DESCRIPTION
Peppers is the fruit of the vegetable. It comes in many colors green being the most popular but there are red, oranges, white, purple, and lavender. It is a culinary vegetable used in salads, soups, stuffed peppers, topping of pizzas and to make spice, It is very tasty and crunchy.
HOW TO GROW PEPPERS FROM SEEDS
Take the pepper seeds and soak them for 1/2 an hour in a 50/50 mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide. It is a way to avoid fungus and bacteria in the seeds. It will also soften the seed coats and makes easier to them germinate.
Take a medium container fill with seed starting sterile mix. Moist the soil before placing the seeds. Place 2 seeds in every container to make sure one of them germinate. Cover the seeds with a layer of vermiculate to keep the moist and a layer of campus. Press the seeds gently. Water the seeds from bellow to keep them damp all the time so the soil can soak up the water. Cover them with a clear plastic until they germinate. Place them in a sunny place. They need 6 to 8 hours of sun light. Keep them at a 75 degrees Fahrenheit temperature. It will take 20 days for the seeds to germinate. Different varieties of peppers will take more time to germinate. You can start planting 2 months before the last frost date.
After the seeds germinate wait for the second set of leaves to come up in order to plant them in the ground or move them to bigger containers. Keep them in a sunny place. It will take 3 months to get ready to get ready to transfer to the ground or bigger containers. The stems will be tick and stocky the leaves will dark green and shiny. They will look robust. The roots will be bushy and well development.
The pepper plants will continue to grow well. Keep them wet and in a sunny place. Place a stick to hold the fruit. The plant will grow up to 3 feet. Once the plant start producing flowers keep watering to ensure the plant does well.
Peppers are ready to harvested as soon as they have their full color. They can be young or very mature. They often change colors and get big and start to mature. They are edible at all stages. You will know when the peppers are ready. Cut the fruit away on the stem. They can be keep in the refrigerator. They last up to 2 weeks. Enjoy them.
