1. Buy the pepper varieties you want to grow. Some of the fastest-growing peppers include the Anaheim pepper and Early Jalapeno. The Cayenne pepper...

2. Find the best time to start your pepper seeds indoors. Do this by looking up your area's last expected date of frost and then subtract 8 to 10 w...

3. Prepare your pepper seeds for planting. Soak seeds for 24 to 48 hours in a cup of weak chamomile tea or water to soften the seed shell.

4. Sow your seeds in a seed-starting mix. Moisten the mix so that it's damp (not soggy), and fill the cells of your seedling tray so that it's 75%...

5. Watch for germinating pepper seeds, which can be anywhere from 7 to 21 days (superhots can take 6 weeks or more). After seedlings are standing u...

6. Move your pepper seedlings to larger, 3 to 4-inch pots filled with potting mix. Do this when plants are at least 2 inches tall and have about 4...

7. Prepare your pepper plants for the outdoors by hardening them off. Do this when seedlings are around 8 weeks old, about 4 inches high and have a...

8. Transplant your pepper plants outside when the last threat of frost has passed and nighttime temperatures are consistently above 55°F (13°C). If...

9. Harvest your peppers. You can pick peppers when they are the color of maturity for that variety. Peppers are edible in any growth stage so you c...