Put These 12 Things in Your PEPPER Planting Hole For The Best Peppers Ever

Whether you’re growing chili or bell pepper, you can use these ingredients to make your plant produce productive and flavorful pepper fruits.

1. Bone Meal

Adding bone meal at the time of planting will help the plant to have a good growth and will also prevent from the blooming end to roth.

2. Earthworm Casting

Adding worm casting to the hole it gives soil improvement in the structure which gives better plant development and bigger pepper and chilies.

3. Rockdust

Rock dust contains iron, magnesium and calcium which gives the soil trace of minerals and micronutrients.

4. Well-Rotted Cow Manure

By simply adding the cow manure to the soil it increases the levels of organic carbon increasing the water retention.

5. Greensand

By adding 2-3 cups of green sand in the planting holes it helps the plants health and disease resistance.

6. Eggshells

Eggshells are rich in calcium and other minerals, and by simply putting them around the plant crushed to pieces it saves the plant from snails, slugs and cutworms.

7. Garden Lime

The perfect soil ph preference for peppers is between 6 and 7.5 everything below that is acidic, so by adding garden lime you are raising the level of spicy peppers.

8. Fish Head

By adding 1-2 fish heads to the planting hole you are providing bigger growth to the plants and will also give all the boost that one plant needs.

9. Epsom salt

Epsom salt contains 10% magnesium and 13% sulfur which reduces slow growth and makes the plant healthier. Before planting dust 1 to 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt and a thin layer of soil to avoid direct contact with the roots.

10. Banana Peels

By adding banana peels to the planting hole you are providing the plant with nitrogen and you are giving the chance of healthier growth.

11. Coffee Grounds

Adding coffee ground provides better soil drainage and also improves the soil structure over time.

12. Add Matchsticks

With adding 10-15 matchsticks head in the soul you are providing the plant with extra sulfur to make the pepper hot.