Before I started gardening, I was watching Charles videos and I was thinking : Wow he's pretty good. Today, I realize I was wrong ... he's not pretty good, he's a freaking artist.

That transplant was ridiculously smooth

Have you ever tried overwintering chilies? I live in a much warmer climate and still struggle to grow peppers. Often my plants are quite small still by first frost, having given me maybe only a handful of fruits. In these cases, I have dug up the plants and put them in pots, pruned them back and stuck them under my grow lights indoors over the winter. When they are replanted the next spring, they produce bumper crops of peppers in early summer, way before any peppers I've sown that year. It's definitely worth a try if you have the space indoors to baby them. It's also worth noting that I don't remove any of their leaves throughout their first season, so they still have buds in the leaf axils that can sprout after pruning them back. I've heard of pinching pepper plants as well to make them bushier, which may be ideal for creating a shorter plant to overwinter. I plan to give that a go this season.

Always love your videos! As a longtime subscriber, I feel like I am watching a friend. You are a world renowned expert, but your manner is so humble and approachable you make everyone feel comfortable. As an older gardener, who grew up on a farm, some of the newer YT gardeners come across condescending, but I try to give them the benefit of the doubt.😀 You have the experience and expertise, but never come across as condescending and I appreciate you very much. Hope you are having a wonderful week. Thank you!

Long time subscriber, I’m on the other end of the spectrum, growing cool season crops in Arkansas ( the last few years, formerly Utah) in the winter, in my greenhouse. 14x28. It got close to zero but with my ten black water barrels, and a very small heater. Nothing froze all winter and, I was amazed the difference the water barrels made, and it was my first time using water barrels at 20 years. Greenhouses are amazing. Thanks for all your knowledge, sir Charles.

Greetings, Charles, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden and special knowledge. The day started out at 52°F at 5a.m and warmed up to the low 70's 🌞 Take care and Spring is just around the corner ❤Peggy❤

Always worth trying a few such plants. Some years you'll get a huge harvest, and other years will be meager. All depends on how quick of a spring, warm of a summer, and long of a fall you end up with.

CHARLES, To support my pepper plants, for the past couple of years I have been using the inexpensive (not good for tomato) 4-5 foot tomato cages. They work great for p[eppers. Ray Delbury Sussex County NJ USA

Good timing thanks 😊

What a great video, really appreciate it!

Charles, you’re the breath of fresh air and relaxation I use after a long day. Never stop doing what you do. Much love.

Well done Charles and thank you for sharing 👍

I grew peppers in the coastal PNW last year for the first time and didn't have a greenhouse. I only got one or two red ones by the time the frosts returned, but my husband and I strung up all the green peppers we harvested to dry inside (hot wax, poblano and bell) and to our surprise they almost all turned red in a month or two! We use them in all kinds of things. They're worth growing for us!

Watching this has giving me a lot more understanding about sowing and growing peppers thank you so much.

The master of gardening 🙌🏼

Thank you

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Fascinating subjects - I'll enjoy this video and shall watch in stages I think as it will be good "bedtime watching" ! Thank you.

I definitely can relate. Love seeing your videos. Reality sets in. I'll be much happier with my results this coming season thanks to you Charles. Your plants are beautiful. Zone 6b USA. 42 degrees.

Every time I watch you meander through your garden, and speak of the plants you're growing, I'm reminded of Roger Swain, who hosted "The Victory Garden" here in the US from the mid 1980's to early 2000's. You are doing for gardening and growing today through this platform what he did then on television, bringing to light the joy of growing food and spending time in the garden. I surely do appreciate the effort you spend bringing these videos to the world.

Great information and thank you for sharing Charles. Excellent video to watch. Best wishes Jason from Melbourne Australia.

Ah, right in time! I know this one will be amazing as always. Its quite a challenge in zone 5a indeed!

Thank you Charles, the most valuable information as always! I had great success with peppers last year, fingers crossed we can achieve again this year 💚🌱

😂 so glad to see this video thank you Charles for sharing! I have been working out how to grow pepper's in SW Scotland at 270m above sea level for about 3 year's now. It is possible but it is difficult and I love the challenge.

Great video! Thank you For sharing ❤. Would love for you to share more about herbal uses and recipes.

