Is it possible to plant hot peppers next to cucumbers
When asked whether it is possible to plant hot peppers and cucumbers nearby, the answer is rather ambiguous. That is, theoretically, you can put them side by side.
However, based on practice, many gardeners never plant hot peppers along with other vegetable crops. Most often, he is given a place of honor in a flower garden or in a flowerpot, which is carried away from the garden. But this, of course, is only when a few bushes of these "hot" vegetables are planted.
Where chili is usually planted on the site
Sometimes situations arise when gardeners who have bought or grown chili pepper seedlings and have come to plant them find it difficult to find a place for planting. In this case, you can compact the vegetation already available on the site.
- Outdoors, this pungent spice is often placed next to cabbage or carrots.
- If the aisles of strawberries or strawberries are wide enough, then you can plant hot peppers there too. This vegetable tolerates the neighborhood with strawberries quite calmly.
- Bitter peppers look great in garden beds next to greens. It can be planted next to dill, parsley, green onions.
Conditions of compatibility of hot pepper with cucumbers
Where to add this pepper, if it is decided to plant more of it?
Since this is a nightshade crop, it cannot be planted with nightshades (tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplants, etc.).
Cucumbers belong to the pumpkin family. They are a heat-loving and moisture-loving vegetable crop. In turn, bitter pepper is a vegetable that belongs to the nightshade family. It is also thermophilic and needs constant watering.
If the site has greenhouse with cucumbers, you can plant hot peppers there. There are only two conditions for the peaceful existence and prosperity of these cultures:
- You cannot plant hot peppers closer than 1.5 meters to the cucumbers. This is to prevent the wide cucumber leaves from obscuring the pepper sprouts.
- Vegetable bushes need more intensive ventilation, so they should be planted closer to the open edge of the greenhouse.
Advice:
- Having planted peppers and cucumbers in the same greenhouse, it should also be remembered that the first of them does not like organic feeding as much as the second. If you overfeed the soil under this crop with organic matter, then it will have lush greenery, and the ripening of the fruits will lengthen.
- If possible, then each vegetable crop is planted in a separate greenhouse. When cultivating each crop separately and observing agricultural techniques, ideal conditions and microclimate are created for specific vegetables in the greenhouse, then their development goes faster and better.Thus, you can achieve the best yield of vegetables, including hot peppers.
Are there common diseases in peppers and cucumbers?
Peppers and cucumbers practically do not suffer from the same diseases. This fact can also facilitate planting them together in a greenhouse.
However, speaking of diseases, it should be mentioned that these vegetables can infect aphids. This insect first of all gets on cucumbers, and chili is also infected a second time. Therefore, you need to plant cucumbers through a path about 90-100 cm wide.
Pros and cons of growing peppers and cucumbers together in the same greenhouse
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of such cultivation:
| Advantages | disadvantages |
| Peppers and cucumbers do not pollinate each other. | Aphids affect both cucumbers and peppers |
| They do not get sick with only diseases being in the neighborhood. | If the chili landing site is not properly organized, it may receive less sunlight and develop worse. |
| Excellent yields of both crops | |
| Almost the same care for both vegetable crops (temperature regime, watering, fertilizing, humidity, ventilation). | |
| There is no over-pollination of other crops. The greenhouse covers hot peppers and any vegetables, including sweet Bulgarian paprika, can be planted behind the foil. |
Business idea! Fans of hot peppers probably dream of having a fresh pod of hot pepper on their table every day. Having at home a heated greenhouse for vegetables, you can grow hot peppers in it all year round. Moreover, in this situation, it is possible not only to provide the whole family with fresh vegetables, but also to sell the surplus and make a profit. Those who already grow cucumbers for sale in their greenhouse can take advantage of this experience and diversify the range of their goods with hot pepper.
Different ways of planting hot peppers
Based on the amount of planting material, as well as the area that you planned to occupy for this vegetable, it can be planted in different ways:
- Planting in a flowerpot.
Seedling method of planting one plant per flowerpot. If you decide to sow seeds in the same pot where the plant will grow, then sow no more than three seeds, and remove one or two weaker shoots during the growth process.
- Growing in a greenhouse.
It is better to plant seedlings of this plant in greenhouse conditions one by one after 25-30 cm in a row. You can also plant a plant in a checkerboard pattern (zigzag), then up to 30% more planting material is used per unit area.
- Growing in a greenhouse.
Usually a greenhouse is used for growing seedlings. After the main part is planted, chili is planted in it. The warmth as well as the loose soil in the greenhouse are excellent conditions for the development of a good plant. Most often, it is the greenhouse bushes that give the earliest harvests.
- Outdoor cultivation.
Seedlings are planted on the ground either in even rows, the distance between which is 40-60 cm, or in a checkerboard pattern. Many growers plant this plant two sprouts in one hole every 25 centimeters. This achieves more intensive pollination of plants, and also, with such planting, the plants do not break. Plants planted using this technology support each other, and grow better.
Grower Secrets
Bitter chili is a spice that contains substances that "scorch" our taste buds in our mouth when eaten. Everyone knows that after cutting chili, you should not touch your face with your hands, since getting on the mucous membranes, the substances cause a strong burning sensation. And the main "burning" components are found in white veins and chili seeds. Therefore, when working with bitter chili seeds (soaking, sowing), experienced gardeners wear rubber or latex gloves.
Workers wear masks at greenhouse plants growing hot peppers during flowering and harvesting. Excessive inhalation of the pollen of this vegetable can cause a strong autoimmune reaction of an allergic nature.
Having grown chili in a pot, remember that you cannot leave it on the windowsill in the kitchen. It grows best on a well-lit and glazed balcony.
