Growing bell peppers in pots from seed

Peppers, especially chili peppers, hold a special place in many gardens. These vibrant and delicious vegetables are fun to grow and can also be decorative. Just because you don't have a garden to grow peppers doesn't mean that you can't grow them.

Container size for bell peppers

Growing peppers in planters is easy. Plus, when you grow peppers in pots, they can double as decorative plants on your patio or balcony.

Growing Peppers in Containers

Container garden peppers need two important things: water and light.

These two things will determine where you will grow pepper plants in a container. First, your peppers will need five or more hours of direct sunlight.

How many pepper plants per pot

The more light they can get, the better they will grow. Second, your pepper plant is entirely dependent on you for water, so make sure that your container growing pepper plant is located somewhere that you will be able to easily get water to it on a daily basis.

When planting your pepper plant into the container, use organic, rich potting soil; don't use regular garden soil. Regular garden soil can compact and harm the roots while potting soil will st

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