Pick a peck of Peppers
Pepper plants are ideal vegetables to grow in a pot in your front yard garden. There are many varieties of peppers to choose from. Growing different types of peppers in the same container adds to the beauty of the display. All peppers begin as green peppers, but over time they mature on the plants and slowly turn red. The longer sweet peppers stay on the plants, the sweeter they get; the longer hot peppers stay on the plants, the hotter they become.
Banana peppers can have a bitter taste if you harvest them when they are green. While this is ideal for pickling them, it is not the best taste for eating raw in a salad. Wait to harvest them until they are a golden yellow.
Habanero pepper plants are prolific. Their interesting shapes make a visually pleasing display. I can’t wait for mine to turn red so I can harvest them.
The most common pepper in the U.S. is the bell pepper. It takes longer than other varieties to change to a sweet red pepper. I find that I like to wait for the green ones to turn red, but sometimes the insects end up dining on the peppers before I get them in my kitchen!
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