Growing decorative peppers

Growing decorative peppers produced for the sake of fruits. Decorative pepper belongs to family Solanaceae. The fruits have a variety of shapes and bright colors. As they ripen, the color of the fruit changes. They can be yellow, red, orange, lilac, brown, purple, black. Decorative pepper contains aromatic substances that improve mood and eliminate bad emotions. Ripe pepper fruits stay on the bushes for a very long time.

The cultivation of decorative peppers is carried out using seeds, also use vegetative propagation by stem and apical cuttings. Sow the seeds in early spring in the ground and cover with film or glass. Temperature must be maintained about 24-28 degrees, it is also necessary to ventilate regularly. After two to three weeks, shoots appear. Then the plant is transplanted into separate pots at the two-leaf stage and exposed to full light in a warm place (loggias, balconies, garden). Pepper needed water and spray, periodically use complex soluble fertilizers. After the peppers ripen, feeding is stopped. In apartments with dry air, pepper needs to be sprayed more often. It takes until the pepper is fully ripened about 110 days.

Decorative pepper is considered perennial plant, but even with special care, its life can only be extended to three or four years.

Tiny pods of decorative pepper can be used in cooking as hot seasoning, but among them there are also very hot ones. Among modern varieties of pepper there are sweet types.