I’m in Sweden around the Stockholm region, I can grow chilli peppers with great harvests just out in the open without a greenhouse. The key to getting a big harvest is starting the seeds early. I normally start them indoors, with grow lights, in January. Maybe even December for some of the slow growing capsicum Chinense verities. February still works. Early March is stating to be on the late side, will get a okay harvest but probably not multiple or especially big one. In in regard to having a plant with long weak branches, the key is to actually to get some wind. The plant grows a lot thicker and more stable stem and branches if it’s regularly exposed to some light breeze. Among us who are entirely focused on growing chillis, the standard is to have a fan when starting seedlings indoors. Both to thicken up the stems and make for a more sturdy plant, but also decrease the risk of edema and other issues caused by to high air humidity and lack of airflow. Another key factor is that I find that you need fertiliser to grow chilli plants in no dig and get a big harvest. Specifically ones made for the flowering and fruiting stage. Otherwise it’s fine without. But they are hungry slow growing plants. And having a fertiliser that is the right balance of NPK makes a huge difference in the fruiting stage. The rot seen in the video, isn’t caused by temperature problems. But a common thing that happens due to nutrient deficiency. Specifically caused by calcium deficiency. It’s one of the common nutrient deficiencies at the fruiting stage, and quite disheartening due to how long it takes for the plant to get to the point of fruiting. So making sure there is plenty of it when it starts to flower and then grow fruits can be good. Staking absolutely can help to prevent breaking of branches. But having a little bit of gentle wind on the regular will make the plant grow a lot more sturdy and make breaking of branches uncommon, and then branches able to carry a lot more weight from fruit before it becomes a issue. If it’s gonna be a storm or very heavy wind, it might be smart to protect the plants in some way. Otherwise the wind can just be beneficial. Another factor is really choosing a very sunny spot. As many hours of direct sun as possible. It helps with the heat also. Another factor is not taking the plants outdoors 24/7, until it’s hot enough. I slowly harden them off, and let them be outside during the warm portions of the day. But I don’t let them stay outside 24/7 until the nigh temperate is consistently 10 C or higher. Another big factor is that chilli plants will focus on getting bigger and won’t start to focus on flowers and fruits until their roots sort of filled up the space. So doing closer plantings, or growing in relatively small pot sizes, makes a huge difference in getting the plant to start fruiting and having time to ripen and get a big harvest that fits your growing season. I grow both in 10 litre black pots (black helps absorb light and get things warmer). Which still produces a pretty big bush sized plant, but get them fruiting a lot sooner. And in the ground a plant them relatively close to eachother, so I get them to not be able to get as big and instead focus on flowering and fruiting sooner. I useally am able to harvest ripe fruits in July sometimes early July depend on the season and the verity, and get multiple harvests.

It's really interesting comparing the Scottish climate to ours. We're effectively the same latitude, incredibly cold winters but with our boreal climate we get the much hotter summers we just have to do a lot more growing indoors to start with.

Wooooow this is a really beautiful,well organized garden. MashaAllah 🎉🎉

Hello my friend

You have a very beautiful garden

your video's are really good! your insight and knowledge is top, on a different level compared to propably most of us keep going you are also a very good teacher!

With peppers, I find that picking the early flowers off helps the plant to grow bigger, and then when you finally let the plant fruit, the plant is much stronger and can give you better yield.

Nice one Charles, gud vid...

Gardening is so simple and beautiful you just have to love it

I am able to grow peppers outdoors with inground beds and get ripe peppers. Here in Michigan latitude 44.5 zone 5b. Rather pleased to be able to say that! Your statement about staying realistic really hit home tonight! Thank you for your inspiration!!

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In 2022, my chillis did incredibly well…and last year, they did incredibly badly! Just shows that in marginal climates like here in the UK, can't always expect everything to grow as you'd like it. Hoping this summer is a little warmer 🙂

That tip about the spidermites is just what I needed. Defenetly gonna try to water more next year. Lost a lot of harvest due to them

A little tip for those having issues with watering (like I do) and or are new like me, try keeping a pot of just the mix with ur potted plants and keep it dry. This will give you a decent idea of how dry a pot is when compared. Works very well for seedlings and young plants. After a while ull be able to gauge the weight alot better.

Had a good pepper harvest despite cloudy Scots summer. Peppers seem happy in 10ltr black pots. As you HotWax is a good variety as is friggitello.

Hi Charles, I watched your video on the use of worm compost. I've been making worm compost in trays for about ten years, purely to spread on the soul in my greenhouse with spectacular results. Love your videos. Pete.

