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I saw a rather pristine Kung Pao pepper plant at the local garden supply, so I figured I'd grab it since I didn't have any spicy annuum varieties.   I potted it up into a five gallon pot from its tiny 4 inch with a mixture of mostly unbuffered coco coir and perlite with a touch of a worm...

This is an aribibi gusano plant that had been growing rather nicely for a time, but ever since its growing tip split, the leaves have been coming out deformed and brown as pictured. It's growing in peat-based Pro Mix premium that was fortified with a bit of worm castings and a sprinkle of...

Well, I woke up this morning to the rather unfortunate sight of my best looking Dalle Khursani seeding ling having tipped over as a result of a slug nibbling on the base of the stem (I had seen it mentioned in several places that coffee grinds would repel slugs...but evidently not this one).  ...

I've been hearing good things about this stuff, namely that it's a soil conditioner that helps plants uptake nutrients, a natural PH balancer and not really something plants can be overdosed on easily.   I've also seen it suggested here as a way to improve plants that are growing in a coco coir...

I had heard that this pepper can sometimes have a flavor reminiscent of soap before I bought it, but I had not expected to be so...overpowering in the batch I harvested recently.   What other flavor I can taste initially is nice, but it quickly gets overwhelmed by the soap-like floral flavor.  ...

As per suggestion from some around here, I've following a weekly spraying plan (2 tsp cold-pressed neem/1 tsp Dr. Bronners. soap in a quart of water) for a rather sprawling Aji Limon plant that has a pretty bad infestation as almost of all the new growth tips/nodes have been killed off or badly...

This baccatum plant is putting out a lot buds and flowers but only one fruit has actually managed to set and put on some decent growth so far (Though it's not nearly as fast as that of even the dumpiest looking of my shishito peppers).   All of the others end up dropping off the plant shortly...

I made the mistake of starting off my first batch of pepper in a very dense Black Gold potting mix and I believe it's likely choking the roots and keep them from properly absorbing nutrients as all of them (Save for one that was heavily amended with perlite and cinder) have been a light green...

I noticed within the past week or so that my Aji Limon plants have begun brown slightly along their central veins and it's mostly visible on the underside of the leaves.   My first plant was noticeably less healthy then the second, being a light green instead of a dark green and had developed...

I live in Hawaii, which means the weather is always suitable for growing peppers.   Unfortunately, this also means the conditions are also always suitable for the pests who love to deface pepper plants who perpetually have large populations ready to spring on any that are left unattended for too...

This seemed like the best place on the net to get some advice on proper pepper growing, so I decided to stop lurking.   The tropical weather of Hawaii means it's always pepper season around these parts...except that presents a number of challenges in itself, which I'm hoping to overcome so I can...