06-22-2019, 11:08 AM
Hawaii is the only state in the US where peppercorn can be grown.
The vines are cultivated on metal screen rolled into a vertical tube, the cage then filled with organic plant materials. That might make it a good crop for Puna with our rocky soils.
The video by a farmer on Maui, is worth watching even if you’re just curious about the origins of that pepper you sprinkle on your eggs in the morning.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3IKdWZdUfko
The vines are cultivated on metal screen rolled into a vertical tube, the cage then filled with organic plant materials. That might make it a good crop for Puna with our rocky soils.
The video by a farmer on Maui, is worth watching even if you’re just curious about the origins of that pepper you sprinkle on your eggs in the morning.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3IKdWZdUfko
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”