extremely close together. They like to hold hands in our exceptionally hot weather in Southern New Mexico and helps protect them from sunburn. We had a surprise snow in October that took out a lot of my pepper plants and then we got an exceptionally deep snow with multiple days of freezing weather so I will be starting over. But my pepper bed has a lot of pods that have fallen so that's OK. When thing I did 2 years ago is cross a mad hatter pepper with a mild yellow banana pepper and last year I got some great results from that I'm hoping to repeat it this year. They were not only beautiful they tasted fantastic.
Always great advice and as usual... learned some things that I didn’t know!! Should be a mandatory/core class in schools!! Everyone should know just how gratifying and actually easy planting your own garden can be!! I know, I was almost 50 before I planted mine, upon my brother’s insistence!! 😊 so glad he was hardheaded!!
Totally agree gardening should be a required class in school I was lucky enough to go to a school where each class each grade had their own garden every year it was amazing so grateful to my mother for put us in such a great school thank you mom
I would have hated taking this sort of class growing up, but now that I'm older, I wish they would have offered something similar. 4H was probably the closest thing our school had.
@@youbetterwakeup2449 LOL I was forced labor on my brothers farm/garden so I needed no such class but received a priceless education on feeding myself.
Over-wintering peppers indoors is great, just remember to harden them off to direct sunlight again in the spring before leaving them outside full-time. It may seem like not much is happening for a couple weeks, but once that small established rootball settles in and starts growing they'll take off nicely, either in containers or beds.
Its a nice idea, but às far as saving work.... i think i`ll stick to replanting seeds in the spring rather than plucking, digging up and having to manage the plant over winter. I don`t see how thats less work.
Peppers are so darned hard to grow and produce. I did get three smallish bell peppers the by the end of August. Will try and keep the pepper plants going for next season too. Good idea. Gotta be the amount of sunlight I think. Thank you for all the ideas.
I’m just starting veggie gardening and watching many of your videos over and over. Thank you for your helpful information. My sweet potato slips just popped up and I’m so excited! Can’t wait to plant! 🦋
Thank you for taking the time to educate! This will be my first garden and, thus, first take on growing peppers. I'm grateful for those who impart wisdom so I can avoid mistakes.
Brian, thanks so much for all of the tips on growing peppers. I didn't realize they were perennials and living in Florida gives me more options for growing peppers. I do appreciate the site for getting the uncoated aspirins. I will try to boost the immune system for the peppers, tomatoes and egg plants. Your videos are very informative and have become my "go to" videos for gardening. I also wish you the best with your new home and gardening ideas for the property.
WOW. Thank you for letting us know about overwintering. Been gardening for 30 yrs & I still learn new tricks & tips from YOU!! I live in Massachusetts & inevitably I always have one plant I wish I could have the following year but never knew I could. Now Im REALLY looking forward to your video on the hows!
Awesome advice thank you. I grow my peppers indoors and they are doing great. Will harden some of them in Spring before I plant them out. I just started about a month and a half ago growing peppers and love it. My plants are growing well. Thank you for your advice
I love growing peppers! Keep in mind that pruning peppers is great for Long growing seasons like yours in California. My growing zone however is zone 5 so pruning shortens my growing season even more so its counter productive in my case. HOWEVER, if I plan to over winter a favorite variety, I can go ahead and prune it to get it thick and bushy.
People, search for a video called "Don't Prune Your Peppers". While he only tests this one variety, he shows that while you may get more peppers, they will be smaller and thinner skinned and overall weight of harvest can actually be less than if you didn't prune. Also, many of your hotter varieties like habaneros, naturally branch out more than your milder or sweet peppers.
New to all the TH-cam gardening sights and I must say you are one of the best at getting the most info into the shortest time! Thanks! I have learned a lot, even if my humid Texas climate is quite different.
@@RS-kx9ee I beg to differ. There are few youtubers who post excellent videos just as good as this one and some are better than others. Depends what one is looking for growing etc :-)
@@incanada83 yes you are right. I’m a newbie and haven’t listened to as many as you I’m sure. I have since found others I really like . CaliKim is great , garden answer, and Scott Head etc...so much to learn Sometimes confusing to listen to too many.
@@RS-kx9ee True. I watched CaliKim too. Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden)and Cali did video together. If I can recommend a really, really great video series (NOT that you're asking) since you like to learn, would be The Rusted Garden. In my humble opinion, his videos are THE best from the very beginning, easy to understand, many are updated, plus you can choose what interests you "right now" videos. Take care and...happy gardening :-)
I'm located in New York,5 miles from Massachusetts and 10 minutes from Connecticut. I never heard you say anything about pepper maggots or pepper worms.i didn't know if you have them where you are. I've had a problem with both thru my years of gardening. You've answered so many of my questions and problems thru your videos, a big thank you. Every year around here brings different problems, all depending on the weather. Some years it's raining every day and the next year we have a 30 day drought. Never know up here what's going to happen. The only thing I've learned is, take the problems as they come, the best way you can. Thanks again for your videos. Bill in N.Y.
I’m so Glad you said I could dig up the plant at the end of the season. I’ll be making new raised beds and was worried I would lose all my plants! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Beginning gardener here in zone 8b. I subscribed right away at the end of this video. Learned a lot from this video: peppers are perennial, plant a companion plant for the sunset side, hold the nitrogen, prune and give Aspirin. Looking forward to checking out your previous videos!
I had a bell pepper plant growing in a pot ( not very big ) from last year, this year I planted in the ground and the original plant withered out but sent out a shoot from the side which grew quite well and now it is the first of all the peppers I grew to have a fruit. This fall I am going to try that putting some of them in pots and keep going for next year. I’m going to see if I can get that one to go three years.
I'm a novice gardener (other than lettuce). Discovered your YT channel late in the gardening season and am learning about growing and over wintering peppers. I did have a successful pepper year, with just 3 organic plants. Now, I have transplanted them into 2 gallon bags and as you commented---with a cold heart--I did cut them back. I'm very optimistic and encouraged they will over winter successfully and I will have peppers next year. Thank you for your tips and knowledge shared in your YT videos. I will try the aspirin trick next year, and also, prune the peppers.
