How to Plant五彩椒
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For Hunan people who love spicy food, chili peppers are indispensable for every meal. If there are no chili peppers in the dish, they always feel tasteless. Nowadays, there are also more and more types of chili peppers, among which colorful chili peppers are not only bright in color, but also can produce red, yellow, green, white, and purple chili peppers on the same plant. What is more worth mentioning is that the pungent factor contained in colorful chili peppers is ten times that of ordinary chili peppers, hence it is called a treasure among chili peppers. So, how to plant colorful chili peppers? It only takes 50 days from sowing to harvesting.
Growth Habits of Colorful Chili Peppers
Colorful chili peppers originated from the tropical regions of America and are short-day plants. They are not very demanding on light and soil environment, prefer warm but not high temperature, and are also afraid of frost. They are suitable for growing in an environment of 18-30℃. Although colorful chili peppers are not strict about soil, it is best to plant them in fertile, moist, and well-drained sandy loam. And it should be noted that colorful chili peppers are drought-resistant but not waterlogging resistant. If the planting site is too humid and there is too much water, it may lead to poor pollination, thus delaying fruit setting, and in severe cases, it may even cause root rot and plant death. If you plan to grow colorful chili peppers in pots, do not water too much, just keep the soil moist.
Planting Methods of Colorful Chili Peppers
①Sowing time. In the southern region, colorful chili peppers are suitable for planting in spring, summer, and autumn, with April to September being the best time for sowing. It is generally first sown and then transplanted after seedling raising. Before sowing, it is necessary to treat the seeds for germination. First, soak the seeds in warm water at about 50℃ for half an hour, then rinse them with clean water and soak for 3-4 hours. After that, wrap them in damp gauze and place them in an environment of 25-30℃ for germination. Rinse them with clean water every day and continue to wrap them in gauze for germination until the seeds sprout little white buds, then they can be sown.
②Seedling raising. Prepare the seedbed in advance, preferably using seedling cups. First, put one-third of the nutrient soil in the seedling cups and water them to make the soil moist. Then put two seeds in each seedling cup and cover them with a little nutrient soil. Keep the seedbed at a temperature of 25-30℃. If the temperature is relatively low, you can cover the seedbed with a plastic film. In about 5-7 days, the chili seedlings will grow. After the seedlings have emerged, just water them regularly according to the soil moisture to keep the soil moist. Since the nutrient soil contains nutrients and the seedlings do not require much fertilizer, there is no need for topdressing.
③Chili seedling transplantation. When the chili seedlings have grown 5-6 true leaves, they can be transplanted. It is best to choose a sunny evening for transplantation. If seedlings are raised in seedling cups, they can be directly transplanted into the prepared transplanting trenches and then pressed with soil. The depth of transplantation should be level with the seedling ball, and remember to water thoroughly after transplantation.
Field Management of Colorful Chili Peppers
After the chili seedlings are transplanted, field management should also be followed up, which mainly includes watering, fertilizing, weeding, and pruning.
①After transplanting colorful chili peppers, water them to slow down the seedlings, but not too much, just keep the soil moist. While watering, remember to weed and loosen the soil in time. When the chili flowers, water should be strictly controlled to prevent excessive water, which may cause the plant to grow vigorously and result in flower and fruit drop. During the fruit development and maturity period of chili, you can water more appropriately, but stop watering when the soil is wet, and do not let the soil dry out. This is also to allow the colorful chili peppers to color better.
②Fertilizing. Colorful chili peppers like fertilizer but are not tolerant of high temperatures and heavy fertilizers. If the soil has enough base fertilizer, there is no need to fertilize much in the later stage. After transplanting, you can apply diluted sesame cake fertilizer every half a month. During the peak growing season of the plant, you can topdress with 1-2 times of decomposed farm manure or flower fertilizer purchased from the market. During the flowering period of colorful chili peppers, you can apply 1-2 times of wood ash, which can increase the fruit and make the fruit more glossy and bright.
③Pruning. Pruning is pinching the top. The plant of colorful chili peppers is relatively tall. When it grows to a height of 15-20 centimeters, it should be pruned and the top pinched. In the later stage, it is also necessary to remove the withered branches, lateral branches, and diseased branches at the bottom. This can not only increase the ventilation and light between the plants but also avoid consuming too much nutrients. In this way, it can also prevent flower and fruit drop and diseases and pests, thereby improving its fruit-setting rate and yield.
The planting method of colorful chili peppers is almost the same as that of ordinary chili peppers. It generally takes only 50 days from sowing to harvesting, but its harvesting period is relatively long, almost two months. If field management is proper, it may even be longer. Because the fruit of colorful chili peppers is bright in color, all grow upwards, and there are five colors, so they also have high ornamental value. For friends who want to plant on the balcony, they can also consider potting!
The above is the full content about how to plant colorful chili peppers and the planting time and method of colorful chili peppers, hoping to help you. At the same time, I hope everyone will come to see more experience and common sense of green plants and flowers!