Grow chili peppers on your balcony for 3 consecutive months of harvest, enough to eat your fill
Many friends love spicy food and can't enjoy a meal without it. So why not grow it on your balcony? It will keep producing fruit for 3 consecutive months, enough to eat your fill!
Growing a single cayenne pepper plant on your balcony can decorate your home, beautify the environment, and let you pick and eat it anytime. You can eat it fresh every day, green and pesticide-free. Growing it yourself and eating it yourself is so reassuring!
Moreover, growing a cayenne pepper in a pot is very simple, with no seasonal restrictions. You can plant it anytime, either by sowing seeds or by buying seedlings directly from a flower market. The latter is more convenient!
Plant the seedlings bought from the flower market into prepared garden soil. Just add some organic base fertilizer to the garden soil, and mix in some river sand. There is no need to specially buy potting mix.
After planting, place it in a shady spot for a while to let the seedlings recover, then keep it in a sunny position so it can grow strong and healthy!
What should you pay attention to in daily care?
Usually keep it in a sunny position, and also strengthen ventilation. Otherwise, it is prone to red spider mites, aphids, and various small flying insects. With good ventilation, these pests rarely show up.
Also, during the plant's growth period, pay attention to pinching off shoots. Keep just one main stem and two side branches. If too many side branches grow and the foliage becomes too dense, the fruit yield will decrease.
In addition, pinch off old leaves and diseased leaves to reduce nutrient consumption, while also increasing light penetration and air circulation, so the whole plant can grow well.
When flowering, pay attention to thinning the flowers. If the flowers are too densely packed, the cayenne peppers that grow will be small and shriveled. So pay attention to pruning. While pruning, also supplement nutrients, especially topdressing with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, such as decomposed chicken manure. Applying it 2 to 3 times is enough to support its normal growth.
Growing a cayenne pepper in a pot, it will flower and bear fruit in about one month, and can continuously set fruit for 2 to 3 months. Those who love spicy food can pick and eat it anytime, and it will keep growing and setting fruit continuously. After the peppers are fully ripe, pick them, dry them in the sun, and you can also use them to make chili oil. You won't need to buy chili peppers to eat for a whole year!
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