Awesome! Love the videos on specific plants and all the ins and outs! Keep them coming. This one came just in time. I am getting ready to plant my peppers today. One question: Do peppers benefit from sulfur? I was told by an older gardener to put matches in the hole when you plant peppers. I know the matches of today are different from the past so not sure how beneficial this would be. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!
It's a coincident how I just bought a pepper tree and tomato and was wondering how to take care off them and here comes you video thank you well appreciated great advice helps a lot.
I'm in the UK and I've tried exactly that - overwintering two pepper plants in my porch - so far, so good. I didn't know to pinch them out, so I'll be doing that when the right time comes along. I didn't get a good growing result last year, so with your great tips, I'm hoping for a great yield. Thank you.
I'm doing my first container garden, not for the usual reasons of lack of space, but because of age and physical limitations I can't get on the ground. I didn't know about pinching peppers to make them make more branches, but it makes sense. Thank you!
I swear, every time I watch one of your videos I learn at least one new and useful thing! Definitely going to try the aspirin trick, and you just saved my serrano plant from going on the compost heap come November - instead I'll prune it, move it to a pot , and see how it does. Thank you!
I Really appreciate it as I'm a new Gardener & this is perfect for me to know how to get my Sweet Peppers, Colored Bell Peppers & Grape Tomatoes Properly..as this has taught me Alot 😊
Hi, thank you for this very clear instructions on how to grow and care for sweet paprikas, its my first time to grow paprikas and so far they are growing well in a small container and ready to be transferred to a bigger pots. Your video has given enough courage on DO's & DON'Ts.
Glad I found this. While I had managed to keep two jalapeno plants alive for two years by bringing the pots they were in in over the winter and keeping them under a grow light, I'm in a new location and starting over. I knew to bring them in with the chilly night happening tonight, but had not realized that I should have them on the east side of the house instead of the west. I will make sure I get them better placed when this cold front goes away.
I have a tip for you - plant them in 1-gallon size pots individually (with big holes at the bottom for the roots to grow through. Then bury them in the ground or in some soil in a tote. That way you can plant them closer together and the pot they are in will ensure they're getting the fertilizer you add. Bonus - earthworms like to collect under plastic pots and they will generate fertilizer for each individual pepper plant!
@Robert Shorthill sorry about your Pepper misfortune. I am doing a side by side test of identical plants, and am realizing that pruning success has soooo many variables, your growing environment and climate, the time of year, the size of the plant, the variety of pepper, etc etc. For me, pruning has so far not made a conclusive difference. It has consistently set the plants growth back by a couple of weeks, but they have typically caught up. The unpruned twin on the other hand develops a firm main stalk and then sends out side shoots - same effect as pruning. Well, for me, pruning seems to not make a significant enough positive difference, so I won't be doing it going forward. Will of course do a final conclusion at the end of the growing season.
@Robert Shorthill I tried snipping tops on some of my poblanos and not on others, it didn't make a difference, mostly because only one of my poblanos thrived, the others were tiny disappointments. Not sure why, maybe I planted them too late or not enough sun. Will try again next year.
Brian, you've reached over 300K followers! You are doing great, I still love your videos, keep up the great work! Oh, and I hope your headaches are getting better!
Now I know the issues w/my peppers. I get those brown spots but had no idea what caused that problem. Again, your videos are so helpful. My tomatoes rock cause of the aspirin spray I learned from you. I also started using Neptunes Harvest because of your videos and it’s a great product. Thanks as always Brian.
Loved this video. Total newbie to gardening! I’ve started a grow bag garden. These tips have helped me and have encouraged me to look at more of your videos! I know I’ll feel better prepared and knowledgeable.
I live in Wyoming. Our growing season is extremely short. Because of that I have started all my plants inside. They are in stackable containers because of limited space. I have been setting them out during the day and bring them in at night because the nights are still too cold and unpredictable. I think you answered some of my questions so now I know what to expect. Thank you and I will keep watching your channel to learn more.
I live in a cold climate and I had been wondering if I could keep my pepper plants over the winter. I am happy to find out that I can do this. I plan to give it a try this year. Thanks for your informative video!
It's been over 20 years since I last had a vegetable garden. I have grown ornamentals but I was also in a tropical climate for 15 of those years. Starting a new garden has given me a focus in these difficult times. I haven't felt burned out but my major frustration is that even though the heatwave seems over, we are suffering from the fires. The air quality has been too unhealthy to do much in the garden and some of my plants actually died from the ash. I look forward to your videos, I always learn something new.
Glad I found this video. I'm a container grower and my bell pepper always get that brown spot on them; now I know it's the sun. I also water in correctly. Thank for the tips. Now for the tomatoes 🍅 video.
GOOD NFO! Summary so I can screen shoot for later reference: 1. Plant when soil temps are high 50’ low 60. 2 Too little or two much sun needs only 6 to 8 hours ( protect from afternoon sun to keep from scorching) 3. Don’t crowd plants 18” spacing. (They can cross pollinate, effecting seeds for next year if you grow from seeds) 4. Improper watering. Water from below and inconsistent watering 5. Using wrong fertilizer 6.
Yes :) I don't even really like little cayenne-style hot peppers like Dragon Chiles, but I grow a couple each year just for that purpose. In a small/med container they make good-looking houseplants and keep bright colored peppers on them pretty much all winter. I don't put any special light on them or anything.
@clorox bleach They do grow back fast, especially if you fertilize them. I have some in very small pots that produce small leaves if only watered and loads of green and large leaves if you feed them too. I've not done cuttings of chili yet.
I’m a gardening Newbie and my neighbor built us a raised garden-bed with legs. Everything you said about peppers 🌶 was useful to me. I will post a video of my garden on my channel, if you want to leave me some tips. Thank you! 😊
As a 1st time pepper grower, I learned quite a bit, thank you! I just planted 12 Jalapeño seeds today and I am gonna give my bell peppers another 10 days before I decide they're duds.
