6 Tips To Ensure a BUMPER CROP of Peppers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ย. 2022
- We are having a great year for peppers. In today’s episode we are showing you 5 tips to growing a huge bumper crop of peppers. We will discus varieties, Scoville, watering, fertilizing, and topping with how they affect pepper yields.
Pepper Plants are perennials. Cut them back saving the "Y" stem. Keep the plant in temperatures over 45 degrees during the winter. I've done this to 20 peppers and have had the largest pepper harvest ever. You get peppers faster because the stem is already grown.
Thanks 👍🏾
I've tried bringing pepper plants inside but did not prune them down to the "Y" stem. Maybe that is why they did not survive. I am going to try your recommendation this fall. Thanks! What size pot do you use?
Is keeping them in the house ~70* ok or do they need slightly cooler temps during the winter?
😂 Yep! Awesome!
Did you know the part of your brain that helps you remember things is right next to the part that activates when you laugh. So when you laugh and learn together it sticks! Thank you for your hard work to bring gardening success to us! 😘
Luke your devotion to fellow gardeners is unwaning. Thanks for powering through :)
Luke, thank you for letting me laugh along with you! This was the first time I've been able to have a good & unexpected laugh since I had a major devastating loss in my family. As you were bringing your hand with the Habanero up to your mouth I was shouting "Noooooooo Luke !!" at my computer screen but you didn't hear me lol, the faces you made were priceless! I grew MiGardener Habanada Peppers this season , had never grown that variety, my plants are huge and loaded down with beautiful & tasty fruit!
Hey, Luke...I recently discovered that pineapple (cooked), is faster at cooling that pepper burn.😁 So much so, in fact, that I made a relish with the grilled HOT jalapeño that had offended my mouth and some freshly grilled pineapple...plus a spoon of salt.
It is so good!!! By the time I taste the heat, it’s already taken care of. I love it.
I grow jalapeños in containers and wintered them over last year. They looked half dead toward the end, but when I put them outside again, they are so productive! No flower plucking needed. I live in Maine so I don’t have a very long growing season, and it’s great to get that head start
Ive always done that...third year they never do well...
Im so confused about holding mine over this year..i got zero yield this year..we had a record drought at my farm..all rain went around us since may!!! So did i just get bad peppers on top of drought..idk
@@sislertx are you repotting them with fresh soil? I also feed my Neptunes Harvest Tomato & Veg. We’ll see how they do next year. Maybe they just get too old?
Im in NH. I tried to overwinter but they died. I always start germinating seeds in February. I got 40 bell peppers from 2 pepper plants I put in a 3 gallon pot. Then I realized the pot was too small so I cut the bottom off and let the roots grow into the ground. That plant did absolutely awesome!
I usually overwinter them by chopping them back to the 2or3 main stems near the first frost time.
They do look like dead stems but come Spring they fire up really quickly.
Works great for me but we don't get snow like some areas, just frost.
Do you bring inside yr home? Do you have to continue watering? Provide some sunlight?
I've been watching this channel for quite a long time. I have to admit...watching Luke in half speed is a guilty pleasure...sooo funny. Watch the part after he eats the pepper in slo mo..amazing. Love the gardening training :)
Crush? 😆
Too funny, I watch at 1.5 speed because who has time? I'm gardening and need info fast
@@amykruse6887 I do that often as well. Fast for info, slow for the laughs.
OMG! I'm dying laughing! Thanks for the suggestion! Soooo funny!! It looks like he's totally wasted! Now, I wanna hang out with drunk Luke in the garden! HAHAHAHA
Half-speed makes this video epic!
I removed my first green pepper on the plant . It was hard to take off that first baby pepper….but it yields more peppers later on. I think I learned that on this channel. Both my green pepper plants produced about ten large peppers each! I grew them in a large container! Great success! Used rabbit manure and covered the soil with straw. Wonderful outcomes.
Use a fabric pot and organic fertilizer and you will harvest 5 to 10 everytime you pick them which is every few weeks.California Wonder is a great variety..Fish emulsion and kelp work great.
