though the pepper is thought to have entered the country in the 1570s.

Producing chili peppers

Cultivation

Chili peppers are the shiny, brightly coloured fruits of species of Capsicum. Botanically they are berries. The plants are small, 20 to 60 cm depending on variety, making them suitable for growing in pots, greenhouses, or commercially in polytunnels. The plants are perennial,

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