Another benefitial informative video thabk you so much! I have found a few minor mistakes i will remember for next spring and better germination methods to begin seedlings, tray sow will allow more seeds in a small space to begin. Giving more successful germination to pot on! Last year was a great pepper year, finishing them in the house! Compaired to this year more colder periods. Our summer season is droughtish, heavy down pours and fluctuating heat and cold days and nights!

School bus memories of munching on home-grown capsicum for a snack on the way home & sharing them with any other kid that liked them. Mine grew under a sml shade tree this year but didn't go into flower. First for everything. ❤

I'm at 44degrees latitude so growing peppers, watermelon and cantaloupe a greenhouse is a must. Harvested the last of my tomatoes and peppers in December last year. Will be transplanting seedlings March first.

I've struggled for years to grow peppers in my maritime pacific NW garden in WA state. Last winter I put a soil heater cable 6" deep in part of my raised bed garden plus used a lightweight cold frame to keep the warmth in until summer arrived. I was swimming in ripe peppers by the end of July.

Wow. I can only dream of having a harvest that looks like this. Still learning.

we had quite a large harvest from 20 Barbentane aubergine plants and 30 Aji Benito pepper plants outside in last year's mild summer here in northern netherlands, I was surprised to be able to harvest the aubergines well into october, and the peppers kept turning red up to my birthday on the 23rd of october! they grew under fleece well into June, sowed on valentine's day, really worked suprisingly well. This year we're planning to do 100 aubergine plants outside and even a sweet paprika variety for outside from Bingenheimer called Resi.. we'll see how that goes :)

Great video, thank you. I moved from the south of England to Scotland 4 years ago, and boy oh boy did I have a shock when I tried growing aubergines and peppers up here! It's amazing the difference it makes. Still I try every year!

thanks a lot, i agree that chili in pots grow better in cooler climate, not to big and not to much water , annum grows better.. i start mine indoors in january to february for getting a long harvest..thanks for showing the difficulties 👩🏻‍🌾🌱

I grew aubergines for the first time last year in a greenhouse and by September they had only got as big as my little finger so I pulled them up and put them on the compost heap, a few weeks later they had grown three times bigger! At least I am confident my composting skills are good 😊

Not sure where about in the country you are but here in the midlands hoping to grow some peppers this year. This video serves as good inspiration

Beautiful peppers ❤ and aubergines 😊 Im still working on my strategy to make those work for me 😅 so far my best aubergine was about 5cm long and it was already 80% eaten up my slugs and other insects 🤣 Its fantastic my survival is not depending on these crops; at least good ol potatoes grow here (in finland) like weeds 😁

Try some mini pepper varieties like Piquillo ore Hamik F1. They work out. Especially in pots (because of the higher soil temperature. Soil temperature is important in colder climates especially in the early season; even pots with no bodem on the ground (for less watering) works better. Greetings from the Netherlands

Last years weather during the summer was a pretty murky wet affair,(Gloucestershire)A lot of my peppers started to spoil just before they were ready,but on the whole not a total loss,thanks for the video Charles,another learning curve to share👍

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I live in Sweden and I`m growing a pepper called Korosko. I think it is a very nice variety in a colder climate. Thank you for your youtube channel.

Charles is the Chuck Norris of gardening.

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That is one of the good thing about peppers. Being able to pick them early even if they are not fully ripe and they normally still taste great, you may not be as sweet or hot but are good none the less.

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I built a low/medium polytunnel this year, and am plotting peppers and cucumbers and a cucamelon. I'm in coastal BC, and lack of summer heat is a frequent problem, so I'm hoping to have better success than I usually do. Though the other reasons for the polytunnel were being able to move seedlings out earlier/in uncooperative weather since I've not got enough space indoors, and getting some better fall/winter crops. I'm sure it will prove very helpful with at least one of these, and intend to have fun experimenting. Nice to see someone else in a similar climate dealing with this frustration and doing rather well.

Last summer was pretty hot here in Finland but I took my red peppers and aubergines out middle of July. Could have done it earlier, but I liked to play it safe. I planted peppers in no dig bed and whoooosh they begin to grow 😊 My aubergines were small but very tasty. Hopefully next summer is as warm as last year because my window sills are full of pepper and aubergine seedlings. Thank you for a good advice and tips how to grow these lovely plants in difficult conditions.

Mate, after a few years of working the beds in our house, we needed to move closer to my sons school. And it's not quite back to square one, the new beds have grown things before but have been heavily neglected.

