Various types and hybrids of sweet pepper, which are grown in our regions, were bred abroad. And many of them are very productive.
Of course, they require more care, but our gardeners are not afraid. But most of them choose such varieties that do not require careful maintenance.
It is very difficult to choose the best varieties of sweet pepper. After all, people have different tastes; someone prefers yellow cultures, while others prefer red ones. Someone needs pepper for salads, and for some it is important to do a lot of seaming for the winter.
Everyone has different tastes and views on the use of this culture. And in order to choose the best varieties for yourself it is necessary to try many of them.
Choosing the best varieties of sweet pepper for their summer cottages
Today, sweet, semi-sweet and bitter peppers are grown in Ukraine. This culture is a very valuable vegetable, which contains a large amount of useful vitamins for the human body. Annually, up to 18 thousand hectares are used for cultivation of this plant. land, most of the territories occupied by pepper is located in the southern part of the country.
Each pepper is useful in its own way:
- Green pepper has anti-cancer properties.
- Red pepper contains a high content of ascorbic acid and vitamin A.
- And green is different from its other brothers in a high content of routine.
Sweet pepper "Apricot favorite", as far as he is better than others
Apricot favorite is an early ripening pepper variety. Her growing season is a hundred or a little more than a hundred days.
The bush of culture is distinguished by its short height of about 50 cm and its compactness. The plant is suitable for cultivation in open and closed conditions.
The fruit of the variety "Apricot mist" has a conical shape. The pepper is smooth to the touch, and brilliant at the sight.
During its ripening, it acquires a light green or light green color, and the ripened fruits are distinguished by bright orange or even apricot color. The mass of ripe vegetables reaches 150 grams.
Fruits ripen at the same time. The walls are not very thick and are 7 mm. You can use a vegetable in any direction, but more of it is practiced for fresh consumption and for canning.
Culture is distinguished by its yield. On one bush "Apricot favorite" immediately grows to 20 perchin.
Merits "Apricot favorite":
- An important indicator is the excellent yield of the plant.
- The universal use of this vegetable indicates the best side of the pepper.
- Differs a variety of its large mass.
- Good resistance to various diseases.
- Low growth and compactness of the plant refers to the positive quality of the culture.
- Pepper "Apricot favorite" refers to the early varieties of ripening.
- Culture can be cultivated in open and closed conditions.
- Different weather conditions do not affect the growth, development and yield of the plant.
- The good quality is the delicious flavor of the culture.
What are the distinctive properties of "Agapovsky" sweet pepper?
This variety of sweet pepper is a variety of medium ripeness.
The entire growing season takes no more than four months. Plant has not very large parametersBut regardless of this, the bush is rich in a variety of leaves.
The leaves are large and dark greenish in color. The plant is semi-determinant. The bush grows to an average of 90 cm.
The large size of agapov pepper has a prism shape.Waves protrude on the surface of the culture. To the touch sweet pepper is smooth. The location of the fruit on the bush is drooping.
Peduncle culture is not depressed. Culture has up to four nests. The weight of one pepper is about 125 grams. The wall can be up to 9 mm thick. The culture has a very pleasant aroma and has a good taste.
Pepper is very juicy and meaty. The color of the fruit during the growing season is dark green. During full ripening, the pepper becomes red. The following components are available in sweet pepper of this sort: dry substances 6.42%, sugar 3.62%, ascorbic acid 206.4 mg per 100 g. raw matter.
Yield Agapov pepper makes 9.3-10.4 kilogram per square meter.
Positive characteristics Agapov pepper are listed below:
- Agapovsky pepper is a variety of medium ripeness.
- Commodity agapovskogo pepper is very high.
- Positive quality is the excellent crop yield.
- No diseases are not terrible pepper this variety.
- Very good taste and pleasant aroma is a good characteristic.
- Agapovsky pepper is used in various culinary directions.
- The compactness of the plant is a good indicator.
TO disadvantages this culture include:
- The plant needs good lighting. If this condition is not observed, the ovary may fall off, and the buds may fall off, and the bush itself may completely wilt.
- The culture needs good watering, not observing this plant will wither.
The next crop that we will consider is the pepper "Atlant"
This variety is very popular among gardeners. Culture refers to the early ripening varieties.
The vegetation period is not more than one hundred thirty days. So you can taste the already ripe fruit quite early. The culture is half-trunk, not particularly spreading and covered with a large number of leaves. The height of the bush is average.
The fruits are very large, weighing up to 150 grams. During ripening, the vegetable acquires a green color, and in full maturity it is red.
Pepper "Atlant" has a long conical shape. Its length ranges from 26 cm. The flesh is very fragrant and juicy, the thickness of which takes 6-8 mm. On the fruit there are well allocated waves.
The yield is quite high and ranges from 3 to 5 kg per square meter.
Are common positive characteristics, which boasts sweet pepper "Atlant":
- The possibility of long storage of pepper is a good indicator.
- The fruit has an excellent presentation and has good quality.
- Culture confronts various diseases, and in particular the tobacco mosaic virus.
- Culture has a high yield.
- Positive quality is the large size of the fruit.
- Culture does not require careful maintenance.
- Pepper "Atlant" is a very popular variety.
- The plant belongs to the early ripening varieties.
