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Hot peppers can be easily pulled out of seeds
It's that easy to grow a hot pepper
Have you ever wondered where your purchased hot peppers from the supermarket actually comes from? Which fertilizers were used, which transport has the vegetables already covered and how fresh is it accordingly? All this will not worry you if you grow a pepper yourself. Not only will you taste the difference, but you will also watch with joy as your effort slowly bears fruit.
The rearing
First of all, you have the choice whether you are already buying a preferred copy from the specialist trade or are pulling your hot peppers from the seed itself. The latter has several advantages:
The required seed can be obtained on the Internet or at the nursery. If you already own a hot pepper, you can also remove the seed from it and put it in the ground.
The care
First, put your hot peppers in the pot. Only in May, when it is no longer possible to expect ground frost, may you place the cold-sensitive vegetable plant in the ground. Alternatively, you can continue to cultivate the peppers in the pot, which facilitates the re-hibernation again. The following should be noted:
The site
Pepperoni plants love sunny, warm locations. Likewise, you should place your greenhouse protected from the wind. Under a small lead, the hot peppers are also protected from precipitation. If you have no capacity in this regard, a small greenhouse will help.
to water
Especially in very warm locations, daily hot pepper is mandatory. The substrate should always be moist. However, waterlogging should not form. Always pour the bale directly, but never the leaves. The best is clean, at best filtered rainwater.
Harvest hot peppers
In late summer, you will then pay your peppers a rich income. From August to the end of October you can pick the fiery pods. Incidentally, this is also possible in the green state, then only small amounts of capsaicin have formed. Accordingly, the taste is a bit milder. Be sure to catch up with the pods before the first frost and relocate your peppers to a warm place when temperatures drop below 5 ° C. The harvested fruits can be used both fresh and frozen to preserve them.