My hot little peppers in plastic containers
Hi friends! Do you like spicy food? I can't imagine my meal without hot peppers. We used to plant in the garden, but I've been planting these little hot peppers in containers for a few years now and I'm very happy with the results.I have many varieties of these peppers and believe me, they are all very hot. I save the seeds every year and sow them in February in plastic pots and leave them on the window in a warm room. They germinate very quickly and then I plant them in larger plastic pots and keep them in a warm room again. When it is warm outside, I arrange them in the yard or on the balcony.
These peppers are not difficult to maintain. They like the sun, so I water them every other day, in the evening, and the water should be lukewarm. I feed them with phosphorus fertilizer, and later add calcium. When my wife cooks, she doesn't throw away the eggshells, but grinds them in a blender and sprinkles them on the soil in the pots.When they are ripe enough, we harvest them and prepare them for the winter. We pasteurize them in jars, dry them in the sun, and then make various hot sauces that I can't imagine my meals without.Don't overwater them as bacteria will develop and some types will be less spicy.I would like to share an interesting thing. Once you have picked the fruit, you can put the plant with the container on a window in an interior room where it is warm and it will bloom again when the weather gets cold, and the fruits will usually be smaller.
In the winter I really like to roast them on a hot stove, so I chop them and add leeks, a little oil and vinegar, salt and they are a great accompaniment to meat. Maybe I gave you an idea of how to plant them if you don't have a garden.I would like you to share with me whether anyone else grows peppers like this and their experiences. Maybe I could learn something even better from you.Hot dry pepper as an addition to dishes, and most often in cooking itself, is very common in my country. I had a problem with cholesterol and my doctor recommended that I eat spicy food. That's how I fell in love with hot and spicy food. Have a happy weekend, and in this community you can read very interesting posts and learn a lot.
Love seeing those hot peppers grow in containers! 🌱 Great for a spicy boost. 🔥
I'm impressed by your pepper cultivation, especially that little plant with lots of peppers. You're really good at it.
thanks
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Wow! So many peppers of different kinds. I don't like spicy food but I always want to grow pepper plants because I think they look very pretty with so many fruit. Sadly my seedlings don't want to grow and have been the same size for months. Maybe I need to start sowing the seeds earlier indoors next year
That's right, sow the seeds and place them somewhere near a heat source. Once they sprout, remove them from that location to slow their growth until they can be transplanted into a larger container or garden.
You have such lovely varieties of hot peppers - yielding much colorful fruits! I love hot peppers too and I have some in my garden, around 50 plants but some of them died. They had been attacked by root rot so I just decided to pull them to avoid contamination. I still have around 30 plants left and I hope they won't be affected by root rot anymore. We put some fungicide near the roots but some of them still died so I have been looking for the best solutions against these pests killing our hot pepper plants. I hope you can share your best practice if you experienced this before.
And yes, we love hot peppers too! My region is known for being a chili lover, so we are called 'oragons' which means 'brave' or 'resilient'. Chili is indispensable in every dish. In my opinion, hot pepper improves appetite and it lets me eat a lot. Not to mention it's health benefits, no doubt, your doctor recommended it for you.
Saying hi to those colorful chili fruits in your garden! I only have the green ones.
I use the means that are the least dangerous to our health. I use copper preparations, copper hydroxide,I disinfect seeds before planting.And you can also try without harmful preparations like this: add two full tablespoons of baking soda and half a glass of milk to 5 liters of water, and spray the plants with it twice a month. Baking soda is rich in calcium, and removes fungal spores, and milk is a wetting agent, allowing the soda to stick to the leaf.
Oh thank you! I'll try baking soda and milk. It's a little unmanageable now, as I visited the plants this morning, there's a new victim. Though it's only one this tome but I fear it might continue to spread if not given proper intervention.
I also love spicy food and it's amazing how you grow your own peppers. Thanks for sharing your tips, very helpful. I might try to planting in containers too.