jimmy wrote:
Dick Adams wrote:

This year my garden will be all containers so tomato and
pepper plants can winter indoors.

My Habenero Peppers will be arranged in a north-south direction
with a separation of 3 feet between N-S rows and 2 feet between
plants with each N-S row.

Am I spacing the out too much?

My feed and supply guy told me peppers need to be touching
each other. I've planted like this and it's done well. This year
I have planted 4 pepper plants in an 8 gal container, I did this
last year, however the deer ate them first.

I suspect the peppers you're planting are low on the Scoville scale.
Bell, Banana, Jalapeo, Serrano, Cayenne, and Malagueta Peppers
are all below 100,000 Scoville. Rabbits and deer may eat them,
but I have yet to lose a Habenero plant lost to a deer or a rabbit.

Last year I planted Bhut Jolokia (1 million Scoville). They were
planted too close together (12" to 15"). and they grew to 4' tall.
So in a container garden, They'd be one to a large pot.

This year I've planted six Red Savina Reds (~ 400,000 Scoville,),
three Scotch Bonnet peppers (~200,000 Scoville), and three
Trinidad Seven Pot peppers (~1,000,000 Scoville). These 12
plants are in no danger from being breakfast, lunch, or supper
any critter. Only humans are dumb enough to eat Habeneros.

My other plants (tomatoes and Bell peppers) have cages
around them.