Winter can slow down the growth of many plants, but some continue to thrive with a little extra care, and black pepper, often called the “queen of spices”, is one of them. Known for its distinctive ...

Want to spice up your life here in the tropics? Why not try growing black pepper in the home garden? Native to India, pepper is prized as a spice and has played an important role throughout history.

Black pepper is a super expensive spice, selling for ₹1800-2000 per kilo in the market. But guess what? You can easily grow this at home! It's a vine plant that, with the right care, can be grown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning and topping pepper plants can improve their health, increase airflow, and lead to a bigger harvest. Prune in spring or ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have reconstructed the distribution history of black pepper over the past 21,000 years in an international ...

When you consider the cultural requirements of black pepper (Piper nigrum) and Peperomia — the former demanding constant elevated humidity and the latter tolerating drought — you would probably ...

In a recent Hana Hou magazine article, I read about coffee farmer Tommy Greenwell’s decade-long venture into growing black pepper on his farm in Kealakekua. Being a fan of fresh-ground black pepper, I ...

Black pepper, a cuisine staple worldwide, has a pretty lengthy resume. It comes from the peppercorn fruit of the black pepper plant (Piper nigrum), which is native to India's Malabar Coast. People in ...

22:09, Sat, Jun 6, 2026 Updated: 22:09, Sat, Jun 6, 2026 Gardeners are being urged to sprinkle black pepper in their gardens for two really important reasons this June. Black pepper is a classic ...