Trendy ("hot") and easy to grow chili!
- Dean McMnara
- 8 dec. 2017
- 3 min läsning
It is not difficult to cultivate chili. The funny thing is that you can already start early in February. Then you have the hot summer! We explain step by step how to succeed with your chili. Invite your friends on an exciting chili tasting in the summer!
This is a very basic guide on growing peppers. For a more comprehensive guide on how to grow peppers, how to mix the best soil for chili plants, and how to water chili plants, go to https://www.thechili.life
When should I sow my chili seeds?
In countries with colder climate, it is to cold to sow the chili on the ground (sow directly outdoors in the soil). Therefore, you must pre-planting chili seeds – that is to say, germinate the chili pepper seeds indoor. You should get started with this back in February (or late January), so that the seedlings have plenty of time to grow and bear fruit. If you start later you may not get any fruit. Growing chili is not difficult. Just make sure that the soil with the seeds is kept moist, and that the small seedlings, and plants, will be planted in larger pots as they grow.
Grow your own chili and try out exciting varieties that you won't find in regular grocery stores.
Select your type of chili after taste – not only of the strength.
There are many exciting kinds of chili to choose from. And it is not just the appearance and strength that distinguishes different kinds of chili, but also the taste. Select the variety for the flavor you are looking for! Go not only on the strength but choose based on what you would like to use your chili. A tip is to think about which dishes or sauces you like to do – where chili is included. Then choose the varieties best suited to the food or mixed sauces. Chili can be used in a variety of dishes.It is just to try out.
If you have no idea which type you are going to choose, try to cultivate one or two milder types of chilies ? It is fun and educational grow chili for comparing varieties. Why not arrange a fun chili-tasting or cooking school with some friends when the time is right to harvest your chili?
With homegrown chili, you get a fantastic base for the spicy and exciting dishes. When the chili is ready to harvest – invite your friends to chili taste or cooking school with the chili!
Growing chili – how to get started
Sow indoors in small pots with drainage holes or sow in the soil beds. Use seed compost. Press a seed in each pot, about 0.5 cm deep.
Irrigate profusely, preferably with a spray bottle.
Way in cloches or tighten the plastic wrap or a filter cloth .
Place on a windowsill or other warm place at 20 degrees or more. A heat mat works great. The site need not be light until the seeds have begun to sprout. Keep the seed moist.
When the seeds germinated the temperature need to be lowered, for that the plants should not be long and rickety. Move the cultivation to a bright place where it is about 16-18 degrees.
When the plants got the character sheets (the leaves that come after the first cotyledons) and go to manage, it is time to repot in a larger pot with potting soil or heavy topsoil. Plant so that the cotyledons ports in the level with the earth. Be sure to keep an even watering, or place the pots in a watering mat, so can they suck up the fluid as needed. Feed with fertilizer when they are transplanted and have been in the soil for 2-3 weeks (see this post for more information)
Care for your plants every day. When the chili has grown out of its containers, retrain it again – that is to say, the plant continuously if in larger pots. Optimal for the plant to grow throughout the season put it in a final pot hold at least 10 liters of soil.
Well, when the plants are going to be placed outdoors, ensure that it is warmer than 12 degrees. Place them on a sunny and warm location. The plants need plenty of water!
Some fruits become red when they ripen. The green fruits can also be harvested and used in food but is usually not quite as strong as the red, more mature fruits.