Easy Pepper Plants

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  1. Squeaky

    Squeaky New Seed

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    My mother-in-law has requested pepper plants for the garden this year. I've always had bad luck with pepper plants.

    Can any one recommend any easy pepper plants that might survive me. :)

    Thanks!
     
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  3. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Do you want HOT ones or ones you can taste without having all your taste buds seared off?
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I've always found that Bell peppers are pretty easy to raise. I hope that, whichever ones you get, you manage to get a good crop from them.
     
  5. marlingardener

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    Ace and Gypsy are easily grown bell pepper types, although they are more pointed than blocky like the grocery ones. I no longer grow hot peppers since I destroyed the taste buds of our Hispanic neighbor.
     



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  6. Brisbane Trees

    Brisbane Trees Seedling

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    Schinus species are weeds in many places, and what grows easier than a weed? They have been used as a substitute for commercially grown pepper, though usually just as a filler.

    I'm always removing Schinus molle, and Schinus terebinthefolius is noted by my state government as an environmental weed, so care needs to be taken that they don't take over.

    These trees' fruit are the types of peppers you grind to put over your food, not the bell pepper type.
     
  7. Donna S

    Donna S Hardy Maple

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    I have good luck with California Wonder. Has nice flavor and shape for stuffing. Freezes well also.
     
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    SueanneFl. New Seed

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    Was surprised that my Bonnie green bell peppers survived the cold snap we had and grew back from the bottom in large concrete pots. Bought some more to plant in pots too.
     
  9. krosagro

    krosagro New Seed

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    Bell peppers are the best one :)
    You can rise it not only in pots but also in polytunnels
     
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