In this video, we share 6 pepper varieties to grow in your container garden. You can grow pretty much ANY pepper in a pot if you want to, but we find that some perform better than others, especially when growing in smaller planters. We will also discuss some peppers that we prefer growing in the ground rather than in containers, and why.
Let us know your favorite peppers to grow in pots in a comment below!
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46 Comments
Im Growing King Naga Peppers and Habaneros this year!
2nd gen cross between white thai chili and purple dwarf chili
I unfortunately do not have a garden, any peppers that can be grown indoors in low sunlight?
Be careful with kitties around hot peppers, and plants in general.
My goodness, you two know your Peppers!! I learned a lot, too! Great video presentation. Following now!! CaliKim
Calvin is one Hot pepper!
I've had the same jalapeƱo, Serrano and Tabasco peppers š¶ for several years, one jalapeƱo gave me 11 harvests this past summer ā¤
yeah! i was looking forward to a video like this because i dont have a garden but DO have containers! š
I just started my pepper seeds in the green house
Can I grow jalapenos next to cayenne peppers?
I really like the purira pepper. Moderately hot, tastes good, does well in containers and is prolific, even in a shorter-season area like the PNW.
I won't be doing any hot peppers this year due to growing several last year and getting a bumper crop. My husband is the only one who can eat hot peppers. For myself I like mild peppers and tried a couple of new ones (for me) that I love. I will be planting Habanadas and twice as many Hot Sweet Things. The HSTs take a long time to ripen and my growing season cannot support more than one planting. š
I started some chilipiquins last summer, they're now in pots in my sunniest room – I intend to upscale their pots for half and get them into large pots. The other half will be transplanted into the garden in May of next year.
I like the jalapeno La Bomba II. I grow it, slice it freeze and use it all year. I also liked the Pizza Pepper for the same reason. It isn't sold anyplace any more I believe. Last year when I ordered them from Territorial I received 3 different peppers none were the Pizza pepper I received previously. For potted table plants I must have a Buffy and an Aji Rico to pot as well.
Very useful information, thank you for that! Living in Georgia, I've had better luck growing Jalapenos in container rather than in ground. I've given up on bell peppers in ground due to the poor yield and pitiful size. Perhaps the location is getting too much sun, IDK. Thanks again for always providing helpful content.
I overwintered my aji charapita in a container this winter and itās so healthyā which is great because it Abwasch stunted and produced almost nothing last summer so Iām really happy I kept it over mostly so Iād have a better start next year. But unthinkable Iāll keep it in the container next summerā. I am kevall my peppers into ground spices and mixed pepper flake and it turns out great every year!
I dry all of my peppers in the dehydrator and then put them through the blender turning them into flakes or a fine powder. I combine all of my peppers, and I blend them together. I have two large jars in the pantry cupboard, and I give the flake and powder away to my friends and family who enjoy the peppers. I grow Cyanne, Scotch bonnet, jalapeno and birds eye chili.
The Shishito is one I'm interested in. Thanks for review.
+1 for Shishito & Scotch Bonnet. I grow these indoors as well as Habanero in 1/2gal pots. They produce pretty well, and they're beautiful houseplants.
2024 was my first year growing peppers and I mostly grew in containers, with a few planted in the ground once I ran out of containers. All of my container plants grew large and healthy, but the larger pepper varieties seemed to struggle to grow full sized fruit. The few that I had in the ground grew normal size fruit. I was thinking of planting all of my larger fruit peppers plants in the ground next year, and only grow small fruit plants in the containers. Any advice?
Nice video – but whatās the alternative to Aji Charapita called? I donāt get it š
From experience, the best pepper to grow in small pots is Basket Of Fire
Thank you pepper geek(s)! I look forward to growing a few varieties you've mentioned.
Am planning on growing sweet peppers, bell peppers to be precise in containers. My reason for this is because I have a very small space for gardening. Is it a good idea to grow Bells in containers?
Where did you purchase the seeds for your favorite cayenne?
Ever since I watched that cayenne video Iāve been searching!
