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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt
I'm thinking this is a volunteer pepper beside the volunteer tomato plant?
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That looks like a tomatillo. I have better success with tomatillo volunteers than I do when planting them on purpose.
For most C. annuum peppers, I plant in rows 12" apart, with plants 24" apart in the row, in a staggered pattern row-to-row. This works out to about 15" between plants, and they are quite healthy & productive at that spacing. I mulch heavily around the plants to keep weeds down, but on poorly-drained soils - or where drenching rains are common - that might not be a good idea.
I would agree with those who mention that other species can grow much larger, and might require more space and/or greater care in their placement. Fatali grew over 3' tall & 2' wide even in my short summer.