Growing Pepper Plants

Pepper plants like it warm and cannot take a freeze. If the temperature drops into the 30's protect your peppers. First, water the soil well to hydrate the pepper plant and apply a 2-inch layer of mulch to help provide insolation. Around sundown, apply frost cloth and remove in the morning before the sun comes up.

All peppers start green and will ripen to it's ready-for-harvest color.

Absolutely, the hot pepper will not change or affect other peppers or vegetable plants.

These are called tomato hornworms and they are heavy eaters. They quickly eat foliage and damage the peppers. It's important that you treat your peppers right away with Bonide BT Thuricide. It's an organic insect spray that controls garden pests while being bird-safe and won't harm beneficial insects.

Look at the underside of the leaves and you'll likely find tiny white, green or yellow bugs. These are aphids and are sometimes so small you can't see them with a human eye. Aphids suck on the foliage and produce waste that looks like a sticky, sugary substance. To get rid of aphids apply all natural Bonide Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew. Aphids can also be prevented or eliminated with beneficial insects like ladybugs.

If you see many holes, usually the size of an eraser that likely means you have garden slugs. This is more common after a good rain. Apply Sluggo to around your pepper plant.

This is common during hot, summer days and is a sign that your pepper plant needs more water. Water in the morning between 6-9am at the base of the pepper plant. Your plant should perk up quickly.

Peppers are a fruit. By definition, fruit has at least one seed and are grown from the flower of the plant.