No matter how much nature reminds us that real warmth in central Russia begins only after all the May holidays, summer residents still hope for the best and begin to sow tomatoes and peppers for seedlings almost from the first days of February. And Tom is scouring the Internet in search of a miracle cure for planting overgrown seedlings. And they are not! Everything that has been invented in this regard is just a way to save plants, at the cost of a very significant loss of productivity, an endless and not always successful fight against diseases and pests that gladly attack overgrown seedlings.

I wrote about it many times. Now I have to periodically write about how to save overgrown seedlings and achieve at least half the yield of such plants. Although it sometimes happens that due to weather conditions, even timely sown plants cannot be planted in the ground or a greenhouse and they bloom right on the windowsills.

Rejoice or be upset if sweet peppers have begun to bloom in your pots? You definitely don't need to be happy. But tearing the hair on the head is also not worth it. And here's where you'll have to hustle.

The first thing to do is remove the crown bud. It appears at the fork of the main stem when the seedlings reach 17-20 cm in height. Sometimes this is not one bud, but several, and all of them must be removed. This technique is important for the further formation of the plant.

Second. Check how much soil is enough for the plant. For pepper with 10-12 leaves, you need a pot volume of 0.7-0.8 liters. And quite a lot of space, because the leaves of neighboring peppers should not touch each other.

If it is impossible to increase the volume of soil, then your task is to monitor the moisture content of the earthen clod, avoiding either drying out or flooding. Be sure to carry out 3-4 fertilizing irrigation before planting in the ground. That's right: not top dressing, but fertilizing watering. What does it mean? This means that once every 7-10 days, fertilizers should be added to the water for irrigation in an underestimated concentration. First watering: for 1 liter of water, 20 ml of a basic solution of calcium nitrate. Second watering: per liter 100 ml of wood ash stock solution. Third watering: per 1 liter 30 ml of a basic solution of potassium monophosphate. I also advise you to spray a couple of times on the leaves with a solution of phytosporin on a humic basis and a solution of Humat + 7 fertilizer.

It is important to form plants already on the windowsill. After removing the crown bud, when the plant has 10-12 true leaves, you need to leave 2-3 shoots that have formed from the fork of the crown bud, and pinch the rest. After the formation of skeletal branches, forks with a bud will appear on them. You need to leave only the strongest shoot, and pinch the rest above the first sheet.

How and when to sow bell pepper seeds for seedlings? What manipulations should be performed with bell pepper seedlings? How and when to plant bell pepper seedlings in a greenhouse and open ground?

Bell pepper is one of the most beloved and healthy vegetables in our country. There is nothing difficult in growing it in the garden. However, for beginner gardeners, planting seedlings and caring for them can cause a lot of questions.

It is these problems that this article aims to solve. In it you will get all useful information about when and how to plant bell pepper seedlings, how to care for them, how and when to plant them in open ground.

How and when to sow bell pepper for seedlings?

• The time for sowing seedlings of bell pepper directly depends on when and where it is planned to be planted.
• The time of planting bell pepper seedlings in open ground is determined by the climatic conditions of the region in which it will grow.
• Also, the month of planting depends on whether the seedlings will be planted immediately in open ground or planted in a greenhouse.
• Bell pepper seedlings grow very slowly - at least two months must pass before they are planted.
• In southern latitudes, pepper seedlings are sown in late January - early February.
• For planting pepper in open ground in more northern latitudes, it is advisable to sow its seedlings from mid-February to mid-March.
• If you plant bell pepper seedlings too late, you can be left without a crop at all, since this crop ripens for a very long time.
• With an earlier planting, peppers need to be equipped with decent lighting (fluorescent lamps).
• The same lighting can speed up the process of germination of late seedlings of bell pepper.

Preparing and soaking bell pepper seeds for seedlings

A very important step on the way to getting a rich harvest of bell peppers is the preparation of seeds. Experienced gardeners recommend not to be lazy and not to miss any of the points of this stage.

Seed sorting

• In order for the seedlings to sprout more or less uniformly, it is necessary to sort out the seeds of bell pepper even before planting.
• It is advisable to set aside large and small seeds, but use medium ones for sowing.
• The next stage of sorting is to check the seeds for hollowness.
• To do this, it is necessary to lower the seeds into a saline solution consisting of one liter of water and 30 g of salt.
• Those seeds that float up can be safely thrown away - inside they are hollow.
• Those that did not surface in 5 minutes must be removed and dried.

seed processing

• Disinfection of pepper seeds is preferably carried out in a weak manganese solution or special industrial antifungal drugs.
• In potassium permanganate, the seeds must be kept for about 10 minutes, but the procedure for processing bell pepper in purchased funds must be carried out in accordance with the instructions for them.

