Black pepper - grow it

Black pepper is a tropical vine with attractive heart-shaped leaves, which needs to be grown indoors in the UK. With patience and good cultivation you can grow this as a houseplant to produce your own peppercorns.
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Hardiness

Pepper will not survive out of doors even during the summer.
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Propagation

Usually by seed. Sow the seeds in offsets from an established plant.
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Cultivation

The plant needs several years growth before it will be mature enough to fruit.
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Pests

Usualy healthy. Even aphids dislike the taste of the leaves.
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Plant sources

Seeds and plants are available from a few nurseries.
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Plant safety

There are no safety concerns.