Capsicum in the Tropics

I first saw Capsicum growing so well in my neighbor garden, it looked great and I had to give it a try. I now plant it every year and have an entire bed just for capsicum with about 15 plants. Native to tropical and subtropical America, Domesticated by native Americans 5000 years ago selecting and cultivating different types from mild types to very pungent types. The Aztecs called them ‘chilli’ we now generally we refer to the hotter pungent varieties as chillies and the larger milder types as capsicums.
When Columbus arrives in America in the 16th century he mistakenly thought he’d arrives in India, he therefore called the population ‘Indians’ and their most important condiment ‘red pepper’ as it has the same pungency as black pepper. A name which is still used in America. The Hungarian word for capsicum is ‘Paprika” which is dried and ground slightly pungent capsicum.......................................................................

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Growing Herbs, Fruit & Vegetables in a warm climate.
$10 Book contents Packed full of first hand knowlege, 24 Chapters include;

Chapter 1 Let's Get Started
How to set up and maintain your food garden, to ensure success

Chapter 2 Rotating Your Veggies
Why rotating your veggies works

Chapter 3 Pest Control & Balance
How to minimise the use of pesticides

Chapter 4 Soil Guide & Building Your Soil
Get to know your soil – you'll be glad you did

Chapter 5 Storing Seeds
Improve your success rate with properly store seeds Here's How

Chapter 6 Tastes Better Home Grown
Why is that?

Chapter 7 Green Manure / Beans
Maintain fertility like the ancient Romans

Chapter 8 Snake Beans Dwarf & Climbing
Great Addition to a tropical Garden

Chapter 9 Keeping Chickens
Why they're such an asset to your garden

Chapter 10 Okura
Easy to grow, not to mention the health benefits

Chapter 11 Soya Beans “Eda Mame”
Eaten the Japanese way taste great and good for you

Chapter 12 Paw Paw or Papaya
30 Kg of the nutritious you have to have one in your garden, this is how to grow it

Chapter 13 Capsicum in the tropics
There's nothing like watching capsicum fruit form in your garden pure joy

Chapter 15 Corn
Corn is easy when you know how

Chapter 16 PH Testing
How to measure your soil PH and what is PH

Chapter 17 Growing Bananas
Some great tip on the best backyard bananas

Chapter 18 Dolomite & Garden Lime
Which is best to use why and how

Chapter 19 Egg Plant
Grafting onto wild egg plant for extended growth

Chapter 20 Mignonette Lettuce
Open leaf lettuce like mignonette is the best lettuce for warm climates

Chapter 21 Growing Tomatoes From Garbage
Great tomatoes from garbage, learn how

Chapter 22 Growing Herbs in the tropics
Yes it's possible see what to grow and how

Chapter 23 Some Working Gardens
Some gardens from people who have a lot of experience, Italians, Greeks, and Bougainvillea.

Chapter 24 Take Out The Misery & Bring Back The Muck
A final word