How to grow chili peppers from seed to harvest, including care tips for the hottest superhot varieties.
Buy the Smart Garden 9 for chili peppers: the maker's chili pod needs 14-18 weeks to harvest and holds a slot all season, so only the 9 can run three chilies plus herbs. The Smart Garden 3 suits one pepper plant. Prices and specs from Click & Grow, checked October 2026.
Peppers are tender perennials, not true annuals — with a pest check, a hard prune, and a cool bright spot, you can carry a plant through winter instead of starting over from seed every spring.
A beginner's guide to growing ghost peppers, covering starting seeds indoors, transplanting, sun and soil, feeding, patient ripening, and safe harvesting.
