Banana peppers are a tasty addition to every meal. ... The ideal soil pH for growing peppers is 5.5-7.5. Pepper transplants should be planted into well cultivated soil.

Banana peppers can be found at the supermarket or at farmer's markets, but many people grow them in their own gardens. As long as they receive plenty of water and sunlight, they are easy to grow.

Gardening 101: How to grow peppers 02:30. NORTH TEXAS ... banana, serrano and cayenne pepper varieties and get a bountiful crop that you'll likely be sharing if your neighbors.

Although it’s hard to tell exactly how the mixup occurred, somewhere in the sorting process, pepper seeds were swapped—so if you thought you were growing jalapeños, for instance, you were in ...

I love to cook with bell peppers and eat fresh banana peppers with every summertime meal. Except for a few purple ones, most peppers begin their lives green and ripen to beautiful shades of gold ...

McIndoo says banana peppers are a great source of capsaicin—a natural plant compound present in peppers. Capsaicin is famed for the fire it lends to chili and cayenne, but it’s also linked to ...

The hottest chilis are Ghost (a.k.a. Bhut Jolokia) and Carolina Reaper at over 2 million S.U. In all hot peppers, the most heat is contained in the seeds and seed membrane, so if you remove these ...