Pepper Fertilizer
Support sturdy pepper plants through healthy growth, flowering, and fruit development with a liquid fertilizer made for peppers. It works across sweet bells, hot peppers, and other garden varieties.
Mix it into your normal watering routine as directed for consistent feeding throughout the growing season.
Why You'll Love It
- Fruit Development Supports heavy pepper set, from bells through ghost peppers.
- Steady Growth Feeds stocky plants rather than leaves at the expense of fruit.
- Bloom Support For plants flowering well but setting little fruit.
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Liquid pepper fertilizer with a 3.6-3-5.1 NPK plus kelp. Supports stocky plants and heavy pepper set, from bells to ghost peppers.
How to Use Pepper Fertilizer
| Method | Amount | How Often |
|---|---|---|
| Watering can (plants under 12") | 1 Tbs (15 mL) per gallon of water | Weekly through the growing season |
| Watering can (plants over 12" / fruiting) | 2 Tbs (30 mL) per gallon of water | Weekly through the growing season |
| Hose end sprayer | Set dial to above feedrates | Weekly through the growing season |
| Leaf misting (optional) | 1 tsp per quart (32 oz) of water | Every 1–2 weeks |
Mix into your normal watering — no separate feeding routine needed.
What's Inside
The 3.6-3-5.1 ratio is built for a fruiting crop that grows and produces in one season. Nitrogen at 3.6% builds the strong plant and foliage that support the crop, and potassium at 5.1% — the highest of the three — drives fruit set, size, and the flavor and heat peppers develop. All of the nitrogen is nitrate nitrogen, the form roots absorb directly, so response is fast and burn risk stays low, even under the weekly feeding peppers want.
Beyond NPK: sea kelp (Ascophyllum nodosum) for natural growth compounds, plus calcium at 2.1% — unusually high, and the nutrient most tied to firm fruit walls and preventing blossom-end rot — magnesium (0.75%), iron, manganese, zinc, boron, and copper. Calcium and steady watering together are what keep peppers from developing the sunken dark patches of blossom-end rot at the fruit tip.
Made For
Every pepper: sweet bells and frying peppers, and hot varieties from jalapeño and serrano to habanero and ghost — in garden beds, raised beds, and patio containers, from transplant through harvest.
Problems It Solves
- Blossom-end rot — dark sunken patches at the fruit tip
- Lots of leaves but poor flowering and fruit set
- Small fruit or slow, weak plant growth
- Pale or yellowing leaves during the season
FAQs
How often should I feed my pepper plants?
Once weekly through the growing season — use 1 Tbs per gallon for plants under 12 inches and 2 Tbs per gallon for larger or fruiting plants. Diluting into your regular watering keeps nutrition steady, which matters for peppers since consistent feeding and watering together are what prevent fruit problems.
What causes blossom-end rot and will this help?
Blossom-end rot is the dark sunken patch at the fruit tip, caused by calcium not reaching the developing fruit — usually from inconsistent watering rather than a lack of calcium in the soil. This formula supplies calcium at 2.1%, but the real fix is pairing it with even, regular watering so the plant can move that calcium into the fruit.
My pepper plant has lots of leaves but few peppers — why?
That's often too much nitrogen relative to everything else, which pushes foliage over fruit. This formula runs potassium well above nitrogen to favor fruiting. Pair it with full sun and warm temperatures — peppers also drop blossoms in extreme heat or cold — and fruit set should improve as conditions steady.
Will this burn my plants?
No — at the directed dilution, the formula is designed for weekly use all season. All-nitrate nitrogen and low salt concentration make burn very unlikely. For young transplants just going in, start at the smaller-plant rate and step up to the fruiting rate as they grow.
When will I see results?
New growth greens up within the first couple of weeks of regular feeding, and stronger flowering and fruit set follow as the plant matures. Consistently fed peppers produce more and larger fruit across the season, and the difference shows most on plants that were struggling from irregular feeding.
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