Green, yellow, red - small, round, elongated - not only mini-sized peppers, but also normal peppers, hot peppers and chili can be easily grown in pots. Provided you meet your special requirements for climate, location and care.
How to plant peppers in pots?
To grow peppers in pots, you need seeds or plants, 10 liter pots, germination substrate, sowing soil, bamboo sticks and fertilizer. The plants need a sunny location, nutrient-rich soil and regular watering without waterlogging. Fertilize weekly with fertilizer containing potassium, phosphorus and magnesium for a successful harvest.
Their properties make peppers ideal potted plants. Because they originally come from Central and South America, they prefer a sunny location protected from rain and cold.
To grow peppers in a pot you need:
- Seeds from peppers or pepper plants
- 10 liter pots or buckets
- Germination substrate or growing soil
- Sowing soil
- Bamboo sticks
- Fertilizer
The soil should be loose and nutrient-rich. Avoid waterlogging! If the soil is dry, water peppers from below and keep the leaves dry. Feed once a week with a mixed fertilizer (€9.00 on Amazon) that contains plenty of potassium, phosphorus and magnesium but only a little nitrogen. Or add slow-release fertilizer to the soil when planting. At the end of July you can harvest and enjoy the first wonderfully fresh, crunchy peppers.
Tips & Tricks
Homemade fertilizer: Fill a watering can with fresh nettles and the seasoned pepper shoots and then pour in water. Let ferment for 2 weeks. Then fertilize or spray the peppers with diluted nettle broth once a week.
