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Pepper Growing Guides

SoilStack has 58 peppers growing guides. Sweet bells, hot chiles, and everything in between. Each pepper guide has zone-adjusted planting windows, days to maturity, container suitability, and feeding advice sourced from cooperative extension programs.

Updated April 19, 2026 · 58 varieties

Sweet & Bell Peppers

18 varieties

Hot Peppers

40 varieties
Anaheim Peppers
Anaheim Peppers
77–85d 6h+ sun Container OK
Ancho Grande Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper
Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper
90–120d 8h+ sun
Big Jim Hatch Chile
Big Jim Hatch Chile
70–75d 8h+ sun
Birds Eye Hot Peppers
100–110d 8h+ sun Container OK
Caribbean Red Scotch Bonnet Pepper
Caribbean Red Scotch Bonnet Pepper
95–120d 8h+ sun
Carolina Reaper peppers
Carolina Reaper peppers
90–120d 8h+ sun Container OK
Cayenne Peppers
Cayenne Peppers
85–95d 6h+ sun Container OK
Cherry Bomb peppers
Cherry Bomb peppers
75–80d 8h+ sun Container OK
Chocolate Habanero Hot Peppers
85–105d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Datil peppers
Datil peppers
90–110d 8h+ sun Container OK
Devils Tongue Yellow Hot Peppers
90–110d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Firecracker Hot Peppers
80–120d 8h+ sun Container OK
Fresno Peppers
Fresno Peppers
75–80d 6h+ sun Container OK
Habanero Pepper
Habanero Pepper
90–120d 8h+ sun Container OK
Holiday Marbles Hot Peppers
90–110d 8h+ sun Container OK
Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper
Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper
65–75d 8h+ sun Container OK
Jalapeño Peppers
Jalapeño Peppers
65–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Lemon Habanero Hot Peppers
85–105d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Mucho Nacho Jalapeño Peppers
Mucho Nacho Jalapeño Peppers
68–70d 8h+ sun Container OK
NuMex Twilight Hot Peppers
90–120d 8h+ sun Container OK
Orange Habanero Hot Peppers
85–105d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Pasilla de Oaxaca Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Pepperoncini Hot Peppers
65–75d 8h+ sun Container OK
Poblano Peppers
Poblano Peppers
65–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Pretty Purple Hot Peppers
90–120d 8h+ sun Container OK
Purple Tiger Hot Peppers
90–100d 8h+ sun Container OK
Red Caribbean Habanero Hot Peppers
85–105d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Red Cayenne Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Red Cherry Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container OK
Red Mushroom Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Santa Fe Grande Hot Peppers
75–80d 8h+ sun Container OK
Serrano Peppers
Serrano Peppers
70–80d 6h+ sun Container OK
Tabasco Hot Peppers
80–90d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Tepin Hot Peppers
120–200d 8h+ sun Container OK
Thai Hot Peppers
Thai Hot Peppers
75–85d 6h+ sun Container OK
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers
80–120d 8h+ sun Container OK
Yellow Jalapeno (Caloro) Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container OK
Yellow Mushroom Hot Peppers
75–85d 8h+ sun Container (limited)
Yellow Scotch Bonnet Hot Peppers
90–120d 8h+ sun Container (limited)

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