Grow Bigger Peppers (7 Tips)
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In this video, I go through some tips for getting bigger peppers on your plants. Most of the "big" types (bell, poblano, banana, cubanelle) can give you an abundance of small peppers. So, try some of our tips for larger fruits on your pepper plants!
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Full sun in Texas is way different than Full sun in Maine or Maryland
Me in New York struggling to get peppers beyond a couple feet
So should we cut back in the sun for those in the southern states? I’m in Florida.
Same with Arizona lol. Our full sun is like 2500 umol. We only need like 4 hours to fruit.
@@FC2ESWS how do you find out this info? Just look up a plants umol requirements?
One tip I use?
Always photograph whatever I harvest in the hand of the 3 yr old that lives next door.
Sure, the peppers aren't ACTUALLY bigger, but everyone thinks they are!
🤣 I'm pretty sure the "Super Heavyweight" pictures on seed sites are being held by small-handed people. They look monstrous!
Stuff bells is a big reason why I'm gardening .
Thanks
You should see my first year bell peppers planted in a pot. They are decently sized. I'm surprised. It feels so amazing to have your own peppers that you planted and grew. Everyone should try to be self sufficient in unless something, whether that is beekeeping (something I do) or gardening.
When I put large pepper plants in 5gal buckets I use a 1 gallon jug, as a slow drip waterer in the Sumner, THEY will dry out other wise, unless you go out and water multiple times a day.
Rabbits ate my first ripe one....so i literally covered the soil in Carolina Reaper powder.
Awesome tips thx for info
I'm doing a fun experiment with one of my plants. I let it grow very big and bushy before letting it develop a single fruit, pruning away all other flowers. The fruit is still growing. Waiting to see how big it gets.
Sounds great, I hope it gives you a huge harvest :)
Great tips!
Thanks for this wonderful explanation 👏
I'm in my third year of growing peppers in 5 gallon pails. Until this year, I didn't realize that my larger mature plants were shedding most rainfall beyond their leaves' "drip-zone" .. which is beyond the rim of the pails. This was resulting in these larger plants nor benefitting from a decent rainfall! These larger plants are the very ones that require more water and they weren't getting much of the "rained" water due to this "shedding" effect. Now that I realize what's happening, I make a special effort to keep on top of the larger plants' watering.
I've only been growing a few years, but one thing I've noticed is that Pepper plants will readily take up nitrogen like a champ. I always seem to have excess foliage growth, so lean towards a blossom boost type fertilizer this time of year. (August)
Another great vodeo! I loved growing up eating stuffed vegan peppers and tomatoes; even eggplants :)
I enjoyed the video. Thanks for the tips.
The pot size point is ... on point. I used significantly larger fabric pots this year, compared to last year, and the plant size is way bigger.
Yep, I think it's easy for people to see the big pots and think they're too big...but the plants take full advantage of more space
I also think overwintering is HUGE. For folks in cooler climates, like you, me, folks north of New Jersey, the real game is overwintering. A regular rotation of properly overwintered pepper plants... I bet the production in season 2 is at least double and probably triple. For folks that are in Maine, Canada, etc., pepper success for them is really about learning how to overwinter, in my opinion.
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Great advice! Thank you!
You bet! Glad it was helpful :)
New to this and I was so impressed with your video clip. You are very easy listen to. The information provided is great. Not so much that is overwhelming, but just enough to explain each concept. Thank you so much :-)
I am ammazed I got 35 lbs of sweet banana peppers off 8 plants in 2x 15-20gal barrel pots ( 4 in each). zone 3 here so I picked every pepper off the plant in hopes they can put on another batch of peppers b4 our sept 20 avg first frost. Here's hopping for a warm fall lol
Wow, great job! that's very impressive. What variety of banana pepper?
@@PepperGeek sweet sunset banana peppers variety.
I love the banana peppers, grew them in a bucket.
