Ideally, peppers should be grown in well-drained soils that contain a high level of organic matter, but they can also thrive in moderately fertile soil. Soils low in organic matter can be amended by ...

Peppers (Capsicum annuum) make a popular addition to home gardens due to being easy to grow and offering a wide variety of sweet and spicy peppers for your garden. Sweet peppers add crunch and mild ...

Question: I’m interested in growing some unusual peppers this season that I can’t get as transplants at the nursery. I’ll need to start my own seeds. I know peppers can take longer to grow from seed ...

From mild and flavorful to eye-watering spice bombs, this article walks you through the full heat spectrum — so you can ...

Question: I have seen many pepper plants for sale in nurseries and big box stores since March. Is it too late to add a few pepper plants to my garden? Or should I consider growing peppers at all?

For the truly passionate gardener, it's never too early to start planning for next year's harvest of flavorful, fresh vegetables. This is just the type of motivation that should make you head back to ...

Growing peppers in your garden is rather easy, says Contra Costa Master Gardener Bonnie Dwyer, but you have to remember that the peppers can be both temperamental and finicky. The dividends, however, ...

There are two kinds of gardeners. First we have the laissez-faire growers who prize plants that thrive when ignored. These are succulent people, well-adjusted and simple. Then there are the gardeners ...

Time lapse of growing sweet red bell pepper from seed to harvest over 118 days. The seed was extracted from grocery-bought pepper and planted inside a 10-inch pot with soil and regular watering.