Everything You Need To Know To Successfully Grow Chilies At Home

"Growing Chilies - A Beginners Guide To Growing Using and Surviving Chilies" is for anyone who wants to successfully grow chilies at home. Chilies are a very popular plant, ranging from the sweet bell and banana peppers through to the popular Tabasco and jalapeno peppers through to the scorchingly hot chilies such as the Trinidad scorpion, ghost pepper and the infamous Carolina Reaper.

Chilies are notoriously difficult to grow, with many of the hotter varieties being incredibly tempermental and fussy, causing many people exciting to grow hot peppers to struggle to even get the seeds to germinate. "Growing Chilies" is written to provide you with a step-by-step guide showing you exactly how to grow chili peppers at home. Whether you want a mild chili or searingly hot chilies, you learn everything you need to know to successfully germinate seeds and grow the plants to maturity.

When you read this book, you get tips, pointers and advice from a plant expert showing you how to avoid the common mistakes people make when growing chilies plus how to deal with the most commonly found problems.

"Growing Chilies - A Beginners Guide To Growing Using and Surviving Chilies" is packed full of information, tips and advice, including:

  • The many different types of chili and how to handle them safely - yes, the hotter varieties can be extremely dangerous to handle without precautions!
  • Discover the most popular chili varieties, including the hottest chilies on the planet
  • Understand how the heat of chilies is calculated and exactly what it means
  • Learn what equipment you need to growing chilies - it's less than you might think - plus the techniques expert growers use to produce the hottest peppers
  • Find out how where you live determines how you grow your chilies, including the best growing methods for your region
  • A step by step guide to growing chilies from selecting and germinating seeds through to transplanting and caring for adult plants
  • How to preserve chili seeds for the following year as well as overwinter your plants for an even better crop
  • Ways to preserve your precious harvest of chilies from drying, smoking, and pickling to making a decorative chili ristra
  • Understand the common pests and diseases that affect chilies, how to spot them and what to do when you encounter one of these problems
  • How to grow chilies indoors, outdoors, in containers and even hydroponically
  • Discover the beauty of the many ornamental varieties of chili, some of which are delicious to eat too
  • Recipes to make the most of your chili harvest including how to make your own chili powder and sauces

And of course, much more. This detailed guide teaches you everything you need to know to successfully grow your own chilies at home. Whether you are new to chili growing or have tried to grow chilies before and want to know more, this book is for you. With everything from germinating seeds to making chili powder and more, you will be a chili expert when you've finished this book.

Find out today how you can successfully grow chilies at home as "Growing Chilies - A Beginners Guide To Growing Using and Surviving Chilies" teaches everything you need to know to produce a bountiful harvest of delicious chilies at home, even if you've never grown a chili before!

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The Guide To Choosing, Planting and Growing in Containers Or the Ground

"How To Grow Potatoes - The Guide To Choosing, Planting and Growing in Containers Or the Ground" is for anyone who wants to know how to grow their own delicious potatoes at home.

Growing potatoes can be easy but there are all sorts of pitfalls and problems which could potentially ruin your crop. This book provides you with a step by step guide to growing potatoes at home successfully. With the information in this book you will avoid the many problems people encounter when growing their own potatoes.

As you read this book you will learn all about the many different varieties of potatoes as well as exactly what they need to produce a bountiful crop for you. Not only that, but you will learn how to minimize the risk of loosing your crop and store your potatoes for use later in the year.

In "How To Grow Potatoes - The Guide To Choosing, Planting and Growing in Containers Or the Ground" you will learn:

  • How to select the best seed potatoes to get the best crop, including the difference between first earlies, second earlies and main crop potatoes
  • Why chitting your potatoes helps to produce a successful harvest
  • The pros and cons of planting your potatoes in the ground, raised beds, a greenhouse or containers
  • Exactly how to feed and water your potatoes for the best possible crop
  • The one thing you must do to ensure your potatoes produce a large crop - this can make a big difference in how many potatoes you harvest!
  • The best way to harvest and store your potatoes to prevent damage and rot
  • What potato blight is and how to avoid it plus the best ways to deal with it if it infects your crop
  • How to deal with the most common pests and diseases that affect potatoes
  • Some of the best varieties of potatoes on the market and their uses
  • How to grow sweet potatoes, a popular alternative to traditional potatoes
  • A number of delicious recipes to make with your home grown potatoes
  • Hints and tips to grow the best possible potatoes

Potatoes are an extremely popular crop to grow at home and this book will help you to avoid the common frustrations a home gardener will face. When you've read this book you will have all the information you need to successfully grow as many potatoes as you want at home!

Enjoy growing your own potatoes as "How To Grow Potatoes - The Guide To Choosing, Planting and Growing in Containers Or the Ground" explains all about the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. Discover today how to grow potatoes at home!

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A Complete Guide to Canning, Preserving and Storing Your Produce

“Canning & Preserving at Home – A Complete Guide to Canning, Preserving and Storing Your Produce” is for anyone who wants to know how to store their own fresh produce for long term use. Whether you want to make jam, pickles, soups or chutneys or freeze or can fresh fruits and vegetables you will find everything you need to know in this book.

Canning and preserving can feel like a bit of a minefield. Many people think of homesteaders and older folk canning away in their kitchen, but increasingly younger people and urban gardeners are interested in preserving the produce they have grown or even making their own healthy preserves from fresh fruit and vegetables bought from the supermarket.

This book guides you through the complete process of preserving fresh produce from start to finish. You will learn everything for methods such as freezing, canning, dehydrating, pickling, jamming, making fruit leathers and cordials and more. This complete guide turns you into an expert preserver!

In “Canning & Preserving at Home” you will discover all of this, plus plenty of recipes and ideas for the kitchen:

  • Methods for storing fresh fruits and vegetables correctly to maximize their shelf life
  • How to freeze fruits and vegetables and how to double their storage life
  • Canning fruits and vegetables
  • Drying fruits and vegetables both using a dehydrator and your oven
  • Pickling a wide variety of fruits and vegetables
  • Making delicious jams and jellies including how to make it set and more
  • Making your own chutneys – delicious with meat and cheese
  • Preserving vegetables by making delicious, filling home-made soups
  • Fruit leathers, cheeses, butters and curds – delicious and slightly unusual methods of preserving a wide variety of fruits
  • Ketchups & sauces – superb methods of preserving fresh produce
  • Cordials & syrups – save a taste of summer for the winter months with these great preserving ideas

Preserving fresh produce is something anyone can do, you’ll be surprised how easy it is as you follow the step-by-step instructions in this book. It allows you to preserve in-season or freshly picked produce and to keep using it for several months and often up to a year afterward. It’s a great way to make the most of what you have grown or the fruit trees in your garden.

Enjoy your adventure into preserving fruits and vegetables as “Canning & Preserving at Home – A Complete Guide to Canning, Preserving and Storing Your Produce” explains all about these exciting techniques. Discover today how you can preserve fresh fruits and vegetables at home to enjoy them throughout the year.

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