Drive up a plant
You can buy a young plant in stationary garden shops or in an online shop. Alternatively, you can do it yourself multiplyby getting and sowing seeds, or having another chaste tree friend cut a cutting for you. With this the successful cultivation of this plant can start. Besides, there are different ones Black pepper varietieswho have favourited white, purple, blue, red, or pink bloom.
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Choose your location carefully
Having your own garden is not a requirement if you want this plant. Of the hardy Strauch is also satisfied with a very large bucket. This means that he will also find a useful home on a balcony.
On his Location the shrub needs enough space, because it can grow up to 3 m high and wide. Although it stays smaller in the bucket, it can be called a giant compared to other balcony plants. These are the other characteristics of its ideal location:
- warm
- sheltered from the wind
- sunny
- permeable soil
- alkaline earth
Maintain tailor-made
The care this shrub consists primarily of Fertilize, Pouring and Cut. Since monk's pepper gets along well with drought, you only need to water if it has not rained for a really long time. In spring, the shrub is cut back to up to 20 cm. Then it is also richly fertilized with ripe compost.
Container plants need more attention
Container plants need regular attention. So is watered depending on the weather and fertilized every two weeks during the growing season. Before winter, you need to look for a frost-free wintering place that can be dark. In spring repotting is called for if necessary, always with a drainage layer.
Admire and reap
If you chasteberry because of its beauty plants, you can admire its flower spikes every year from July to September. The soft parts of the plant also have a pepper-like taste, which is welcome when seasoning dishes.
The leaves, flowers and the red-black fruits develop healing effects. If you are interested in this area of use, you should not experiment, but rather find out about the areas of application and dosage beforehand.