Impregnation of seeds with useful substances

• As in the previous subparagraph, industrial products can be used to impregnate seeds, or home-made solutions can be used.
• You can saturate pepper seeds with useful substances and macronutrients using a solution of wood ash.
• For its preparation, it is necessary to dilute 20 g of ash in one liter of water.
• The resulting solution is desirable to insist for about a day.
• In the finished solution of ash, we keep the seeds for 5 hours, after lowering them into a special fabric bag.

Soaking before sowing

• On the eve of planting, it is advisable to lay the seeds of bell pepper on wet cotton wool, gauze or fabric cut and cover with the same moist material on top.
• Before the process of swelling or germination of seeds, it is necessary to ensure that the material is constantly moist, and the temperature in the room does not fall below 25 degrees.
• After a couple of weeks, you can observe how the seeds swell and the first shoots begin to break out of them.
• Some gardeners prefer not to wait for seeds to germinate, but plant them at the swelling stage.
• If, nevertheless, it was decided to germinate bell pepper, then such seeds should be planted when the sprout is still barely noticeable, since late planting is likely to damage it.

seed hardening

• Many gardeners welcome the seed hardening procedure.
• It consists in moving swollen seeds to conditions with a temperature of about -1 degrees for one day.
• The second type of hardening is keeping the seeds in a cold place with a temperature of -2 degrees only at night for 10 days.
• Immediately after the hardening procedure, the seeds must be planted in the ground.

Soil preparation for seedlings of tomatoes and peppers

The same soil composition is suitable for growing bell peppers and tomatoes.

In order not to bother with self-preparation of soil for planting seedlings of peppers, you can simply purchase a ready-made substrate in the store. Such industrial soil has a balanced composition and is enriched with all the necessary substances and trace elements.
If, nevertheless, it was decided to create the soil for seedlings of bell pepper on their own, then for this you will need:

Option 1

• sod land
• river sand
• Superphosphate - 25-30g
• Potassium sulfate - 25-30g
• Carbamide - 10g
• Water - 10l

To prepare nutrient soil, it is necessary to mix all the mentioned organic matter in equal proportions, dilute all mineral fertilizers in water and feed the soil with the resulting solution.

Option 2

• sod land
• Humus
• Superphosphate - 2 matchboxes
• Ash - half a liter jar

When preparing the soil, you first need to combine organic matter in equal proportions, and then fertilize it with superphosphate and ash.

Planting depth of pepper seeds for seedlings

• Bulgarian pepper is not recommended to be deeply buried in the ground.
• The depth of laying pepper seeds in the ground should be 1.5-2 cm.
• The distance between the seeds is desirable to maintain 4 cm.
• For greater convenience, it is advisable to make small holes of appropriate sizes in the soil, where the seeds will fall.
• Sprouted seeds must be lowered into the hole with the sprouts down, so you need to be as careful as possible so as not to damage the sprout.

How to water bell pepper seedlings at home?

Watering bell pepper seedlings

• In the first week after planting, it is recommended to water the peppers once a week.
• The following days, it is necessary to ensure that the earth in the pots does not dry out - uneven and insufficient watering can lead to the death of plants.
• Abundant watering of bell pepper is also contraindicated, as it can cause the process of root rotting or the appearance of a black leg.
• It is recommended to water the seedlings in the morning with water at room temperature.
• Do not irrigate with cold water.
• Pots with seedlings should be equipped with special holes in the bottom so that excess moisture can freely escape.

Is it possible to grow bell pepper seedlings on toilet paper?

There are several ways to germinate bell pepper seedlings on toilet paper. Yes, namely germination, because seedlings should grow on paper only until the moment of its picking. Sooner or later, she will still have to go to the pot for subsequent growth and preparation for planting in open ground.

Method number 1

Method number 1 of planting bell peppers on toilet paper

• We prepare strips 15-20 cm wide from polyethylene or cling film.
• Lay them out on a flat, horizontal surface.
• On top of the film lay out strips of wet toilet paper in two layers.
• Stepping back from the edge of at least 1 cm, we place pepper seeds along the entire length of the paper with a distance of 3 cm from each other.
• We cover the seeds on top with two more layers of wet toilet paper and a layer of polyethylene.
• We turn the film-paper layers into a roll.
• We insert the roll into a plastic cup or other container, one-third filled with water, so that the seeds are placed at the top of the roll, and its lower part is immersed in water.
• Be sure to ensure that the roll does not have closed edges, as the seeds need air.
• We put a container with rolls on a window or under a specially equipped lighting device.