South Coast, Victoria Australia. Just picked a dozen mini capsicums rich red but very small. Very sweet and lots of seeds. Didn't space enough.

I have never had much luck growing chillies in the UK (but try every year). Last year they were still not ripe in November. I picked them, put them in a paper bag indoors, and they ripened to colour in a week or so. So I would not loose all hope if you are in the same situation, pick them, and use them anyway you can, rather than throw them away.

I managed OK last year here in west Cumbria, despite being late in planting out (didn't have my polytunnel up until late June). Dried a lot of cayenne & they're HOT. Bell peppers did OK considering lateness but I had very few fully ripe. This year, I'm trying aubergines & jalapenos too.

This is great information, and right in time to prep for this season! I just put up a 6x8 hobby greenhouse, so I might try putting a few of these in there, along with a pot or two of sweet potatoes. One thing I've been trying to do the past couple years is to overwinter a few pepper plants. I've seen some videos from folks here on KZfaq, and by heavily pruning, digging up and potting their pepper plants, they are able to keep them semi dormant indoors, then plant them back out once the warmth is back. Their plants had a massive head start compared to seedlings, resulting in substantially greater yields. Granted, it does take extra space, materials and effort, so on a smaller scale it may make better sense than for a big market gardener.

Hi Charles, I'm in South Australia and this summer hasnt been the greatest for growing peppers/chillis and tomatoes. We've had a very humid start to our summer and they've only just started getting colour on the peppers and the tomatoes look diseased but have given us some nice fruits. Last summer was much better and i picked loads of veggies to share with friends.

I live in Georgia and during the summer I had no peppers but I did in october and november they didn' t have time tp ripen though but a green pepper from the garden is so much better then the store bought ones! I never buy green bell peppers, they taste like grass, might as well eat that, is free!! :)) I think that don't like it too hot either! Blessings!

Hi ! Next time just plant peppers as close as 15 to 20 centimeters ( 6 to 8 inches between plants ) and they will support each other. And please do not de-leaf them so hard . Hope all the best for all . Have a good spring time Charles !

Good show, thanks Charles. odd yr last yr, toms were very late, did quite well on sweet peppers, all the yellows finished (mostly yolo), lots of green, not so many reds, had some get to 8ft tall in the GH

Great video. Have you tried to grow Padrón peppers ? Those are typically eaten fried as tapas in Spain and harvested as green. So no need to get them to colour... I'm giving it a try this year.

Hi Charles, i am a vegetable gardener from South Germany. I have been trying many different pepper varieties. That one that always works for me in our climate (zone 7b) is „Roter Augspurger“. Its a small red pointy pepper. I grow them outside and get usually good and relatively early (mid August) yields. Greetings Basti

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I think those are the tallest eggplant plants I've ever seen! I think the tallest I've grown topped out around 3 feet and I thought that was tall 😂😅

I found a good tip that I used on my peppers last season when it started to get cold and that was to cut of the steam and leave the remaining peppers on the plant that has not got any color yet! Put the entire plant to dry were u dry the onions for example and the energy from the leafs and stem will go into hyper mode to make the remaining peppers color really fast!

Good morning Charles 😊 You could write to me, what are the ingredients for growing with the no dig method. Thanks 🙏

Where I live Chillies are one crop that I find quite easy to grow 😂

My experience is that chilies want warmer soil, hence like it better in containers than direct in the ground. We plant two chilies in 90 liter containers and they super thrive in our poly tunnel her in Sweden. Two chilies in 90 liters gives the largest harvest per container. We tried three but get about the same or maybe a bit less per container.

For people in warmer climates like myself, be aware of the risk of leaf burn at transplant, especially if you don't use a grow light. Make sure you make them used to sun by giving them shade for the first week.

I've always found peppers to grow better in pots and my temps in Eastern Canada can hit 40+ in the summers.

Spring is often warmer than summer where I live due to coastal ocean fog

I grow my peppers outside (South West England) as I can't afford a greenhouse or poly tunnel. Of my 8 plants, I got precisely 5 ripe peppers last year! Truly was an awful year for warmth loving plants.

