Pepper is truly a miracle vegetable. The amount of vitamin C is unmatched. It contains a lot of carotene, nicotinic and folic acid. And it's no wonder that you want to grow such a valuable vegetable on your site. Anyone can get a good harvest of pepper. But at the same time, it is necessary to pay sufficient attention to the plants.
Instructions
Step 1
Since pepper takes a long time to ripen, then it must be grown in seedlings. Sowing seeds for seedlings should be started in February. The plant is grown in boxes mainly on the side of the room where there is a lot of sun.
Step 2
For sowing, it is necessary to prepare a nutrient mixture from garden humus with the addition of sand and wood ash. Pour this mixture with water and steam thoroughly over the fire. Seeds are sown in hot, 40-45 degrees, nutritious soil. The seeds are placed in grooves to a depth of 1.5 cm. The distance between them should be 2 cm.
Step 3
During the growth of seedlings, it is necessary to limit watering to once. Abundant watering at this stage usually becomes the cause of the plant's black leg disease. The water temperature should be 25-28 degrees. It is advisable to use settled water.
Step 4
As soon as the seedlings have two leaves, and this will take about 30-35 days, you can begin to dive. Water the seedlings a few hours before the dive, as if dry, the soil will crumble from the roots. Plants can be transplanted into pots or plastic cups 10x10 cm in size.
Step 5
During the growth of seedlings, it is necessary to limit watering to once. Abundant watering at this stage usually becomes the cause of the plant's black leg disease. The water temperature for irrigation should be 25-28 degrees. It is advisable to use settled water.
Step 6
Gently loosen the soil within a week after planting to improve air access to the root system. You can only feed with a special preparation for growth.
Step 7
Until the flowering period, it is enough to water the pepper once a week. But in hot weather, you can increase the amount of watering. Remember that plants should never be watered with cold water, otherwise they will stop growing and bearing fruit.
Step 8
Loosen the soil occasionally. In total, during the summer, it is necessary to carry out 3-4 loosening with hilling.
Step 9
It is also important to feed the plant with various fertilizers. During flowering, you can use slurry at the rate of 1:10 or urea. The next top dressing must be carried out during the fruiting period. Use bird droppings or nitrophoska solution.
Step 10
In order for the pepper bushes not to grow too much, you need to remove the top flowers and stepsons. Also, when the stem of the pepper is about 25 cm tall, remove the top of the stem. This procedure will allow the lateral shoots to develop well.
