How hard is it to grow peppers of a decent standard and is it worth it? Does it save you money?

Question

I should add that i live in the south easy of england

Answer 1

My husband grew them successfully in Takeley, Essex. He'd never grown them before but found them easy.

Try it and enjoy your crop. Peppers cost 59p each, so growing your own makes sense.

Answer 2

It will save you money but peppers take quite a while to grow. They tend to be smaller in size but they more than make up for that in flavour. The are easy to grow, you just need somewhere you can fit a grow bag, out of draughts/winds. They take about 6-8 weeks to start bearing but once grown, each plant can produce lots of peppers. The variety is huge when it comes to growing them, there are so many varieties, ranging from mild/sweet tasting peppers to firecly hot chillis (scotch bonnet peppers are really easy to grow).
Try it! Seeds don't cost very much at all. You can't go far wrong (one tip:don't overwater them, once/twice a week is sufficient)

Answer 3

They are not hard to grow treat them as you would a tomato. Just remember to mist the plant as often as possible to get the flowers to set fruit. A normal plant should yield at least a dozen peppers. This is the salad variety.
The chilli peppers are just as easy requiring the same care only they need more heat to grow in than salad peppers. If you decide to grow these pick a dwarf variety and grow it as a house plant on your sunniest window sill.
Peppers are however prone to attacks from whitefly. The best answer to this is to spray with Provado, it will give you 3 months protection.
Hope this helps you and good luck.

Answer 4

Well, I'm not in England, but I've had great success with peppers here in the US. I use a lot of peppers for cooking, especially green bell peppers. I had a bumper crop this year. The ones I couldn't use fresh, I diced them and put them into the freezer. Now when I need some diced green peppers to go into a dish, I just reach into my freezer and grab my bag of frozen peppers and take out what I need. I grew several varieties: California bells, one other type of bell pepper, jalapenos, cowhorn peppers, banana peppers. They are very easy to grow, and take very little care. With the price of peppers in the supermarket so high, it makes sense to grow your own crop in the spring.

Answer 5

Not at all difficult depending on which growing zone you live in. I grew peppers all summer from three plants and they're still bearing! I chose Italian peppers and mine were excellent! Of course it saves you money but how much depends on the amount of peppers you consume over the course of time!