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Ripening ghost peppers hang from the plant in shades of green to vibrant red, with wrinkled, elongated skin among deep green leaves.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Ghost Peppers

One of the hottest peppers in the world, ghost peppers bring excitement to the edible landscape and the plate. The Indian cultivar represents centuries of foodways making their way to our home garden. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores how to grow the easy peppers if you’re up for their sensational heat.

Rows of ripe, colorful yellow, red, green, orange and purple spiciest pepper varieties.

Vegetables

Growing the World’s Spiciest Peppers: 9 Varieties to Plant This Year

If you love heat, these daredevil peppers might be for you. Ornamental in the edible landscape and on the plate, spicy peppers bring unmatched flavor and punch. While the profiles vary, there’s no missing the high Scoville units for the spiciest pepper varieties available. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the hottest of the hot to add kick to the collection this summer.

Growing chile peppers from seed, a wooden windowsill holds trays with young seedlings in pressed soil pallets, while a man's hand places a sign with the seed name.

Vegetables

How to Grow Chile Peppers From Seed

One chile pepper seed can create dozens of chiles—the plants are prolific producers. They’re also easy to start from seeds! Learn how and when to start chile plants with longtime pepper grower Jerad Bryant. These nine simple steps guide you from start to finish.

Close-up of two ripe hybrid peppers with round, irregular shapes and bumpy ridges, featuring glossy thin skins in green and bright orange.

Vegetables

A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Your Own Hybrid Peppers

Hybrid peppers combine the genetics of two different varieties into one. Plant breeders use this process to make new varieties like mild jalapeños or spicy bell peppers. Like them, you too can make hybrid peppers! Follow these 11 easy steps from avid pepper grower Jerad Bryant to create new, unique hybrids.

A pile of long, slightly twisted green sweet peppers , harvested and ready to dry or eat.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Cubanelle Peppers

Grab your Cubanelle seeds and get ready to grow peppers! This cultivar is a necessary component for many Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban dishes, including sofrito. With sunlight, good soil, and water, your chiles will excel all summer long. Join longtime pepper grower Jerad Bryant in learning the juicy details about this unique variety.

The image shows a close-up of a red, heart-shaped vegetable, highlighting its shiny, smooth exterior with a rich, uniform color.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Pimiento Peppers

Are you looking for a bell pepper that isn’t bland? Look no further than the pimiento types. These red peppers have sweet flesh, thick walls, and excellent flavor. Learn to grow and prepare these chiles alongside seasoned vegetable grower Jerad Bryant.

A wooden raised bed contains vibrant pepper plants with lush foliage, showcasing healthy growth in a garden setting.

Vegetables

How to Grow Peppers in Raised Beds for an Abundant Harvest

Rainbows of peppers could be just months away if you plant them in raised beds in late spring. This warm-weather crop thrives with well-drained soil, full sun, and some secret maintenance tips that will multiply your harvests. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how to grow abundant peppers in a raised garden bed.

The shishito pepper plant features slender, wrinkled green peppers hanging from lush, bushy foliage with broad, glossy green leaves.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Shishito Peppers

Mild, wrinkled, and incredibly flavorful, ‘Shishito’ peppers are growing into mainstays of American cuisine. One specimen produces dozens of wrinkly chile peppers on a compact plant, making it a perfect choice for gardens big and small. Learn how to nurture this variety alongside seasoned pepper gardener Jerad Bryant.

Dry red hot peppers with wrinkled bodies stored in a glass jar for long-term preservation.

Vegetables

How to Dry and Store Hot Peppers

Hot peppers grow dozens of fruit per plant! Preserve those excess harvests with these tried and true preservation methods. Follow along with pepper gardener Jerad Bryant to learn how to best dry and store hot peppers.

A close-up of green 'Anaheim' peppers with glossy skin reflecting light.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Anaheim Peppers

‘Anaheim’ peppers are slightly spicy, flavorful, and perfect for the backyard garden. You’ll have fruit all summer when you plant one in the ground, a raised bed, or a container. In this guide, learn how to grow productive ‘Anaheim’ peppers alongside gardener Jerad Bryant.

A close-up of a ripe Aji Dulce pepper, vibrant orange and slightly wrinkled, hanging from a green branch adorned with lush, deep green leaves.

Vegetables

How and When to Harvest Peppers

Peppers are a low-maintenance fruit crop in the vegetable garden. They are also prolific producers, and you may have more peppers at the end of the season than you know what to do with! Learn how to harvest and preserve all those peppers alongside backyard gardener Jerad Bryant.