Cover the grow pack with plastic wrap. Place it on a sunny windowsill or on the top of the refrigerator to germinate. Dampen the soil when needed over the next 1 to 6 weeks. Thin your seedlings over the next few weeks. First snip off the weakest seedling when they get their first leaves. Cut off all but 1 seedling when they form 2 sets of leaves. This seedling should be ready to plant, once there is no risk of frost. Choose or amend your soil. If you are planting in a garden, you will need to choose a bed that gets at least 8 hours of sunlight per day.
The soil should be slightly acidic. You can add some aluminum sulfate to increase the acidity of the soil. If you plan to plant in a container, you can buy potting mix from a gardening store. You can also make your own potting mix with even ratios of loam, peat moss and sand. You will need to sterilize the mix in the oven for 1 hour. Place it in a shallow pan and heat it to degrees Fahrenheit degrees Celsius.
Dig small holes approximately 2 feet 0. If you are planting in a container, you should remove some soil before placing your pepper plant inside, so you don't compact the soil by pushing it down.
Remove the pepper plant seedling from the grow pack. Loosen it well by gently pinching the side of the pack on all sides. Place the root ball in the small hole. Add soil atop the roots.
You may need to add more soil to the base of the cayenne plant once the dirt settles. If you are using a container, you will want to fill it with soil up to 1. Irrigate the soil well with water. You should water the plants when the top inch 2. If you are watering in a pot, sprinkle the pot until water starts to come out of the saucer at the bottom. Weed around your pepper plants regularly.
Place the cayenne pepper plant outdoors during the day when it is over 60 degrees Fahrenheit 16 degrees Celsius. Otherwise, place it in a sunny window to ensure it gets at least 8 hours of sunlight per day. If you have a wall outdoors that reflects heat, such as metal siding, place your pepper plant next to it during the day.
The increase in temperature will produce more fruit. Cut the stems of the cayenne peppers when they mature to between 3 and 6 inches 7. This is preferable to picking the peppers themselves. Cayenne peppers usually develop between 70 and 80 days after germination. Here is a cost study done by UC Davis that breaks down the costs and profit estimates of farming peppers.
Jalapeno plants will grow jalapenos per plant depending on the size of the plant, weather, and plant spacing. To get the most jalapenos per plant start plants indoors and give them as long of a growing season as possible. Another option is to overwinter jalapeno plants indoors. If successful the jalapeno plant should reach a much larger size in its second year and produce more jalapenos. A typical harvest of a banana pepper plant will yield peppers.
Banana peppers mild spicy and sweet flavor compliment sandwiches, pizza, and salads well. A single cayenne pepper plant in its first year will produce between peppers. It is commonly turned into a powder and used as a spice. Cayenne peppers can be picked while they are green but will be at their spiciest when they have turned red and completely ripened. Pinch out all except the strongest seedling.
Grow potted pepper plants in average household temperatures of 65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit in a location with at least six hours of sunlight each day. Move potted peppers outside when daytime temperatures are consistently 60 degrees or higher. Cayenne pepper fruits more freely and with greater size fruit when placed near a heat-reflecting wall in locations with cool summers. Water cayenne pepper plants to prevent drying out, but do not keep soil saturated with water.
Use a pot with drainage holes, and place a saucer with ridges under the pot or set the pot in a plant stand to allow free drainage. Irrigate until water runs freely out the bottom of the pot. Water when the top inch of soil is dry to the touch. Adequate and steady irrigation is important for maximum fruit production and fruit size.
If you continually pick the peppers before they mature, the plants will continue to produce fruit in their quest to develop viable seed. Allowing fruits to fully ripen enhances flavor, often at the sacrifice of yields. Peppers are warm-weather fruits and do not store well in cold temperatures. Peppers of all types are grown as annuals by most gardeners: sown, grown, picked, then condemned to the compost heap at the end of the season. Yet these hard-working plants are perennials that, given the right conditions, will happily overwinter to next year.
Start your seeds 6 to 8 weeks before you plan to transplant them into the garden. We recommend watering after the soil has dried somewhat.
During the longest hottest days of summer, that may be every day. During cooler weather and during spring and fall you may only need to water them every days. Harvest the pepper at the point that best suits your purpose. Peppers for drying and processing into ground cayenne pepper or making into hot sauce are harvested when fully red, but still firm. To dry cayenne peppers thread a string through them and hang them in the sun until they are dry and brittle.
Cayenne peppers are ready to be picked when they are about 4 to 5 inches long and are bright green. The peppers will turn red on the plant, and you can wait until then to harvest them, but they will also turn red once they are picked. Rats and other small animals cannot tolerate the scent or taste of pepper.
Make a mixture of salad oil, horseradish, garlic, and plenty of cayenne pepper. After successful fertilization, full-size green peppers develop within 55 days, although these fruits are often referred to as unripe. You can cut some of these peppers from the plant and allow others to ripen longer. This harvesting process may stimulate more flowering for added fruits.
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