In temperate zone locations like ours where it freezes in winter, pepper plants are grown outdoors as an annual crop. That means we grow them for one season and harvest the fruit as well as the seeds.

Green capsicums, also known around the world as bell peppers, are referred to by a variety of local names in Pakistan. It is believed that the reason behind these names dates back to when the British ...

Growing capsicum in pots offers a rewarding way to cultivate nutritious bell peppers, even in limited spaces. This guide outlines essential steps, from selecting quality seeds and using the right soil ...

Experienced gardeners are dismayed at people on social media extolling bell peppers as the only sweet peppers. Those people apparently don’t know about the many tapered and wedge-shaped sweet peppers ...

An exhibition at the Biomuseo in Panama shares the great adventure of how the chili peppers’ culinary conquest began. Special thanks to the Biomuseo, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Panama, for this guest ...

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 ...

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 ...