You enlightened me about the aspirin/ imune system treatment. Also looking forward to the over wintering. Although I've grown tomatoes, peppers, cukes, squash and eggplant as a novice...I quickly gave up after encountering many garden pests. It seemed the squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks were eating far to much of my fruits to make it worth all the effort! 5 years went by and I'm trying again. Tomatoes look great so far (holding my breath) and my peppers were looking grate as well. Lots of flowers and peppers. Plants looked healthy. ( I GREW THEM FROM SEED! Never tried that before.) Last week the squirrels decimated them! Ugh...soooo disheartening! I wonder what you do for pest deterents?
Okay, I have to share this, my peppers get about 4-6 hours of Sun during 11:30am to 3:30pm then filtered sun until sunset, everything in my garden is doing great and I have an amazing amount of 9 different peppers producing like crazy, as well as all the rest of my garden, this is all in raised beds and grow bags… Fingers crossed, I will get the same results next year! Thank you for all the great information, I always look forward to watching and learning…yes, I did steak, the wind is crazy this year.
Hate to change the subject, but could you talk about "crop rotation" in a small space sometime? It seems like certain raised beds are just better for certain crops and yet I always read that you should rotate. Best garden in 40 years for two reasons. #1 your advice, of course. #2 can't leave it to go backpacking because of the virus....a silver lining, I guess.
In one of his Q&A videos he talks about crop rotation. He does not do it in his garden, because he adds enough compost and new soil with each planting to have completely new soil. I'm sorry I can't remember which video he talks about it
I live in South Africa. Areas like this, everyone tends to stick with tradition and never changes, which can be challenging! Love your videos, learnt so much. And as your climate is similar, I just add 6 months!
I killed about 40 pepper plants this past spring. 4 survived but never flowered. I kept them because they were growing and green. They finally started to leaf more and bud. I plan on using your methods for wintering and next years new planting. Thanks!!
Also the best way to get them to drop pollen is to add a small fan to your grow room or just tap the flowers and you'll see pollen drop. I collect the pollen and cross pollinate other plants :)
Thank you for you're great advice. I've heard about the cross-pollination with hot and sweet peppers, but didn't know it was actually in the seed from the fruit. Very interesting! How deep should I plant my pepper in the soil? Or should I do it in the solo cup as you did with the tomato's? Thank you again, you are teaching me a lot.
Thank you! Peppers are my favorite vegetable, and I really struggle with them. I have had much better success with tomatoes. I had a few peppers that did well last year, but by the time they were getting interesting the mosquitos, heat, pest, and sun scald won the battle. I am really excited to try the neem oil and aspirin method. I will make a better choice next year in picking my planting location.
Same here. I trim them way back and mulch them heavily in case of a freeze. My experience was great the second year, but it didn’t do as well the third year. There were more pests and they were less productive. It did work better than the time I brought them indoors for the winter. They got aphids as soon as I took them back out in the spring.
I have a reusable coffee filter that I use when making juices and jellies etc. After I had blended the mix I passed it through the filter. Worked great.
That aspirin tip is a good one that I'm going to use once I can find my hand held sprayer. As always, thank you for all the work that you put into your videos.
Just watching this. Very good video. I plant my peppers in pots and they terribly. First time growing in pots. I'm growing them in the ground this year and see how they do. I'm learning how to grow my own vegetables. My dad grew beautiful peppers and giant tomatoes. He made his own compost and I think thats why they did so well. I'm making me a compost pile because I throw out a lot of scraps. My yard guy gave me mowed up leaves and grass he picks up from yards that don't use herbicides.
I can't believe how helpful you are. All of your videos have helped me tremendously. Not a criticism but it would help if you talked about Zone numbers. I have a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to be doing is it is as I am a new gardener
Thanks for the video. It’s my first year growing peppers and I was super happy with the result. My plants were producing lots of fruit and I was waiting for the peppers to turn from green to red. A couple of weeks ago I started to notice some orange and black flies around the peppers but didn’t realize it was a problem until I saw more and after doing research, found out that they are called pepper maggots. When inspecting my peppers it seems the damage has already been done. A few of my peppers were rotten with maggots on the inside and most seem to have scars from the flies which means they already laid eggs inside. Is there anything I can do to save the peppers and get rid of the flies at this point or is it too late? Thanks!
Love the pepper trick about overwintering. I live on the border of 7A and 7B. I will try it using my tiny green house due to us getting frost and rare occasion snow here. The problem is I planted 42 pepper plants, so that is alot to store!
I grow hot peppers for my wife every year to make hot pepper oil. The information you provided is invaluable. Thank you so much. I tried to over winter some plants in my basement. However, although I've never had any problems with aphids, after a week or two in my basement, the pepper plants were covered in aphids to the point that I just bagged them up like a bio hazzard and put them in the trash can. 😢
A hand full of chop-sticks around pruning time at about 12" of growth with kite string or jute string and a knot that can slip on both sides will help them grow straight with no more staking the rest of the season. Light loops to not let them grow into the stalk, and you're set! This guy is great!
Have never had success with growing peppers for many reasons…deer, heat, watered incorrectly, not enough sun… After watching this, I will try again and see if the peppers and I can cooperate. Thanks!
Love to learn from your videos. I am vertically growing tomatos, yellow squash, cucumbers, and pumpkins. I have enjoyed lots of squash so far. Thank you for sharing your knowledge !! Eric
please be careful... research WHICH pepper leaves are safe. remember these are NIGHTSHADES, IE many members have highly toxic leaves. Some of the most effective poisons in history are made from them. Funny story about how when potatoes' were first brought to europe (i forgot if it was spain or england), they didn't communicate to the cooks that the bulb was what was edible. as such they used the leaves to make a salad and got the entire royal court violently ill.
