Pepper Growing Mistakes - How to Avoid or Fix Them...How to Grow Peppers.

On the advice of an older central European woman I started planting my peppers about a foot apart rather than 18". She said the leaves of the plants should touch each other as flowering begins.Planting them a bit closer than 18 increased my fruit production A LOT. The Habaneros looked like fully decorated Christmas trees as the peppers ripened through their colors. Most people would say my plants looked crowded.... but man o man did they produce. All varieties,,, bells , habs, jalapeno, thai. Also I run my pole beans along the west garden fence which provides the semi shade in the afternoon

1. Planted too early 2. Not enough sun or too much 3. Improper spacing 18 inches spacing preference 4. Improper watering Water from below and gently 5. Using the wrong fertiliser Very sensitive to nitrogen 6. Not pruning them If you don't prune them it will be tall and produce less growth points 7. Not staking them 8. Not continually harvesting 9. Not keeping on top of pests Spray with neem oil or aspirin 60ml of uncoated aspirin in a cup of water in a blender add to a gallon of water then spray 10. Not over wintering

I wintered my peppers without realizing it a few years ago I had one in a potted plant from a season prior and I kept it in doors and kept it alive it was down to next to no leaves and I thought it was dead but it was sleeping and come the spring put it in the window and it bounced back fiercely and ended up giving me quite a few peppers so I definitely like that idea.

Love this format, direct coverage of topic without too much fluff!

I had no idea that pepper plants shouldn’t be dug up and discarded after growing season. Thanks Brian. I finally confessed to my neighbors the source of my new found gardening expertise.

I'm over 70 and I remember my granddad telling me when I was very young and allowed to help in the garden to never plant tomatoes anywhere near a walnut tree and I always followed that rule. Glad to hear that you agree. Thank you.

That TIP on ASPRIN is GENIUS!! 💚💚💚🌼🌼🌼🌞🌞🌞

Wish there was a love button, did not know you could replant peppers from existing plants like that. Going to try the aspirin trick now

Peppers have always been my least successful crop, probably because I've been very successful at making a number of the mistakes on your list! 🙄

Great advice. I had a lot of peppers in pots over the winter. I had to bring them into a little greenhouse eventually. For the summer I put them in a group under Live Oaks to prevent sun scald. They did beautifully with tons of fruit. I'm sort of a bunch grower now. I've been concentrating on one type of plant. Two years ago it was all basil .I am still eating home made Pesto.

I love your videos. Thorough, complete and simply presented. Thanks Brian ☺️ we had our best gardening year because of you you!

Thank you for the info. I learned why a few things went wrong in my garden last year. Good tips, very much appreciated.

Great, Brazilian and Portuguese people are watching your videos, please make more! You are so directly to the point, that is great!

I can’t wait to try to over winter my peppers. Love that thought because it’s free. 😂

I love how you present the information. Easy to listen to because you're straight to the point

How on earth did I miss this video, I needed it! I’m a first time pepper grower. I have overwintered a few and so far so good. Thank you!

I liked that you stayed on content and you gave simple cheap pest control ideas! Thanks!

I’m in CO and I had no idea you could overwinter pepper plants! I’m very much looking forward to your next video on this subject!

I love your presentations; thorough, clear, concise and just a bit of humor. Just discovered you, so it remains to be seen if I will have a better garden this year.

I appreciated the amount of detail you gave with your tips. I wasn't left to wonder. Thanks.