Nailing the timing when starting your pepper seeds indoors will set your plants up for success (and keep seedlings from crowding your home for too long).

Capsicum, or shimla mirch, is one of the most frequently used vegetables in kitchens. Whether you’re whipping up a rich serving of kadhai paneer, tandoori snacks like tikkas and kebabs, or Italian ...

Peppers (Capsicum annuum) make a popular addition to home gardens due to being easy to grow and offering a wide variety of sweet and spicy peppers for your garden. Sweet peppers add crunch and mild ...

‘Pretty N Red F1’ are conical red peppers. The average length is 1.5 to2 inches long. The upright 18-inch plants do great in containers. They have a sweet flavor, enjoyed fresh or pickled. A beauty at ...

Dr. Natalie Bumgarner plants peppers, and Dr. Frank Hale discusses wood-boring insects. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Residential and Consumer Horticulture ...

Capsicum, also known as bell pepper or Shimla mirch, is among the most nutritious vegetables that can be grown on your terrace or balcony garden. These are available in vibrant colours and are rich in ...

Question: I have seen many pepper plants for sale in nurseries and big box stores since March. Is it too late to add a few pepper plants to my garden? Or should I consider growing peppers at all?

* What it is: You might not even recognize that this is a pepper plant because the fruits are flattened with lobes, more like little red hats than the bell or cone shapes that peppers usually grow ...