When pepper plant leaves turn yellow it's called chlorosis. The leaves aren't able to efficiently make chlorophyll - the substance that keeps them a uniform green color. The purpose of leaves is to ...

Question: I have green bell type peppers growing in a container with leaves turning yellow. How do I regreen the plants? Answer: Yellow leaves can be due to natural pepper plant decline, too much ...

Overwintering pepper plants indoors helps them survive winter and provides head start on spring harvest. Move plants to pots before frost, prune them, clean for pests, and keep them in a cool, dim ...

Q: I am growing peppers from seed and the plants are starting to flower when they are very small. Can I remove the flowers and let them get larger and then let them flower? A: Yes, removing the ...

Peppers add a tantalizing jolt of flavor to your cooking. While it’s getting easier to find a variety of fresh and dried peppers at the grocery store, it’s much more fun and economical to grow your ...

In temperate zone locations like ours where it freezes in winter, pepper plants are grown outdoors as an annual crop. That means we grow them for one season and harvest the fruit as well as the seeds.

Manage pests the natural way and enhance yields by planting these crops with your pepper plants. Companion planting is a term with multiple meanings. Companion plants for ornamentals such as ...

I’ve been told that if you plant hot peppers near your sweet peppers, it will make the sweet peppers hot. How far apart do I need to plant them to prevent this from happening? — Tom Caulfield The ...