Everything I Use
To Grow Massive Pepper Plants
Over the years I’ve tested countless products, systems, fertilizers, containers, and irrigation setups while growing peppers in my gardens.
This page contains the exact tools and equipment I personally use to grow massive pepper plants and huge harvests season after season.
Everything listed here is gear I actively use, trust, and recommend to the Pepper Guru community.
Tried & Tested
Everything here is used in my personal gardens.
Maximum Results
These tools help me grow bigger plants & more peppers.
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Fertilizers & Nutrients
Feeding your plants the right nutrients at the right time is essential for big harvests. These are the fertilizers and nutrients I use.
Fish Hydrolysate
“PEPPERGURU” at checkout for 5% off. Forget emulsions, hydrolysates are superior fish fertilizers. Cold processed and full of vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, and growth hormones. Sourced from clean, mineral rich North Atlantic Ocean fish and never lake, farmed, or river fish.
Liquid Crab & Lobster Shell
“PEPPERGURU” at checkout for 5% off. Micronized crab and lobster shell meal, delivering naturally occurring calcium, magnesium, and nitrogen directly from shell material. Boosts soil structure, moisture retention, and mineral availability. Contains chitin, which helps with insect damage.
24-8-16
This 24-8-16 is a high quality water soluble fertilizer with micronutrients. Optimal ammoniacal/nitrate nitrogen balance for foliage plants. Contains low amounts of boron. Moderate potential acidity makes it ideal for use in interiorscapes. May be used as a foliar feed as well.
Bluelab Combo Meter with Soil pH Probe
“PEPPERGURU” at checkout for 10% off. If you want quantify how much fertilizer you’re giving to your pepper plants, this meter is how you do it. Measures pH, conductivity and temperature on the go. Customise scales to your preference – conductivity in EC, CF, PPM 500 (TDS) or PPM 700; temperature in °C or °F.
3-1-2
“PEPPERGURU15” at checkout for 15% off. Essential nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to support stronger growth for peppers. Organic, Fish tankage, beet extract & molasses feed soil biology and deliver micronutrients to plants without harsh chemicals.
Fish + Seaweed
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Irrigation, Fertigation and Drip Systems
Consistent watering is one of the biggest keys to massive harvests. This is the drip irrigation system I use in my container gardens to keep my plants happy and productive all season long.
Poly Tubing
All the different poly tubing types that I use to build the perfect drip irrigation system.
Timers
Irrigation timers I use to ensure the garden is watered even when I’m away from home.
Pressure Regulation and Backflow Prevention
All the inline fittings I use to reduce system pressure and prevent backflow.
Drippers & Emitters
Pressure compensating and cleanable dripper emitters that I use to control how much water each plant is getting.
Barbed Fittings
All the barbed fittings and couplings I use to build the perfect drip system.
Fertilizer Injectors
How I ensure every single watering session is providing nutrients to my pepper plants.
Seed Starting, Grow Lights and Support Cages
A strong start to strong plants. These are the tools I use to start every pepper plant and keep them thriving indoors and then once outdoors!
Rapid Rooters
My favorite plugs for starting seeds and propagating cuttings. Great for seeds that take more time to germinate. Holds better moisture to air ratios for longer periods. Easy to divide for multiple sprouts.
Seed Starting Trays
Solid 1020 trays and 72 cell inserts make watering a breeze. Gently water all of your new seedlings in seconds by pouring a little water into the bottom tray.
Square Pots
3.5 Inch, deep version, square nursery pots are the perfect size for getting pepper seedlings plant out ready within 4-6 weeks. They fit 18 to tray and make watering all your pepper seedlings quick and easy.
Heat Mat Thermostat Combo
Most domesticated pepper varieties germinate the best at around 84F. These heat mats and thermostat combos take the guess work out of controlling your seed starting temperatures.
VIPARSPECTRA XS1500 Pro LED
Intense, full spectrum light is so important when it comes to raising up plant out ready pepper plants in under 4-6 weeks. This light is the best bang for the buck right now.
Red Brand Sheep and Goat Fencing
This Red Brand Sheep and Goat Fencing with the 4 inch openings is the sweet spot for making the perfect pepper cage.
Living Soil, Compost & Biostimulants
It all starts with the soil. The ultimate soil is always made right at home but these are the best available substrates and inputs I’ve ever used. Feed the soil.
Worm Castings
OMRI certified, safe and gentle. These worm castings make an excellent base for crafting your own potting mixes or top dressing your existing conatiners.
Liquid Humate
“PEPPERGURU” at checkout for 5% off. Liquid humic acid extracted from ancient peat moss bogs. Imrpoves nutrient availability, soil structure, and soil life.
Soil3 Humus Compost
This is the best humus stage, compost I’ve been able to find in the south east United States. Derived from Bermuda grass clippings, livestock bedding, fungal inoculants and a small bit of of sand/silt from the field rows, it is awesome for growing peppers in.
Seaweed Extract
“PEPPERGURU” at checkout for 5% off. Ascophyllum Nodosum seaweed extract acts as a natural storehouse of over 60 nutrients, amino acids, trace minerals, and natural growth promoters.
Coast of Maine Compost Blend
Crafted from chitin and calcium-rich lobster shells, composted cow manure, sphagnum peat moss, and composted bark, this nutrient-dense blend enriches your garden soil for healthier plant growth.