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Yeah, I've seen boston-area college students successfully grow szechuan peppers on a south facing (outdoor but sheltered) balcony - with exactly as much neglect
by eichin 3y ago
Yeah, I've seen boston-area college students successfully grow szechuan peppers on a south facing (outdoor but sheltered) balcony - with exactly as much neglect as you'd expect from undergrads in a shared apartment. "Absurdly easy" is not an exaggeration.
- ethbr1 3y agoSeriously. I think it's the relatively dry fruit output + innate waxy toughness, but of all the bearing plants, peppers can take the most "Oops, I forgot to water you for days... weeks?"
- tptacek 3y agoAs luck would have it: watering peppers generously makes them less spicy.
- coffeebeqn 3y agoThat’s pretty good! Peppercorns are a bit harder they’re not from the nightshade family like peppers are. But I guess the end product is dried so maybe it’s fairly forgiving
- barrkel 3y agoTo be clear, szechuan peppercorns are from various species of trees and shrubs, and are not related to chili peppers (or black pepper). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper When combined with chili pepper it's amazing, but quite hard to find in Western Chinese restaurants unfortunately.
- bregma 3y agoSichuan peppers are the fruits of a citrus tree, also known as prickly ash, not peppers at all. Also not ash, but also not something you'd grow on your balcony because they're covered in nasty thorns and second only to blackberries (brambles) in scratch-your-eyes-outness.