Is potting soil ok for growing veggies?

[Cluricaun]

Or more particularly jalapenos? I have several nice seedlings coming in and I need to thin out the pot asap, but all I have on hand dirt wise is a bag of potting soil, I think it’s Schultz All Purpose Potting Soil Plus. That’s not going to make poisonous peppers is it?

[Squink]

No, potting soil won’t make your peppers poisonous.
Both times I’ve grown cayennes in pots, I’ve mixed some regular old garden dirt with potting soil. The plants grew well.
These guys probably know more about the subject than I do:
Growing Peppers in Containers

It is commonly believed that commercial potting soil is the best choice for containers because many garden soils contain too much clay for use in pot. However, commercial potting soils often contain so much sand, perlite, and milled sphagnum moss that they drain too fast and dry out too quickly.

Some gardeners have had success with simply digging soil out of the garden and putting it in a pot. Most pepper gardeners add some garden soil to a mix that includes commercial potting soil and other soil expanders. We have had good luck with the following formula: 1 part perlite, 1 part sand, 1 part vermiculite, 3 parts commercial potting soil, and 3 parts garden soil. Another good mixture is 1 part loamy soi, 1 part peat moss, and 1 part sand. Daphne Gould of Boston reports excellent results with a mixture of two parts compost, one part perlite, and one part garden soil, mulched with grass clippings.

Read the section about fertilizing peppers. I managed to stunt my garden peppers one year with too much nitrogen.

[Cluricaun]

Perfection. I now have my pepper sprouts in two different pots, but I’m going to narrow that down to just three or four winners after they grow a bit more and have a stronger root system. That page will become invaluable when they reach the next stage. Thanks Squink.