Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spicy red and green pepper plants. Companion planting—the practice of growing compatible plants near each other—can benefit the ...

Ideally, peppers should be grown in well-drained soils that contain a high level of organic matter, but they can also thrive in moderately fertile soil. Soils low in organic matter can be amended by ...

The National Garden Bureau named 2026 the Year of the Hot Pepper. This guide highlights varieties to try, from super-hot ones ...

Q: I am growing peppers from seed and the plants are starting to flower when they are very small. Can I remove the flowers and let them get larger and then let them flower? A: Yes, removing the ...

Location matters when it comes to planting delicate vegetables like peppers. To avoid ruin, always make sure to pop seedlings ...

The fruit of pepper plants may be sweet, mild, hot or very hot. The degree of heat is related to the amount of capsaicin present. This chemical is concentrated in the pepper pod where the seeds are ...

Here are the winners for 2026. Year of the Ficus. Ficusses are quite common houseplants. The edible fig is also part of the Ficus family. The key to growing healthy indoor Ficus is to give plants as ...

Hot pepper plants are the most suitable for overwintering indoors due to their small size. In Zone 9 and above, overwinter peppers outdoors with protection if needed. Indoors, pepper plants can be ...

If 2025 already pointed to a growing appreciation for home cultivation, functional nutrition, and reconnecting with the earth ...

In the world’s plant gene banks, scientists studied how so many varieties of the humble capsicum worked their way onto our plates. By Veronique Greenwood Peppers are cosmopolitan, a vegetable that ...