4 Tips For a Huge PEPPER Harvest
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- In this video I'm going to go through my top 4 tips to get a huge pepper harvest. Organic gardening doesn't have to be difficult. I want to make it very easy for you to learn how to grow peppers with great success by giving you easy to follow garden tips.
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I put dark rocks around my plants. They absorb heat during the day and give it off at night. The peppers love it.
I always wonder about that if you could. Can you put rocks in the soil? Or on the bottom?
How would you give fertilizer? Would you have to mix it under the rock?
@@angelaraum1545 You have to put around plants on surface or just under mulch. If buried to deep dont absorb heat from sun. I do it for winter growing I live in 6a & actually grew cabbage using the rock method ALL winter.
@@jacqueschannel4538 side dress at drip line or mive stones put down fertilizer soil top & replace stones I use leaf bed rhen stones. Adds extra protection.
Are you putting larger rocks or crushed/pebbles? Never heard of this but I am just really beginning. I have dark mulch around them now.
Grow in pairs; add phosphorus to hole when planting- bone meal, rock phosphate; prune: the growth hormone is in the tip / pinch or clip above first six leaves right above a leaf node; pinch off the flowers for two weeks; pick first 6 fruits. Goal of all is to stimulate fruit growth.
He said, "pick the first 5-6 fruits BEFORE THEY RIPEN!"
Thanks Mary ❣️🌱🐦
How nice of you to do that, It made everything so simple for me.
God bless you and have a wonderful life.
Jude, from Kentucky ✝️🥀🐴🇺🇲💚
8:09
Thank you so much
I not only liked this video, I bookmarked it because next season I'll be all like "what did he say?" Thanks!!
Perfectly planned, prepped, produced and presented pepper pvideo! Thank you.
Perfect for preppers!
I thought the weather had finally turned and planted my peppers 2 days ago. It's now 54 at night. Hoping for the best.
I agree with most of this I just think you’re topping the plants too soon. I topped my jalapeño and bells after they were around 2.5 to 3 feet tall and they look like trees with branches growing in all directions. The base of the jalapeño is around 2.5” thick and I get 45-60 peppers a week. I live in Houston and this is my second year with the same plants and they’re full of peppers already. Oh, and I used a simple organic fertilizer when planting and the same once every 1-2 weeks after. Good luck.
Thank you SOOOO much for putting celcius temperature on the screen. Very much appreciated.
From Australia 😊
Great video. To the point and very informative.
Wow learnt some good tips for my next pepper crop.
Thank you for sharing all this!
Thanks Brian…Always good knowledge coming from your channel. You have inspired me to get my Master Gardener’s Certification. You are an awesome mentor. Again, Thanks
Wow! That's great
I give my bells two feet of spacing so I can put clusters of basil in between pepper plants. I also sow radishes to fill in gaps between plants.
The one "P" I have the hardest time with is... PATIENCE 🤦♀️
Wow! I learned a lot from your tips!!! Thank you!!!
Thanks Brian! Awesome
After a certain age, we put MORE clothes on! Thanks for all the great info you share!
Okay buddy, time to say something. I have been watching your videos, I have liked them all that I have watched, I have subscribed with the bell notifications and have used your advice. I am not sure why you do not show you harvesting anything except a test watermelon fail. PLEASE this year, record what you harvest. Thank you so much!! Dan
you pontificated perfectly.
Than you for being a good teacher!
I started topping my peppers when i saw your video from last year and the results were amazing. More peppers than i could have imagined and easier to care for the plant. In addition, I also overwintered my jalapenos based on your video and I have flowers and peppers dripping from the plants before the other seedlings have had a chance to mature. thanks for the great advice
Same here in Maryland. We over-Wintered three Jalapeno pepper plants in one container. Kept them watered & pinched back all Winter. As soon as last frost date passed, we put it out…and bam, here we are on May 31 and we are picking jalapeños!
1. Placement: adequate sunlight (6-8 hours, preferably with a bit of shade in the afternoon). Also have some mulch to keep roots moisture. They also grow well in pairs, you can have the stems basically right next to each other. But each pairs should still be spaced apart from other pairs.
