How to Grow Chilli Pepper
How to grow chilli pepper is no way near as difficult as spelling the name
of this hot and pungent plant! So, if after you’ve read this you are still
in search of information, look under chilli, chili, chilly, and chile
pepper!
The chilli pepper also has several aliases. Its botanical name is capsicum
baccatum although it is commonly those who are on familiar terms with this
delicacy also lovingly call it cayenne pepper, jalapeno, long pepper, and
perhaps the most descriptive and important name, capsicum pepper plant. The
word capsicum is very important when discovering how to grow chilli pepper.
Capsicum is the genus of all pepper plants and all plants in the genus
(except the friendly green bell pepper) contain measurable amounts of
capsaicin, which is the stuff that makes them hot. You’ll find the capsaicin
inside a chilli pepper between the ribs of the fruit. (Yes fruit!) However,
you can’t see capsaicin, but you’ll know you’ve found it because it burns!
After you’ve learned how to grow chilli pepper and you’re ready to harvest
them, take care when handling chilli peppers to always protect your hands
and your eyes. Although we laugh about the heat chilli pepper can generate,
it’s no laughing matter if you should get capsaicin in your eyes or on some
other tender body parts.
So now that you know about them, let’s talk about how to grow chilli
peppers. Because chilli peppers are a tropical plant, as well as making
things hot, they like living in warm temperatures. Chilli peppers can be
started from either seed or transplants. In either case, you won’t want to
plant them into your outside garden until all danger of frost has passed.
Once planted in your garden, your pepper plants will need good air
circulation, plenty of sun, and well-drained soil that stays at about 80
degrees Fahrenheit (27C) from planting to harvest. After blooming, you will
know if you have been successful at learning how to grow chilli peppers by
the green chillis, attached to many of the stems of your shrub-like pepper
plant. An added benefit of chilli peppers is that they can be used green
before they ripen to their rich crimson red.
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