Cuttings or seeds
The first thing you have to decide is whether you will buy a pre-grown plant from a specialist store (these will be available from February) or wait patiently for the seeds you have sown to begin to germinate. You can purchase the latter either on the Internet or in specialist shops. The advantage of growing with seeds is the much more extensive selection. Lesser known varieties are also available. Alternatively, you can obtain the seeds from dry fruits. Make sure that the peppers are already fully ripe, because seeds from green fruits often do not germinate. How to proceed with the semen collection:
- Cut the pod lengthways
- Remove seeds
- dry on kitchen paper in a warm place (not in the blazing sun)
- Wrap seeds in paper to soak up any remaining moisture
- Fill into a container
- store away from light
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The sowing
First sow a pepper in spring pots. Fill this with conventional garden soil and press two to three seeds into the substrate. January is perfect for sowing. However, if you keep the soil constantly moist, for example by placing the spring pots in a bowl with water and placing them in a warm place, germination will succeed all year round.
The pricking
Make sure that the pepperoni shoots neither dry out nor die due to waterlogging, the plant will grow quickly. If there is no ground frost after the ice saints in mid-May, the conditions outside are ideal to repot the peppers. A sure sign is the formation of the second pair of leaves after the cotyledons. Carefully dig up the young plant and remove it using wooden tweezers. In the new pot, a layer of algae substrate supports root formation.
In the pot or in the vegetable patch?
Last but not least, the only question that remains is whether you want to continue to cultivate your peppers as a container plant or in the ground. Remember that a hot pepper in a pot can be better overwintered due to its mobility and the choice of location is easier. The latter can be regulated with a greenhouse that you use for floor management.
