Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weiquan Lin / Getty Images Snipping and pruning pepper plants seems like a small action, but it's more important to their health ...

Theories abound as to best practices for growing vegetables—and one topic open for debate is whether or not to prune pepper plants. While it is not necessary to prune peppers, there certainly are ...

I have numerous jalapeño pepper plants and they all are producing, except one. It’s a beautiful plant full of flowers, but it has never had any peppers. Any ideas? Christi Rossi It’s hard to say what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Row of Red Bell Pepper Plants Bell peppers are members of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, along with tomatoes and potatoes, ...

Not many people associate pruning with annual vegetables. After all, they don't require any shaping and being annuals, they only live one season. Yet, pruning can make a significant difference to many ...

Years ago on a trip to Frankie’s Nursery on Oahu, I was charmed by their black pepper plants. I recently acquired one and am reviewing information on best practices to be able to harvest my own ...

Dear Master Gardener: I am interested in growing hot peppers so this year I purchased vegetable grow bags with handles, planted various types of hot peppers and placed the grow bags on my parent’s ...

Fahrenheit (0°C) is too cold for peppers. At this temperature, there’ll be a frost that kills unprotected pepper plants. Yes, ...