How long after planting does a pepper tree bloom and bear fruit? Planting time and management techniques

Pepper, also known as Meilüzhi, Pilei, Poware, etc., is a plant that grows in tropical regions. It can be used as a seasoning and also as medicine to treat illnesses, and it is cultivated in the southern coastal areas of China. So how long after planting does pepper bloom and bear fruit? What are the planting time and management techniques?

I. A brief introduction to pepper

1. Distribution of pepper

Pepper originated in Southeast Asia. At present, it is planted in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Taiwan, China, and other provinces and regions in China, while the world's pepper-producing countries are Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Brazil, among others.

2. Growth habits of pepper

Although pepper is widely planted in tropical regions, it mostly grows in shaded forests. In addition, pepper grows rather slowly, but it is heat-tolerant, cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant, wind-tolerant, pruning-tolerant and easy to transplant, and the difficulty of planting it is not too great. In addition, it should be noted that pepper is not tolerant of waterlogging, so drainage in the pepper garden must be done well. Moreover, for planting pepper, fertile sandy loam soil is best, and the light conditions in the planting area should also be good.

3. Price of pepper seedlings

According to the pepper seedling base in Hainan, the price of standard four-node two-branch pepper seedlings is 8 yuan/plant (minimum order of 50 plants); the price of 3-year pepper seedlings at the seedling base in Dali, Yunnan, is 4 yuan/plant (minimum order of 100 plants); the price of wild 2-year pepper seedlings in Enshi, Hubei, is 9 yuan/plant (minimum order of 100 plants); the price of 1-year-old four-node two-branch pepper seedlings in Wenchang, Hainan, is 5 yuan/plant, and buying 1000 pepper seedlings gets a 30% discount.

II. How long after planting does pepper bloom and bear fruit?

Pepper trees in China's main producing areas generally bloom and bear fruit 2-3 years after planting, and the yield is also relatively high. In addition, pepper is a plant that can bloom and bear fruit all year round, so generally small and medium-sized pepper trees need to have their flowers removed, and usually it is enough to keep the flowers that bloom in spring and summer; flower spikes in other seasons can all be removed.

III. What are the planting time and management techniques for pepper?

The planting time and management techniques of pepper trees are related to the yield and quality of pepper, so if pepper trees are planted at the right time and the management techniques are mastered well, there is no need to fear low yield or poor quality. Below, the editor of Tuliu.com has compiled them for everyone as follows:

1. Planting time of pepper

For the propagation of pepper trees, excellent cuttings are used for field planting, so that the pepper plants grow quickly, bear fruit early, have high yield and live long. Generally, it is more suitable to carry out field planting of pepper trees in spring and autumn. When field planting pepper trees, it is best to choose a cool time, rainy weather (the rain must not be too heavy), or the evening of a sunny day.

2. Planting management techniques for pepper trees

(1) Pepper trees should be planted on gentle slopes, well-drained flat land and soil with good permeability. It is best to have small ditches in the garden so as to facilitate drainage. The planting garden should be deeply plowed, debris in the soil removed, and after digging the pits, the surface soil and subsoil should be exposed to the sun for one month and then returned to the pits, followed by well-rotted organic fertilizer and superphosphate.

(2) While planting the pepper seedlings, the support posts should also be set up properly. This is done to provide support for the pepper trees to climb and twine around. At the time of field planting, the direction should be consistent with the direction of the terraces. The soil covering the seedlings should be pressed firm, and at the same time, rotted organic fertilizer should be applied on both sides of the seedlings and root-setting water should be poured.

(3) After planting, pepper trees should be watered once every 1-2 days. After they survive, watering can be gradually reduced. Within one year of field planting, shade should be maintained. Fertilization in the early stage should mainly be water-soluble fertilizer, and thin fertilizer should be applied frequently; during the normal growth period, water-soluble fertilizer should be applied once every 20-30 days, while winter fertilization should mainly be potassium fertilizer and compound fertilizer.

(4) When small and medium-sized pepper trees sprout new vines, excess buds and vines should be cut off in time. When the top canopy of fruit-bearing pepper trees is too large and the branches are too dense, the old and weak branches and leggy branches at the top must be pruned away, and the excessively long peripheral branches should be cut short, so as to maintain the balance of the canopy from top to bottom, keep the size uniform and ensure ventilation and light transmission, so that light energy can be fully utilized and the occurrence of diseases reduced.

The above is the relevant information on pepper tree planting introduced to everyone by the editor of Tuliu.com. I hope it can be helpful to you.