Select seeds: Pepper seeds should be plump, preferably yellow or light yellow in color, and should not have mildew or spots. Soil preparation: First apply enough manure as base fertilizer. The root system of the peppercorns is strong and must be plowed deeply. Planting: You can plant in small high ridges or in double rows, with row spacing of 70-75cm and plant-to-plant spacing of 40-45cm. The planting time of screw pepper will be different in different regions. Generally, two cultivation methods can be adopted: overwintering and early spring.

1. Planting method and time of peppercorns

1. Select seeds: peppercorn seeds must be full, preferably yellow or light yellow in color, and must not have mildew or spots. . Secondly, choose seeds with strong disease resistance and high fruit bearing rate. You can determine the quality of the peppers by trial planting multiple ones, so that you can get rid of the bad ones and leave the varieties with strong disease resistance and more fruit sets.

2. Land preparation: First, apply enough manure to the soil as base fertilizer. Apply 12-15 cubic meters of decomposed high-quality chicken manure and cow manure per acre. Because the root system of screw pepper is strong, the soil must be plowed deeply, and the depth must be more than 25cm, so that the manure and soil can be fully mixed.

3. Planting: For planting, you can choose small high ridge planting, double-row planting, with row spacing of 70-75cm, and plant-to-plant spacing of 40-45cm, or single-row planting, with row spacing of 90-110cm, and plant-to-plant spacing of 30-33cm. . If you want to prevent flood irrigation, you can lay drip irrigation tapes on the ridges, one on each planting row.

4. The planting time of screw pepper will also be different in different areas. Generally, two planting methods can be adopted: one overwintering crop and one in early spring. The first overwintering stubble can be planted from the end of August to the beginning of September. The initial harvest is in November and the harvesting will be completed at the end of June of the following year. The early spring stubble can be planted from the end of February to the beginning of April.

2. How to manage Snail Pepper

1. Snail pepper likes temperature but is not cold-tolerant. It must maintain a relatively high temperature and high humidity environment after planting and before slowing down the seedlings, so that Can promote root growth and development. Do not open the air vents on the day of planting to prevent the seedlings from flashing due to wind. If the temperature exceeds 40°C, you can open a small air vent.

2. After the pepper is planted, you can start planting seedlings, which can promote root growth. If the ridge is not covered with mulch, you can combine weeding with cultivating and loosening the soil. The soil must be kept dry and moist, and the soil moisture should be relatively even.

3. The pruning method of screw pepper is very simple and there are no strict requirements. First, remove all the side branches below the door pepper, remove the old branches and diseased branches in the upper part, and then prune the branches with double, three or four trunks according to the growth situation, so that the whole pepper plant can maintain a balanced growth.