Pepper Growing Guide Capsicum annuum Crop Rotation Group Solanaceae (Potato and tomato family) ● Soil Well drained soil that holds moisture well. Position Full sun. Frost tolerant No. Feeding Mix an organic fertilizer into the planting holes as you transplant peppers. Feed every two weeks with a liquid feed after the plants begin to blossom and set fruit. Spacing Single Plants: 1' 1" (35cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 11" (30cm) with 1' 3" (40cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start indoors, and set out seedlings when the soil is settled and warm. Mulch to keep soil lightly moist at all times. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Notes Tie heavy-bearing plants to a single stake to keep them from falling over. Harvesting Peppers can be harvested when they are still green, though their flavor improves as they ripen to red, yellow, or orange. Troubleshooting Hot weather can cause peppers to temporarily stop flowering. They will pick up again when nights cool down. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Pepper Aphids (General) Colorado Potato Beetle Corn Borer Corn Earworm Plant Bug Plum Curculio Slug Snail Spider Mite Stink Bugs Tomato Hornworm Plant Diseases which Affect Pepper Tobacco Mosaic Virus Tomato Root Knot Nematodes