I have i tiny bell pepper should i pick now? Thanks
@@Nvent1 pick now and give the plant a bloom booster organic if possible with kelp.
@@Nvent1 if it’s the first pepper on your plant….yes. Sacrifice the first for more abundance later.
@@Nvent1 You can still use the pepper fruit even though it is tiny.
I’m so glad you didn’t edit out THE BURN 🔥
I have watched this video so many times!!! My favorite things about this video, in order of when I noticed them:
1. That vintage Tiger's shirt... Gotta love it!!
2. Some very good info!
3. Luke continuing to give good info while still in obvious pain 🙂
I grew Habaneros one summer. During a bonfire, a drunk friend took a ripe one and roasted it on the fire thinking it would help with the heat factor. It didn't, at all. Later that night, drunk me wanted to roast a marshmallow. I took the pepper fork and tried to "burn the spicy off" in the fire, and then used it for my marshmallow. Spiciest marshmallow of my life!
That pepper eating was hysterical, I’ve done that which is why it was so funny to me. 😅 Great pepper info and it explains why my yield this year was so small, I have a short growing season as well and I topped them.
One more recommendation that has worked for me: cut and come. When I harvest peppers, new flowers appear and then more peppers. If I try for size and leave the plants alone, yes, I get big peppers, but only a handful when I could have gotten a bucket full. BTW I tried cutting the first flower on a few of the plants, got distracted with the tomatoes, and forgot about the rest to the 20 or so plants. It didn't seem to make any difference. I got good yields from the 3 varieties I grow: jalapenos, bells, and banana peppers. Iowa Zone 5b.
I’ve noticed that too for sure this year. I’ve gotten loads of jalapeños and poblanos that way. A bit smaller but so many more.
@@namastenurse Question for you about jalapeños. I just did a harvest to encourage fall blossoms, and found 5 reds that look like they'd been cut with a hack saw. No teach marks. No damage to the greens or the leaves. I'm thinking snails, but not likely without damage to leaves or green jals. What do you think it might be? Five down and I can move on with my life which is what I'm doing now. I'm just curious as to what it might be. Any ideas appreciated.
For a small, sweet pepper, try red picnic peppers. You get lots on one plant, multiple harvests, and they are sweet!
thank you! I like sweet peppers but do not have a long enough growing season. I will definitely try these!
You had me laughing the whole time. You made my day. Thank you so much for this video.
So good to know to nitroginize early on. I'd have never thought of that. Trying more peppers next year, and now I'm revved up with more confidence.
With anything you grow you want nitrogen first then switch over when plant starts flowering or a few weeks before Structure and leaves first then flowers and crop.
This year I added Carolina Reaper, Ghost Pepper, Serrano & Hungarian peppers to my pepper section of my garden. I had them all in starter containers in my staging area outside before putting them into the ground. We were late getting everything in because we bought a new farm that had no garden area. We had to start from scratch. During the time they were still in containers we had a microburst come through first of June. Almost all the pepper plants were snapped & tons of leaves missing. When I finally got them planted in the garden, I added your Trifecta. I’ve never seen a greater yield! Currently there are over 100 Reapers on one plant alone! The ghost Peppers, Serrano & Hungarian are loaded too as well as my bell peppers, Banana & Pepperoncini. Mother Nature did the pruning early on & Trifecta came to the rescue. We also (first time this year) put down the DeWitt Weed Barrier fabric & that really has helped to regulate the moisture in our garden. It’s all been a great combination!
Luke, I have to say THIS was some devotion. Remind me NOT to plant a lemon Habanero! 🥵. Thank you for suffering the pain for us.I was watching this video because I am wanting to plant several varieties of sweet peppers. In fact, I actually had planted some Anaheim's earlier this year and 2 of the plants have been REALLY productive. One is almost as tall as my deck. Oddly enough, the peppers were not hot and tasted like bell peppers (which no one in my family likes, except apparently my dog who managed to grab a couple through the deck bars. No worries, she didn't manage to eat them but then we discovered they weren't hot anyway so she'd probably have been fine). I actually plan to plant one of the sweet varieties just for her.
