When it comes to pepper, long or round fruits of red, green or yellowish color are immediately presented. These are traditional colors. And how bright yellow meaty pepper is in a salad! While it is not so often found on the plots, although it deserves due attention. This variety is called the "Golden Miracle".
- Description and characteristics of the variety
- The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
- Features of growing
- Care
- Watering
- Top dressing
- Diseases and pests
- Harvesting
Description and characteristics of the variety
In the description of the Golden Miracle varieties of pepper, a rather detailed description of the bush, fruit, yield, etc. is given. The variety is the Golden Miracle of American selection, but it has a very good survival rate in different climatic conditions.
Pepper is quite unpretentious, resistant to low temperatures and Fusarium. It can be grown in a temperate climate. The variety is medium early. Intends for cultivation both in the greenhouse, and in an open ground.
It can be grown not only in the summer cottage, garden, but also on an industrial scale. Bushes are quite strong, reach a height of 0.7 m. The root is powerful. The leaves are wide, dark green color, their ends are pointed.Fruits are large, fleshy, juicy, bright yellow. Ripen 110-120 days later after sowing. Grow in the direction of the soil.
Productivity varieties high, fruit bushes for a long time. With one bush can collect up to a kilogram of fruit, with 1 square. m - about 5 kg.
The taste is pleasant, suitable for use raw, in salads and for preparations for the winter.
The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Like any culture, pepper "Golden Miracle" has its advantages and disadvantages. Naturally, there are more advantages than disadvantages:
- survival rate in any climate;
- the possibility of growing both in greenhouses and in open ground;
- resistance to temperature extremes;
- resistance to diseases and pests;
- high yield;
- prolonged fruiting;
- good taste;
- beautiful view;
- high level of keeping quality;
- resistance to transportation;
- long storage;
- universality in the use (in the raw, for dishes, for preparations);
- high content of nutrients.
- does not tolerate both dryness and high humidity;
- requires special care in the cultivation of seedlings;
- is quite fragile, therefore, it requires special care in handling.
Features of growing
Among the features in the cultivation of this variety are the versatility of conditions for planting seeds.
Traditionally, peppers are grown in a seedling way, but the seeds can be planted indoors and in a greenhouse or greenhouse, and directly into the open ground. In whatever conditions you grow seedlings, you need to remember the basic general rules:
- Seeds need to be treated with a weak solution of manganese and germinate in wet gauze.
- Use fertile soil. As a rule, it is a mixture of sod, humus and peat in a ratio of 2: 2: 1, with the addition of sand.
- Plant seeds in a moist soil to a depth of 0.5-0.7 cm. Do not clap.
- For germination, be sure to cover the film.
- Maintain temperature, light and humidity conditions.
- After the appearance of the third sheet to stop.
- Sprinkle water moderately.
If you planted seedlings in room conditions, greenhouse or greenhouse, then before planting in the ground it should be gradually, within 12-14 days, hardened.
It is necessary to land in the ground when the soil is already well warmed up, and on the sprout - 4-5 leaves each. If the seeds are immediately planted in the ground, then you need to open the film, ranging from 1 hour of open air, bringing to full daylight, and then fully open.
Care
Choosing a place for planting pepper, you need to take into account the favorable factors of growth and productivity. The place should be well lit, protected from the wind.
The soil is suitable loamy, fertile, well-retaining moisture. Planting scheme: 4 bushes per 1 m in a row, 0.5 m - between the rows. In a variety of capricious seedlings, but care for planted bushes is simple: watering, weeding, loosening, fertilizer.
Watering
Pepper should be watered moderately, not allowing the soil to dry out.With the advent of fruits, watering is necessary to become more frequent, since the meatiness and juiciness of fruits, their size depends on it.
Watering necessarily under the root of warm settled water. Since the variety has roots close to the surface, it is impossible to loosen close to the bush. In this case, the soil is better to mulch sawdust or chopped straw. So the moisture will be retained, and the crust will not form. The same applies to weeding. It is impossible to work as a sap between bushes.
If the roots are damaged, the plant may die. You can weed the aisle. In the ranks, remove the weeds by hand, carefully cutting off, rather than pulling them out.
Top dressing
You need to feed the plants four times: after arresting seedlings, after planting in the ground, in the period of growth before flowering, in the period of the formation of fruits.
Seedlings after cupping and immediately after landing in the ground are fertilized with complex organic fertilizer. During the growth period before flowering, the pepper needs a nitrogen-phosphorus top-dressing when fruits are formed. - in top dressing with potash or complex fertilizer.
Diseases and pests
As already mentioned, the Golden Miracle pepper variety is resistant to diseases and pests. To protect the plant, it is necessary to carry out prevention.
If the plant has signs of disease or exposure to pests, then you need to make the treatment of funds purchased in a specialized store.
Harvesting
In the stage of technical maturity pepper "Golden Miracle" is dark green. In this form, it does not break. As soon as it begins to turn yellow, you can eat.
Fully matured is considered a dark yellow pepper with a glossy peel. Tear off the peppers must be very careful not to damage other fruits, stems and branches.
Since the plant has a very long fruiting period, the crop is harvested gradually as it ripens. If frosts began to fall in the fall, and the pepper still fructifies, safely tear off all the remaining fruits, since they have the property of ripening in warm conditions.
Pepper "Golden Miracle" is worthy of attention gardeners.First of all, it is simply indispensable as a source of vitamins. In addition to the beautiful presentation, it will decorate the site, thanks to its bright fruits.