Great advice about sun scalding. I usually ended up having to harvest each pepper early since the longer they stayed on the plant, the more scalding and rot would accumulate.. Tomatoes are just easier since they love that sunlight!
I grew a Grand Bell sweet pepper from seed in last spring in a pot that i take outside in the summer and in the off seasons i put it on the radiator in the livingroom next to a window and last summer i had small peppers. This year the peppers are bigger than last year, but as of August they are not as big as store ones. I am going to keep the plant for as many years as it will grow and produce as an experiment. Last summer i had a lot of aphids on my sweet pepper plant outside and inside. I just squished them off the leaves. This year no aphids and i live in Brewer, Maine
This year all my bellpeppers eneded up with sunscald, even some chili plants.
Greetings from SoCal Zone 10b. I noticed my peppers love companion planting with some herbs and beneficial flowers like Cosmos. I put 2 peppers per pot. My pots are wide. I fertilize every 3 weeks alternating a different fertilizer during growing season. Harvest them otherwise the plant is thinking it's job is done!
My pepper plants all got southern blight. This was very frustrating. We had some really humid days on the back of hard rain. I believe I also was to blame for watering when I didn't need to. Love your videos btw!
Sorry to hear that! Wet weather can definitely make the plants struggle against disease. Hope you still get something out of your garden.
Great tips.
Wish I could leave my pepper plants exposed to the sun, but since I get a deer and her kids visiting almost every evening or day (doesn’t matter to them), I have to have my pepper plants behind a patio deck screen I repurpose as a barrier from hungry mouths.
So, I’m happy and content with the pepper sizes the plants produce.
I have never stuffed a pepper. 😂 But I definitely want bigger fruits, given how much work and care I invest in them.
When the season is coming to a close like mine sept 1 probably. I'll top my plants so what remains for flowers go to fruit and the smaller fruits get bigger
💯percent. Great tips. Been watching your channel for quite some time. Small back yard garden. I've been taking your advise along the way. My Bells are getting red, picked a few today to oven dry for Paprika. Will grind only what I need as I need them. Thank you very much for all your super growing tips. Much appreciated.
Thanks for watching, and that sounds delicious!
Peppers need a lot of water. If the soil you are growing on has good drainage or you are growing in pots then water them well everyday. One of the symptoms of poor watering habits is a metalic taste in your peppers you actually need to water to the point of washing this taste out also if you are watering poorly you'll notice thin walls in the fully grown peppers that should have thick juicy walls, these conditions can exist in otherwise healthy plants. I plant my peppers close to my cucumbers because cucumbers can taste bitter if poorly watered, iike peppers you can wash the biiterness out of you cucumbers. I've subbed and liked this vid. Look forward to learning more things about gardening. Take care young man.
"As much sun as possible" need to be understood in context, depending on your zone and what time of year it is. Excess sun and heat will stress the plant which make it less able to resist disease and also reduces productivity. This is why people in certain hot climate get healthier plant and better yield by putting up shade cloth during the summer.
lol thank you I forget that some of these videos are not always in my area
Subbed!!
Please please please do a recipe or two using frozen peppers. 🤘🏻🌶️🤘🏻
In my opinion the most important tip, not mentioned here, is a nice uncompacted soil. I have heavy clay, and peppers hate that. While tomatoes and zucchinis can deal with it alright, eggplants and peppers will have a hard time unless there's been a ton of wood chips and compost added to make the soil fluffy and nice. Pepper roots aren't strong at all, so no dig in a clay soil is insanely difficult with peppers. There is a section of my garden that hasn't been amended for too long, so it's still a bit hard, and I have serrano peppers the size of Thai peppers... They're mega hot, and super small. No it's not a variety issue, they ARE serranos. I also have paprika and banana peppers that are really quite small. And the piment d'Espelette I grow is half the size of a normal one, and packs a nasty punch after drying and grinding compared to the typical powdered spice the french make from it. And yeah peppers love rainfall, they never get mildew or any nasty disease from too much rain, unlike tomatoes or eggplants. Which is also why in Espelette, one of the wettest places in France, with 1200 mm of rain every year, they grow so big.
