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Did you know that there are thousands of different types of chile peppers in the world most of
them originated in South America but they have since spread to almost all corners of
the globe. I am Jarrett of Stone Soup Farm and this is how to grow chile peppers. The
first thing you want to do is get a well tilled clean garden bed like this, hopefully a raised
bed and plenty of compost to it. Most chile peppers require about a foot of space in between
the plants. To plant the seed in the ground you wait until the last frost in your area
because chile peppers as all peppers are not frost tolerant and if you plant them before
the risk of frost is over in the Spring any plants that come up when it frosts will get
totally killed and you will have to start over so wait until about that time. When you
do plant make holes in the Earth about a foot apart or so like that, take your seeds, one
seed at a time, each seed will make an entire plant and each plant will have tons of chiles
on it. Put them in. The hole should be about a half an inch to an inch deep is fine. One
seed in each and then cover them up lightly. Make sure you water them in after planting
and keep it well watered especially during the time when it is flowering and starting
to produce the actual peppers. Also try to keep it weed free and that will increase your
yields quite a bit. The chiles have different types of chile peppers at vastly different
times to maturity and they can take anywhere from about two months to get chiles to five
months if you actually have that much time of frost free weather. Make sure you get them
in the Fall before the frost and most chiles you can take and harvest and put on in the
sun on a nice sunny day like today and try to dry them out or in a dehydrator and they'll
last nice and spicy for a long time. I'm Jarrett of Stone Soup Farm and that's how you grow
chile peppers.