I've grown a lot of different peppers in pots, from tiny ornamentals in 1/2 gallon to bigger sprawlier ones in 5 kitty litter tubs and bigger storage tubs. I used to grow more in dirt, but they all do so well for me in pots around the porch, I use the garden space for other stuff now.

I use tomato cages for the bigger sprawlier peppers.

I grow king of the north bell peppers in 5 gallon buckets. I use 100% compost. They grow very well on the hot patio. I also accidentally grew a whole bunch of cayenne and jalapeno peppers last year when I was sent the wrong seeds. They grew great!

Igtung, oops on the cayenne/jalapeno mistake! I would not have been a happy camper because I'm a hot pepper wimp.

Have you grown other varieties besides King of the North? I haven't tried it and I wonder how it compares to other sweet bells.

I really like the taste of Northstar F1, which knocked the socks of Cal. Wonder and Shepherd. I've also grown Lipstick and Donkey Ears.

I think Lipstick might grow well in a pot as it's not a very big plant in my garden.

Linda

Yes I was pissed! The food pantry got them all. I have grown lajlak bells and california Wonder in buckets and both did well. I have a 3 year old orange blaze bell that is growing in a 5 gallon bucket that goes outside all summer and then comes in the house in winter.

I grew peppers in fabric grow bags last season and they seemed to do pretty well. Jalepeno, habernero, cayenne, Anaheim, and a few variety of bell. 1 plant per 3 gal bag, or 2-3 per 7 gal. Most did pretty well, although I'd say the bells only did fair.

At the end of the season I just cut off the plants to discard them. Just last week I started emptying the bags to refresh the soil for this season. In breaking it up, I found almost none of the root clusters had grown all the way to the edge of the bags (other than a few stragglers). Maybe that means my plants didn't grow as big as they should have, but barring that, it suggests the bags were plenty big enough to handle the plants. Even the smaller 3 gallon bags seemed sufficient for a single pepper plant.

Most of them didn't need a cage, just a stake in the middle and twine to tie the main stem. The picture below shows my pepper plants at the bottom (foreground) and the tomato plants at the top, all in grow bags. This was mid-July, so they were only about half size yet.

Thank you all for advice. King of the North was a variety we were already looking at so we will at least try that. Thank you!