How to Grow Aji Dulce Pepper in a Pot

Use 12-inch diameter pots with drainage holes for pepper plants, which need adequate room for their foliage and root systems. Ideal pots measure at least 6 inches deep for drainage and root growth.

Mix a rich, loose potting soil with 1 part commercial potting soil to 1 part each peat moss, organic compost and perlite. Peppers cannot grow or bear healthy fruit in poor or thick soil. Add slow-release 5-10-10 or 8-16-16 fertilizer for long-term nutrition.

Mix a rich, loose potting soil with 1 part commercial potting soil to 1 part each peat moss, organic compost and perlite. Peppers cannot grow or bear healthy fruit in poor or thick soil. Add slow-release 5-10-10 or 8-16-16 fertilizer for long-term nutrition.

Plant Aji dulce pepper seeds 1/2 inch deep, with one seed per 12-inch pot. Water the soil with 2 inches of water. Using a watering avoids displacing the pepper seeds in the soil.

Water the peppers with 2 inches of water every week to maintain soil moisture. Give them 12-12-12 fertilizer when the first fruit sets. Keep fertilizer off the foliage, as it will burn it.

Harvest the peppers at their maturity date. Cut young green peppers for milder flavor or leave the peppers on the plant to ripen to red and orange for stronger taste. Use scissors for clipping the peppers from the plant. Pulling the peppers may damage the plant.