Peppers

Don’t buy pepper seeds without knowing the 3 types: sweet (0 SHU), hot (up to 1M SHU), and ornamental — with cultivar examples and a selection guide.

Pepper seeds germinate in 8 days at 85°F—or 25 days on a cold windowsill. Get our zone-by-zone sowing calendar and 8-week indoor roadmap.

Pepper stems snap under fruit load — here’s how to choose the right trellis before your harvest suffers. 5 support types, comparison table, variety guide.

5 soil picks ranked by pH, drainage, and organic matter — plus the calcium fix that prevents blossom end rot in pepper plants.

Peppers spend 8 weeks indoors — longer than most vegetables. The 5 best seed starting kits for peppers, plus the one spec most buyers miss.

Use the wrong pruner on pepper plants and you crush stems instead of cut them — 5 ranked tools matched to each growth stage and price.

Most pepper growers get the pot wrong and lose half their harvest to heat or root rot. Here’s exactly what matters: size by variety, drainage mechanics, and the 5 best pots.

Which pepper pest spray actually works? 5 products matched by pest type, plus a PHI table no competitor buying guide includes. Find your solution fast.

Discover the best companion plants for peppers—science-backed picks that repel aphids, fight nematodes, fix nitrogen, and boost your harvest.