Peppers: planting and caring for seedlings at home, picking, pinching, hardening and transplanting

Pepper seedlings most unpretentious in the care of all vegetable crops.

The main conditions - no stress, temperature and water regime fluctuations, timely picks.

Although you should abide by some simple rules.

The subject of today's article is peppers: planting and caring for pepper seedlings at home.

Sowing

Pepper seed from growing and care. Cooking seeds: we sort out, we throw out the small, dried up, damaged. We disinfect in a strong solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour, wash, soak for a day in any solution for seedlings according to the instructions. Properly prepared seeds will be black. Wrapped in a wet cloth and put in the heat. We wait until the shoots sprout.

Slightly condense the ground, pour with warm water. We sow 2-3 seeds in separate pots. In transplanting containers, we make small grooves at a distance of 5 cm from each other, between seeds - 2-3 cm. We sprinkle dry soil that will allow air and light to pass through well, leaving room for bedding.

We cover with glass or film so that the soil is steamed. For a friendly emergence of shoots maintain the temperature of 20-25 °.

We reduce the temperature after the appearance of the first sprouts to 10-15 °, slowing the growth of the green part, thereby strengthening the root system. We will make it warmer in a week, and the upper part will begin to flourish.

Important! On the ground for planting need to take care of the fall. We ram the mixture of humus and garden soil into buckets or boxes, leave it in an unheated room for freezing. In January, we move the mixture into heat, spill it with hot concentrated (½ teaspoonful per 5 liters) aqueous solution of manganese.

Shoots

Care for seedlings of pepper after germination. About a week later there are sproutsthat appeared later than the rest we delete. We carry out easy loosening between the rows. After the shoot of all plants, we expose them to the light. Observe the temperature regime - 25-28 ° during the day, 12-15 ° at night, otherwise the seedlings will stretch. We make another culling after the appearance of cotyledonary leaves. We throw away the deformed, weak, ugly.

Important! Deep or too superficial seed planting deteriorates the quality of seedlings. Do not leave the seedlings with a "cap" or gently remove it.

Picking

To reduce the risk of root rot, the seedlings dive at the stage of the appearance of two true leaves, 3-4 weeks after germination. The algorithm is as follows:

One hour before transplant well spill shoots.
Abundantly water the soil. We are waiting for the excess water to drain. Making the hole.
We dig out a special scoop, or a large spoon. In order not to injure the stalk, we take the plant for "ears." Pinch the main spine. We bury the seedlings to cotyledon leaves. The earth is slightly tamped.
Peppers do not like loneliness. We put on two things in one container.
Wateringholding pepper until moisture is completely absorbed. We put the seedlings on the windowsill. Shade from direct sunlight. Soil temperature should not be below 15 °.

Important! After regrowth of 3-4, and then 5-6 true leaves, we push the pots apart, otherwise there is a lack of light and air, the growth intensity is lost.

Next, let's talk about how to care for pepper seedlings after picking?

Topping

Do I need to pinch pepper seedlings? Effective for sweet, hybrid varieties. No pickling is necessary for bitter pepper. The procedure activates the appearance of stepsons, increasing yields, prevents early flowering. The rules are as follows:

Do not pinch seedlings during a dive, transplant, transshipment.
If there is not enough seedling material, and the landing pattern turned out to be rare, then side shoots do not remove.
Plot only strong plants.
Small scissors cut off the top after the seventh true leaf.
Spray with growth regulator.

Important! If pinching has been carried out, only the bushes of tall varieties are formed later.

Watering

Pepper hygrophilous. Water only under the root, settled water at room temperature, 1-2 times a week. The soil should be a little wet all the time. We do not allow liquid to accumulate in the pan. Spray daily.

Important! Do not allow drafts. It is necessary to cover the seedlings of plants with film, newspaper, cover.

Top dressing

Before picking shoots feed up calcium nitrate diluted with water in the ratio of kilogram per liter.

After the cotyledon stage, with each irrigation, we introduce a small dose of a complex top dressing.

There are many options:

2 tbsp. single superphosphate, 1 tsp potassium sulfate, 1 tsp urea per 10 liters of distilled water;
ammonium nitrate solution;
ready-made fertilizers for seedlings, such as Fort, Agricola, Mortar;
before planting seedlings for a permanent place, we support peppers with potash-phosphorus-nitrogen fertilizer.

Transshipment

So that the seedlings continue to grow successfully, Towards the end of May we transfer it to liter pots. The composition of the soil is identical to the composition for planting and picking. We do not sift the earth, so it is better ventilated. On a bucket of soil, add half a cup of ash and a tablespoon of double superphosphate, or "Senior tomato" according to the instructions. We pass it carefully so that the earthy room is preserved intact.

Hardening

Getting started two weeks before relocation to the garden. Expose seedlings to fresh air. We protect from drafts, direct sunlight. Temperature should not be below + 10 °. We expose for several hours, then for a day and, finally, for a day. At night, at first we cover with covering material. Do not water at night and in cloudy weather.

Landing in the ground

In mid-May, peppers are transferred to greenhouses, or greenhouses. In the ground - in early June. We plant seedlings on a permanent place no more than 25-30 cm in height, with 12-14 leaves, thick, 3-4 cm below, with a stem, at the stage of formation of the first ovary. The daily temperature should be set at + 15-18 ° C. For better acclimatization we land in the evening after the heat subsides. At night temperatures, the seedling is easier to take root.

We bring peat and humus into the soil in advance, dig it into the shovel bayonet, level it. Pour a tablespoon of mineral fertilizer into each well. Observing the integrity of the earthy coma we take the peppers out of the pots, put them in the wells, fill them with earth without closing the root neck. Abundantly water, mulch with peat or loose earth.

Important! In order to avoid overgrowth, do not abuse nitrogen fertilizers. With the appearance of such a tendency to reduce watering, reduce the air temperature.

So, we told how to care for pepper seedlings at home? Described the algorithm of planting, care and growing seedlings of pepper.

If the seedlings are grown correctly the basic chores with peppers are completed. At a permanent place, care is limited to protection from pests, proper irrigation and timely harvesting.

REFERENCE! Learn about different methods of growing peppers: in peat pots or pills, in open ground and even on toilet paper. Learn the cunning method of planting in a snail, as well as what diseases and pests can attack your seedlings?

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