However in areas of my garden where the soil has been taken care of the most, with 15 cm of wood chips every year for 5 years, and compost, and cover crops, then I got no issues. I got big bell peppers, pasillas, guajillos, the lot.
That is good advice
If you like to DIY Bone meal made with chicken bones is the easiest way. Learn on line how too. I put my used coffee in the compost w. kitchen scraps, used paper towels and yard waste. We let weeds live on our grassy lawn and bag them for the compost. Like a lasagna. We grow comfrey. It is a compost accelerator. You could save up used coffee ground and just dump them in your veggie garden. We have compact sand but after 2 years of composting heavily and no tillage, it's like night and day. Of course for carrots and beets we have to add lots to make beds deeper. We don't have raised beds. We are on a budget but have to spend something. Saving seeds now. A separate compost for Chopped brown leaves watered well between layers. Hope you have an artesian well. What is in city water has chlorination to kill bacteria and upsets soil balance. Zone 6b. Our garden was able to handle a one hour downpour of 3.5 inch rain. Lucky we had no new seeds in the garden at that time. Daikon radish grows 12 to 20 inches deep. It is a good plant to prep the ground for potatoes next in the same area. We don't get our coffee grounds from ....
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@@smas3256 Sand doesn't really compact, not like clay. If it did, you'd have seen that pure compost doesn't work, where's the carbon ? Mature compost doesn't feed soil life, so in the end you compact your soil if you only use that. You need wood chips, straw, leaves, all of that fresh, uncomposted. This is the number 1 thing you need, compost is only a secondary product you can use if you don't have plenty of humus in your soil yet. For 20 years people were like "compost is the solution to everything it retains water and decompacts soils". Both of these statements are false.
I want bigger peppers! This video is for me! 😉
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2:56 Beautiful pot!
Thanks! That is our self-watering container: ua-cam.com/video/18Z1xIyupCA/v-deo.html
My first pepper plants are producing their very first fruits even as i type this comment. Your channel has dispensed some great information and wisdom
Same here. I'm using blossom fertilizer earlier in next year.
I just started my pepper journey.
I had no idea they could be houseplants.
I'm in Alaska, zone 3/4 depending on the year.
First time ever I'm getting tomatoes on my indoor tomatoe plant.
I hope Mt bell pepper does as well.
Sure, they can grow indoors. For the best yields, you'll probably want a grow light, especially for bell peppers. Good luck!
@@PepperGeek oh ya, they have a light and a nice warm loft 🥰
12 peppers...I'm lucky to get 4 to grow on a plant. HORRIBLE year this year... HORRIBLE. Cucumbers were OFF THE CUFF since it was cool and very wet in my area (SE Michigan). Jalapeneo's didn't produce anything worth while...maybe 6 peppers so far this year (Compared to well over 5 lbs in previous years). Tomatoes didn't do well, tiny fruit when it finally did fruit, but it was cool...Bell Peppers JUST started to produce for us, we've gotten 4 or 5 total. To say we were very dismayed this year.
We did the composting before planting as well as mid-year (end of July), and we fertilized per direction.
I think at the end of this year I'm stripping out the beds (old mulch), and really working in compost and peat (we do have lots of clay, but that's a good 8" down in these beds). I need to re-work drip irrigation as well, and I need to slow down SWMBO on just dumping the little guys into the ground in early May...LOL...
Last two seasons have been utter disasters when it comes to vegetables, especially my beloved banana and jalapeno peppers. Bell Peppers I'm good with getting 8 or 10 as I just use them as adders in cooking most of the time, so I dice or slice and do a rapid freeze on them. They are good for a solid year that way. Usually we're on our last bag of diced bell peppers when we get ready to plant.
