Cutting water lowered jalapeño heat in a California field trial. See what cultivar, red ripeness and corking really do to Scoville, and what to try instead.
A freeze is forecast for the Northeast this weekend. Which peppers to pick now, which green ones will still ripen indoors, and the 45°F cold line to watch.
Grow pimento peppers from transplant to full red in about 95 days. See why their walls run thicker than a bell’s, and exactly when to harvest for roasting.
Red peppers have twice the vitamin C of green — but only if they ripen on the vine. Variety-by-variety timing and the biology of why the wait matters.
Pepper flowers dropping, fruit bleaching white, tiny pests draining your plants? Diagnose blossom drop, sunscald, and the three key pepper pests — and know when to treat and when to leave the plant alone.
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.
Pick too early and miss the flavor peak. Pick too late and risk frost damage. Here’s the color-and-feel test for bell, jalapeño, habanero, and more.
Pick your pepper, match it to the right pot size, and use our zone-timed transplant calendar to harvest full-size fruits from your patio all season.
Discover 7 science-backed companion plants for peppers — including the trap crop strategy that cuts pest damage by 98% — and 3 plants that will sabotage your harvest.
Not sure which pepper to grow? These 15 varieties — ranked from 0 to 1 million SHU — match your kitchen and your USDA zone.
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.