MAN! Watching you eat that Lemon Habanero made my eyes water!!
Your information helped explain why I've gotten 100+ Ghost Peppers from 1 plant, (its the largest pepper plant we have -- looks like a huge bush!), and only 20 or so from our Carolina Reaper.
I'm looking forward to saving my pepper plants over the winter as Luke covered in a previous video.
I wish I could get out potatoes & asparagus to grow like our Peppers & tomatoes do!!
*I've also found that deer won't bother tge hot peppers types.
*Hot peppers are great to dehydrate and make into a powder to add to your food.
Thanks Luke for your knowledge!!
Hey Luke, just want to say be yourself. Don’t worry about anything beyond that. You are naturally charismatic and charming. Been with you since you were a kid. Also try ajvarski and criolla de cocina as alternatives to bell peppers
Thank you for all you share with us! And I must say this is one of the most entertaining videos you've done!
When I eat my hot peppers in the garden usually do it with about four cherry tomatoes 👍🏻
You are the Dr. Who of the garden universe.
This was such a rough year for peppers for me in SE PA. I grew like 8 varieties last year and wanted to expand. Well I had issues everywhere along the way. Damping off seedlings. Rabbits biting off the tops off the plants. Squirrels digging them up. Too hot. Not enough rain. I'm down to 5 varieties that made it this year. I highly recommend Datils and Fish Peppers to folks. They are very high yield and so flavorful. I made fermented hot sauces last year and those 2 varieties were basically everyone's favorites. Good tip with the heavy nitrogen in the beginning. I'm going to try that next year (and I think I'm going to start seeds even sooner than the last week of February). I was cracking up when you ate that habanero! Leaving the hiccups in during the edit was a nice touch!
Where do you find Datils and Fish Pepper seeds or plants? I've not heard of them before. Thx.
@@lidip8700 I got them from Baker Creek Heirloom seeds online. They have a great selection of rare and hard to find seeds
I've had one of my best pepper seasons ever this year. One of my primary strategies has been ensuring they have a little shade in the hottest part of the day. I grow taller plants next to them - and as the sun tracks in the afternoon, the taller plants block/filter the "surface of the sun" sun in the afternoon. I haven't had nearly as much blossom drop as a result. Also, I usually plant 2 plants together (same hole). The old adage that pepper plants like holding hands? Very true for me.
I had a Jalepeno pepper that lasted 4 years. My cayenne pepper is now 5 years old. We have been able to overwinter here in the Arizona desert. The cayanne has yield more than I will ever use.
Oh Luke! I was feeling your pain! 🔥 So glad you know the milk trick.☺️
With it hovering around 100° all summer and no rain, everything in the garden is struggling. It's starting to break now so I'm still hoping for fall produce.
Blessings!💜
I feel ya, in NE PA, same weather, producing now in sept!? 🧐 wildly hot and dry this summer! Tomatoes even struggled, normally I’m pulling them out soon, everything is just now getting started.
@@susanturner9023 Same. I keep reminding myself that Creator doesn't promise us a bountiful harvest Every year.😏😉😄
I loved this video. Very informative but extremely entertaining. 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 I'm drinking a glass of milk with ya..
I overwintered my peppers from last year but they didn't survive. It was such a bummer. I thought I would buy new pepper plants since I had not started any from seed. When I bought them they were mislabeled and when theyy started fruiting they where mostly HOT peppers. I was so upset. They are so productive and I have no idea what to do with them. I can tolerate a few in a stir fry and then add cream. My California Wonder peppers had bacterial spot and only have one or two peppers on each plant for a total of 4 peppers , and two ended up rotten🤦♀️🤷♀️. I started last week to water with compost tea to give that extra bump for the last month of growing season. Last year was such a good pepper year and we love peppers so much that this year has been such a disappointment. As always ... LIVE and LEARN.... HAHA , I also took a big bite out of my hot peppers like that. Won't do that again...at least this growing season. 😂😂😂
Had a lone deer decide to prune ALL my pepper plants for me in late July. They're just recovering now and starting to produce.
Rabbits got some of mine Who knew? Some hot too!
