Capsicum or Bell Peppers are spicy, delicious and tasty, and tastes great along with tomatoes, fried rice, cheese, mushrooms and many other tasty and delicious vegetables and food items. They serve an important and tasty role in many delicious and mouthwatering dishes like capsicum cheese toast, capsicum curry, stuffed capsicum, paneer tikka masala, tacos, pizzas and many other flavourful and appetising foods. They are generally grown around the summer season in the northern part of India where the temperature is not below 18C and not above 35C, and are grown all around the year in the southern part of India. And a very shocking and interesting fact about bell peppers or capsicum is that the world’s 70% capsicums are grown just in China, followed by countries like Mexico, Spain, United States, Turkey and many more.

But don’t know how to grow Capsicums at home? No need to worry about it now, as here in this blog, I will be presenting you the art of growing capsicums at home.



PART 1 Growing Capsicum Seedlings
1. The first and the most important step is to get capsicum seeds. You can either buy capsicum seeds of any variety online, or you can also take out the seeds directly from a fruit of it.

2. Take a 6-7 inch pot, and put 50% Vermicompost, 30% Garden Soil and 20% Cocopeat. Mix the potting soil well, and put 150-200 ml of water before planting the seeds.

3. Put a few seeds on the top of the soil, and then cover with a very thin layer of the same potting mix.

4. After competing the steps mentioned above, give water to the seeds by lightly spraying on it.

5. Put the pot in indirect sunlight, and water it regularly.

6. After a few days, small plants will be growing from the seeds.



PART 2 Caring for the Plant
1. After the seeds have sprouted, and has reached a height of 2-3 inches, you can transplant it individually in a 1-2 feet deep and 1.5-2 feet wide pot. And put the pot in green shade away from direct sunlight.

2. Fertilise the plant with nitrogen rich fertiliser like vermicompost, or with a spoon of a chemical fertiliser like NPK (Nitrogen-Phosphorous-Potassium).

3. After they start developing flowering, you should water it every 2-3 days as overwatering it can cause the fruits to stop growing, or be damaged.

4. Spray Neem Oil to protect the plants from insects and pests.



PART 3 Harvesting the Fruits
1. After the flowers start to appear, small fruits will start growing from it in 3-5 days.

2. Done! You can harvest the fruits when they get fully matured.




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