@@mayseeyang5953 The leaves from both sweet pepper and hot pepper plants (Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens) are edible, and yes, delicious! We use them when making Tinola. When we run out of our frozen stash we purchase them in the freezer section of Asian markets. Besides Tinola (Philipines) I learned to cook chili leaves (using the tender not too thick stems too) with garlic in Hong Kong. They are also delicious in stir frys. So good! A simple google search will bring you many recipes
I have 4 pepper plants that are all huge. The one with sunscald is actually the one with morning sun hitting it. The ones closer to the sunset have more foliage for some reason, which seems to prevent the peppers from getting scalded. This one I have already cut off 3 with sunscald and have 4 more now. I'm considering looking into shade cloth to decrease the sun hitting that pepper plant. I have never pruned my peppers, but the plants all have 2-3 very thick stems. All I need to do for it is loosely tie them to a short trellis to keep them in the area I want them
Thanks Brian, for the tip on over-wintering. I live in the UK and we do get snow and ice so it was good to know that peppers can be perennial, given the right conditions during the coldest months.
Aye carumba…… I’m making a few mistakes! Thanks for the clear info! Looks like I need to either change locations or add shade cloth. I did purchase the Neptune products and did a feeding today.
I didn't know anything about growing peppers. Started seeds in April. The plants have just 10 leaves right now. Glad to know I won't have to start over from seed again.
On the advice of an older central European woman I started planting my peppers about a foot apart rather than 18". She said the leaves of the plants should touch each other as flowering begins.Planting them a bit closer than 18 increased my fruit production A LOT. The Habaneros looked like fully decorated Christmas trees as the peppers ripened through their colors. Most people would say my plants looked crowded.... but man o man did they produce. All varieties,,, bells , habs, jalapeno, thai. Also I run my pole beans along the west garden fence which provides the semi shade in the afternoon
Thank you!!
I did the same thing. I planted 6 hungarian banana peppers in the space you might reccomend 3-4 plants.... wayyyy to many peppers. It was a chore to pick they were exploding with pepers late into the season.
Thanks for this tip
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I plant both my tomatoes and peppers closer together like this. It works well for me. 🤷🏻♀️
1. Planted too early
2. Not enough sun or too much
3. Improper spacing
18 inches spacing preference
4. Improper watering
Water from below and gently
5. Using the wrong fertiliser
Very sensitive to nitrogen
6. Not pruning them
If you don't prune them it will be tall
and produce less growth points
7. Not staking them
8. Not continually harvesting
9. Not keeping on top of pests
Spray with neem oil or aspirin 60ml of uncoated aspirin in a cup of water in a blender add to a gallon of water then spray
10. Not over wintering
I always prune off the bottom branches up the stem about 4 inches kept clear. IF they produce fruit, they break off every time and can tear. Sun Scald can also be caused from LOW CALCIUM/Magnesium. I add Cal/Mg weekly to Liquid fertilizer. (q7-10 days unless temp over 100) Peppers, tomaotes, potatoes are all nightshade, and can get BER with low calcuim uptake when soil dries out repeated time and cannot absorb nutrients.
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Thanks for the quick summary!!
Will the aspirin trick work on tomato plants and or other vegetable plants? Thank you for that great list of helps.
@Zsolt Vecsernyes It does. In his tomato series, he discusses it. Think it's the grow tomatoes not leaves vid, but not 100% sure.
I had no idea that pepper plants shouldn’t be dug up and discarded after growing season. Thanks Brian. I finally confessed to my neighbors the source of my new found gardening expertise.
It’s always great to have a gardening mentor, I have found, in my gardening journey. Brian has become that for me, and now I am getting my Master Gardener’s certificate, so I can also pass on the knowledge I have to more gardeners. I truly love being self sufficient with my garden for my family and friends.
I wintered my peppers without realizing it a few years ago I had one in a potted plant from a season prior and I kept it in doors and kept it alive it was down to next to no leaves and I thought it was dead but it was sleeping and come the spring put it in the window and it bounced back fiercely and ended up giving me quite a few peppers so I definitely like that idea.
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Love this format, direct coverage of topic without too much fluff!
I'm over 70 and I remember my granddad telling me when I was very young and allowed to help in the garden to never plant tomatoes anywhere near a walnut tree and I always followed that rule. Glad to hear that you agree. Thank you.
I transplanted dozens of black walnut trees at the back of my property to make a natural high wall. Delicious nuts too. And little invades that wall. My garden is about 20 feet away, no problems at that distance. Walnut oil is very good to preserve wood too.
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"Walnuts and butternuts produce a compound called juglone that is toxic to many other plants. Tomatoes and other members of the nightshade family are particularly susceptible. They can wilt suddenly when in contact with juglone from the roots, husks or uncomposted leaves of the walnut tree. The walnut tree's roots can extend beyond the dripline of the tree, so even if the tomatoes are not planted directly under the tree, they can absorb juglone exuded by the roots."
@Valchrist1313 thanks cause I was like what
Great, Brazilian and Portuguese people are watching your videos, please make more! You are so directly to the point, that is great!
That TIP on ASPRIN is GENIUS!! 💚💚💚🌼🌼🌼🌞🌞🌞
I'm wondering if BC powder will work.
I moved from the gulf coast to zone 6b. Lots of differences in gardening between the two. Your video was so comprehensive that it covered most of my questions. Also great to learn peppers are perennials. Thanks a bunch!
Wish there was a love button, did not know you could replant peppers from existing plants like that. Going to try the aspirin trick now
I definitely swear by your pruning technique. I’m so glad I watched the video just in time to prune. It produced so much more fruit than any other year I’ve grown them.
One thing here in New Mexico we do is plant them extremely close together. They like to hold hands in our exceptionally hot weather in Southern New Mexico and helps protect them from sunburn. We had a surprise snow in October that took out a lot of my pepper plants and then we got an exceptionally deep snow with multiple days of freezing weather so I will be starting over. But my pepper bed has a lot of pods that have fallen so that's OK. When thing I did 2 years ago is cross a mad hatter pepper with a mild yellow banana pepper and last year I got some great results from that I'm hoping to repeat it this year. They were not only beautiful they tasted fantastic.
