Sweet or, as they say, bell pepper refers to nightshade crops. His homeland is Mexico and Guatemala. It is drought tolerant, loves loamy soils and medium watering. Pepper seedlings at home are grown quite easily. You just need to know a few features and rules.
To grow
pepper seedlings, its seeds will need to be "awakened" - they do not germinate well, therefore, they require certain processing. For better swelling we use hot water (50-53
). Pour water into a thermos, pour out pepper seeds and stand them for about 20 minutes, then pull them out, wrap them in a damp cloth, leave them in the refrigerator for two hours. Make a solution of one of the growth stimulants: Epin-Extra, Novosil, Energen, or any other, put seeds in it for 20 minutes. Now you can sow.
Fill the seedling container halfway with soil, compact, spread the seeds after 2 centimeters, pour another 5 centimeters of soil on top and compact again. Pepper seeds should be at a depth of 3-4 centimeters. The thing is that when picking, the seedlings can not be deepened - the stem can rot, because the seeds are immediately laid out to a great depth. We cover the container with glass or film and put in a warm place. When the first shoots appear, put them under a daylight lamp. As soon as the cotyledon leaves open, we begin feeding.
How to feed pepper seedlings
From the first days, it is better to water the seedlings not with water, but with a weak solution of any fertilizer containing a large amount of potassium. This is not always a top dressing for seedlings, for example, you can use "Uniflor bud". The solution can stand for unlimited time. First, pour a teaspoon of fertilizer under each plant once every two days, then gradually increase the amount, but the soil should remain moderately dry. You can also use the fertilizer "AVA". The feeding pattern is the same. You can apply mineral fertilizers - ash and azofoska, but it is not recommended to use organic compounds and, especially, manure: the aerial part of the plant will develop too actively, and the root system will remain weak, which will not increase productivity, but will add problems. How to feed seedlings of peppers in the early days, sorted out. Next, we consider the features of the dive.
When picking pepper, the main task is not to damage the root system and land at the same depth. If you accidentally deepen a plant, the stem may rot. Carefully pull out the plant, taking care not to damage it. Also, carefully place it in the groove made, without bending or breaking off the thin roots. You can not shorten the central part of the root system, otherwise the plant will either die, or will be weak and bring few fruits. Now about how to feed pepper seedlings after a dive - use the same drugs, only increase their number, but the soil should remain moderately dry.
Peppers seedlings are planted in open ground only in the southern regions, while in the majority it grows either in greenhouses or in greenhouses. Before transplanting, water the seedlings well, make sufficiently large holes in the ground to easily fit a lump of earth with the plant there (this is the best way to transplant pepper so as not to damage the root system). In each well, put a teaspoon of chlorine-free fertilizer (it does not tolerate it), pour a full hole of water. As soon as it is absorbed, transfer the seedlings with a lump, condense the earth around. Watering the first week is not necessary - the plant takes root. As soon as the first new leaf has appeared, you can fertilize with potassium fertilizer that does not contain chlorine. You can use a mixture of those fertilizers that were used when growing seedlings, but you need to add urea, superphosphate or azofoska there. How to feed pepper seedlings is understandable. Now about how often this needs to be done: once every 10-14 days. If you do not fertilize or waterlog the soil, the seedlings may turn yellow. To restore it, you will need considerable effort. In this case, the answer to the question: “Why does pepper seedlings turn yellow?” unequivocal - due to violation of growing conditions. If you do everything right, you will get a good harvest.