2. Planting: frost free isn't good enough, you want the nights to be warm (55F/13C or more, ideally 65F/18C+). Don't use too much nitrogen fertilizer, should be more phosphorus and potassium heavy fertilizer, especially once they're flowering and ready to produce fruit.
3. Pruning: topping off the plant will cause it to produce more branches which means more fruit.
4. Pinching: pinch off flower buds in first 2 weeks after planting to make sure plants focus on establishing themselves instead of prematurely developing fruits. Also pick first few fruits before they ripen, when they're just starting to turn yellow/red, and ripen the picked fruit in a paper bag (if you don't like green peppers).
My comments - I haven't pruned my peppers and it's still growing extra branches at leaf nodes with multiple branches growing. Also in my experience they can survive cold weather in the 40s, but they won't grow much. A 50F night here and there isn't the end of the world, but you do want it to be mostly 60F+.
Thanks so much
We cleaned out our chicken coop and till in into the garden bed. We did no other fertilizer and holy smokes, we have pepper bushes 4 feet high and peppers coming out of our ears. I had read it somewhere to till it in and I really wasn’t expecting anything grand. Wow! I’m glad I was wrong. We have been doing it ever since. So I guess my “P” word is poop. Hahahahaha
i HAD A PEPPER AREA, YEARS AGO, BUT I GOT IN THE LIFE GOT IN THE WAY. YOU ARE GIVING ME THE NEW WAY, THANK YOU.
Yup, my father from Hungary always planted 2 peppers together. It was how it is done in his days and always works well.
Great tips, thanks for sharing
Re: spacing: A memorable saying I heard is, "Pepper plants like to hold hands" 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
After topping a pepper plant, you can root what you cut off and start a new plant.
Trim off most of the leaves. Put the bare stem into moist seed starter.
Place in soft light for a few days until the shock wears off.
Harden off your new plant for a few days then put it in bright light.
Hey Terry where do you live? I'm in n dakota
@@shelleymiller908 My mother was from Mandan. I live in Atlanta - Zone 7b.
@Terry Thomas, I'm gonna try your rooting idea right now with my Cagen Belle Pepper Plants!! I love those little spicy peppers. I'm on Atlanta area as well, SW Gwinnett Co.
@@1blondidea *Cajun* Belle Pepper
Hello also in Atlanta going to try peppers again this year. Never really got any fruit
Intro was hilarious. Try saying that 10 times! ha ha ha Thanks for these tops!
1. Peppers, being hot, love hot. Got it.
2. Planting: 2 per setting for closeness. Use rock phosphate and bone meal right under root.
3. Pruning: Cut from above starter leaf, count 6 and cut above.
4 Pinching: For the first 2 weeks after planting, pinch off any flower buds to grow roots.
5. Picking: Pull 5-6 during color change, before ripening to stimulate more fruit.
It would have been really funny if he was shirtless... just to leave us wondering. lol
Last year I began pinching tops, mulching and epsom salt on my peppers. Total game changer.
Did you pinch the tops off your bell/sweet peppers? What zone are you in? I've heard you shouldn't do it to bell or sweet peppers especially if you don't have a long a growing season. But I did last year and i think my plants did quite well. I'm just looking for input from others. Trying to decide if I should do it again this year in zone 7.
@jamistokes5333 Yes, I pinched all tops. They really branch out...I believe that's part of the game changer. Even though I get a nice amount of peppers, each of the last two years my plants were loaded at first frost. I'm in 6a. A bit longer growing season would be nice, but both years my plants got a late start. The earlier you can get them in the ground and pinch them the better.
@Wildwwill I feel like mine produced later into the year as well. I think I will pinch the bell peppers again this year!!! Maybe I won't pinch 1 or 2 for comparison but I really think mine did better.
@jamistokes5333 Leaving a few as a control would be a good idea. Last season mine were all loaded so well I had to stake them. I planted late. The plants experienced shock as they were overgrown in the pots. This year, I'm purchasing much earlier. I don't really have the means to start my own. The idea of trying to winter a plant in my basement crossed my mind, but frost snuck up on me.
