peppers
Peppers From Seed to Harvest
SEED
SPROUT
SEEDLING
MATURE
Overview
Pepper plants have tasty and nutritious fruits. Some are sweet, and some are spicy. You can easily save pepper seeds to regenerate growth.
Level of Difficulty: Easy to Grow!
Plant Spacing: 12 inches
Days to Harvest: 60 - 90 days
Size at Maturity: 1 -2 feet height, 1 foot spread
Plant Care Basics:
Sun - Full sun
Soil - Requires well-drained soil. Prefers deep, loose, fertile soil, high in organic matter, with pH 6.0 to 7.0.
Water - Needs consistent moisture, 1 - 2 inches per week
Planting + Growing
Growing peppers in the garden is easy when planted under the right conditions. Peppers like full sun. Your soil should be loose enough to drain well. To optimize growth and a bountiful harvest, follow the spacing guidelines below.
Starting from Seed. If you're starting from seed, plant 1 - 2 seeds about 1/4 of an inch down in a small container of soil. Water the soil and place it in a sunny area. Check the soil daily to water if necessary. Once your seeds sprout and have true leaves, transplant them outside or into a larger container with about 12 inches of space in between each plant.
Starting from Seedling. If you picked up a pepper seedling from Sweet Water's seedling pick up, plant the seedlings into the soil, allowing 12 inches of spacing between each plant. Make sure the stem is well tucked up until the first pair of leaves to provide stability.
Container growing chard. Peppers will grow in an 8-inch pot. In larger containers, like a garden bed, you can plant more than one pepper, 12 inches apart from each other.
Other notes...companion plants. Basil, carrots, squash, onion, radish grow well in proximity to peppers
Harvesting
You can harvest your peppers when your plants are around 8 - 12 inches high and has several mature peppers. Only harvest the most mature peppers.
Cooking
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