The reason why Zhangshugang chili peppers are expensive is because of the low yield.

The reason why it is so expensive is mainly because of its uniqueness, because Zhangshu Harbor chili peppers are only grown in Zhangshu Town, Xiangyin County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, which is very picky about the natural growing environment.

The Zhangshu Port pepper is a very old variety of pepper, which has not been hybridized by human beings, so this kind of pepper is more delicate, i.e., its resistance to natural disasters is very weak, and it needs to be carefully taken care of throughout the planting process, which naturally requires the investment of a lot of time and energy.

A villager who planted the Zhangshu port chili pepper said that ordinary chili peppers tend to cultivate the period of three months, but the Zhangshu port chili pepper is from the first year of the October began to breed, and then to the second year of the mid- to late April began to a small number of market, it is the growth cycle up to more than two hundred days. The effort and time invested in growing this kind of chili pepper is twice as much as that of ordinary chili peppers.

And this kind of chili pepper can't be planted in all places, there must be a good place of origin, that is, a good natural environment, in order to grow high-quality Zhangshu Harbor chili peppers. Like other chili peppers are usually planted on a large scale, the yield is very high, and at the time of sale is also a price. But Zhangshugang chili is sold according to the quality of good and bad grades, only the best quality Zhangshugang chili can be sold at a high price.

Zhangshu port pepper quality characteristics:

Zhangshu port pepper plant is short, branching dense, plant height 30-40 cm, the development of the degree of about 35-40 cm, is a limited branching pepper type. The pepper fruit is in the shape of a ram's horn, the green fruit is light green, the ripe fruit is dark red, there are longitudinal ribs and folds on the fruit surface, the hand presses have toughness, and the fruit end is bluntly rounded.

Fruit length 5-8 centimeters, fruit diameter (fruit shoulder transverse diameter) 1-1.5 centimeters, flesh 0.1-0.15 centimeters thick, short stalk, fruit tip visible slightly concave small purple flower bottom mark. Single fruit weight 5-8 grams.

The variety of fruit spicy flavor for the public taste, pre-slightly spicy and sweet, medium spicy and crispy, late spicy and fragrant, taste pure and not astringent. Pepper flavor is strong and significantly higher than other varieties, stir-fry skin and flesh are not separated, crisp and soft, unique fragrance, good taste, excellent quality.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhangshu Port Pepper