Always great advice and as usual... learned some things that I didn’t know!! Should be a mandatory/core class in schools!! Everyone should know just how gratifying and actually easy planting your own garden can be!! I know, I was almost 50 before I planted mine, upon my brother’s insistence!! 😊 so glad he was hardheaded!!
Totally agree gardening should be a required class in school I was lucky enough to go to a school where each class each grade had their own garden every year it was amazing so grateful to my mother for put us in such a great school thank you mom
I would have hated taking this sort of class growing up, but now that I'm older, I wish they would have offered something similar. 4H was probably the closest thing our school had.
@@youbetterwakeup2449 LOL I was forced labor on my brothers farm/garden so I needed no such class but received a priceless education on feeding myself.
It was more than I know I did not know. Pheww.
I am 54 and put in my first garden this season, its hard work but rewarding in many ways, this channel had helped me greatly
Over-wintering peppers indoors is great, just remember to harden them off to direct sunlight again in the spring before leaving them outside full-time. It may seem like not much is happening for a couple weeks, but once that small established rootball settles in and starts growing they'll take off nicely, either in containers or beds.
Its a nice idea, but às far as saving work.... i think i`ll stick to replanting seeds in the spring rather than plucking, digging up and having to manage the plant over winter. I don`t see how thats less work.
Peppers have always been my least successful crop, probably because I've been very successful at making a number of the mistakes on your list! 🙄
Me too and I dont understand why.
Peppers are so darned hard to grow and produce. I did get three smallish bell peppers the by the end of August. Will try and keep the pepper plants going for next season too. Good idea. Gotta be the amount of sunlight I think. Thank you for all the ideas.
Well the leaves get wet when it rains though.
That salicylic acid trick sounds great. How old are they when you start that?
@@carljosephson5480 in my case basil
I’m just starting veggie gardening and watching many of your videos over and over. Thank you for your helpful information. My sweet potato slips just popped up and I’m so excited! Can’t wait to plant! 🦋
Thank you for taking the time to educate! This will be my first garden and, thus, first take on growing peppers. I'm grateful for those who impart wisdom so I can avoid mistakes.
Brian, thanks so much for all of the tips on growing peppers. I didn't realize they were perennials and living in Florida gives me more options for growing peppers. I do appreciate the site for getting the uncoated aspirins. I will try to boost the immune system for the peppers, tomatoes and egg plants. Your videos are very informative and have become my "go to" videos for gardening.
I also wish you the best with your new home and gardening ideas for the property.
WOW. Thank you for letting us know about overwintering. Been gardening for 30 yrs & I still learn new tricks & tips from YOU!! I live in Massachusetts & inevitably I always have one plant I wish I could have the following year but never knew I could. Now Im REALLY looking forward to your video on the hows!
Awesome advice thank you. I grow my peppers indoors and they are doing great. Will harden some of them in Spring before I plant them out. I just started about a month and a half ago growing peppers and love it. My plants are growing well. Thank you for your advice
I’m in CO and I had no idea you could overwinter pepper plants! I’m very much looking forward to your next video on this subject!
I love growing peppers! Keep in mind that pruning peppers is great for Long growing seasons like yours in California. My growing zone however is zone 5 so pruning shortens my growing season even more so its counter productive in my case. HOWEVER, if I plan to over winter a favorite variety, I can go ahead and prune it to get it thick and bushy.
People, search for a video called "Don't Prune Your Peppers". While he only tests this one variety, he shows that while you may get more peppers, they will be smaller and thinner skinned and overall weight of harvest can actually be less than if you didn't prune. Also, many of your hotter varieties like habaneros, naturally branch out more than your milder or sweet peppers.
@@pulver117 Thank You. Going to check that out now.
New to all the TH-cam gardening sights and I must say you are one of the best at getting the most info into the shortest time! Thanks! I have learned a lot, even if my humid Texas climate is quite different.
Thank you!
He is the best and I’ve listened to many. , now just him
@@RS-kx9ee I beg to differ. There are few youtubers who post excellent videos just as good as this one and some are better than others. Depends what one is looking for growing etc :-)
@@incanada83 yes you are right. I’m a newbie and haven’t listened to as many as you I’m sure. I have since found others I really like . CaliKim is great , garden answer, and Scott Head etc...so much to learn Sometimes confusing to listen to too many.
@@RS-kx9ee True. I watched CaliKim too. Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden)and Cali did video together.
If I can recommend a really, really great video series (NOT that you're asking) since you like to learn, would be The Rusted Garden. In my humble opinion, his videos are THE best from the very beginning, easy to understand, many are updated, plus you can choose what interests you "right now" videos.
Take care and...happy gardening :-)
I'm located in New York,5 miles from Massachusetts and 10 minutes from Connecticut. I never heard you say anything about pepper maggots or pepper worms.i didn't know if you have them where you are. I've had a problem with both thru my years of gardening. You've answered so many of my questions and problems thru your videos, a big thank you. Every year around here brings different problems, all depending on the weather. Some years it's raining every day and the next year we have a 30 day drought. Never know up here what's going to happen. The only thing I've learned is, take the problems as they come, the best way you can. Thanks again for your videos. Bill in N.Y.
I’m so
Glad you said I could dig up the plant at the end of the season. I’ll be making new raised beds and was worried I would lose all my plants! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Beginning gardener here in zone 8b. I subscribed right away at the end of this video. Learned a lot from this video: peppers are perennial, plant a companion plant for the sunset side, hold the nitrogen, prune and give Aspirin. Looking forward to checking out your previous videos!
I’m in 8b as well here in Alabama and he was so helpful for me on these topics as well!
I had a bell pepper plant growing in a pot ( not very big ) from last year, this year I planted in the ground and the original plant withered out but sent out a shoot from the side which grew quite well and now it is the first of all the peppers I grew to have a fruit.
This fall I am going to try that putting some of them in pots and keep going for next year. I’m going to see if I can get that one to go three years.
