What it is
Banana Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is in the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family. Sweet-to-mild yellow peppers that are wildly productive and great pickled. Easy in containers.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it even, and give it well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0-6.8. Space plants about 18 in apart. Expect roughly 60-75. Warm-season annual.
How it's used
Banana Pepper is used: pickled, fresh, stuffed.
🔎 How to identify it
- Compact bushy plant
- White flowers
- Long yellow tapering pods
Edibility
PartsFruit
UsesPickled, fresh, stuffed
CautionMild.
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Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.