When is the best time to grow chili pepper seedlings? When is the best time to plant chili pepper?

The cultivation of chili pepper has been increasing year by year as the price has been rising in recent years. Chili pepper is also called three-cherry pepper, because its pepper fruits are clustered towards the sky, so people are used to calling it chili pepper. The following is the cultivation method of chili pepper sorted out by our website, let's take a look!

When is the best time to grow chili pepper seedlings?

The best time to grow chili pepper seedlings is when the outdoor temperature reaches between 12 and 15 degrees and the night temperature is above 8 degrees, which is the end of January or the beginning of February. This will ensure that the pepper seedlings can grow healthily when planted.

When is the best time to plant chili peppers?

The best time to plant chili peppers is in early May. Planting early can effectively avoid the sunburn caused by high temperature during the flowering and fruiting period of the "dog days". It can also avoid the "small leaf disease" spread by white leafhoppers. Small leaf disease is what we ordinary people call it, but it is actually a pepper virus disease.

Planting chili peppers too late will delay the fruiting period of the peppers, which will not be conducive to all the chili peppers growing into red. This will greatly reduce the commercial value of the chili peppers, and in turn affect the economic income of our farmers.

What are the special effects of chili pepper

Promote appetite. Pepper contains capsaicin, which can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and saliva and promote appetite.

Lower blood lipids. Pepper can lower cholesterol, lipoprotein, etc., promote blood circulation, and prevent diseases such as heart disease and stroke.

Lose weight. The capsaicin in chili peppers can stimulate the brain to release something called endorphins, which can relieve pain, speed up metabolism, reduce obesity, and keep you slim.

Others: Chili pepper can prevent colds, night blindness, arteriosclerosis and scurvy.

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Pepper, a variant of pepper, is a perennial semi-woody plant belonging to the genus Capsicum in the Solanaceae family, often cultivated as an annual; its plant height is 30 cm to 60 cm, with many branches, upright stems, and single leaves alternate; the flowers are white, blooming from early May to late July, and the fruits are clustered at the end of the branches, with the same flavor as green pepper. The whole plant is used as medicine, the rhizome is warm in nature and sweet in taste, can dispel wind and cold, relax muscles and activate collaterals, and has insecticidal and antipruritic effects.