This is how the beginner hobby gardener succeeds too

The rearing

First of all, you have to choose whether you want to buy a preferred specimen from a specialist store or whether you want to grow your peppers yourself from seeds right from the start. The latter has some advantages:

• significantly more choice of different types
• no risk of a second generation plant that produces less fruit
• Enjoyment of your own rearing

You can get the necessary seeds on the Internet or in the nursery. If you already have a hot pepper, you can also take the seeds from them and put them in the ground.

The care

First, pull your hot peppers in the pot. Only in May, when ground frost is no longer to be expected, can you plant the cold-sensitive vegetable plant in the ground. Alternatively, you can continue to cultivate the peppers in the pot, which makes it easier for them to winter again. Please note the following:

• the site
• the watering
• the harvest of ripe fruits

The site

Hot pepper plants love sunny, warm locations. However, you should also place your plants protected from the wind. The pepperoni is also in front of a small margin Rainfall protected. If you don't have the capacity to do this, a small greenhouse can help.

to water

Daily watering of the peppers is compulsory, especially in very warm locations. The substrate should always be moist. Waterlogging, on the other hand, must not form. Always water the root ball directly, never the leaves. The best is clean, in the best case filtered rainwater.

Harvest hot peppers

In late summer, your peppers will reward you with a rich yield. You can pick the fiery pods from August to the end of October. Incidentally, this is also possible in the green state, then only small amounts of capsaicin have formed. Accordingly, the taste is a little milder. Make sure to collect the pods before the first frost and move your peppers to a warm place as soon as the temperatures drop below 5 ° C. You can use the harvested fruits fresh or freeze them to preserve them.