12 secrets to growing peppers in your garden

Simple tips to help you grow lots of peppers, keep your plants healthy, and increase your yield.

Peppers are common in gardens. Bell peppers do not contain capsaicin, so they are not spicy like some varieties of peppers. Peppers can be eaten raw, but are usually used in other recipes.

Peppers are fairly easy to grow, but there are some tricks to growing peppers that will give you a better yield.

With these tips, you’ll enjoy a bountiful harvest of sweet, crunchy peppers to feed your family this summer.

1) The different colors of peppers

When you go to your grocery store, you will see several different colors of peppers, but red peppers and green peppers are the most commonly available.

Red peppers and green peppers are actually the same plant, the color actually depends on the ripening of the fruit. First they will be green, then if left on the plant they will turn red. Since red peppers stay on the plant longer, they have more vitamin C and tend to be sweeter than green peppers.

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