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Grow peppers: are good sources of vitamin C, have some vitamin A, and small amounts of several minerals. Red peppers have more vitamin A than do green peppers.
Types: peppers can be sweet or hot, tiny or a foot long, and range in color from green, yellow, orange, red, purple, and brown. Sweet peppers include banana, bell, cherry and pimiento types. Hot peppers include ancho, chili, habanero, jalapeño, hot banana and serrano types.
Soil: have your soil tested to determine pH optimal values between 6.5 and 7.Apply phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) accordingly. Improve your soil by adding well-rotted manure or compost in spring or fall. Do not use fresh manure as it may contain harmful bacteria and may increase weed problems.
Starting seeds: start pepper seeds about 8 weeks before planting. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep in pots containing sterile, soilless germination mix. Use a heating mat to keep the flat at 80°F to 90°F until seedlings emerge. Monitor potting mix moisture. Provide bright overhead light for the seedlings.
Transplant: thin or transplant seedlings after true leaves appear at 2 to 3 inches apart.Pepper plants may start to flower while still indoors. Pinch off the clusters of flower buds until just before setting the plants in the soil.Reduce watering when plants are 4 to 5 inches tall, and 6 to 8 weeks old. Place plants at a place protected from wind and exposed to sunlight.
Planting: transplant seedlings grown in separate containers without disturbing the roots in peat pots, do not expose the top edge above the soil surface.
Set pepper seedlings shoots at the soil line. With a hand shovel, make a hole large enough for the root ball of the transplant.Firm the soil around the roots and water the transplant.
Location: space pepper plants 18 inches apart, in rows 30 to 36 inches apart.Closer spacing requires fertilizer at planting and during the summer.
Watering: consistent soil moisture levels produce the best quality fruit. Avoid overhead sprinkling, wet leaves are more disease prone. Soak the soil thoroughly at least once a week, if the soil is sandy water more often.
Care: frequent, shallow cultivation with a garden hoe or trowel will eliminate weeds.
Peppers benefit from black plastic mulch that warms the soil, decreases weed competition, and keeps soil moisture.
Harvest: wear gloves and wash your hands when picking and after touching peppers. Even sweet peppers may be enough to irritate skin.Harvest peppers when they have reached mature size. Many sweet varieties have good quality when green, as well as when ripened.
Source: https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-peppers-home-gardens#diseases-171363
