Banana Pepper
About Banana Pepper
Banana Pepper is a popular houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Banana Pepper likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
Taxonomy
Capsicum annuum 'Banana'
Capsicum
Solanaceae
Solanales
Also known as
Yellow Wax Pepper and Banana Chili
How to care for Banana Pepper
How often to water your Banana Pepper
Banana Pepper needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Banana Pepper in your home
Banana Pepper love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Banana Pepper does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Banana Pepper in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Banana Pepper
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Banana Pepper after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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My sister gave me this Hot Banana Pepper plant about a month ago ishhhh… After a full week of rain and clouds and seeing that the pot had no drainage holes, she Is PRODUCING ! I’m close to harvesting my first peppers this season. 😊🌶
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Some of the leaves on my jalapeno plant are browning but I don’t know why #Capsicum
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Losing leaves! All the rain lately w/no drainage holes. Only added within last week. Can she be saved? #Capsicum
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Small brown spots on leaves #Capsicum
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My plant changing yellow leaves #Capsicum
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My plant is turning a very light shade of green and lower leaves seem to be in bad shape. I do use nitrogen fertilizer on them regularly. What might be the problem? I might have been giving them too much water. Would this explain the shape? #Capsicum #carolinareaper
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Leaves yellowing My Carolina reaper is slowly turning more and more yellow. I've tried adding more nitrogen fertilizer but to no avail. It's very hot, around 30° so I've been giving water every day or every other. New growth looks more healthy and she has started flowering. What am I doing wrong? How can I make her healthy? #chilli #peppers #help #capsicum
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Tips, please #Capsicum I found this pepper plant on sale. She looks tired but I hope I can save her. How should I proceed? It's getting chilly outside especially during the night so she's indoors for now.
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Need help!! My pepper plant was a gift. And it was so pretty!! But I think I’ve killed it 🙁😢 I added a grow light with hopes to revive it #help #Capsicum
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Tiny white bugs on plant. Does anyone know what these are and how to get rid of them? #Capsicum
Care Summary for Banana Pepper
Banana Pepper
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 9 days
< 1ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.