Bom dia Charles adorável a explicação eu te desejo um bom final de semana ❤

Hello Merci pour tous ces conseils. En tant que débutant ce sera tomates et concombres. Bientôt votre livre en français !! Thank you Maxime 22 in Brittany ( small 🇬🇧)

Chilli peppers....oh my the struggles I've had....its a fine line growing these in a UK climate. Seed early indoors , put in the greenhouse when warmer.. even so.. its so hit and miss

I tried growing aubergines in my first year and kind of decided not to bother with warm climate veg as I didn't have a decent greenhouse. I'm also in Somerset. Tomatoes are a bit different, but even then some varieties do better than others. If you're just starting out, stuff that doesn't require special treatment will do your confidence more good.

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I visited Sissinghurst Castle Gardens in Kent in August last year and spent some time in its beautiful organic vegetable garden. I noticed that there was a sign beside a row of Aubergines growing outside that said that this particular variety did very well outside producing 15-20 fruit per plant. The lady gardener I spoke to said that they were sown and grown on in warmth as normal and planted out in the open without any protection after the last frost date in late May. The variety was “Violetta Lungha” and as I have a packet of seeds I will be trying these in my Hertfordshire allotment this year.

Hello from Denmark 🌱🇩🇰 yes peppers can be tricky also in Denmark because of cold weather. But I are now going in to the 4 season with amazing produce. The change for me ad been using my black 40x40cm selfwatering pots 25 liters soil and 16 liter water and planting 4 ball pepper plants in each pot. Then i have placed the pots 1,2 meter above ground level on a table in the midle of the polytunnel. I have placed the pots close to each other. The doors are open in both ends if hot. I have never seen such nice and big and jucy peppers before i did this. I guess the heat to the roots in the pots also make a difference here 🤔 have a great season 🌱🌱🌶️

Good afternoon Charles, are you planning to create a mobile app for your calendar? It would be nice!

Good morning Charles, your video this time is very sobering - the temperatures are not the same every year. Although I live in WKZone 6b - 7a, our summers have become warmer and the tomatoes sometimes get too warm in the greenhouse, so shading and excellent ventilation are essential. I generally have seed-resistant varieties, but when it comes to peppers I can only take seeds if I don't plant peppers at the same time, because they cross with the peppers. I have now switched to a two-year seed harvest for peppers. This means only harvesting seeds if there are no hot peppers growing in the same greenhouse at the same time. All the best! Ursula from Bavaria

Norfolk UK, only had 1 orange habernero ripen last year whereas 2022 we had hundreds. Always a gamble in this climate. With regard to spidermite, 2 to 3 weekly sprays of dilute peppermint oil should get rid of them.

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I’ve never grown chilli’s because I don’t have a greenhouse. However this year I have a cold frame! It’s probably not quite tall enough but I’m going to shop around for a short variety if it exists then I have two chances of success or not!

I dont believe it i finally can return the favor a give a tip to you! I live in the Netherlands so we have a relatively comparable weather( yours beeing at bit harsher perhaps). My peppers thrive when i start them in february, dont be afraid for the month long headstart! Dont mind them beeing streched in the beginning. Then i also start a "measure" plant on the equinox. Then when your feb peppers reached around 50 cm> cut them back radically to the height of the equinox pepper. Then they probably push two leaders which i cut back again on around 10CM. In this way the base structure of the plants is very sturdy, and im able to get big harvest end of august outdoor soil without protection, just a southfacing wall.

I have been growing various chillies in New Zealand for about 8 years. Outdoors, tunnel house, pots, in ground. For the first time this year I used autopot which is just a flood-drain system of feeding. It works amazing for chillies. I have one 2 year old habanero that is now the biggest hab I have ever seen. Almost 2m diameter but only 1m tall. Branches now touching the ground (oops) on all sides. Picked around 50 large chillies and still have maybe 100+ left on the plant. My jalapenos and bell peppers in this system are the biggest fruits I have ever had. I barely add any nutrients to the reservoir, so it must be the style of watering that they love. I can't wait to see the root system. Autopot + tunnel house = winner.

Charles, a few years ago a friend gave me a few tomato cages which are rather worthless for tomatoes because mine grow so tall. I’m in the U.S. Pacific Northwest so my peppers struggle a bit as yours do and don’t grow particularly tall so the ‘tomato’ cages work well to support my pepper plants both in the ground and in pots.

In the coastal southeast USA we have a 260 day growing season. It allows me to top the peppers at the first blossom which temporarily stunts their growth , however they becomes strong stocky bushes that will yield 2-3x the amount of fruit later in the season without the need for support. I guess this is only possible because of the extended growing season.