I'm a novice gardener (other than lettuce). Discovered your YT channel late in the gardening season and am learning about growing and over wintering peppers. I did have a successful pepper year, with just 3 organic plants. Now, I have transplanted them into 2 gallon bags and as you commented---with a cold heart--I did cut them back. I'm very optimistic and encouraged they will over winter successfully and I will have peppers next year. Thank you for your tips and knowledge shared in your YT videos. I will try the aspirin trick next year, and also, prune the peppers.
I hope you never stop making videos!! Thank you sooooo much for everything! !!!!!!
I'll make them as long as people will watch them
Awesome! Love the videos on specific plants and all the ins and outs! Keep them coming. This one came just in time. I am getting ready to plant my peppers today. One question: Do peppers benefit from sulfur? I was told by an older gardener to put matches in the hole when you plant peppers. I know the matches of today are different from the past so not sure how beneficial this would be. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!
It's a coincident how I just bought a pepper tree and tomato and was wondering how to take care off them and here comes you video thank you well appreciated great advice helps a lot.
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I wintered about 6 sweet peppers and 4 hot pepper plants, they've been doing fine all winter in pa
I can’t wait to try to over winter my peppers. Love that thought because it’s free. 😂
Yes! And they'll do even better next year!
I can't believe I've never heard that this can be done. I've been wasting my time and money by not trying to save the peppers!
Megan MacKenzie - Ugh. Well, at least now you know and can over winter your plants. 😉
California Garden TV - 😳 Considering how well they’ve done this year I can’t wait!
@@NextLevelGardening I had no idea. Now I know to take them in if it gets too cold. Thank you.
I'm in the UK and I've tried exactly that - overwintering two pepper plants in my porch - so far, so good. I didn't know to pinch them out, so I'll be doing that when the right time comes along. I didn't get a good growing result last year, so with your great tips, I'm hoping for a great yield. Thank you.
I’m already seeing more bell peppers this year and I’ve harvested 4 so far. I don’t think I was able to harvest any before August in the past.
I'm doing my first container garden, not for the usual reasons of lack of space, but because of age and physical limitations I can't get on the ground. I didn't know about pinching peppers to make them make more branches, but it makes sense. Thank you!
Good morning, Brian. Greetings from Lavonia, Georgia! Thank you for these instructional videos. You are really helping me to become a better gardener.
Thanks❤
Yes, he's helped me so much with all my gardening.
How on earth did I miss this video, I needed it! I’m a first time pepper grower. I have overwintered a few and so far so good. Thank you!
I swear, every time I watch one of your videos I learn at least one new and useful thing! Definitely going to try the aspirin trick, and you just saved my serrano plant from going on the compost heap come November - instead I'll prune it, move it to a pot , and see how it does. Thank you!
Thats my goal!
I Really appreciate it as I'm a new Gardener & this is perfect for me to know how to get my Sweet Peppers, Colored Bell Peppers & Grape Tomatoes Properly..as this has taught me Alot 😊
Always ALWAYS learn something new from you!! 👏🏼
Thank you!
Hi, thank you for this very clear instructions on how to grow and care for sweet paprikas, its my first time to grow paprikas and so far they are growing well in a small container and ready to be transferred to a bigger pots. Your video has given enough courage on DO's & DON'Ts.
Can't wait for the video on wintering pepper plants! Who knew?!
Glad I found this. While I had managed to keep two jalapeno plants alive for two years by bringing the pots they were in in over the winter and keeping them under a grow light, I'm in a new location and starting over. I knew to bring them in with the chilly night happening tonight, but had not realized that I should have them on the east side of the house instead of the west. I will make sure I get them better placed when this cold front goes away.
Sigh. Socially distancing my plants is so hard. I always want to pack things in cuz I have a small space. But i try 😁
I have a tip for you - plant them in 1-gallon size pots individually (with big holes at the bottom for the roots to grow through. Then bury them in the ground or in some soil in a tote. That way you can plant them closer together and the pot they are in will ensure they're getting the fertilizer you add. Bonus - earthworms like to collect under plastic pots and they will generate fertilizer for each individual pepper plant!
@Robert Shorthill sorry about your Pepper misfortune. I am doing a side by side test of identical plants, and am realizing that pruning success has soooo many variables, your growing environment and climate, the time of year, the size of the plant, the variety of pepper, etc etc. For me, pruning has so far not made a conclusive difference. It has consistently set the plants growth back by a couple of weeks, but they have typically caught up. The unpruned twin on the other hand develops a firm main stalk and then sends out side shoots - same effect as pruning. Well, for me, pruning seems to not make a significant enough positive difference, so I won't be doing it going forward. Will of course do a final conclusion at the end of the growing season.
Green Love: Exactly❣️ Weather has Been Tough This Year.. I’m NoT giving up❣️🙏🥰
@Robert Shorthill I tried snipping tops on some of my poblanos and not on others, it didn't make a difference, mostly because only one of my poblanos thrived, the others were tiny disappointments. Not sure why, maybe I planted them too late or not enough sun. Will try again next year.
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I love how you present the information. Easy to listen to because you're straight to the point
Brian, you've reached over 300K followers! You are doing great, I still love your videos, keep up the great work! Oh, and I hope your headaches are getting better!
Thank you! And they are😃👍
Nurtec ODT is a new migraine medicine from Biohaven
Once I started taking magnesium daily, my migraines went away!
This is another one of my favorite guys to watch gardening!!!
Now I know the issues w/my peppers. I get those brown spots but had no idea what caused that problem.
Again, your videos are so helpful. My tomatoes rock cause of the aspirin spray I learned from you. I also started using Neptunes Harvest because of your videos and it’s a great product. Thanks as always Brian.
Over winter my peppers?!?!?Awesome!
Definitely a must see vlog on peppers!!!!!
Loved this video. Total newbie to gardening! I’ve started a grow bag garden. These tips have helped me and have encouraged me to look at more of your videos! I know I’ll feel better prepared and knowledgeable.