Method number 2

• We lay out 2-3 layers of wet toilet paper on the bottom of a plate or plastic bowl.
• We place the seeds on paper with a distance of 2-3 cm from each other.
• On top of the seeds we lay out a plex or film.
• We place the vessel on the windowsill or under a specially equipped lighting fixture.
• Spray the seeds daily with a spray bottle.
• Make sure the toilet paper doesn't dry out.

Do I need to pinch bell pepper seedlings?

Do I need to pinch bell pepper seedlings?

• There is no single answer to this question.
• Some gardeners argue that pinching is an unnecessary manipulation that does not lead to very noticeable changes in the yield of bell peppers.
• Other experts believe that this procedure allows you to increase the number of ovaries on the sprout.
• In this dispute, it is also necessary to take into account the variety of bell pepper.
• Low and medium varieties, indeed, can do without pinching, since the height of their sprout allows everyone beneficial substances and trace elements quickly reach the fruit.
• For tall varieties of bell pepper, pinching is simply necessary. It allows you to reduce the growth of the plant up and increase the number and size of fruits.
• Still pinching bell pepper allows you to get rid of unnecessary side shoots that do not produce fruits, but at the same time interfere with air exchange inside the bush.

How to dive seedlings of peppers?

Bulgarian pepper is considered a very fastidious and capricious culture. Grown up pepper sprouts do not tolerate neighbors in the same pot with anyone else.

That is why pepper picking is simply a mandatory procedure. Leaving the seedlings of bell pepper in one container, you can completely lose the entire crop, as the grown sprouts will begin to shade each other and reach up.

Algorithm for picking seedlings of bell pepper

• We prepare a container for seedlings (we wash it, we make a hole in the bottom for water to drain).
• We allocate each sprout by capacity of 200-250 ml ( great option can become tetrapacks or plastic pots).
• We fill the pots with earth (not completely).
• With a spatula, carefully pry the pepper in the common box.
• We unravel, if necessary, the roots of the sprout with a neighboring plant.
• We transplant the pepper with an earthy clod into a new pot, without deepening it much.
• We compact the soil around the pepper seedlings and water it.
• We send the pickled pepper to the windowsill (preferably the one on which the pepper stood before).
• We monitor the transplanted seedlings - in the first days the plant may wilt and fade somewhat, but after a couple of days it will depart.

How to distinguish seedlings of bitter pepper from sweet?

• It is very difficult to distinguish seedlings of bitter pepper from sweet - in appearance, these two plants are absolutely identical.
• Some gardeners claim that they identify hot peppers by somewhat thinner and elongated stems, narrow, darkened leaves.
• It is also possible to distinguish hot peppers from sweet ones by the taste of the leaves and the seed from which the stem of the plant hatched - they are bitter in hot peppers.

The minimum temperature for planting bell pepper seedlings in a greenhouse, greenhouse, soil

• +18 degrees are considered the optimal temperature for planting bell pepper seedlings in a greenhouse.
• In a greenhouse for planting peppers, it is necessary to maintain a temperature of at least +15 degrees.
• In order not to be afraid to plant bell pepper seedlings in open ground, you need to wait for the end of night frosts and the average daily temperature of 15-17 degrees.

Bell pepper seedlings bloomed before planting in the ground: what to do?

What to do if the seedlings of bell pepper bloomed even before planting it in the ground?

• Expert opinions differ on this issue.
• Some believe that when planting flowering seedlings of bell pepper in the ground, you just need to be as careful as possible so as not to damage the flowers.
• Others argue that it is advisable to remove the blooming flowers and continue to grow pepper, until the moment of planting.

Planting seedlings of pepper in a greenhouse or greenhouse

Preparing a greenhouse or greenhouse for pepper

• In early spring (late March - early April), we disinfect the greenhouse or greenhouse with the help of special disinfectants or soapy water.
• We are waiting for the temperature in the greenhouse to reach + 15-18 degrees.

Bed preparation

• If necessary, we make warm beds (we dig a trench, put compost, grass, foliage and rotted manure into it, and cover it with a layer of soil on top).
• We feed the soil in the beds for pepper with phosphorus, potash and nitrogen fertilizers.
• Immediately before planting peppers, we dig up the bed and level it.
• We water the finished bed with a hot solution of mullein or potassium humate (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water).
• We make rows in the garden at a distance of 60-70cm from each other.

