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Pepper is one of the plant that passes through multicolor stage during it's growing process. It is cultivated through it seeds during the rainy period after which it produces a shoot and later with green pepper fruit which turns into yellow and finally to red.
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According to Bonnie plants.com during the transition of colours in the pepper plant, it also indicates the improvement of vitamin in the pepper plant aswell.
Pepper has different groups of species which are: black pepper (Piper nigrum), dry pepper (Capsicum spp.), and sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) . These are the species of pepper I've come in contact with all throughout my farming period.
Pepper unlike other type of food crop can survive on either sandy or loamy soil. Just provide necessary nutrient for the crop such as sunlight, fertilizer and water. Then watch your pepper crop grow well.
I have some pictures of the pepper plant but as at the time of writing this post which is the dry season period, most of them are dried without even leaves on thier stem but nevertheless, I still have a picture of pepper at my backyard which is shown below.
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Peppers naturally have hot taste. Some people are not used to much per in food. But I like pepper that is minimal in my food. Infact without pepper in my meal, I may not be able to eat the food.
Peppers can be harvested when matured and processed into powdered form which is used for packaging content of indomie.
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How To Plant Pepper
Do you wish to have pepper planted in your garden, then you can follow through the guide on how to grow pepper plant in your garden.
As a human pepper is an example of crops that should be grown at the backyard of our houses should incase we need it in emergency. It can save you the cost of getting it.
To plant pepper carryout the following steps
Carryout weeding practice on the soil.
Prepare your beds.
Get your pepper seeds and plant on the beds.
Do not allow the seeds to be deepened into the soil.
A lot of people plant the pepper at the surface of the soil but other pest such as fowl might destroy the crop.
Just allow it to be a little bit beneath the soil.
Water the crop daily in the morning and in the evening.
Apply fertilizer to the crop and allow them grow.
Carryout weeding practices when due.
Watch your pepper as it grows fine.
Economic Importance of Pepper
The following are the economic Importance attached with pepper.
It is used in cooking.
I love pepper to be the content of my meal but hates it when it is too much. It can be grinded , pounded or sliced for cooking process.
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Avoid too much of pepper in food.
Income
Pepper can be used to generate income by selling them. I have pepper as part of my farm produce and I usually sell them at the rate of NGN50 Nigerian currency. You can use such price to cook a meal or two.
However peppers are bought in large quantities for people who are into production of tomato paste and eatries or restaurants purchases pepper as well.
Conclusion
This article has briefly presented the concept of planting and uses of the pepper plant. However, if you would like to go into pepper selling business, the article will be useful for you.
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