Growing cayenne peppers is one of the most popular and easiest of gardening tasks. Cayenne peppers are not the hottest of peppers, but run middle range to hot, they grow to three feet tall at maturity, and two feet wide. Because of the peppers ability to produce so many peppers on one plant, only one or two plants might be necessary to feed a household.
The type of soil necessary for pepper growing is moist but not too soggy, with good drainage, and inside a container bed. They should not be planted nearby any other species of peppers such as bells or sweet peppers due to the possibility of cross-pollination. Mulching the container bed with straw to help with drainage is a good idea.