75 articles related to `Peppers`
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When To Pick Bell Peppers
Bell peppers are a sweet, crunchy, and versatile fruit. Eat them raw, cook them into recipes, pickle them, dry them,…
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Where Does Pepper Come From?
The word ‘pepper’ can refer to a whole variety of plant foods from different corners of the globe. Whether speaking…
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How Many Bell Peppers Per Plant?
are some of the largest fruits of all pepper varieties. Pepper plants with larger fruit will produce fewer individual fruits.…
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Bell Pepper Gender
Bell peppers are members of a very large plant family called nightshade or Solanacaea. Other members of this plant family…
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How to Grow Bell Peppers From Seed
are a joy to have in the garden. There are rainbows of colors to choose from, and all of them…
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Growing Bell Peppers Indoors
Bell peppers are excellent candidates for an indoor garden. They can be finicky when exposed to climate extremes and benefit…
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Planting Green Peppers
Peppers are one of the most popular fruits to grow in the garden. There’s nothing like tasting them fresh off…
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When to Plant Bell Peppers
In warm regions like USDA hardiness zone 9 and above, grow like weeds. These tropical natives thrive in the heat…
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When to Pick Green Peppers
Peppers ripen into beautiful shades of orange, yellow, red, and purple. All peppers begin as green fruits and remain green…
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Growing Red Peppers
Red peppers are nature’s jewels. These sweet fruits hang like Christmas ornaments throughout the summer season. A very old and…
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Epsom Salt and Peppers
Epsom salt is named for where it was discovered, in the well water of Epsom England centuries ago. Essentially Epsom…
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How Often to Water Pepper Plants
Peppers are notoriously sensitive to irregular watering. Too dry or too wet can equally send a pepper plant into a…
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Pruning Pepper Plants
Pruning peppers is a controversial subject among gardeners. Some growers swear that pruning will improve fruit quality, production, and timing.…
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Pepper Diseases
Pepper plants are commonly infected by disease whether from fungus, bacteria, or transmitted by insects. Preventing disease is always more…
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Transplanting Peppers
Peppers are warm weather fruits. In climates with cool springs, starting peppers indoors gives a headstart on the season and…
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Aphids On Pepper Plants
Aphids are small soft-bodied insects that come in a variety of colors including red, green, brown, and black. Most aphids…
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Harvesting Peppers
Peppers can be deceiving when it comes to knowing if they’re ready to pick. The truth is, you can pick…
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Pepper Plants Wilting
Coming out to the garden to find pepper plants in a slump can be depressing. Don’t give up yet! There…
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When To Pick Peppers
There is and there isn’t a perfect ripeness for a pepper. The truth is many peppers that are believed to…
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Saving Pepper Seeds
Saving seed from your saves money and is healthy for your garden. There are a few things to know before…