Don't know what else to do for sure. Just super frustrating when all the work gets nothing. :( OR, we have so much (cucumbers) that we just don't know what to do with them. They are WAY too big (my wife will wait and say we need to let it grow) to make pickles out of...so we have to give away LOTS AND LOTS of Cucumbers this year, but 18" long, 4" diameter cucumbers aren't very tasty, that's for sure.... :(
OH...and don't get me started on pests. HOLY WAH! Worst year EVER. NOTHING stops these guys. The beetles, the catapillars...Neem oil? THEY DRINK IT BY THE GALLON AND LAUGH! Quite a bit of destroyed fruit that way. :(
The main factor of fruit size on peppers, or any other fruit for that matter, is the cultivar. Chandler strawberries are big, you can make them slightly larger by delivering proper nutrients, but they are by nature just large. The large peppers you buy from stores are specific cultivars that are grown in greenhouses, and the temperature in these greenhouses is often regulated for optimal growth/fruit set.
If you are not getting large peppers it is because you are buying a cultivar (like California Wonder) that does not produce large fruit. It took me many years to learn that genetics are the most important factor in fruit size with any plant.
Thank you! Cali Wonder is exactly what I grew last year season and the peppers were small. This season I’m trying Yolo and Keystone, both are supposed to be large varieties.
@@PatienceLove Both of those varieties are going to disappoint you as well if you want big peppers, heirloom varieties are fail to deliver. You are going to want to try a hybrid. I recommend King Arthur if you want a store sized pepper.
my family tried growing green pepper for one year, it was small and bitter. no idea why it turned out like that but we swore off bell pepper growing since
When he said, “a green bell pepper is a green bell pepper. Regardless of the size of it.” I felt that.
Cheers. How often do you feed and water your the plant you used in this video?
Well, this year we got a lot of rainfall, so there hasn't been much need to water. With bigger plants in pots, we're usually watering every day or every other day in the summer, and much less in the fall. I applied one supplemental fertilizer feeding about 2 weeks ago. Otherwise, relied on the Happy Frog soil to get it most of the way there.
Our warm season is so short. The plants barely get any good size and already late fall
Thanks for this. I grow in grow bags and they all suffer from plant dwarfism. Even the pepper plant leaves don't get very big.
If you’re not already using the fox farm ocean forest or happy frog dirt, I would recommend it. I’ve also had success using local organic potting mix with fox farm liquid nutrients throughout the summer or Down to Earth Organic All Purpose Fertilizer Mix added to the dirt. Best of luck!
By dwarfism do you mean stunted growth? When mine are stunted it seems to be one or a combo of: transplant shock, not enough sun, and the main one: put outdoors too early (too cold at night).
Shock they recover but seem to take longer than other plants. Sun is generally straightforward, except I didn't realize last year my in-ground bed was getting more shade in the afternoon due to some trees growing taller that aren't really near my garden but are uphill from it. Now I have most of my peppers in containers and in a greenhouse except when it's too hot, and the difference is dramatic. Most are huge and even the biquinhos which stunted this year finally recovered.They all got the Ocean Forest as their base soil (plus more amendment) this year too when there was a super sale.
I'm now encouraged enough to try habanada again next year because I've got at least 4 years straight of failing with that one. The struggle is real. 😂
@@yvonneellefson Yup. What Yvonne said. These are tropical plants. They don't like nighttime temps below 50F.
Thank you so much for this video.
Is it ideal to water in the morning and in the evening?
best in morning, but anytime it's not hot n sunny is ok. Just avoid watering mid afternoon when top of soil can be verry hot cause it will heat water and can cook the roots with the first bit that soakes in.
I like evening watering as the temperatures come down and allow the water to soak in, but morning is a good time too
Hi, what product do you use to treat leaves diseases or fungal infections? Thanks.