Preparation of peppers

• A few weeks before planting pepper seedlings in the greenhouse, we begin to harden it little by little.
• To do this, we take out the boxes with seedlings in the morning to fresh air, and in the evening we bring them into the house.
• A week before planting pepper in a greenhouse, we process its seedlings with Bordeaux liquid (50 g of the substance per 10 liters of water).
• Also during this period we feed pepper sprouts with potash fertilizers.

Planting peppers in a greenhouse

• We plant peppers at a distance from each other, depending on the variety: undersized - 20-30cm, tall and medium - 35-40cm.
• Right before planting, we water the seedlings with warm water to make it easier to separate the earthen ball.
• We also pour one liter of warm settled water into each well.
• We bury the pepper sprouts in the ground until the first true leaves.
• We fill the seedlings with the rest of the soil and water abundantly.
• We install a support next to each plant, which will come in handy in the future for gartering peppers.
• Mulch the ground around the plant.
• We close the planted seedlings with a film.

The time for planting seedlings of peppers in the greenhouse starts from the beginning to the middle of May (it all depends on the climate). It is advisable to plant seedlings in the evening or in cloudy weather.

How to properly plant bell pepper seedlings in the ground?

The procedure for planting bell pepper seedlings in open ground is no different from the procedure for planting it in a greenhouse or greenhouse. The difference is only in the timing of landing. Peppers are planted in open ground in late May - early June.

That's all! Good luck with your shoots and a good harvest!

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Pepper will decide for himself whether he pulls or not.

Two options - pinching or care as in the ground - top dressing during flowering, when fruiting - for full development.

I planted mine 3-4 pieces in a pot, flat and wide, not all the flowers fell, I found information that warm air affects, rearranged, open the window more often and try not to overfill, I didn’t pollinate with a brush, peppers appeared, but not very hot , I’ll try to sow even now, and Antonina indicated a good site, I’ll try it myself and good luck to you

The plant requires regular watering, as well as some feeding.

To do this, you need a spacious pot, which is first recommended to pour over with boiling water.

Don't worry, the first flower should always be removed. Pin the seedling. I usually remove the flowers until there are 6 of them at the same time. Then the harvest will be friendly and plentiful.

Into her cold room ...

Experts consider white and cauliflower, cucumbers and all legumes, except beans, to be the best predecessors for pepper. He feels great in joint plantings with onions, carrots, eggplants and tomatoes. Like other nightshades, hot and sweet peppers require mandatory compliance with the rules of crop rotation.

In central Russia, as a rule, pepper is grown only through seedlings. In another way, this heat-loving plant in the open field will not only not have time to bear fruit, but also bloom.

I don't think it's worth it. If they bloomed, then it should be so, and they feel good about it.

indasad.ru

Pepper seedlings are starting to bloom. What to do?

Alexander

If it doesn’t pull, it will drop the flowers.

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I wouldn't cut it either.

Zaire ~Elena~

You pour the pepper for the campaign, but at the expense of the seeds, pull them out of the pepper and dry them on a piece of paper, and you need to pollinate them, take a brush and move it inside the flower and so on all the flowers

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Pepper ripens a little smaller, however, does not lose taste at all and has a strong aroma. In summer, it is recommended to move them to the loggia.

Mister X

In this case, it is better to sow pepper seeds closer to autumn. It is necessary to create such conditions for the plant, and not allow it to bloom until January, so that it does not expend energy on growth during the period when the days are shortest. It also saves the pepper from being pulled out. Immediately, when the days get longer, the pepper is rearranged to a bright place. Pepper will bloom in a short time and will give about 10 pods.

Ludmila Aliseiko

Fill the bottom of the pot with crushed stone, if there is no crushed stone, then you can use charcoal.

Nikolay Lisyansky

Pinching scheme

Alexey Kurilov

Put on the windowsill do not water the ground once a week, spray the leaves. Create a temperature of +15 degrees

Tina Ezdakova

In our gardens you can find different varieties peppers, both hot and sweet. Their agricultural technology is practically the same, and they get along well side by side with each other. But it should be borne in mind that all peppers, despite self-fertility, are still prone to cross pollination, significantly increasing productivity. Therefore, if plants of a sweet and bitter variety are planted side by side, sweet fruits with a bitter aftertaste can be obtained.

Svetlana Medvedeva

Pepper seedlings are best obtained without picking - immediately in individual pots or peat tablets. This is due to the fact that, unlike most other nightshades, it does not tolerate a transplant very well, which can delay its development for a long time. It is very important that the soil in cups or pots does not dry out during the entire growing period.