My mom has taken care of my parents' garden every year but, due to her health, I planted and will be taking care of their garden for them. This is my first ever garden and, knock on vegetables, everything is growing remarkably well so far (mostly thanks to this channel and some of another). I never knew there was so much to learn about gardening in general, as well as each individual plant. It was a bit daunting after a couple weeks and I began regretting undertaking this project. Thankfully, my competitive nature took over because my parents never did anything to their plants other than feeding and weeding their garden. I'm hoping my plants will produce much more and better fruit since I'll be taking the advice from professionals like this gentleman. Wish me luck. 👍
Oh, btw, I grew Habanera and Piñata peppers from seed and they sprouted about a week ago. No permanent leaves yet but this IS Chicago.
All of this makes sense. Thanks so much.
OMG you are so dead on!!! 1st year gardening and that's what happened to me. I thought i had the IQ to figure it out but boy was i wrong. Thinking that i live in the low desert in so cal i even cheated the last frost date to the detriment of my efforts and plants. The 2nd week of April we had 4 consecutive nights in the low 40's. not only did that stunt my peppers, it caused a blight outbreak in my garden due to over watering/over thinking and not taking the last frost date very seriously. I'm such a humble noob lol. To make up for my loss, I went to home depot yesterday and bought a bunch of starter plants to hopefully make up for my noob mistakes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and i hope your channel is blessed because of your efforts!!!
At Campbell’s Freedom Farm we grow them in pots and they are crowded. We produce a lot of peppers. We also grow them in the soil as well in a crowed situation. Hope all is well, Sabrina
Yeah I want you guys on TH-cam as well. I remember last summer you did plan some right next to each other along a fence line and I was just surprised but then when I saw you harvest them I thought wow that works
soryy I watch you guys as well
Some of the most helpful growing advice I have seen yet!!
Thank you!
Best info I’ve found so far. Thanks for the tips😊
I have learnt such a lot from your videos, i have peppers in my patch, and a lot more ready to be planted out soon, Thank you for all the help you share ,
I JUST planted my peppers plants not seeds so this is perfect timing!! I'm super excited! Thank you!!
I just stumbled onto your channel! My lucky day for sure. I've been gardening for many years but everything you discussed here is new to me. Needless to say, my peppers never did well at all( to the point I stopped including them in my garden)....now I know why!
Now I'm gonna go "binge-watch" your other videos! I will no doubt learn a lot!! Thank you 🙂
Kindest regards,
Marlene
(Washington, Pennsylvania)
Just getting excited about trying something new and you are an amazing instructor
Excellent video filled with good information! Thank you.
Just watched your video - this is only my second year planting peppers. I was going to prune back according to your video, but man, I feel like I have really good growth coming from the nodes already. Just feeling apprehensive about topping them. Great videos, btw, I've learned a ton!
I container garden with limited space and for several years I have jammed peppers together, two or four to a pot. Then later felt bad when I heard they should be 18+ inches apart. I’m happy to hear that my placement was actually strategic!
1 have 4 in a wide rimmed deep pot (approx 20 gallons) and they're planted @12-3-6-9 (like on a clock), about 5-6" apart. Seem to be doing great and already have fruits and flowers. 😊
Awesome! I never knew peppers ripen off the plant👍👍👍
I’m a newby. This year I planted every pepper I could find, and by their Scoville Heat Units (purple bell to ghost peppers, and everyone in between. I wish I had seen this earlier. 😊
I live in Southern Maine. My pepper plants both sweet and hot do very well each year. I have a totally organic garden, sandy rocky soil and other than composted rabbit manure and leaves, i put nothing into the soil for peppers. They seem to do well in soil that drains well and i agree with keeping them warm. I have been using a thick layer of straw around all the plants as we still get chilly nights in the Summer. Grass clippings are good too. I have never used any of these fertilizers as mine grow like bushes and last year my poblanos got almost a hundred peppers per plant. Not all large but very hot buggers. I sometimes have topped a few sometimes not. I love reading all of these comments as knowledge is power when gardening. I guess i'll keep doing what i'm doing as i'm having great results with less being more. I also grow cantaloupes and sugar baby watermelons with good results. I also mulch them with the straw and cover them if it's going to be a really cold night. Temps in Maine can get wacky, it was 98 for two days last week and was only 58 degrees yesterday lol. That's a big swing. Full sun for my guys, Thanks all of you for your comments and input. I was a city slicker until i moved to Cornish Maine and have learned almost everything about gardening from youtube and a couple of great books on organic gardening. My best crops are my tomatoes. Those I put half of an alewife fish into each hole before planting. I catch them in the spring and freeze em until ready to use for fertilizer. They break down quickly. Different climates and soil require different methods. My soil has endless round stones must have been a river bed many moons ago. I rake them out each year making my rows and save them for drainage around my house and other things. From about a foot down it's all sandy and rocks. I'm rambling too much lol. I hope those of you affected by drought this year are able to water your gardens and no lose any plants. We just got rain after a few weeks of nothing. May all of you organic mechanics have a great 2021! tom.