I think water solvable Sulfer xan be spray
First time pepper grower here. I’m growing Jalafuego jalapeño and Candy Cane stripe sweet peppers. I made the mistake of growing them in 2 gallon containers. The plants are doing great and at a decent size right now. I pruned a ton of early flowers and they have plenty of sun and humidity here in Central Florida. I’m using Fox Farms Happy frog soil and recently added slow release 10-10-10 fertilizer granuals. Is it worth transplanting some of them to bigger containers? I can easily grow peppers all the way into December outside. I have some 15 gallon grow bags that are way bigger than I expected when I bought them online lol. Today it’s 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a heat index of 113 degrees with 85 percent humidity. I think I need to add some shade cloth as well since they are in the sun all day. Thank you for all you do and any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Yes absolutely transplant to a bigger container something more like a 5 gallon or 7 gallon. Try not to use granular fertilizer because if for any reason you overdo it and begin to burn up the plant it will not stop and you cannot flush that stuff out of the soil it's always best to use a liquid fertilizer that you mix with water. And try to use a better soil rather than Fox farms. Their soils are rather hot meaning they have a lot of pre-mix nutrients in them and can feed plants and sustain them for a certain amount of time use a soil more like roots organic 707 or their original.
@@theprotagonist6799thank you for the tips. You live and learn I guess. Haha.
my peppers went from seed in 16 oz cups to 20 inch plants in the same 16 oz cups in 6 weeks. a 38 degree night forecasted for next week, there are too many to re pot, so its plant in garden and hope the 39 degree low next week does no harm or let them grow more root bound for another week. any thoughts?
HI…I MADE YOUR SALSA RECIPE LAST NIGHT. EXCELLENT!! ONE QUESTION… HOW TO MAKE IT NOT SO THIN??? I SCRAPED THE INNARDS. IS IT THE TYPE OF TOMS?? THANKS💜
You can add more peppers, or you can hold back on some of the lime juice. Glad you enjoyed it!
In regards to your last tip, waiting to harvest, I know that jalepenos will turn red and develop striations as they ripen. Does this draw a parallel to any other pepper varieties?
I try to let all my pepper varieties ripen to a nice color. While some striatum happens , not as much as jalapeños.
Do u have a favorite? Happy frog or forest floor?
Hi my peppers. were doing so good! Spitting out tons of them but now I barley see flowers, so do i need to feed them or are they done for the year.
Unless it is getting down in the 40s overnight, they should have more to give. I would try a light feeding with liquid nutrients if you have some on hand
@@PepperGeek definitely not in the 40s yet, so I did go ahead and gave them a light feeding of fertilizer, so I hope that works out. It would be very sad if they are already done for the season. Thank you for advice!!
Picking green peppers early...the bugs eat them as they ripen more...don't want to spray for bugs, cuz I want to stay organic ... and bugs have to eat too....
A couple of my plants have curling leaves, but have some healthy new growth on the top. Any idea why? They're in raised beds.
If the new growth is healthy, that's most important. As you probably saw in the video, leaves aren't always perfect! They endure a lot throughout the season, and curling is a symptom of a lot of potential issues. Usually, it isn't a big deal, especially if the new growth is healthy. Here's an older video about curled leaves: ua-cam.com/video/pMOhUhO8Bqo/v-deo.html
If I leave my peppers on the vine will they eventually ripen or does it depend on the variety? Planted California Wonder and Jalapeno. I live in a fairly short growing season.
Some take weeks to change color on the vine, be patient
They will all change color if you wait long enough. They are worth it.
Does anyone know anything about ( portal cool red chilli jalapeno pepper ) ?
It's not that they can't handle making that many peppers, it's that they don't have the energy to produce that many LARGE peppers xD
Exactly, "average fruit size goes down"
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What will you do with the remoovedpepper
They don’t taste very good when they’re immature, so they just go to the compost bin. You could eat them of course but they’re bitter and not worth it imo
Do bell pepper plants need a trellis?
