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How to grow peppers. Cultivation and care of chilli peppers

Peppers have always been popular in home gardens. Want to know how to grow peppers? Then this article is for you! Growing peppers has never been so easy. Big choice of different pepper varieties makes growing peppers really simple. Growing peppers in the garden or containers is easy and fun. Its cultivation rewards you with delicious hot or sweet peppers.

Varieties of peppers

There are so many types and varieties of peppers being created daily that a lot of them just don’t have names yet. There are roughly 2500 new peppers originated each year. Bell peppers, and a lot of hot peppers, are native to North America. A lot of hot pepper varieties are native to Asia. Varieties from Mexico and Thailand are usually the hottest. The most popular is sweet green bell pepper. There are chilli peppers for people who like spicy food. Of coarse, different varieties have various shapes. For example, cherry peppers have a round shape and bell pepper has a long and slender shape. Anyway, whatever your preference is, garden shops and seed catalogs will offer you wide variety of peppers to choose from.

Growing peppers

Warm areas are favourable for growing peppers but a lot of gardeners around the world grow peppers successfully every year in cold areas. Peppers prefer full sun and warm soil. Good drainage is also necessary.

Planting peppers

First you’ll need good soil and a lot of organic fertilizer. We recommend you to use organic fertilizers instead of chemicals. You can use decomposed manure or humus. The soil should have an average Ph. Peppers are best started indoors, seven to ten weeks before the last frost in your area. Sometimes pepper seeds can be hard to germinate. For that reason many gardeners simply buy the seedlings in their local garden store. To plant the seedlings you will need to choose a location in your garden that gets full sun. No matter what kind of pepper you grow, they all like warm weather. Transplant the seedlings outdoors after the last frost.

Care of peppers

Pepper plants prefer moist soil with good drainage. Water regularly in hot and dry summer months. You can add mulch around pepper plants to eliminate weeds and to retain moisture.