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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

Why you should prune pepper plants for healthier crops and bigger yields

A farmer pruning pepper plants with a pair of scissors.

There is a huge variety of pepper plants to grow at home, from large sweet peppers to small fiery chilis and everything in between. A cavalcade of shapes, colors, and flavors to choose from, and plants are fairly simple to grow and care for.

Give them heat, light, water and nutrients and peppers will thrive. However, one thing that does split opinion on peppers is pruning. Everyone seems to agree on the importance of pruning tomatoes but few prune their fellow family member in pepper plants, but why?

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