Tatyana Korshunova

don't need

Kharkiv.

When it gets stronger, new ones will bloom.

dissenting

Of course, it is a pity to cut off the flowers that have started near the peppers, but when the plant is transplanted to a permanent place, these flowers will take energy from the plant, and the pepper will need it first of all to form the root system. I think it's better to cut it off.

Maria Ulyanovsk

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me, me and me

With the advent of cold nights, the plant should be taken out during the day, and at night you should not forget to bring it into the room. At the end of October, it is advisable to leave the only fruit, pinch off the rest. ​ Even after harvesting, the plant produces additional shoots and blooms again. In September, a second crop is harvested. Only in a season from such a bush you can collect 30 spicy and spicy pods.​

Elena Gubaidullina

Then, it is necessary to fill in the soil, which consists of humus, leafy soil and sand in the following ratio - 5:3:2.

Irina Belova

I sow later, fortunately this problem does not arise, my aunt sows early and plants already flowering bushes, the harvest is always good. there is nothing terrible in this. my pepper this year he decided his fate, sown on February 23, rose on March 10-15, is growing by leaps and bounds now

The Scarlet Flower

Enjoy the early harvest We planted even with peppers

Garden at home: growing peppers on the windowsill

There are two stages of pepper ripeness - technical and biological. It takes about one and a half to two months from planting plants in the ground to the start of harvesting. Their fruiting comes in waves: they bloom, pour fruits - then rest and begin to bloom again. Therefore, leaving fruits that have reached technical ripeness on the branches of a bush means reducing the yield by 20 - 30%.

Spicy pepper

Most experts agree that the age of seedlings is desirable no more than two months. Plants should have at least 10 true leaves on a trunk about 30 cm high. Overgrown seedlings take root much longer, leaves may turn yellow and fall off, not to mention the first ovaries.

Why break off? Do you need boots? So tear it out now!

• If it takes a long time before landing, then I cut it off. there is no need for him to spend energy on flowers, the plant still takes root in the garden
• Peppers are supposed to cut off the first ovaries even in the ground, not like in seedlings.
• Become a bee, pollinate! And you will have red spicy peppers. And Bulgarian can not be dried, but it is better to sow in February. so that when it began to grow, there was more light. If there is a backlight, then there is no problem. Stratify and sow.​
• Since January, the days are gradually lengthening, sunny days are more common, so gradually two should be left first, and then three, four fruits. ​
• The secret to a rich harvest in this case is quite simple. Before the first flowers appear (usually in February), a plant planted in the autumn develops strong strong roots. From March to October, at the time of abundant sun, the plant manages to set fruits and directs forces for their further growth.
• Before planting hot pepper seeds, the soil must be treated with boiling water and only after it has cooled.
• It's okay, provided that the seedlings are in a separate glass. I take out flowering seedlings, sometimes with ovaries on individual plants, both peppers and tomatoes. There are no losses.​
• I don’t know myself - it’s been a blizzard since the morning. think. that everything that you advise you and you yourself know is hard to come up with a new one. We are waiting for spring.
• Of course, in the southern regions it is much more convenient and easier to grow peppers in open ground. But even in the middle lane, this task is quite feasible if you make an effort and do not spare labor.
• Seedlings grown in pots of such a size that their roots do not have time to master the entire volume of the earthen clod provided to them by the time of planting take root most easily. The reason for this is quite understandable - small roots are not damaged during transplantation, transshipment, and plants do not waste energy replacing them with new roots.
• In no way tear off the lowest leaves of 4 sheets, tear off the table and process the leaves with epin, they will ripen faster, they will be stronger, we look at the expiration date.

How to grow peppers for spring

Pepper is simply impossible to pollinate like, for example, a cucumber: it has anthers fused above the pistil, when ripe, the pollen spills out and falls on the stigma - this is how pollination occurs. You can, of course, lightly tap on the flower, but it is better to create optimal conditions: not very hot (at temperatures above 30 degrees, pollen dies), but not cold, so that growth does not stop. Good luck!​

The first so-called "CROWN" flower must be removed (this is a bud in the first fork). The rest of the flowers I always leave. Last year I planted peppers in the greenhouse already with the ovary. Nothing fell off.

I left flowers all the time when planting, but peppers, if they are tied for a long time, do not grow. I think that it is necessary to cut off, but the hand itself does not rise. Although these small peppers are quite edible)

Sweet pepper will last for two whole years, its further use is undesirable, because the pepper ceases to bear fruit and loses its appearance. It is then that the plants should be replaced with new ones. The soil during its operation loses beneficial features, so its further use is not recommended.​

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Even after harvesting fruits from a plant, you should not get rid of it, but it is better to let it go before winter. In winter, the plant should be transplanted into new soil, cutting the shoots in half and moving the pot to a bright place. With careful care for the year, you can harvest several crops.