I live in Wyoming. Our growing season is extremely short. Because of that I have started all my plants inside. They are in stackable containers because of limited space. I have been setting them out during the day and bring them in at night because the nights are still too cold and unpredictable. I think you answered some of my questions so now I know what to expect. Thank you and I will keep watching your channel to learn more.
Couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting peppers until my basil grew up and shaded the plants in the afternoon... now they're exploding with peppers!
I live in a cold climate and I had been wondering if I could keep my pepper plants over the winter. I am happy to find out that I can do this. I plan to give it a try this year. Thanks for your informative video!
It's been over 20 years since I last had a vegetable garden. I have grown ornamentals but I was also in a tropical climate for 15 of those years. Starting a new garden has given me a focus in these difficult times.
I haven't felt burned out but my major frustration is that even though the heatwave seems over, we are suffering from the fires. The air quality has been too unhealthy to do much in the garden and some of my plants actually died from the ash.
I look forward to your videos, I always learn something new.
Glad I found this video. I'm a container grower and my bell pepper always get that brown spot on them; now I know it's the sun. I also water in correctly. Thank for the tips. Now for the tomatoes 🍅 video.
You have so much information, I just can’t remember it all !!! Love watching your videos !
i brought my bell peppers inside and they produced great peppers in my pots, red and yellow.
GOOD NFO!
Summary so I can screen shoot for later reference:
1. Plant when soil temps are high 50’ low 60.
2 Too little or two much sun needs only 6 to 8 hours ( protect from afternoon sun to keep from scorching)
3. Don’t crowd plants 18” spacing. (They can cross pollinate, effecting seeds for next year if you grow from seeds)
4. Improper watering. Water from below and inconsistent watering
5. Using wrong fertilizer
6.
another fun thing to do with hot peppers at the end of the season: turn them into indoor bonsai chili (bonchi)
Yes :) I don't even really like little cayenne-style hot peppers like Dragon Chiles, but I grow a couple each year just for that purpose. In a small/med container they make good-looking houseplants and keep bright colored peppers on them pretty much all winter. I don't put any special light on them or anything.
@clorox bleach They do grow back fast, especially if you fertilize them. I have some in very small pots that produce small leaves if only watered and loads of green and large leaves if you feed them too. I've not done cuttings of chili yet.
I’m a gardening Newbie and my neighbor built us a raised garden-bed with legs. Everything you said about peppers 🌶 was useful to me. I will post a video of my garden on my channel, if you want to leave me some tips. Thank you! 😊
I really needed this video, thank youI am awful at growing peppers, but with your help, next season i will rock them finally!YThank you!
As a 1st time pepper grower, I learned quite a bit, thank you! I just planted 12 Jalapeño seeds today and I am gonna give my bell peppers another 10 days before I decide they're duds.
You enlightened me about the aspirin/ imune system treatment. Also looking forward to the over wintering. Although I've grown tomatoes, peppers, cukes, squash and eggplant as a novice...I quickly gave up after encountering many garden pests. It seemed the squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks were eating far to much of my fruits to make it worth all the effort! 5 years went by and I'm trying again. Tomatoes look great so far (holding my breath) and my peppers were looking grate as well. Lots of flowers and peppers. Plants looked healthy. ( I GREW THEM FROM SEED! Never tried that before.) Last week the squirrels decimated them! Ugh...soooo disheartening! I wonder what you do for pest deterents?
Cover them! Fence them! Feed them??
Okay, I have to share this, my peppers get about 4-6 hours of Sun during 11:30am to 3:30pm then filtered sun until sunset, everything in my garden is doing great and I have an amazing amount of 9 different peppers producing like crazy, as well as all the rest of my garden, this is all in raised beds and grow bags… Fingers crossed, I will get the same results next year! Thank you for all the great information, I always look forward to watching and learning…yes, I did steak, the wind is crazy this year.
Hate to change the subject, but could you talk about "crop rotation" in a small space sometime? It seems like certain raised beds are just better for certain crops and yet I always read that you should rotate. Best garden in 40 years for two reasons. #1 your advice, of course. #2 can't leave it to go backpacking because of the virus....a silver lining, I guess.
In one of his Q&A videos he talks about crop rotation. He does not do it in his garden, because he adds enough compost and new soil with each planting to have completely new soil. I'm sorry I can't remember which video he talks about it
@@lanacronje5231 thank you so much and that makes sense. It is an adventure!
I live in South Africa. Areas like this, everyone tends to stick with tradition and never changes, which can be challenging! Love your videos, learnt so much. And as your climate is similar, I just add 6 months!
Thank you for the information! I didn’t know about the pruning, aspirin or staking! I hope I’m not too late!
I killed about 40 pepper plants this past spring. 4 survived but never flowered. I kept them because they were growing and green. They finally started to leaf more and bud. I plan on using your methods for wintering and next years new planting. Thanks!!
Also the best way to get them to drop pollen is to add a small fan to your grow room or just tap the flowers and you'll see pollen drop. I collect the pollen and cross pollinate other plants :)
Whenever I do a search on YT and you come up, I know it is well worth it. Thanks so much, you know your shit.
Thank you!
Thank you for you're great advice. I've heard about the cross-pollination with hot and sweet peppers, but didn't know it was actually in the seed from the fruit. Very interesting! How deep should I plant my pepper in the soil? Or should I do it in the solo cup as you did with the tomato's? Thank you again, you are teaching me a lot.
Thank you! Peppers are my favorite vegetable, and I really struggle with them. I have had much better success with tomatoes. I had a few peppers that did well last year, but by the time they were getting interesting the mosquitos, heat, pest, and sun scald won the battle.
I am really excited to try the neem oil and aspirin method. I will make a better choice next year in picking my planting location.
I’ve had some of my pepper plants for 3 plus years!
jennifer Dozar, look, "don't rub it in". Just share HOW? LOL (just kidding about rubbing in) :-)
Damn! I've been trashing mine! 😒
Same here. I trim them way back and mulch them heavily in case of a freeze. My experience was great the second year, but it didn’t do as well the third year.
There were more pests and they were less productive. It did work better than the time I brought them indoors for the winter. They got aphids as soon as I took them back out in the spring.
