Grow Chilli Peppers In Your Garden

Gardening

oi-Denise Baptiste

By Denise Baptiste

Thursday, October 7, 2010, 15:05

Bell peppers when added to your dish gives an exotic taste to it. These bell peppers originally came from Mexico and are natives to Central and North America.

Bell peppers is a popular vegetable that is grown in many gardens all around the world. These plants produce different colors of the fruit.

The beauty of this plant is that the green pepper can be eaten although it is not ripe. If you leave this pepper to grow further it will turn red.
In what ever stage the pepper is, it will have a different taste.

To grow this unique vegetable in your garden it is easy if you follow these tips.

1.You have to first prepare the garden by adding a lot of manure and fertilizer.

2.In your vegetable garden, place the seeds 18 to 24 inches from each other.

3.This plant requires a lot of water. So it is necessary to keep the soil moist especially during summer. Note- If you do not pour enough water for the plant, these vegetables will grow to be bitter in taste.

4.Important to keep weeds away from the plant. They usually tend to grow where there is a lot of moist. Mulch helps to prevent the growth of weeds.

5.If you want red, orange, yellow bell peppers let them mature.

6.Harvest the bell peppers by clipping them off the plant. Do not pull them out.

These bell peppers have a rich content of vitamin C and other nutrients.