Best Peppers

[cheech]

What does everyone grow as far as peppers? I am looking to get some really productive plants but they don't seem to be taking off (only producing 1 pepper). I am interested in a plant that grows alot of peppers but not extremely hot.

[rainbowgardens]

Cheech,
It would be helpful if we knew more about what kind of pepper you want. How do you intend to use it?
Also, some people's idea of what is hot would be like baby food to others.

[dilligaf]

where are you at cheech? general area. Are you trying to grow them now?
Peppers like warm temps so depending on where you are that will affect how many peppers you get off any given plant.

I have grown a few of the hot n spicier peppers. I have noticed that anything you grow at home is much hotter than the peppers we generally buy in the stores. I do not know the reason for that . Depending on what you intend upon using the peppers for, banana peppers may do you well. Anaheim and cubanelles , hungarian, cascabellos and are a couple other varieties that arent too spicy

[OFG]

This year I grew red chili peppers (because I like to dry them and use them on pizza and other things.

I grew some sweet banana peppers, and some green peppers, because they are good with my breakfast omelette.

I grew a Serrano pepper plant, they are hot... and some habanero peppers... "F'in A" hot!! Not really sure what to do with them they are a bit above my scoville toleration. Make pepper spray maybe.

Also some jalapeños for salsa and to stuff.

[dilligaf]

just to throw this in the convo... peppers are a perennial plant. In many areas they can remain in the grund and grow for several years.

Mulch well around the base of the plant and when its real chilly cover with a burlap sac and they should make it through the winter in all but the extreme climates and begin fruiting again immediately in the spring when we would normally just be planting them.

[Dean]

I have some banana peppers growing at my house right now. Very, very simple to get started and they seem to be thriving without much aid.

[unklfstr]

Are they in the ground or in a pot?