A pepper must have been fully ripe for the seeds to be viable. That is it should have been red, bright yellow or orange. If it was green, the seeds were immature and will not viable. (The ...

Beginner vegetable gardeners love this low-cost hack.

This guide explains how to grow bell peppers in containers on a balcony. It covers pot size, soil, sunlight, and watering.

Late summer and early fall are the hottest months of the year in Southern California. The extreme heat (often over 100 degrees) is tough to garden in, but good for both bell and hot peppers. Every ...

Experienced gardeners are dismayed at people on social media extolling bell peppers as the only sweet peppers. Those people apparently don’t know about the many tapered and wedge-shaped sweet peppers ...

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 ...

No garden space? These seven foods grow surprisingly well in containers.

A question for Dan Gill: I planted yellow, red and green bell peppers. The green are making out well. The red and yellow flower and make very small peppers, but the stems turn yellow, and they fall ...

THE RIGHT VARIETY: Peppers are particularly susceptible to a disease called anthracnose. But some varieties, including Ashe County pimento, featured, are better suited to our region’s climate. Photo ...