I feel your pain. If you're growing peppers, then grow some of the superhots as well, and use those to make a hot pepper solution to spray on all your plants to deter deer and other herbivores. The plant itself is not hot, only the ripe fruit, which is something I learned the hard way several years ago.
Deer pruned mine in 2020, and ironically it made my plants super productive! 😂
A good remedy for eating spicy foods is to melt a square of milk chocolate in your mouth. It works for me every time
That Lemon Drop Pepper is killer! I don’t know how you continued to film! I would have been running 🏃 🥛
I knew you were going to regret eating that habanero. Thanks for the entertainment! I recently did this with a cayenne
Oh Luke, my mouth is on fire 🔥 for you 🤣🤣🤣
Our own personal Hot Ones for Gardeners 😆 thank you, Luke! We are growing super hots for the first time this year in Washington State. We are learning a lot about the long growing season required. Thank you for the laugh, and I commiserate.
I did learn something new...don't eat a hot pepper on-camera if it's your first one of the season 😜😬
Thank you for all your helpful information, Luke!
Sindyyyy! Quick, bring a glass of milk!!!! 😱🥛🤣
Luke, you crack me up!!!!!!
You definitely took one for the Team! Laughed n laughed Luke. Nancy from nebraska
@MIgardener your videos are great! I live in SW Ontario so obviously our climates are very similar. I can relate to the extreme weather changes of the Great lakes basin and the challenges of growing warm weather crops in this area.
😂🤣Yes I did!
Never eat little hot yellow peppers🤪
I top mine when their young indoors before I plant them outside. It’s been a great year for peppers because of the heat we’ve had this year.
I like the big ones like javarski an ozark giants, just a cpl hots! Thanks for the tips.
I’ve done peppers this way for yrs an it’s always worked here in Ohio!
Luke,
Next time you decide to try a hot pepper, have a glass of milk handy--the alkali in the milk helps cut the heat of the pepper (yogurt also works). 😊
Dude, I love, love, LOVE that you kept going even in the aftermath! Good on ya! 😂
I took some seeds out of my store bought red peppers, stuck them in little pots with dirt just as an experiment and now I have 5 huge plants in tiny containers with so many peppers I'll never eat them all. I did nothing special - no special dirt, no fertilizer -nothing. And they're good!! Maybe it was my loving conversation with them!! :)
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for all the tips!!
😂😂😂Thanks for the laugh, Luke!
This video is awesome! I laughed so hard that I cried! Thanks Luke!
Thank you for the great tips.
I've got Serrano, Red chili, Cayenne, Habanero and Carolina Reapers this season growing in pots. They've done really well for me.
I appreciate the fact that you soldiered on!
Great wisdom and humor today! Ha!
Love your T-shirt, man, shout out from SoCal.
I've been watching so many of your videos lately and they are both enjoyable and informative...and straight to the point, which i love. But I had to comment on this one because of how much I enjoyed watching your response to eating that pepper! Gave me such a great laugh... I'm so glad you didn't cut it out! You're a brave soul! And so helpful to the gardening community. Keep it up, Luke!
Nice! Thanks Luke.💖😊
That was hilarious.. Well done brother.. Great job.. Great content..
Oh, Luke. I feel for ya, my friend. I can’t do hot peppers at all…hiccup 😊
Thanks for another informative video! I chuckled throughout ... so funny on eating that pepper!
Luke I've watched most of your videos and this is the most entertaining one yet. Eat more hot peppers. Totally entertaining. LoL.
Growing peppers this year has been awful up until the past month. Humidity and disease has been bad this year. They are FINALLY giving us good peppers 😊 I've also taken some seeds to save for next year 🙂
Great video I’m proud of your dedication to show us that that truly is a hot pepper..
We love you Luke. And we especially enjoyed your pain today, lol 😂. We’ve all been there. So we can totally appreciate your pain. But it will ALWAYS be funny 😆 when someone who knows better. Does it anyway❗️😊
Oh dear! Tears streaming down my face as I watched this..good tips thanks!
Yay! I haven't had good luck growing peppers, I will use your tips next season for sure. God Bless you and all the MIGardener family, Luke.
