10 Vegetable Tips To Grow Beautiful PEPPERS.
What a delight to eat a freshly picked garden pepper!
They are generally eaten raw, with raw vegetables and tomatoes.
But peppers are eaten in all sauces: cooked, sautéed, stuffed or in ratatouille ...
And nothing like a delicious house salad with good peppers from the garden.
In addition, the pepper is a very easy plant to grow in your vegetable garden, but also in pots, on the balcony or the terrace.
here are the 10 market gardening tips for growing beautiful peppers. Look :
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10 market gardening tips for growing peppers
1. Plant your zucchini in a location with direct sunlight (at least 10 hours a day).
2. To promote air circulation, leave a space of about 50 cm between each foot, and a little less for the chili plants.
3. Climb the larger varieties on a stake or trellis, to prevent the stem from breaking due to the wind or the weight of its fruit.
4. Keep the soil moist for good growth of your plants. Make sure they get at least an inch of water per week (or 3.75 liters of water per day in hot weather).
5. Peppers need a soil rich in potting soil that drains easily. Avoid adding too much nitrogen, as too much can lead to strong foliage development, and little or no fruit. The ideal soil pH should be between 6.0 and 6.5.
6. Add a layer of mulch (2-3cm) around your plants, which helps conserve soil moisture and regulate soil temperature.
7. Pinch off the early flowers, which results in a higher yield and larger fruit size.
8. To protect your plants from the moth (a caterpillar also called "cutworm"), put cardboard rolls of toilet paper around each plant, sunk into the ground about an inch deep.
9. To pick the fruit, cut the stem with a sharp knife or pruning shears.If you pull on the pepper to loosen it, you risk damaging the branches of the plant.
10. You can harvest the peppers as soon as they are green and shiny. The longer the pepper stays on the plant, the sweeter it will be (but the yield may be reduced). If you let them ripen on the plant, they will turn yellow, orange, and then red.
What are we eating ?
Once picked, garden peppers will keep for a few days in a basket, like tomatoes, zucchini and other garden vegetables.
In the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator, the peppers will keep a little longer.
Here are 2 easy and inexpensive recipes to enjoy your delicious peppers:
- the EASIEST and most FILLED salad you can make
- the express recipe for gazpacho with tomatoes and peppers
The best bell pepper varieties
- "Marconi Rosso": long red pepper, with soft, fleshy and sweet flesh.
- "Corno di Toro Rosso": horn-shaped pepper, with juicy, sweet and fragrant flesh.
- "Doux des Landes": a very long, sweet and fragrant pepper, with very thin skin, rapid growth.
Your turn…
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Also to discover:
10 Vegetable Tips To Grow Beautiful Zucchini.
10 Vegetable Tips To Grow Beautiful CUCUMBERS.