I’m in Westbrook 🙂
So glad I heard this program as I have a red pepper just starting to turn red. Thanks for the advice🙂
Thanks for the tips I learned a few things and you have gained a subscriber here 👍
I’ve got a bell pepper in a 2’x2’ grow tent. It’s about 2’ tall now and has a ton of golf ball size peppers now! Lots and lots of new ones in all stages.
Your videos have been very helpful for my grow!
My tip comes from my first year growing them! Give them more space than you think. I followed instruction on planting but it was way too close for me to actually keep up with their growth. And mine went crazy huge and tangled and I had a hard time supporting them. I was ill prepared especially since even growing tangled they where also over 6 feet tall. Great I know! And I got so many peppers. But I’m 64 and 4’11” tall. Lol I learned pruning was my best choice. I was on a serious relearning curve last year. I’ve planned better this year.
Phooey! I didn’t perfectly prepare when I planted my peppers. Peter Piper won’t pick a peck, he will have no peppers to pickle, he will be perplexed and perturbed.
possibly
Precisely
Don’t forget “pissed”. Yeah I’m not PG.
Perfect
Pft
I learn so much from you. Thank you for taking time to make these videos!
Thank you so much. It is always more rewarding to watch an experienced gardner who lives in a Mediterranean/desert climate like myself who offers more substantial info that will work for us.
Wow. I never knew any of this about peppers. Thank you so much for this info.
Thank you for all this info! Im so gonna try this for ally my peppers!!!
I pinched and pruned my pepper plants as you directed last year. I could not believe how many peppers grew on each plant, maybe 20 or more per plant. Going to do the same thing this time. Thanks for the tips! My garden has been much better since I "met" you!
My "p" comment: Pitiful -- that's what describes my attempt to grow peppers last year. I realized a few things I did wrong, but your tips are fabulous and I will follow them this coming season and hope to grow those big wonderful peppers one finds in the grocery store. Yellow and orange bell peppers are my favorite veg at present, so fingers crossed! And thanks!
I went naked gardening today. I didn’t know you could get sunburn in those places!!
And those hurt the worst! Lol
🤣🤣🤣
I love naked gardening!
It was 51 degrees today, had to keep my clothes on 😉 Probably a good thing since I have neighbors 🥺
I would have had frozen bits if I had taken my clothes off
I'd have to say that the tip about waiting until it's hotter outside was the most valuable for me. No one else has talked about why a lot of peppers get stunted and stay very small after they've been put out in April or May. I put my peppers out at the beginning of June this year and it made all the difference. I didn't even realize how I'd solved my own problem until I heard your tip. You've saved me a lot of agony from another potentially failed crop of hot peppers.
I learned this year about the heat-loving nature of peppers when i had a couple dozen starter pots repurposed for other seedlings thinking I had a poor batch of hot peppers (undeterminate varieties) then, when the temp finally stopped dipping below 55 at night, all the peppers showed up next to their respective replacements!! Im excited to find out what types of peppers all of these mystery plants are!!
