4 different kinds of hot peppers

Chile, Hungarian Hot, Jalapeno and Habanero. 4 different live plants of each kind, I went out a few minutes ago and dug out a section, and moistened it down, I'll do a bit more to loosen up the topsoil tomorrow, then I'll plant them. This is my first time growing vegetables, and I was curious if anyone could give me some good information about peppers.

It has the maturation times on the tags that came with them, but what else do I need to know about growing peppers? Do they flower when they're ready or at a certain time? I had some other questions but I forgot what they were..anyone who could give me a bit of info about them it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by GreenLadyOfDankDowns

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thanks, greenlady..I'm not too informed on vegetable growing...

Trust me, veggies are a breeze once you get into it. I grow tomatoes, string beans, cabbage, and carrots every summer. I'm thinking about expanding this year actually. My dad likes peppers, so I might just grow some Habaneros for him.

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Originally Posted by GreenLadyOfDankDowns

Trust me, veggies are a breeze once you get into it. I grow tomatoes, string beans, cabbage, and carrots every summer. I'm thinking about expanding this year actually. My dad likes peppers, so I might just grow some Habaneros for him.

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well see I don't much care for veggies, however may end up throwing a couple more things in the mix sometime just because I enjoy watching a plant grow into a consumable substance/food...it's amazing to me for some reason.

I LOVE hot peppers...figured it's about the best thing I could grow for myself...and not like the extra space is any better off growing grass there, so why not..I did almost though pick up a couple of tomato plants while I was at the store...I hate tomatoes but my parents and brother would probably eat them. could be something I may add to my garden..

a couple of them are already starting to make peppers, do they just start from here and over the next 70 or 80 days become mature peppers or what? I'm kinda confused...I thought they had to pollenate or something..eh, I'm a dumbass..

I dunno, I've never grown a pepper plant so I'm not sure about their life cycle. Oh well, learning is half the fun right?

Hey man I grow lots of vegies and flowers. You said, dig up and moisten a patch. Like any other vegie or flower, they will do much better if you add some organic amendements like good compost and mix it up.

Yeah MArk those little peppers will keep growing until they are ripe, and you can pick them early at the green stage, or leve them on the plant to ripen fully to red or orange or yellow, depending on variety.
Yeah they have to get pollinated; the starts you got were old enough to have had flowers on them already and got pollinated before you got the plants.
There's a couple tricks I've heard about peppers... one is to make sure you harvest as soon as the fruit is ripe so they keep producing. Another has to do with the spacing between plants... I THINK you are supposed to have them fairly close together-touching, actually. Latewood... help... you know this I bet.
Watch for aphids, as they are a voracious pest of pepper plants.
The more sunlight they get, the hotter they become.
Compost is your friend.
Leftover dirt from your indoor grow room works nicely I have found... lol!
I have brought peppers indoors at the end of the season and they keep producing indefinitely except that the fucking APHIDS come with them, gawd...

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

Yeah MArk those little peppers will keep growing until they are ripe, and you can pick them early at the green stage, or leve them on the plant to ripen fully to red or orange or yellow, depending on variety.
Yeah they have to get pollinated; the starts you got were old enough to have had flowers on them already and got pollinated before you got the plants.
There's a couple tricks I've heard about peppers... one is to make sure you harvest as soon as the fruit is ripe so they keep producing. Another has to do with the spacing between plants... I THINK you are supposed to have them fairly close together-touching, actually. Latewood... help... you know this I bet.
Watch for aphids, as they are a voracious pest of pepper plants.
The more sunlight they get, the hotter they become.
Compost is your friend.
Leftover dirt from your indoor grow room works nicely I have found... lol!
I have brought peppers indoors at the end of the season and they keep producing indefinitely except that the fucking APHIDS come with them, gawd...

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thanks stinky for the input, was real curious about pepper formation..here they are in their small plot. I think I'll learn a lot with 4 different ones of each type :D for a change I came home and my stepdad had put a cup and some 'sevin-10' stuff to put on them for bugs..thanks so much :thumbsup:

i grow Habanero peppers and atm in aus. there got bullshit amount of chillis growing on the plant, you can pick them when their green and they will ripen on your kitchen bench.