In small holes 1-1.5 cm in diameter, sow soaked, and preferably already swollen seeds and cover them with earth.

Bell pepper

Fine, there will be an early harvest. Pepper is self-pollinating, he doesn’t need bees, he sets himself up, just in case, you can walk through the flowers and brush. Last year, I also planted early in January, and before planting, I already had peppers with a chicken egg on the seedlings. I didn't break anything. The pepper was huge, some peppercorns were more than 500 grams, as the varieties were planted with large fruits. The main thing is to feed him so that he has enough nutrients. And if it stretches, then treat it with an Athlete.

Break off, they will fall off anyway.

Do not be afraid, everything will be fine, and do not listen to the fact that you say goodbye to part of the harvest. Many times I planted seedlings of both pepper and tomato, even cucumbers, which it was a pity to throw away if they were not sold not only blooming, but even already with fruits. You just need to create comfortable conditions seedlings in the OG, it does not even get sick if planted with a clod of earth. You can, of course, delete it, but this is absolutely not necessary, believe the practice. And the result of such a landing? Here he is -

If pepper seedlings bloomed even before planting in open ground, then it is better to remove the flowers. Otherwise, a noticeably smaller number of ovaries is formed on the bushes. Sometimes peppers transplanted into the soil do not bloom at all. This happens because all the forces of the plant are spent on the formation of roots, for which there was not enough space in the small volume of the pot. They simply do not remain for flowering and the formation of ovaries. Or, in the short summer, there is not enough time after the required volume of the underground part is reached.​

So it's good that they bloom, many have another problem - they don't bloom.

If such as in my world, houseplants, then it is desirable. Cotton swab. It ties better.

You can not tear it off, if necessary, the pepper will drop itself during transplantation. Once I landed with peppercorns, the size of an egg, and nothing, it grew normally.

And you do not feed seedlings so that they do not grow quickly.

• The method of growing peppers on the windowsill will be effective if you follow a few useful tips:
• Proper cultivation of hot pepper at home on the windowsill does not imply its transplantation, since it does not take a dive well. Transshipment pepper is much easier to tolerate. After the shoots disperse, it is necessary to remove weak shoots. Other, no less important aspect: do not miss the period when the roots become crowded in pots, otherwise they will begin to sprout outward. For this plant, it is recommended to use peat pots. For their further growth, plants are transferred to more spacious pots.
• Cover the surface of the soil with a plastic bag or glass and place the pot in a warm place.

Growing pepper on the windowsill at home will not be difficult: this vegetable is unpretentious, room temperature is excellent for it, and it will be convenient for pepper to grow in a pot.

raut.ru

I planted room bitter pepper (pepper). Everything is fine, it grew, bloomed, but the trouble was, the flowers with legs began to fall off. What to do?

Lily

The very first buds in the fork (crown) of the pepper are always removed. I think it's okay that the pepper bloomed. Sometimes I myself plant blooming. After a careful transshipment to a permanent place, the plants immediately grow, even the flowers do not shed ... You will have peppers early ....

Toshechka (Tonya Stenyaeva)

And you don’t have to go to the dacha - soon you will be harvesting from seedlings;)
In open ground, peppers are recommended to be planted on a cloudy day and, if possible, in the morning. The average daily temperature should be at the level of 14 - 15 ° C. It is very important that the soil for this crop is deeply cultivated since autumn. The required interval between individual bushes is about 30 cm, and between rows is 50 cm. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to care for plants that have grown later.

proteya

So soon there will be a harvest, but why cut off?

hello! answer me: if pepper seedlings bloom before planting in the ground, what should I do with flowers?

BERGENIA

Peppers are self-pollinators. In one flower, he has both stamens and a pistil. In theory, it is not necessary to pollinate it, however, for better tying, it is necessary to tap the plant every morning so that the pollen spills out of the anthers and falls on the pestle. The yield can increase by 15-25%.​
No way let them bloom, they will ripen faster, I have had this more than once.

droplet

I don't tear

hunter

It is desirable to dive in two pieces, and then remove the weaker ones;

Aina

To create a support for ripening fruits, it will not be superfluous to use props. In addition, it is necessary to protect the plant from spider mites. To do this, spray the bush with warm settled water.

kitty

Sprouts usually appear five or seven days after planting. As soon as the sprouts have sprouted, immediately move the container closer to the window so that there is enough sunlight.

