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What Are Some Of The Best Varieties Of Bell Peppers To Grow In Containers?

In this post, we are going to explore 20 different varieties of bell peppers, which are all good options to grow in containers. While there are easily thousands of varieties of peppers worldwide, these 15 varieties are among the easiest to grow, and definitely some of the most flavorful. There are a lot of different types of peppers that you may wish to plant in your own backyard, or even grow in containers.   Assuming that you are going to be growing bell peppers from seeds, you need to start with selecting the variety. Each plant will produce a single pepper color, so make sure to plant a few seeds so that you get a nice variety of colored bell peppers. A Bolivian pepper plant is going to be one of the prettiest ones to have in your container garden because of the variety of colors that the peppers can be.   Many gardeners like to plant an array of peppers to get some good variety, and there are several different options available. If you do not have a large yard, you may want to opt
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How long does it take for a sweet pepper plant to mature?

  How Long Does It Take For A Sweet Pepper Plant To Mature?   There are many varieties of sweet peppers you can choose from, but they typically will take between 60 and 90 days to begin producing fruit. If you choose to grow your own peppers from seeds, the plants will take an additional 56 to 70 days before fruiting.   It is important to keep in mind when growing peppers that when most seed companies state a peppers days to maturity, it is calculated from transplantation date, which is usually about 8 to 10 weeks after planting. If the seed packet for your pepper says that it will be ready to harvest in 75 days, then add about 56 to 70 days to give you your overall grow time. Taking into account the fact that you need to allow for a total of between 116 and 220 days, from planting your seeds until harvesting the pepper.   A pepper plant grown from seeds alone takes another 56 to 70 days (8-10 weeks) to bear fruit. Depending on the variety, pepper plants may fruit in 60 to 150 days aft
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Difference between sweet pepperoncini peppers and banana peppers

  Sweet Pepperoncini Peppers Vs Banana Peppers   This post contains all of the information on similarities and differences between the two that would make you a pro at discerning the differences between the two types of chili. Sweet pepperoncini peppers look similar, come from the same species of pepper (capsicum annuum), but are not the same.   While one does indeed look similar, and this is probably what is confusing, sweet pepperoncini peppers are a bit more green and a wrinkled in texture than banana peppers, which are a bright yellow and slicker exterior. When it comes to taste, one another are quite similar, although you might note a bit of bitterness with pepperoncini peppers that you will not get with banana peppers. Their differences in taste are most apparent when the peppers are raw--after pickling, they taste even more alike.   These bright yellow pickled peppers do more than just add some pizzazz to that particular meat-and-cheese sandwich, but are great on several other d
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