Wow!!! I wish my pepper plants are that bushy!!! I love your dedication!! I need those yellow habaneros 😅
Hands down the best part of this video was post-pepper-eating. Info is great... but that was hilarious.🤣🤣 Keep up the good work!
Great info! Thanks! 😊🌱🏜️
You made me laugh! I am from NM so very familiar with hot peppers! Last year I did exactly what you did but with a sante fe variety. Just bit into it to try my luck and OMG! Never again. :) I have had more luck with peppers this year than in the past but lost my markers so now I get to test all of them. I tried to grow some in pots so I could over winter but they dry out quite often and have had little fruit yield. I will try digging up my good ones again and hope that thirps stay away this time. Thanks for showing us your not so super gardener side. :)
hahaha…Luke, I love that you didn't edit that out of the video. You really took it for the team! HAHAHAHA
Loved the video, food for thought for next year. Maybe you could do a food tasting and torture session based on the peppers you’ve grown.. you might develop a whole new fan base.
Thanks a lot SIR, very informative. I planted bell peppers and only got two peppers per plant. And yes, you are so right regarding pruning, I live in Ontario where summer is short and pruning IS NOT such a good idea. Love your channel. Stay blessed always
I never thought about pulling the first few Peppers off. Last year I dried some and made some Tiger Balm.
OMG you ate the Reaper!! 😳🤣🤣🤣 I’m dying 🤣🧨☄️
Ah I have a hot pepper success story! We planted a reaper, ghost, and scorpions each in a separate pot on my deck. Used crab and lobster shell and chicken poo to start. Then each week I added a bit of blood meal and chicken poo. I actually did water every day because pots get dry fast. We just did our first harvest a couple days ago and got about 30 red hot peppers per pot! And there are already tons more coming!
I still can’t believe you ate one 👊👊
Thank you for the tips! I’m going to try peppers next year. I like primarily sweet peppers, but I also want to learn how to make my own paprika.
Learned lots of stuff I didn't know but I just started gardening this year so I am learning lots!! But I have to say that I think I could taste that hot pepper all the way here in Idaho..I seriously could feel your pain 😫
Omg ha ha ha Luke! Thank you for giving me a belly laugh. Your pepper accident was so freaking funny. Been there!! Thanks for leaving it in!!
Oh my word it was so hot.
My new go to is the Jimmy Nardello, or Red Marconi. I did find this Purple Jalapeño at one of my Nursery places. It is in a pot and growing better than all of my in ground pepper plants. Most likely because I have it in part shade. I think I will overwinter it. The Habanada plants have yet to produce any blooms, and they were planted in late March. I am however enjoying the Gold Nugget Cherry tomatoes I planted. I can't understand the fascination with growing peppers so hot that you can't taste your food. You should try eating a cascabella, or a Peter Pepper to compare.
Where did you get your Jimmy Nardello seeds? I ordered some from a company that wasn't reputable, because it was the only place I saw that had them, and they gave me lambs quarter. That's an edible weed, which I didn't order.
@@brianduncan8276 Baker Creek
Thank you for the great tips. I have been trying to grow mini sweet peppers indoors on my window sill. I have yielded 4 in a 3 year period. The first year I had 2 peppers, the second year 0 peppers, and the 3rd year I added Schultz's plant food, and yielded 2 mini sweet peppers. GOD forgive me I was LOL when you ate that hot pepper. I sure hope you got some milk ASAP. The one thing I didn't do was consistent watering, without over watering. GOD bless you, and have a great day
Lol! Oh man, I very much enjoyed watching you try the Lemon Habanero Pepper. Good entertainment along with valuable information, ha!
Luke, I thought that was awesome that you ate that pepper in the video! 💪👍
I hope you recovered quickly after going for the milk! Citrus works too. Kudos for powering through that painful experience!
Not that I enjoy seeing anyone in pain but dang this was funny! Especially when you said you knew you would regret it 😆
I don't know how you handled that pepper so well... sending virtual milk!
