Chile Peppers Essay

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Well hello. I'm going to tell you about a hobby, which have stolen my whole beating heart. Chile peppers! Few years ago I just thought I'd try to get something to grow with seeds, which I took from a random market chili pepper. I managed to get few about 10 centimeter stems and couple of leaves for each. Sadly, neither of them survived. I think I accidentally drowned them. I went to browse the internet forums and that was it. I ordered seeds up to ten different varieties and some equipment to germinate them properly. And soon I was so excited I had to order more seeds for plants with different looks and different flavors. Now the thing has gone completely out of control. House full of plants and some growing lights. Also got a several fruits …show more content…

Seeds you can get from internet forums for example chilifoorumi.fi or you can order them from fataliiseeds.net where is a wide selection of different varieties. Versatility of chili varieties will surprise each novice grower. Among them there are several ornamentals, hot, mild, heatless, large, tiny and even pods with different colors! I'd recommend you to pick many different varieties to find your favorites and to keep interest ratio high. 1.1 So you got your hands on the seeds? After selecting the varieties, you need to find a way to germinate them. Best time would be in the beginning of the year. Plants have time to grow and to be ready for spring sun. One way to start is making a floating little ferry for the seeds. The ferry can float in small container or bowl full of water. Put the paper or some kind of cloth on the ferry and let it partly hang in water so that it stays moist. In due time seeds on the paper starts to sprout. When the first seedlings sprout, it’s time to move them to soil. I prefer to germinate seeds straight in soil or in peat bricket. When the first REAL pair of leaves has appeared, you must decrease watering. Most chile-peppers like more dry than a wet …show more content…

It was like a first major milestone. About a week from that there was my first flowers. My chilies were blooming! That feeling was memorable. Some of the flowers develops to fruits. Or "pods" how they're called by growers. 2.2 My target achieved Till now I have had about five different variety pods from my plants. Some have been only good as a flavoring food but some have been also delicious snack. I know, there are people who thinks that every chili is just a chili and they all tastes same. But they really have many different flavors and textures. Some are more suitable to some specific food than other variety of chili. Ok, sometimes even I forget that every person has their own taste. 2.3 How to use your huge yield I love cooking and spicy food so these really walk hand in hand. I think you can put chili almost in every food you can imagine. Some variety can even suit to porridge! On a bread, in salads and soups. There is space for tiny pinch of flavor in every food. But there’s another thing, you should remember when you have handled super-hot ones. Don't touch any sensitive part of your body before cleaning your hands for example with cooking oil and

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