4. Watering Pepper Plants
As a general rule of effective green thumbs, it’s a good idea to start with the first watering of the soil while you’re still in the preparation phase for planting and officially before you’ve put anything in the ground. Ideally, start to water, loosen and compost the soil at least two weeks before you plan to plant for the best possible results.
Once your plants have made it into the ground, it’s time to continue watering from there. If your soil preparation and planting was done right during the previous phase, you’ll have soil that’s not too tight and not too lose – and soil that drains the moisture through well enough for it to not stay moist.
When watering pepper plants, make sure that you water the roots instead of the whole plant. Like many other fruit-bearing plants, bell pepper plants don’t like having their roots wet for extended periods of time.