Irina Vladimirovna

For a home garden, different varieties of hot peppers have proven themselves well. This small plant is famous for its rich fruiting, and due to the fact that the bushes contain peppers, several flowers also perform a decorative function.

Ksyunya

"Wrap on the mustache" -in next year do not rush with sowing .. no matter how itchy hands ..!))

Tatiana Artsivenko

Pinch.

ekkart

The root neck of the bush after transplantation should be above the ground. If you do not comply with this condition, it almost stops growing. The soil around the trunk can be mulched with organic materials or paper. Mulch will protect it from drying out and compacting after watering and rains, slightly smooth out temperature fluctuations, and also save you from the endless weeding of quickly emerging weeds.

Brunette

The inflorescence is removed at the fork of the peppers, because it delays the development of other fruits. I don’t know about eggplant, I don’t grow it.

◄non-GMO

Take a soft brush and wipe all the flowers.

infinitus

I never break at all. But I noticed that while the first ovary, and it manages to start even on seedlings at home (because I, like a pollinator fly, transfer pollen from flower to flower), I don’t cut off, then my peppers refuse to pick up color.

alla lebedeva

No - let it bloom.
Do not put sweet and hot peppers on the same window sill, otherwise they will pollinate;

Ivan Taran

Any variety will work as sweet pepper seeds. It is most effective to use the seeds of imported peppers, which can be purchased in specialized stores and supermarkets. It is recommended to sow seeds in February or March. Before planting, seeds should be soaked in epin, a plant growth regulator, and sown in pots filled with soil. Sprouts, as in the case of hot peppers, appear around the fifth day.
Immediately after the first true leaves, the pepper is to be pickled into another container. But it is best if you remove the extra sprouts, which definitely will not damage their root system.
But it should be remembered that the cultivation of pepper on the windowsill of the house involves the observance of certain rules.
Say goodbye to 50% of the harvest. The result of early sowing.​

baphi

cut to hell

the pepper has blossomed. Should it be pollinated or not?

Elena Akentieva

A bed for peppers should be chosen in a place well protected from the wind. The soil is more suitable sandy or light loamy with a neutral or slightly acidic reaction. Under digging in the fall, they usually make a bucket of compost for each square meter planting area and superphosphate - 20 - 30 grams. If top dressing is carried out in the spring, then humus is more suitable instead of compost, and a glass of ash is more suitable for superphosphate.

Alex

The plants themselves will shed extra flowers, you don’t need to help them with this.

Sergey Trofimov

Last year, pepper was grown on the window (either "Balcony Joy", or "Window Miracle"). The pot should be at least 5 liters, drainage holes, drainage, fertilizing every week. And when the pepper blossomed, we pollinated it with a brush, pretending to be bees (they even buzzed - the mood rises - it's good to be a bee, however!). There were several peppers. More for fun and Have a good mood than for a salad! Good luck to you!​

Svetlana

From the programs and literature on gardening, I learned that the first color, which just happens to be at the fork of the branches, must be removed in order to stimulate further flowering and setting of peppers. I did this experiment myself, but I can not give an exact answer. You know, or he - the crop - is, or there is little of it (or not at all). And you need to decide how to do it yourself. So decide. Good luck!​

hot pepper

Ludmila Venediktova

let it bloom

Chukhundra

Do not overfill or underfill the plants, as the peppers will drop the flowers and the fruits will be tasteless.

Pepper and buckle blossomed. Should flowers be cut? The plants themselves are 35-40cm tall.

Linda

Immediately after the appearance of the third leaf, the seedlings are to be picked into small cups, where the pepper should grow until the seventh leaf appears. Then, the plant should be moved to permanent pots with a diameter of at least 18 cm. Both ceramic and plastic containers are suitable for this. ​

If you want to get a generous harvest of sweet pepper in the summer, learn how to grow its seedlings at home.

If you have a dacha or a garden, every year, at the end of winter or the beginning of spring, you plan what you will plant. Try to plant Bell pepper. If you follow all the rules for preparing seeds for sowing and growing seedlings, you will have every chance of getting a rich harvest.

Preparation of bell pepper seeds for sowing seedlings

IMPORTANT: It should be noted right away that bell pepper seeds germinate for a long time, so start sowing them in February.