The air temperature is important especially durning the night. As soon as air temp increases they are happy and grow away
Good info! Top off the pepper plants. Got it! 💕
Thanks for all the information. 💜
Can you do a video breakdown of what plants you use each of your fertilizers on? Specifically crab & lobster, rock phosphate, and kelp meal?
YES PLEASE!!!
I over winter mine this will be the third year.
Use bone meal and a few matches for phosphorus.
May I ask what zone you're in, and how you do that with in-ground plants? I tried to last winter, but didn't really know if I was doing it right, so I gave up, and let it die...
I did my bell peppers in pots- I'm zone 4. Brought it in for the 1st winter, then gave it to my in-laws, who grew it indoors for another 2 1/2 years. It produced peppers for the whole duration.
I'm their favorite daughter-in-law now. 😊
I love the tips you give. I recently told some friends about your channel. Thanks for the advice about the peppers 🌶 🫑
Thank you again for the great info. This novice pepper planter appreciates you!
Aaaah I did not know of the flower removing trick! Thank you!
You're welcome!
True on growing together...have a large pot with three of them and its been year and a half...now producing fruit again...pepper almost ready to turn red
I just love your videos. I knew I'd get the answer I needed before planting my peppers. Mine good last year but I want better this year. I love your calming voice you don't make me feel anxious about getting these planted. You have such a way of relaying stuff without giving angziety about it! Thank you so much ❤️
Your tips are gonna save my little garden! Thanks so much!
I can attest to planting peppers when it is too cold. I planted too early last summer. My peppers were miffed. They just sat in the ground, all summer, snubbing me. I won’t make that mistake this year, you betcha ya,
This happened my first year gardening. I was so excited to plant them and the cold sadly stunted the growth for the rest of the season.
@@Amanda-cn3pk oddly I took in two of the stunted pepper plants, over wintered them and put them out the next summer. They produced. So not all was lost.
I came from the tomato video and instantly followed. I like to trim the bottom 6 inches or so to give the plant some air and also to help keep bugs from crawling up the leaves. Also helps avoid bacteria. Goodluck everyone
Thank you for an AWESOME VIDEO!!!
You are such a wealth of knowledge! I’m going to have to rewatch most of you videos to let all this new info really sink in
Brilliant as always. My garden has taken off this year after discovering and using your methods… planting, trellises, fertilization etc. I’m a novice, but you really can’t tell looking at my raised beds this year. All my plants are bearing fruit already this year… tomatoes, beans, peppers, squash, carrots, broccoli… long season in south Texas. Trying to beat the heat.❤️👍🏻‼️💪🏻🤙🏻
Plant them, pour water on them, pinch the leaf miners, pick the peppers, put them on your plate
Too easy! 😁
I've watched quite a few pepper videos, but I learned a couple new things on yours! I missed it when you put this out. Last year was busy, but I'm glad I caught it now.😊
I can't wait to experiment leaving 2 plants together I'm also going to try this with a couple of my tomato plants this year. Thanks for the video!
Aye, absolutely adore awesome alliteration!
Excellent. You play it on another one of my mistakes which was planting before nighttime temperatures were in the high 50s. We shall see what happens.
Yes!
Here in the California desert, it's been 85 to 90° daily and then today it was about 65 and then it dropped down to about 45 right now. I was going to plant my peppers but thank God I didn't. The wind in the cold was unbearable the last couple hours. This is crazy weather for May.
That intro was adorable
Thanks so much!! Peppers have always been hard for me but not anymore!
Whether you should prune or not depends on the length of your growing season, because it basically sets your plant back about 2 weeks to a month.
If you have an effectively infinite season like I do (that is, tropical!) then pruning might be a good idea.
Ultimately though it's not how much you prune your plant that matters, but how big/extensive the roots are. If the plant can reach out and grow plenty of roots, you're going to get a big yield.
Though there's also a caveat there, because the more time and energy your plant spends growing roots, the less time and energy it's putting into fruiting. So maybe you can plant early and up-pot several times so that by the time you can transfer your plants to the garden they're large and ready to fruit?
It's all about balancing all of these things to suit your growing season, I suppose.