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Praising God as I start gardening this summer.
Thanks greatly for your step by step advise 👍
I tried soaking the coated aspirin overnight and it worked great to dissolve the coating. Just another option
Great tip. Thanks!
Airhead question for you: how much water did use to coat the aspirin? Left on my own, I'd fill a water bottle cap, and drop one in.
@@jedmartin4582 he said a cup to blend 600mg of Aspirin and pour into 1 gal of water for spraying.
@@jedmartin4582 i put it in a cup of hot water to help the coating dissolve.
I have a reusable coffee filter that I use when making juices and jellies etc. After I had blended the mix I passed it through the filter. Worked great.
New to gardening and I love these videos! Your channel has quickly become my go to!
That aspirin tip is a good one that I'm going to use once I can find my hand held sprayer. As always, thank you for all the work that you put into your videos.
Just watching this. Very good video. I plant my peppers in pots and they terribly. First time growing in pots. I'm growing them in the ground this year and see how they do. I'm learning how to grow my own vegetables. My dad grew beautiful peppers and giant tomatoes. He made his own compost and I think thats why they did so well. I'm making me a compost pile because I throw out a lot of scraps. My yard guy gave me mowed up leaves and grass he picks up from yards that don't use herbicides.
This year we had spring temperatures that ranged from 80 - 85 degrees daytime to 48 -50 nighttime temps, drove the plants crazy....lol
Crazy in a good way?
I can't believe how helpful you are. All of your videos have helped me tremendously. Not a criticism but it would help if you talked about Zone numbers. I have a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to be doing is it is as I am a new gardener
Thanks for the video. It’s my first year growing peppers and I was super happy with the result. My plants were producing lots of fruit and I was waiting for the peppers to turn from green to red. A couple of weeks ago I started to notice some orange and black flies around the peppers but didn’t realize it was a problem until I saw more and after doing research, found out that they are called pepper maggots. When inspecting my peppers it seems the damage has already been done. A few of my peppers were rotten with maggots on the inside and most seem to have scars from the flies which means they already laid eggs inside. Is there anything I can do to save the peppers and get rid of the flies at this point or is it too late? Thanks!
Love the pepper trick about overwintering. I live on the border of 7A and 7B. I will try it using my tiny green house due to us getting frost and rare occasion snow here. The problem is I planted 42 pepper plants, so that is alot to store!
Learned a lot, thanks Brian. Great advice. Wishing you health and happiness.
I grow hot peppers for my wife every year to make hot pepper oil. The information you provided is invaluable. Thank you so much. I tried to over winter some plants in my basement. However, although I've never had any problems with aphids, after a week or two in my basement, the pepper plants were covered in aphids to the point that I just bagged them up like a bio hazzard and put them in the trash can. 😢
Just starting a garden on the flip side (Down under), your tips have been helpful.
A hand full of chop-sticks around pruning time at about 12" of growth with kite string or jute string and a knot that can slip on both sides will help them grow straight with no more staking the rest of the season. Light loops to not let them grow into the stalk, and you're set! This guy is great!
I liked that you stayed on content and you gave simple cheap pest control ideas! Thanks!
Have never had success with growing peppers for many reasons…deer, heat, watered incorrectly, not enough sun…
After watching this, I will try again and see if the peppers and I can cooperate. Thanks!
My peppers are in a lot of sun in the morning. I started my peppers from seeds.
Absolutely! I discovered this last year. I have many peppers in garden and in containers. Love your channel. Thanks!
So...I live in southwest Florida. So over all the northern blogs. My nights are 80 degrees. 95 during the day with 100% humidity
Love to learn from your videos. I am vertically growing tomatos, yellow squash, cucumbers, and pumpkins. I have enjoyed lots of squash so far.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge !!
Eric
When you cut those leaves off, Freeze them!! They are delicious!!! We use them in Filippino soups and other things. SO GOOD!!!!
Really?? Please do share recipes.
Recipe please using the pepper leaves
Ohh, you prolly add them in Pork sinigang soup, we add kangkong leaves, adding those is the same principle, I wonder how it tastes
please be careful... research WHICH pepper leaves are safe. remember these are NIGHTSHADES, IE many members have highly toxic leaves. Some of the most effective poisons in history are made from them. Funny story about how when potatoes' were first brought to europe (i forgot if it was spain or england), they didn't communicate to the cooks that the bulb was what was edible. as such they used the leaves to make a salad and got the entire royal court violently ill.
@@mayseeyang5953 The leaves from both sweet pepper and hot pepper plants (Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens) are edible, and yes, delicious! We use them when making Tinola. When we run out of our frozen stash we purchase them in the freezer section of Asian markets. Besides Tinola (Philipines) I learned to cook chili leaves (using the tender not too thick stems too) with garlic in Hong Kong. They are also delicious in stir frys. So good! A simple google search will bring you many recipes
I have 4 pepper plants that are all huge. The one with sunscald is actually the one with morning sun hitting it. The ones closer to the sunset have more foliage for some reason, which seems to prevent the peppers from getting scalded. This one I have already cut off 3 with sunscald and have 4 more now. I'm considering looking into shade cloth to decrease the sun hitting that pepper plant.
I have never pruned my peppers, but the plants all have 2-3 very thick stems. All I need to do for it is loosely tie them to a short trellis to keep them in the area I want them
Thanks Brian, for the tip on over-wintering. I live in the UK and we do get snow and ice so it was good to know that peppers can be perennial, given the right conditions during the coldest months.
Aye carumba…… I’m making a few mistakes! Thanks for the clear info! Looks like I need to either change locations or add shade cloth. I did purchase the Neptune products and did a feeding today.
I didn't know anything about growing peppers. Started seeds in April. The plants have just 10 leaves right now.
Glad to know I won't have to start over from seed again.
Didn't know about the nitrogen sensitivity. Thanks!
Great video! What's that awesome pink plant over your head?? Its gorgeous 😍
Oh yeah, the sun 🌞 in the afternoon 👍 great tip