What type of soil are you growing peppers (sweet or spicy) in?

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Azoned

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@dk420,
you might wanna run a soil test on that...
That "soil" looks pretty nasty. I bet it's mostly limestone/coral/sand. If you want soil in there, you may find a load of topsoil easiest.

regards,
Z

in regards to what kind of soil to grow peppers in...
I don't think they are too particular. I've grown them in red clay and sandy bottom land. They are a semi hardy annual from the tropics. And if you can keep them from freezing will go for many years. I've seen woody bushes of Hawaiian Peppers and my chile pequins are a few years old.
 
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imchucky666

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dk420 said:
like the title ask, what type of soil are you using for you pepper growing. i ordered some hot peppers from
pepper joes (fire in a box) and sweet peppers from gurneys (banana and bell)

i will be planting these seeds outside (zone 10a) in a raised bed, but im wondering what soil to fill it with, will miracle grow work or would it give it a bad taste? foxfarm light warrior? any brand you suggest? i will be mixing the soil with perlite, and maybe some compost pending the type of soil. was also considering using jacks classic 10-30-20 on a select few of the sweet peppers/hot peppers i will grow in pots to see if theres any difference between feeding it jacks vs just planting and giving it sun and water. (read you can just plant them in the ground and as long as they have good soil, sun, and water they will be fine)
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I've got some Habaneros going in some MG all purpose, gonna try that.
 
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imchucky666

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dk420 said:
thanks scroglodyte, but what i might do is either pot grow them or not make a taller raise bed and lining the bottom with plastic so i wont have to dig into the ground. i might even make a smaller second raise bed and mix the native soil with compost and manure (which im sure i can buy from HD/Lowes/nursery? or is it cheaper to get it else were?) and do a little experiment on how it grows in that.
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Of you have a nursery local, depending on the place, they may have bulk, most landscaping places have topsoil, mulch, sand, barkm etc.
 
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