Vegetable Starters

Bell Pepper Starter Plant

Live Plant
$7.00
$9.00
$7.00
(-22%)

Pick thick-walled, crunchy green bells in about ten weeks, then let a few ripen on the plant to red, orange or yellow.

Bell Pepper Starter Plant

Pot Size: 4" Pot
Quantity
Vegetable Starters

Bell Pepper Starter Plant

$9.00 $7.00
Pot Size: 4" Pot

Peppers want warm soil, so wait until nights hold above 55F before setting plants out in the Alabama spring. Plant at the same depth they grew, mulch to keep roots cool and moisture even, and stake or cage each plant before a heavy fruit load snaps a branch. Blossoms often drop during July heat above 90F, but plants recover and set a heavy second flush as September cools. Shipped in a 4" Pot, well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.

  • Mature size: 24-36 in tall, 18-24 in wide
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Grown as an annual in all zones
  • Pet safety: Foliage toxic to pets if ingested; fruit is safe
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
  • Light: Full sun, 8+ hours
  • Water: 1-1.5 in per week, consistent
  • Soil: Warm, well-drained loam rich in compost with a pH of 6.2-6.8 and adequate calcium.
  • Feeding: Feed lightly at planting and side-dress with a balanced fertilizer at first fruit set, avoiding excess nitrogen.

No hardiness rating for this one. It's grown as an indoor plant, so the room it lives in matters more than the zone outside. Keep it above 50°F and out of a cold draft.

How big does it get?
24-36 in tall, 18-24 in wide

How much light does it need?
Full sun, 8+ hours

Is it safe for pets?
Foliage toxic to pets if ingested; fruit is safe

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.

What it costs

Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

Getting it ready

1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.


Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

1-3 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Edible Garden

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.

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