How to grow peppers
Learn
how to grow peppers and it may become an addiction! This is especially
true if you are prone to the
vegetable gardening
miracles.... Peppers come in all
shapes, sizes, and degrees of tongue-tingling temperature. A pepper plant is
an easy to grow, space-efficient shrub that rewards its caretaker with
prolific bloom. In fact, the more peppers you pick, the more peppers your
plant will produce. Additionally, peppers can be harvested and eaten or
preserved long before they are fully mature. Finally, peppers are seldom
bothered by pests and most cultivars have a high disease resistance. If
you?re looking for easy gardening success, pepper plants are a dream come
true!
Peppers are second only to the tomato in popular garden plants and like the
tomato, for example
green peppers can be grown in containers as well as in the traditional
backyard garden. When you know how to grow peppers in containers, you add a
splash of color to your patio or deck as well as some tang to your taste
buds.
Buy pepper transplants from your local nursery for ease in learning how to
grow peppers. However, one of the few weaknesses pepper plants have is a low
frost tolerance. Plant peppers in your garden or put them out on the patio
only after all danger of frost is past.
Originating in the tropical climate of Mexico, peppers have maintained their
love of sun and warmth. Plant them in nutrient-rich soil amended with plenty
of organic matter. Veterans that know how to grow peppers often support
their plants with tomato cages or other holding device in anticipation of
the large pepper crop their plants will produce.
Peter Piper may have ?picked? his peppers, but to preserve your plants it?s
best to cut them from the stem with a sharp knife. Use this and the
following tips and you?ll know how to grow peppers successfully:
1. Wear gloves when you handle
?hot? peppers. Capsaicin, which is the stuff that makes them hot, is
contained between the ?ribs? of your peppers and is a formidable irritant to
eyes and mucous membranes. Even when wearing gloves, always wash your hands
after handling hot peppers!
2. Gently give your peppers a hardening-off period to get them used to their
outdoor environment. Set peppers out when the outside temperature is room
temperature and take them back in after an hour or two, increasing the time
for about a week.
3. Bees and other pollinators don?t consider the difference in heat between
pepper cultivars. When growing several varieties of peppers, keep them as
distant from each other as possible to avoid having your sweet red pepper
producing the fiery taste of a habanera!
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