Vegetables

Pepper Planting Calculator

Capsicum spp.

Everything you need to plan Pepper: recommended spacing, how many plants and seeds you'll need, when to start, and when to expect a harvest. Defaults come from grower references and every value is editable.

At a glance

Recommended spacing
18″
Range 12–18″
Planting pattern
Rows
Time to first production
50–70 days from transplanting
Succession planting
Not typical
Start indoors
8 weeks before
before transplanting
Production pattern
Standard

Plan your Pepper beds

Prefilled with Pepper's recommended spacing. Adjust your bed size to get plant counts, seeds to start, and tray requirements.

Loads recommended spacing and planting pattern. You can override anything.
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Default 18″Range 12–18″

Your plan

99
Total plants
33 per row × 3 rows
Seeds to start (10% buffer)
109
72-cell trays needed
2
128-cell trays needed
1

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Planning notes

  • Corralling
  • Corralling for structural support is commonly used.

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