Theories abound as to best practices for growing vegetables—and one topic open for debate is whether or not to prune pepper plants. While it is not necessary to prune peppers, there certainly are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weiquan Lin / Getty Images Snipping and pruning pepper plants seems like a small action, but it's more important to their health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Row of Red Bell Pepper Plants Bell peppers are members of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, along with tomatoes and potatoes, ...

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

I prune plants that are overgrown very aggressively. Most gardeners hesitate to prune aggressively enough to get good results. Overgrown plants have little value in your garden, so don’t be afraid to ...

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