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- Pepper grow - Can this succeed?
- Pull pepper out of seeds
- Which type of pepper can be trained to bonsai?
- Maintain pepper properly
- Tips & Tricks
Pepper grow - Can this succeed?
The real or even black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a climbing climber from the tropical coastal forests of southwest India. The plant needs constant temperatures of at least 18 ° C - better between 27 and 29 ° C - and high humidity of at least 60 percent. For this reason, an annex usually succeeds only in appropriately equipped greenhouses or conservatories.
Next article Different types of pepper for the passionate gardenerPull pepper out of seeds
Pepper seeds you get u. a. in well-stocked garden stores or on the Internet. Seed cultivation is quite difficult as the grains do not germinate reliably and the young plants are also quite vulnerable. In principle, planting the seeds is possible throughout the year, provided you can provide the pepper bush with tropical conditions year-round. The seed kernels are simply placed in a container with compost soil, kept warm and kept well moist. They germinate at about 27 to 30 ° C and high humidity. For the latter, however, you can provide with the help of a spray bottle. If a pepper bush is already available, it is easier to propagate through cuttings. The fruits can be harvested and processed about eight months after flowering.
Which type of pepper can be trained to bonsai?
Sometimes you can admire pepper bonsais from breeders and passionate hobbyists. However, these are not plants of the genus Piper Nigrum, but the so-called Szechuanpfeffer (Zanthoxylum piperitum), also known as mountain pepper or Chinese pepper. This species is not related to the real pepper, but, on the contrary, with the citrus plants. The real pepper, however, is unsuitable as a bonsai plant.
Maintain pepper properly
Pepper prefers a permeable, nutrient-rich humus soil and sand substrate that can be mixed in a 3: 1 ratio. Otherwise, the plant needs a partially shaded, warm location - the ambient temperature must never fall below 18 ° C. In the absence of tropical trees, you can offer your pepper shrub - after all, it is a climbing plant - an alternative climbing aid. However, it is important that you spray the plant at least once a day with a spray bottle to keep the humidity high enough. However, you only have to water moderately - it is sufficient to keep the substrate only slightly moist. Fertilization with liquid fertilizer takes place every two weeks. Since it is an evergreen tropical plant and the tropics know only a daytime, but no seasonal climate, the care remains the same throughout the year.
Tips & Tricks
Another equally interesting, but much easier to clean alternative is the Brazilian pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius), also known as pink pepper or Christmas berry. This up to several meters high tree can be winter in winter, but winter frost-free.
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