I’ve been told that if you plant hot peppers near your sweet peppers, it will make the sweet peppers hot. How far apart do I need to plant them to prevent this from happening? — Tom Caulfield The ...

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Is it possible for different pepper varieties to cross-pollinate? Someone I knew had sweet bell peppers planted by jalapeño peppers and the bell peppers were hot like the jalapeño peppers. — Amanda ...

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Growing peppers indoors is a bit more complicated than growing peppers in a vegetable garden, but it is doable. Pepper plants are native to Central and South America and thrive in hot, sunny, and ...

Grow mild and hot peppers year-round with these simple indoor growing tips. Growing peppers indoors can be challenging but entirely achievable with the right approach. These plants are native to ...

Although peppers are self-pollinating and generally do not cross, sweet peppers and hot peppers belong to the same species and can cross with one another. However, the type of pepper produced by a ...