Maybe, some variety can get very tall and need support or the branches can break from the fruit weigh, or the plant get blown over from the wind depending on your location. I think they will benefit from at least loosely tied to a stake as the plant get larger.
@@erikahuxley Thank you! I will try a stake then. I appreciate it. 🤗
I'm having an issue with some of my bell peppers that are laden with fruit but the branches are so close together that they are squished between them, does anyone prune any of the inner branches or just let them grow as they are?
I don't claim to be an expert on peppers. Just an experienced mini-farmer who lives in an area where plants are very susceptible to fungal diseases. I've learned the hard way that pruning the bottom 8 inches to improve airflow helps a lot. In combination with using a fine-pattern watering can, it also helps reduce problems resulting from soil splash. Obviously you can't prune plants this way when they're three weeks old. I prune 1 or 2 bottom leaves leaves after one month and a little more when the plants are about 18" tall. I do a little more every 7-10 days until the bottom 8 inches are open. From then on, I do the absolute minimum required for airflow - mostly to the interior of the plant. When in doubt, I recommend leaving things alone. I hope this helps and good luck with your garden.
I've noticed this varies from variety to variety. With the plant in this video, I did some branch pruning earlier on to encourage just a few main "leader" branches instead of a ton of smaller branches crossing over each other. First time trying this and it seems to help keep some room between the branches for the big fruits to develop. You can also prune off the fruits while they're small if they are in a tight spot
I'm surprised by the advice to hold back on the fertilizer. I find that more frequent feeding will support more production. Peppers also love to send out feeder roots to take advantage of nutrient rich areas of the soil.
The soil we use goes a long way (this plant had just one supplemental feeding so far), but definitely recommend feeding going into late summer/fall
I want larger Aji Charapitas! 😅 I don't think there are any tips for that one though..
Haha! Try growing the "Quintisho" variety. Similar appearance/flavor, but probably 2-3x the size.
My peppers are coming out stunted and small, with one side blackened. They taste good it's just a mystery to me. Maybe someone can help me out.
I grow Cubanelle and Ajicito peppers, Durango, serrano, sirachas , banana 🍌 etc. the humidity also effects their grow, if its 50% + humidity then thats prefect for peppers, they are tropical plants
so far my plant produced 2 small peppers.
7:16 what company is pictured here?!
I believe that was from totallytomatoes
@@PepperGeek thanks! Those look like fun to grow peppers! I’ll check them out!
8th Tip : by adding a Shade Net 50% Can be able to produce much bigger chillies .
Have seen some others doing this - will definitely do something next year to test it in our region! I'm sure in super hot climates it is a must.
@@PepperGeek appreciate 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻,
I like to grow mine under the canopy of sunflowers or other plants that provide partial shade. I rotate my stuff in the garden year to year so sometimes, the shade of a tree or building does the same thing for me. I find that peppers like some full sun but only for part of the day.
@@bbtruth2161 agreed. some peopers are like full sun . some are more productive when there's a 50% shade this more big fruits, and more flowers.
@@freshfarm4363 Generally, my hot peppers like some full sun. My bell peppers and some of the milder chiles seem to like a bit of shade. My bell peppers are monsters. Lots of huge peppers. Same with my hot peppers.... many very large jalepenos, chilis, and cayenne peppers. Good soil, proper nutrition, and good watering habits all make a difference. I always recommend mulching, makes a huge difference in my opinion.
Your method will yield soft peppers
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Really? How comes?
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*problems in this video.. lets begin.
No.1 He mentions not to use a lot of nitrogen, but then goes on to use an 11,3,8 miracle grow fertilizer which completely contradicts what he says afterwards about not using a lot of nitrogen because it inhibits flower production and fruit on set. The first number is nitrogen and a 11 is rather high. He then states you should use a good amount of potassium well then you should be using something more like a 1,8,15.
And here's another thing always make sure to pH the water to about 6.2 after you fertilize.