- Housewives can use this pepper for different purposes.
- Peppers can be transported over long distances.
- Culture is cultivated in open and closed conditions.
- Pepper has excellent taste characteristics.
What characteristics does the Bogatyr sweet pepper have?
Pepper "Bogatyr" is a very powerful and large culture. The plant is a mid-season variety of ripening.
The ripening period is not more than one hundred and forty days. Pepper can grow both in greenhouses and in open conditions.
The culture has a medium-sized shrub, spreading and covered with a large number of leaves.
The fruits are very large and fleshy, weighing up to 200 grams. Vegetable during maturation acquires a green color, and in full maturity red.
Sweet pepper "Hero" has an oblong cone-shaped shape. Already ripe peppers are rich in high in vitamin C.
The pulp is very fragrant and juicy, the thickness of which takes 5-7 mm. On the fruit there are well allocated waves.
The yield is very high and ranges from five to seven kilograms per square meter.
What is the heroic strength of sweet pepper in this class:
- All vegetable growers appreciate this variety for the good leveling of all peppers.
- Pepper "Bogatyr" has a truly heroic harvest.
- The bogatyr pepper confronts various diseases, in particular, the tobacco mosaic virus and verticillus wilt.
- Culture is good at a sharp cooling.
- The size of the fruit is the positive side of this variety.
- Pepper has a high content of vitamins and rutin.
- Pepper "Bogatyr" is a very popular variety.
- Bogatyr sweet pepper is a middle-ripening variety of ripening.
- Housewives can use this pepper for different purposes.
- Peppers can be transported to any distance.
- Culture is cultivated in open and closed conditions.
- Pepper has excellent taste characteristics.
The disadvantage of sweet pepper "Hero" can be attributed to him soil moisture requirements and good light.
What are the features of sweet pepper "Health"
Pepper "Health" is quite high up to 170 cm and spreading. The culture belongs to very early grades of maturing.
The ripening period to technical ripeness is up to 80 days. Culture is distinguished by the simultaneous ripening of fruits on a bush. Pepper is cultivated only in closed ground.
The arrangement of fruits on a bush is drooping. The size of their small 40 grams. Vegetable during maturation acquires a green color, and in full maturity red. Sweet pepper "Health" has a prism shape.
The wall thickness of the pepper is 3-4 mm. The flesh of the fruit is juicy and tasty. Due to the small size of the pepper can be rolled whole. The yield of Sweet Health pepper is up to six kilograms per square meter.
What are all the secrets of sweet pepper "Health":
- Differs culture small size of the fruit.
- Pepper "Health" will always provide you with a high yield.
- Healthy peppers confront various diseases, and in particular to the top rot of the fruit.
- Even in the absence of good light and when the weather is cloudy, the culture will endow you with high yields.
- Due to the small size of the pepper, it can be preserved whole.
- It has high taste characteristics.
- Pepper "Health" is a popular variety among gardeners.
- The culture belongs to very early grades of maturing.
- Housewives can use this pepper for different culinary purposes.
- The positive quality is the ripening of the fruit.
- The plant is grown in closed conditions.
- Culture will give you the fruits of high quality.
Agrotechnical measures that must be performed when planting sweet pepper
To choose the place of landing of sweet pepper, you need to select a well-lit and windless place at your summer cottage.
The best soil for planting peppers are sandy or loamy soils that are very rich in organic matter.
Heavy, sour and alkaline soils are generally not suitable for the cultivation of this crop.
The following vegetables are suitable as precursors: cabbage, cucumbers, legumes.
A bad predecessor is the potato.
In what sequence to apply fertilizer:
- Organic fertilizers for peppers do not make, they make a predecessor for the culture.
- Mineral fertilizers need to be applied in several ways.
- And phosphate fertilizers are applied either completely under autumn plowing, or most of them in the fall, and the rest in the spring.
In order to plant pepper, the soil must be prepared as follows:
- In the autumn they cultivate and plow the land. At the same time add phosphate and potash fertilizers.
- Spring harrow the soil. And just before planting, cultivation is carried out to a depth of 15 cm.
Planting seeds is made to a depth of no more than one centimeter. Soil temperature should not be less than + 16 ° С. If the temperature is lower, the seedlings will not take root and die.
Seedlings are planted in the second half of May, when there is confidence that there will no longer be spring frosts.
Planting culture is best done on cloudy days or in the evening.
The scheme of planting pepper depends mainly on the type of irrigation.
Care for the crop during the growing season is to tillage, removal of weeds, the fight against parasites and diseases.
The culture is very sensitive to the compaction of the soil, so after each irrigation it is necessary to produce a light loosening of the earth. Fertilizers are applied simultaneously with this process. Weed control is carried out simultaneously with weeding the soil.
In order to avoid difficulties with pests and diseases, the following rules must be followed:
- When weed vegetation appears, it must be removed.
- It is necessary to combat pest vectors: aphid, whitefly.
- If affected plants appear on the site, they must be removed.
- And the most important aspect is the use of healthy material.
Precautionary measures noncommunicable diseases:
- In order for the plants to not have the following diseases: top rot, sunburn and no fruit deformity, it is necessary to feed the culture with calcium fertilizers.
- A prerequisite that must be met is to observe the correct mode of irrigation of the crop.
