The best conditions for growing pepper seedlings
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We create optimal conditions for growing pepper seedlings
PEPPER - A REAL SOUTHERN WHO LIKES HEAT, LIKE ANY OTHER VEGETABLES. HERE AND GIVE HIM SPECIAL CARE AND SPECIAL TEMPERATURE MODE!
The birthplace of the common varieties of sweet pepper is Mexico and Guatemala, hence the demanding plants for heat. The optimum temperature for growth and development is + 20 ... + 30 ° С. At a temperature of + 13 ° C, plant growth ceases, but at –0,3 ... –0,5 ° C, they die at all. At low (+ 10 ... + 13 ° C) and high (+ 30 ... + 35 ° C) temperature buds, flowers and ovaries fall.
Peppers are very photophilic.
On shaded areas they grow extremely poorly, turn yellow, do not bloom and, therefore, do not bear fruit. This crop is demanding on soil moisture and air. When the earth dries up, the plants suffer from an increased concentration of salts in it, while waterlogging - from a lack of oxygen in the soil. In both cases, the activity of growth processes decreases.
Pepper is very demanding and fertility.
It grows well on structured moisture and air permeable sandy loamy soils and light loamy chernozems, does not tolerate acidic heavy and waterlogged soils. Responsive to organic and mineral fertilizers.
Seedlings can be grown in room conditions, greenhouses, greenhouses, using for this purpose humic pots, cups made of polyethylene film or from food products, milk bags, boxes.
Reference by topic: Planting pepper on seedlings: seed preparation and proper care
To fill the tanks, a soil mixture is prepared. It should be neutral or slightly acidic (pH 5,5), well permeable to water and air, loose, moisture-consuming, with the necessary amount of nutrients. Sowing is carried out 55 - 65 days before transplanting seedlings in open ground.
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Before the beginning of the fruiting phase, pepper needs higher doses of phosphorus fertilizers, and from the phase of fruit formation to the end of the growing season, in potash.
1 to 2 seeds are sown in the pots. At a temperature of + 26 ... + 28 ° C, seedlings will appear on the 10-12th day. If it is lower, then after 20 - 22 days. Before seedlings appear, the temperature must be maintained at + 25 ... + 30 ° C, and the soil is optimally moist. After emergence, it is lowered to + 14 ... + 17 ° C for 5-7 days - this technique is necessary to prevent stretching of seedlings.
Strong humidification must not be allowed, especially at low temperatures: because of this, a black leg may develop. If you grow seedlings with picking, it must be carried out on the 12-15th day after emergence, when the seedlings have already appeared the first real leaf. Shaded seedlings for the first 2 to 3 days, shade from the bright sun.
Pepper seedlings are fed twice: the first time in the phase of 2 - 3 true leaves, the second - after 12-15 days, increasing the dose of fertilizers by 1,5 - 2 times. After each dressing, the leaves of the plants must be washed with water.
Maintain the soil in an optimum wet condition. Water temperature for irrigation should be + 20 ... + 25 ° С.
By the time of planting, a 55-60-day-old seedling should be 20-25 cm high and already have 8-10 leaves. Before landing, it must be hardened. The optimal time for hardening is 10 days before planting. But be careful, since an increase in this period to 15-17 days inhibits the growth and development of plants throughout the entire growing season, and also leads to a decrease in the early harvest by 20-30%. Start hardening with a gradual increase in ventilation of structures. Also, gradually reduce the number of irrigations until they cease completely.
A day before planting, water the seedlings abundantly. To increase resistance to adverse environments, the last watering must be combined with top dressing containing an increased dose of potash fertilizers. To do this, dissolve 10 g of ammonium nitrate, 10 g of superphosphate (previously soaked in hot water) and 40 - 60 g of potash fertilizers in 70 l of water. Pepper seedlings are planted in a well-warmed, lighted and sheltered from the wind section.
See also: The optimum temperature for growing pepper seedlings
OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE MODE FOR SEDIMENTATION
- in the afternoon in cloudy weather: + 18 ... + 20 ° С
- in the afternoon on a sunny day: + 25 ... + 27 C
- at night: + 12 ... + 15 C
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Stems of peppers easily break from the load fruits, so tall varieties tied to pegs
As I grow, I carefully twist the stems around the twine. When the shoots begin to branch, at every knot of branching I leave the strongest as an escape route. The rest I pinch. Flowers and ovaries, which are formed before the first branch of the main stem, delete.
To accelerate the ripening of fruits a month before the end of vegetation, the tops of skeletal shoots are pricked, so that plants spend their energy only for the ripening of fruits. Aging and yellowed lower leaves regularly cut out (at a time - no more than one or two, otherwise the fruits will crack strongly), and only on sunny days - the wounds on the stems dry out faster.
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Peppers in the beds often get sick. Last year, my year before, soft bacterial rot attacked - watery spots appeared on the fruits, which spread, all the tissues later became soft and watery, and an unpleasant odor appeared.
Sick plants I pulled out of the bed, treated the remaining "Fitosporin". But next year I seriously approached the planting and planting.
The soil before the sowing was treated with "Fitosporin", he then sprinkled seedlings and bushes in the garden. Planting seedlings, sprinkled several times with its solution of potassium permanganate (we must take only 2 g for 5 L of water).
Resistance to sores increases such processing: dissolve in a bucket of water in 2 g of boric acid, copper sulphate, manganese sulphate, zinc sulphate and sprinkle peppers.
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Fatty peppers
Good strong seedlings of bell pepper - the key to a rich harvest. I grow this, sowing varieties Tolstyachok and Star of the East. Sowing spend in early March. I soak the seeds overnight in a growth promoter. I use the ready-made soil for planting - soil for seedlings of pepper or garden soil. This soil does not require calcination or treatment with a solution of manganese, moreover, it contains fertilizers that are enough for the first period of plant development.
The soil is poured into plastic containers (250 ml), I make grooves, I spill them with a warm solution of the growth stimulant and sow seeds. I cover the containers with a lid or a film, periodically watered so that the top layer does not dry out. Seedlings will appear in 12-14 days, after which I remove the cover and begin to highlight the seedlings.
As soon as 2-3 real leaflets appear in the seedlings, dive into a box of 20 × 40 cm in size - no more than 10 plants in a container. I paste labels with the name of the variety on the box. First, I pour a pinch of root-forming agent into each well. After transplanting, I illuminate the plants with fluorescent lights, and from the beginning of April I have been hardening. I take out the boxes with seedlings on the balcony, first for an hour, then increase the time, and from mid-April I leave them on the balcony all the time.
During the growth of peppers water 2-3 times a week with warm filtered water. By the time the pepper is planted under the cover material (I do this from 10 May), the seedlings have 10 large leaves, a strong stalk and gaining color. The seedlings grown in this way are not affected after transplantation and quickly take root.