The article is divided into three phases of pepper plant care (and a printable schedule at the end): However, if you are a determined gardener who want to go an extra mile or two to get a higher yield from each pepper plant, let me share my lessons learned and how I grow them each year! You will undoubtedly learn a lot, but there might be too much information and detail for you. If you’re a beginner gardener or just looking for basic instructions on how to grow a pepper plant, you are probably at the wrong place. These pruning and fertilizing techniques can be applied to any type of pepper plant.īefore I dive deep into the step by step process, a friendly heads up. Plant B grew in high-quality soil with nutrient-rich additives, received targeted fertilizer applications, and was pruned with the end result in mind (more on this in phase 2a, 2b, and 3 below.) There is an astounding difference in yield because of the unique care Plant B received.

But as you can clearly see, Plant B is covered in pepper pods compared to a few green chilies on Plant A. Both the pepper plants in the images are of the same type, have started from seeds simultaneously, were transplanted in the garden on the same day, and received the same amount of sun per day.

Want to see the difference? Look at A/B test below. It is a result of the readings and research on the subject, trials and errors over the years, and fine-tuning the process every year. This impressive result is not because of a single fertilizer product or just by luck. I wish I could reply to them in just a sentence or two! However, the secrets of growing a highly prolific pepper plant, need more explanation. They wanted to know the pruning techniques I used to make the pepper plants so bushy and full. Readers asked me how I was growing and fertilizing this chili pepper plant to make it amazingly fruitful. In about 2 hours after posting this picture of one of my green chili pepper plants on Facebook, I got 500+ reactions and 80+ comments.

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