What are the characteristics of ornamental peppers?

All kinds of ornamental peppers are called ornamental peppers for short. They are perennial herbs that can bear spicy berries. They are cultivated once or twice in production, and their scientific name is pepper. Ornamental pepper has small plant type, strong branching, diverse fruit shapes and shapes, and is delicate and lovely against the green leaves. It is an excellent potted flower for fruit viewing, and can also be combined with other flowers and plants for potted viewing. Most ornamental peppers are both ornamental and edible.

Stems erect, dichotomous or trigeminal. Simple leaves, alternate, entire, ovoid, tapering at the top, smooth, slightly shiny and green. Flowers are small, white or greenish white. Petals 6, basally connate, stamens 6. Ornamental peppers require both warmth and fear that the temperature is too high or too low; It needs plenty of light and is afraid of being exposed to the hot sun; It needs moist soil and water accumulation.

It is a short-day plant, which likes light and has certain weak light tolerance. The suitable temperature for seed germination is 20 ~ 30℃, and it germinates at 25 ~ 30℃ for 3 ~ 4 days. The direct seeding of dry seeds around 25℃ is the fastest, and the temperature requirement for seedling raising in spring is higher, so it is a typical "hot" seedling. At this time, the temperature is high at night and the flowering festival is low. The optimum temperature for plant growth is 18 ~ 30℃, and the optimum temperature for fruit development is 25 ~ 30℃. The adaptability to water is narrow. When the water is seriously insufficient, the seedlings are easy to age and become small and old seedlings, and the roots of plants grow poorly. Plants with water in the field are easy to die due to waterlogging. It is required that the soil is loose and fertile, and the suitable soil pH value is 6 ~ 7.6.