I enjoyed your habanero experiment and am looking forward to you testing the Carolina Reaper when it sets fruit.😄
I wintered my peppers over (Michigan) in the basement and started the season with a head start! Lots of Fruit in early July 🎉
That is definitely an awesome way to get a head start. Way to go!
😂😂😂I love it!! ❤❤ that is hilarious 🤣
I had store bought colored bell peppers and used the seeds from them to grow my own.
I used two trays for seedlings. Once they were 2inch tall, one tray received a liquid fertilizer, then after a few more weeks I transferred both trays into garden beds. I see a massive difference in growth and yields, fertilized plants are about 4 feet tall and bushy, the other ones are very sleek and just a few small peppers. I didn’t pick the peppers early until they turn colored and didn’t prune at all.
The question I have is now is October when daily temperature lowers to 70 and nights are around 55-60 in the Carolinas. The peppers stopped turning colors, there are huge fruits hanging and bending the plant, but they all are green and not so sweet as when colored. Is that because of temperature and how can I get them to turn color?
I guess you just explained why my mini bells are so prolific and my king of the north is not! Lol
Im growing Jalapenos hydroponically. its my first year trying hydroponics and so far the two I have are producing. they are tiny now but I look forward to trying them out when they are ready
Thanks for tasting that pepper I haven't laughed that hard in a bit. I need to order some seeds for that.
My banana pepper plants are loaded with fruit, my Rewia, Etiuda, California Wonder peppers are doing well. My Cubanelle peppers are producing peppers, but smaller than I expected. Most of my plants are shoulder high, some taller. I'm trying some new varieties next spring, reserving my raised bed for larger peppers, and using a GreenStalk tower to grow smaller peppers, Lipstick, Habanada, etc. I'm still experimenting to see what grows best for me, where, and what produces the highest yields with flavors I like best. I've scratched a few plants off my list in favor of others. It is hot and humid in central Alabama. The climate does not suit some vegetables, especially rooting vegetables. This fall is my last attempt with beets. They produce leaves but not roots (less daylight hours and hot weather). I am going to grow them into the winter, under a low tunnel to see if it improves the growth. Year three will be all about production with sixteen square feet, 4x4 area, reserved for experimentation.
Kinda doing the same but I'm just starting. And man my jalapeños been producing a lot and I've kept them watered all summer. Plus I've gotten a few people say they are a bit spicy. Gave them a banana and they been producing even more now.
Your face and your determination to get through the video! 🤪
Well that was entertaining- thank you!
Thanks for watching! :)
@@MIgardener every episode!
I laughed so much at this, as soon as you coughed you knew it was a bad idea
Oh yeah. The instant I bit down it took the wind away from my lungs.
I started mine too late but wanted to give it a try anyway. No flowers or fruit yet. I might dig them up and move them inside because first frost date is only a couple weeks away. Although we are in the midst of a heatwave up here in MT so maybe I will leave them a bit longer. It was 102⁰ yesterday!
Luke, my son and I did the exact same mistake last year. 😫 Those little yellow devils lit us up. 🤣
I absolutely learned never eat a hot pepper while trying to make a TH-cam video,. 🤣
I'm gonna have to try and incorporate your advice into next year's pepper plants..
Whew, i felt for you when you tried that pepper, I thought for a minute you were gonna toss your biscuits, there! Great info as always, though! (now you have me curious about your reaction to that carolina reaper if you're able to get a fruit from it this year, hehe!)
So sorry for your pain but you’re hilarious 😂
Thanks for sharing; I also get hiccups when things for me at too hot.
Hey Luke! I got my seeds today! Yay!! Thank you! I was wondering, since you can overwinter pepper plants and keep them for the next spring, can I plant seeds now and grow the plant inside and put out in spring? I live in zone 8 B I believe in South Alabama on the coast.
Peppers are perennials. Cut the plant back to the "Y" stem. Overwinter, keeping the plant in temperatures over 45 degrees. Plant in the spring. I've had a bumper crop this year, plants are huge, over 4-5' tall. I've had a third harvest and more peppers growing and still more flowers.
@@mrs.rogers7582 do you need light and watering during the winter or is it ok just tucked in the basement or something.