Love you guys
WHat seed catalog is that?!? at 0:09–0:12? Looks so nice
This year, I'm going with some ornamentals and some thai varieties in containers:
Black Pearl
Candlelight Mutant Pepper
Chinese 5 Color
Filius Blue
Midnight Fire
Puma
Purple Marbled
Purple Tiger
Red Missile
Trinidad Purple Coffee
Apache
These are the non-ornamentals:
Aji Charapita
Biquinho Black
Biquinho Red
Biquinho White
Biquinho Yellow
Fish
Shishito
Spanish Cayenne
Sweet Cayenne
Thai Mini
Thai White
White Lightning
Yellow Cayenne
Super Hots:
7 Pot Douglah
7 Pot Yellow
Hallows Eve
Jay's Peach Ghost
KSLS
MOA Scotch Bonnet
White Ghost
Everything else is going in the ground this year.
What is a Galon? Are your channels exclusive to the usa?
I love Cayenne Peppers! My first one in my Greenstalk went crazy nuts this past year šš»š¶šš»
I bought my seeds 4 weeks ago, are coming up just now. It's too bad this vid came out just a little late for me. I'm a container grower.
Serrano's are growing well in Melbourne summer in containers also Red Cap Mushrooms growing well ATM.
I am growing a few varieties indoors now using hydroponics. I have Tabasco, Big Thai, Jalepeno, and Ghost.
Hundreds of flowers on the Tabasco and a dozen peppers. Yikes.
I live on a chilli farm in Australia and one thing I'll tell you guys and that many people seem to be unaware of the fact that chilli plants need a strong sun to make them hit. We can grow the same varieties all year round but when the suns intensity drops off so do the Scovilles.
I'll be growing pimente d'espellette in containers and garden bed along with shishito, padron and lemon drop peppers. All great for cooking. And I've overwintered my Fresno chili plants that are now 3 years old and produce a ton o' peppers.
What are some good seed catalogs to look at?
I think this would have been more helpful if you put the names of the peppers on the screen, and maybe some container sizes for reference, thanks for the information:)
Cayenne Capsicum Annuum which is the closest to the original? Any Pointers will be obliged. I am after Cayenne Capsicum Annuum to relax the muscles in blood vessels in other words lower the blood Pressure. Any opinion on the objective and purpose of my search? Thanks for your comments.
Thanks for the video, this is very timely. My shishitos are taking off in my hydroponics lab, and I love the size/compactness of the plant for my indoor grow room, and was looking for some spicier options with the same foot print.
I grow shisheto peppers every year
I am growing peppers in containers for almost 15yrs now. Most of that was in NJ… Few years ago I moved to TX, expected good results and for most of it – great. However, I encountered one issue nobody could explain to me and I saw some other similar questions that went unanswered: pepper plants and fruit do excellently for a while, no issues. Then, late August, early September as if some switch is hit fruit becomes small, about 1/4 of the expected size. Still ripens well, there are still flowers and production (I just picked up the last for this year, be it small they are still perfectly tasty) but, they shrink. Plants are still perfect, no obvious glaring issues. I still water and feed them regularly … Any ideas why and how to correct?
I am growing them in 15Gal containers. Good soil mix. Varieties I grow are for what we use the most: roasting peppers. All of them behave the same. Examples: Cunbanele, Ajvarski, Bulgarian Cervena, Marconi, … I even got some Greek pepper seeds for the similar type of peppers… I grow few hot peppers too, for them this issue appears too but by nature of it (mainly eaten raw) not as important as for roasting peppers (I grow Mesilla and Reza hot peppers).
Ghost pepper , numex lemon, Pequin pepper , red cayenne, khang star lemon star .all in pots . Love your videos!! Thank you I have Learned so much .
Happy New year wishes to you and your family sir.
I got real excited when I saw the growing kit. I got equally disappointed when I saw it was priced for $80. I was ready to purchase it until I saw the price. š©
Thanks for the content. I just subscribed. JalapeƱos, Habeneros, Bounty-Banana.
I have indoor pepper plants, and the aphids are driving me mad. I spend a good hour every day with washi tape just getting them all off. They're not in a greenhouse situation, but they are still flowering fruit, so I haven't over-wintered them. Should I do all of this anyway just to get rid of the aphids? I've also re-planted them twice with brand new soil after washing off all the roots and treating them with the neem oil and soap. The neem oil and soap have not worked at all. Any recommendations? thank you
I've had luck with banana and jalepano peppers in containers also.