We have about 8 weeks of a grow season here. If I did all of this pruning I would have 3 peppers 😭
I plant peppers not long after the last frost date under mini green houses. I get these from a company that services water coolers. When the big plastic bottles start to leak, they will sell them for pennies. Remove the bottom with a hack saw and you have a mini greenhouse about 2 ft tall with a vent on top.
That is a fantastic idea! I bet they stack when you're not using them too, for easy summer storage.👏👏
Good tip. I used two liter bottles over my seedlings that require heat - watermelon & peppers.
I'm in MI & planting was water cooler bottles for an early start next year. water really late for the 2021 6b season. The weather was cold until the last frost date then warmed & again turned cold. Didn't get plants in garden until @ mid June.
I'm looking for those large water containers for earlier in ground starts.
That’s a very nice and cool tip you shared. Is it a matter of just going to the water delivery office? Again Thank You.
@@adriankap2978 Yes. They always have leaky tank bottles to get rid of. Good gardening.
Good idea on those large industrial size water bottles. Perfect cloches.
Peppers are also my favorite. I just started watching your videos on them and have learned a ton. I will put into practice as much of it I can and hope to see serious results. Really enjoy and appreciate your content on the subject.
Prior month I potted up 45 pepper plants to their final pots. Just finished using poly tubing for the pluming of the irrigation. Can’t wait to pick my peppers and produce my hot sauces.
Wow great advice! 👍🏽 I learned about topping my peppers last year, and yep it was so painful to me, but my yield really was better. I’m in grow zone 7b GA and ready to plant my peppers this week 👍🏽 🌶 👍🏽
I successfully overwintered 2 plants, 1 cayenne, and 1 jalapeno. I had them in my basement under a grow light this last winter and they are currently performing great in their second summer season outdoors. :D
I overwintered a ghost pepper for three seasons. That thing turned into a bush.
First time growing peppers and other vegetables... Thanks for all the tips!! My mad hatter peppers are flowering now I will be picking the flowers off tomorrow. I will also be trimming the top off my sweet peppers... So happy I watched your video!!! Just in the nick of time!! Thank You...
Never had production issues with chilis but I will try this with my sweet peppers. Thanks.
Awesome video! I planted a few pots this year with two plants just because I ran out of pots but Im noticing they seem to be doing quite well together. I suspect the root systems intertwine, anchoring in better and creates a healthy competition for water and nutrients. The downside is those containers need water more often. In terms of fruit size and quality, Im still testing that out to see if they keep up with single plants. Thanks for all the great info!
Cutworms like peppers (and tomatoes and eggplants) I had a friend tell me that cutworms like tender stalks and that when the stalks get tough or woody the cutworms don't like them. He also said that cutworms wrap themselves around the base of the stalks to see if it's tender of tough. His tip is to put a tooth pick into the ground right next to the stalk and the cutworms will be tricked into thinking the stalk is too tough or hard. Anyone else heard of this?
Grandfather used nails.
@@pamkirkes what a great advice thanks !
I'm sure that I'm not alone in stating that all of your videos are extremely informative on the most positive notes out there...period!!!
You are very much appreciated, and I do not even watch or listen to any other related gardening videos, because everything you say and do, works out just fine.
Thank You brother.!!!
cant wait to try this on my peppers this year!
Hello from Murfreesboro TN! So glad I saw this, learned so much. This is my first time pruning my peppers and now I know to pinch and pick!!! Excited to see the difference
I've only ever topped my chile peppers and leave the bigger peppers alone. I am going to try this on some of my bells and see how it works out!
Best video opening that has ever existed. Well done, sir. ;)
It's my first time to grow sweet peppers and this tips I'm going to give a try. Thank you for this clear video instructions.
Superb helpful information. I live in collingwood, Ontario, Canada(zone 6a). We have a shorter growing season and want to maximize my yields. I am going to try your suggestions.
Perfectly perspicacious as usual!
Well awesome. I’ll be transplanting peppers this after noon. You’ve been so helpful live in Alaska. Burr but the heated green house will accommodate them
Thanks for the tips. I’ll be doing it different from now on.