Kali Mirch, Black Pepper Spice Plant – with Pot

Description

Black pepper is a flowering vine that is best known for its fragrant, spicy peppercorn berries. Although the plant grows best in tropical climates, it can adapt to drier or cooler climates. As long as a peppercorn plant is grown in a warm temperature, with partial shade and a place for its vines to spread, it can thrive. Take care when planting, growing, and harvesting your plant so it can produce the healthiest peppercorn berries possible.

Product Delivery Information:

• The image displayed is indicative in nature.
• Actual product may vary in shape or design as per the availability.
• The number of leaves and the size of the plant depends on seasonal availability.
• Since flowers are seasonal in nature, flowering plants may be delivered without the bloom. Flowers, if present in plant, may be in fully bloomed, semi-bloomed or bud stage.
• Pots will be provided as per the requirement of the plant.
• Delivery will be attempted on the same day, but there may be a delay of 3-5 hours depending on the traffic and the weather.
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Black Pepper Plant Care Instructions:

Water: Water black pepper plant every one to two weeks, excluding winter months when feeding should cease. Water thoroughly and consistently. Do not allow to dry out too much or overwater since peppercorn plants are susceptible to root rot.

Fertilizer: Applying a fertilizer twice a month can keep your plant healthy and strong. Purchase an organic fertilizer from the store or make your own compost to give your plant supplemental nutrients. Spread the fertilizer around and in the soil (by tiller or by hand) so your pepper plant can absorb the nutrients.

• How much fertilizer you use depends on its strength. Read the instructions as you use your fertilizer to determine how much your black pepper plant needs.
• Black pepper plants respond particularly well to liquid fertilizers.

Soil: Black Pepper plants do best in fertile and medium clayey soil that retain slight moisture. Good drainage is always the essential need while growing black pepper in pot or ground. Waterlogged soil can damage the plant. Soil pH level could be anywhere between 5.5 and 7, add lime if the soil is too acidic and sulfur if alkaline.

Mulching: Pepper plants have a shallow root system and soak in organic nutrients well. Mulching your plant every 6 to 8 months can keep the soil damp and reduce temperature fluctuations during the day and night.

• Organic mulches made of grass clippings, leaves, or manures work well with pepper plants.
• Plant your mulch at least 2–4 inches (5.1–10.2 cm) below the ground, so your plant’s roots can more fully absorb it.

Temperature: To stimulate peppercorn production, keep the plant under bright light and warm — above 65 F. (18 C.). Be patient. Peppercorn plants are slow-growing and it will take a couple of years before they produce flowers that lead to peppercorns.

Harvesting: When peppercorns are ready to pick, they will turn from green to light red. Pluck the berries from the plant one at a time, working carefully to avoid plucking unripe berries. Bring a container with you as you harvest your pepper plant, to put the berries inside.

• Not all peppercorn berries will mature at the same time. You may need to harvest your plant several times in a single season.

Uses Of Black Pepper:

• People take black pepper by mouth for arthritis, asthma,upset stomach, bronchitis, a bacterial infections that causes diarrhea (cholera), colic, depressions, diarrhea, gas, headache, sex drive, menstrual pain, stuffy nose, sinus infection, dizziness, discolored skin weight loss, and cancer.
• use black pepper to the skin for measles, nerve pain, itchy skin caused by mites (scabies), and to treat pain.
• Use inhale black pepper oil to prevent falls, to help quit smoking, and for trouble swallowing.
• In foods, black pepper and black pepper oil are used as a spice.