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title: "Do I need a trellis or cage for a green bell pepper plant? Thanks!"
description: "Do I need a trellis or cage for a green bell pepper plant? Thanks!"
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author: "Sarah"
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# Do I need a trellis or cage for a green bell pepper plant? Thanks!

_Posted by Sarah on 2025-05-12_

Do I need a trellis or cage for a green bell pepper plant?  
Thanks!

## 4 comments

### nick commented on 2025-05-12

In my experience no, but the support u have currently is never a bad thing. They get big and peppers r heavy.

#### Sarah replied on 2025-05-12

Thanks. It seemed like it needed some support so I just grabbed a stick out of the yard until I could figure out what to do when it got a little bigger. 😂

#### nick replied on 2025-05-12

Oh its no problem. Ik some ppl use tomato cages (i should say it really depends if u want maximum amount of peppers you can, and it is a lot regardless), but a stake is plenty. The main issue i get is that it produces so many peppers that I have to give a big chunk away because I never know what to do with them.

### Eleanore commented on 2025-05-21

I would say some support because peppers can get quite heavy but the plants them selves are relatively small.

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