Growing peppers

Whether you love sweet or hot chilli peppers, they prefer the same conditions – free-draining soil and somewhere warm by a sheltered, sunny wall. pop plants individually into 30cm (12in) containers filled with multipurpose compost or plant three per growing bag. When chilli peppers reach

20cm (8in), pinch out the growing tip; allow sweet peppers to grow taller, and provide a stout cane.

The ‘loco’ chilli pepper variety turns from purple to red