In Grow a Garden, there’s no shortage of adorable fruits and veggies—but if you’re looking for something quick-growing, mutation-happy, and just a little bit spicy, Peppers are your new best friend.
They’re colorful, fast, and surprisingly powerful when you start stacking mutations. Whether you’re farming for coins, experimenting with combos, or just want a fiery pop in your garden, here’s everything you need to know about making the most of Peppers.
🌱 Step 1: How to Unlock Pepper Seeds
You won’t find Peppers right away, but once you’ve mastered crops like Tomatoes and Strawberries, they’ll unlock as one of your first “intermediate” fruits.
How to get Pepper Seeds:
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🌶️ Buy from the Seed Shop once you hit Crop Tier 2 or 3.
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🎁 Event Bundles – Look out for events like Spicy Harvest or Summer Heat.
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🔁 Player Trading – Especially during food or fire-themed events.
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🎯 Complete quests that involve mutating or selling early-tier crops.
Pro Tip: Peppers are super popular during Blood Moon or thunderstorm events since they pair beautifully with the Bloodlit and Shocked mutations.
🪴 Step 2: Planting & Growing Your Peppers
One of the best things about Peppers? They grow fast. That means more harvests, more experiments, and quicker profits if you time your mutations right.
How to grow ‘em:
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Equip your Pepper seeds.
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Plant them in an open garden plot.
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Water with a Sprinkler or Watering Can.
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Let them sit for at least one full weather cycle before harvesting—this boosts mutation odds.
Tip: Because they’re small, it’s easy to miss visual mutation effects—give them space so you don’t accidentally harvest a rare one without noticing.
🧑🌾 Step 3: How to Care for Peppers (No Green Thumb Required)
Peppers don’t need much attention, but a few smart tools and pet choices can make a huge difference.
Best gear and helpers:
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Sprinkler → Triggers Big mutation and saves you watering time.
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Lightning Rod → For that rare Shocked mutation.
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Night Staff → Boosts Moonlit and Bloodlit chances.
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Star Caller → A must for Celestial hunters.
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Butterfly or Bee pets → Help trigger Rainbow, Pollinated, and more.
Quick tip: Since Peppers grow fast, they’re perfect for farming mid-tier mutations over and over. Stack smart, sell fast, repeat.
✨ Step 4: Pepper Mutations – Hot Looks & Hotter Profits
Peppers might be small, but they pack a mutation punch. They can pick up many of the same effects as more complex crops, but way faster.
🌶️ Common Mutations:
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Big (1x) – Sprinkler = easy growth boost.
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Wet (2x) – Happens when it rains.
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Chilled (2x) – Frost weather or Polar Bear pet nearby.
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Moonlit (2x) – Triggered during night events, better with a Night Staff.
🔥 Mid-Tier Mutations:
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Pollinated (3x) – Bee Swarm Events or bee-type pets.
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Bloodlit (4x) – Looks incredible on Peppers—fiery red glow during Blood Moon.
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HoneyGlazed (5x) – From Honey Sprinklers or Bear Bees.
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Chocolate (2x) – Chocolate Rain or Chocolate Sprinkler.
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Heavenly (5x) – Only during the Floating Jandel event.
💎 Rare Mutations:
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Frozen (10x) – Rain → Frost combo turns Peppers icy blue.
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Golden (20x) – Use a Dragonfly pet, Super Seed, or Godly Sprinkler.
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Rainbow (50x) – Butterfly pets or premium seed boosts.
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Shocked (100x) – Thunderstorm + Lightning Rod = ⚡
🌌 Ultra-Rare Mutations:
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Celestial (120x) – Happens during Meteor Showers. Star Caller helps a lot.
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Disco (125x) – Admin-only or with a Disco Bee. Makes your Peppers flash with color and music.
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Voidtouched (135x) – Ultra-rare during Black Hole events.
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Dawnbound (150x) – Usually Sunflower-only, but Peppers can be traded for Dawnbound cosmetics during solar-themed events.
🔁 Step 5: Stacking Mutations – Turn Up the Heat
Peppers grow fast, mutate easily, and can handle several effects at once—so they’re fantastic for stacking.
Example Mutation Stack:
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Sprinkler = Big
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Rain → Frost = Wet → Frozen
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Super Seed or Dragonfly pet = Golden
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Butterfly nearby = Rainbow
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Blood Moon = Bloodlit
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Lightning Rod + Thunderstorm = Try for Shocked
🌶️ Result? A spicy little powerhouse that can sell for 500k+ coins, and it only took one crop cycle.
💰 Step 6: Selling or Showing Off Your Peppers
Once your Pepper is mutated and ready, it’s time to cash in—or flex.
Tips for maximum profit:
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Check if any global sales boosts are active—some double your crop’s value.
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Don’t rush to sell rare ones. You might get better trades with other players.
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Keep the coolest Peppers for screenshots, garden tours, or leaderboard runs.
🌶️ Final Thoughts
Peppers prove that you don’t need a massive crop to make massive profits. They grow quickly, respond to almost every mutation in the game, and look amazing when they stack rare effects like Frozen, Golden, or Bloodlit.
Whether you’re in it for the cash, the garden aesthetic, or just the fun of watching a little Pepper get struck by lightning, this crop is worth your time.
Now go grow something hot—and maybe hit that 7-figure harvest.