Balcony potted chili peppers: pick and eat as you go, no need to buy

Many people love eating chili peppers; they not only add flavor but are especially good with rice. If you plant a pot of chili peppers on your balcony now, in a few months you'll have bright red chili peppers, and the ones you grow yourself are fresh and healthy!

How do you grow balcony chili peppers?

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1. Cut open a fresh chili pepper and take out the seeds inside. When doing this, it's best not to touch them directly with your fingers; hands that have touched chili pepper seeds will sting badly.

2. Put the chili pepper seeds on the balcony to dry until they become dried chili pepper seeds.

3. Now is a good time to plant chili peppers. Scatter the dried seeds along the edge of a flower pot.

4. After scattering the seeds, you can scatter a thin layer of soil over them, then water thoroughly.

5. The chili peppers will sprout quickly. When they have grown to 4 or 5 leaves, you can thin them out. Remove the weak seedlings and keep only the strong ones.

6. After the seedlings grow taller, you can transplant them separately into flower pots. Just after transplanting, water the chili peppers once, then place them in a semi-shaded spot for 2~3 days to let them recover. After that, they can be placed in the sun for normal care!

How can you make chili peppers bear more fruit?

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1. Before planting chili peppers, it's best to use some base fertilizer, such as fully rotted pigeon manure, chicken manure, etc. Scatter a layer on the bottom of the pot, and the chili peppers will grow extremely fast!

2. When the chili peppers have grown to about 15~20 cm, pinch off the tender buds at the top. This lets the chili pepper seedlings grow side branches. When the side branches grow to about 10 cm, pinch them again. This will greatly increase the chili pepper yield.

3. If you want the chili peppers to bear more fruit, plenty of fertilizer is essential. After the chili peppers bloom, use an organic fertilizer once every 7~10 days. For example, homemade fish intestine fertilizer, rice-washing water, etc. all work.

4. Besides fertilizing, also place the chili peppers in the sunniest spot at home. The more sun they get, the faster the chili peppers grow and the more they bear.

5. One pot of chili peppers can bear dozens of chili peppers, which is enough for everyday cooking at home. When cooking, pick them fresh; they're extremely fresh!

That's all for how to grow balcony chili peppers.

Rice-friendly red chili peppers,

Just thinking about them makes my mouth water!