You can buy pepper seeds in packages, choosing one or more varieties. If you want to collect seeds with your own hands from a bush that has mutilated in your area, do it like this:

• choose a bush where the fruits do not have signs of hybridity
• mark a few beautiful fruits by tying twigs with them with ribbons
• wait until the end of August - the beginning of September, when the fruits are slightly overripe, collect them
• peppers should dry for 2-3 weeks
• remove the seeds from the peppers, let them dry in a sunny place (not outside) 1-2 days

Whether you have your own sweet pepper seeds or store-bought ones, they are carefully prepared before planting. Don't skip this step!

1. Spread out on a piece of paper or in a plate all the seeds that you have. Review them, select the largest and whole.
2. Take 1 liter of water, dilute 40 g of table salt in it. Dip the seeds in the solution. Those that have surfaced are hollow. They don't suit you, just throw them away. Take out the rest on the bottom and pat dry on paper towels.
3. Seeds should be disinfected - make sure that the plant does not get sick with a fungus in the future. Use a fungicide (antifungal solution) or potassium permanganate solution. The easiest way: just before planting, prepare a solution of potassium permanganate with a concentration of 1-2 percent, dip the pepper seeds you have selected into it for 10-15 minutes. Rinse them after the procedure.

Proceed to seed soaking. If you want the sprouts to germinate as soon as possible, take this process responsibly.

1. Prepare water. Suitable from the tap. But it needs to be defended for 1-2 days. It’s better not to be lazy and freeze the water: pour the settled liquid into a glass or a half-liter jar, put it in the freezer. After 1-1.5 hours, drain the water that has not frozen. Ice should be transferred to a new clean container. Wait until it melts, then use the melt water to soak the seeds. Some melt snow for this purpose, unfortunately, with today's ecology, this is a big risk.
2. Pour a small amount of melt water into a shallow plate, bowl or tray. If you are soaking seeds of several varieties, take a separate container for each.
3. You will need cotton pads, cuts of gauze or bandage, cuts of cotton fabric. They are folded several times and soaked in water.
4. Sprinkle the bell pepper seeds on a damp cloth, in one layer only.
5. Wrap the container with the soaked seeds in polyethylene, remove its warm place. Optimum temperature- plus 25 degrees.
6. Watch the seeds. As soon as they swell or germinate, it is time to transplant them into the ground.

To harden the seeds before planting, place them in the refrigerator and keep at a temperature of plus 5 degrees for about 5 days. After they will need to land.

To stimulate germination, bell pepper seeds are soaked in a solution of substances:

• Novosil
• Zircon
• Energy
• Epin - extra

IMPORTANT: Instead of soaking, you can carry out the seed sparging procedure, that is, treat them with oxygen. You will need a container two-thirds full of water and an aquarium compressor. The seeds are poured into water, the tip of the compressor is lowered into the container, the seeds are treated with oxygen for 24-26 hours, after which they are dried and planted.

VIDEO: Preparing pepper seeds for sowing. Soaking - sprouting

When and how to sow sweet bell pepper for seedlings? Planting depth of pepper seeds for seedlings

Ideally, you need to sow bell pepper for seedlings in February. Obviously not outdoors. To achieve good germination, you will need to keep the seedling pots at a temperature of at least 17 degrees and sufficient humidity.

Such conditions can be achieved by planting seeds in a greenhouse with good lighting or at home. Here are some seeding secrets:

1. You can plant bell pepper seeds on peat tablets, and then transplant them into pots.
2. To skip this step, immediately prepare the soil with 2 parts of a nutrient peat mixture and 1 part of sod, or another suitable for bell pepper seedlings.
3. Many people plant sprouted pepper seeds in plastic cups. Know that this dish is not enough for the normal development of the root system of the bushes. Sow three seeds at a time in plastic buckets or flower pots with a volume of 0.5 - 1 liter. Maintain a distance between seeds of 2-3 cm.
   It is better to plant bell pepper seeds immediately in different dishes. Of course, you can sow their total, and then swoop down. But the plant does not tolerate the picking well, it can die or slow down growth for several weeks.

Sowing pepper seeds with subsequent picking.

IMPORTANT: Sweet pepper seeds are planted to a depth of 4-5 cm, as they will not deepen further as they grow.

Seeds are sown in this way: moistened soil is tamped. On top of it, at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other, spread the processed seeds of bell pepper, cover them with a layer of soil 4-5 cm from above.

IMPORTANT: The sown pepper seeds germinate on the 5-7th day, three real leaves on the seedlings appear in about a month.

Soil preparation for pepper seedlings

The optimal soil characteristics for pepper seedlings are:

• acidity 6.0 – 7.0
• looseness
• sufficient humidity

You can sow seeds in ready-made soil, which is sold in garden supply stores. Or prepare yourself one of the suitable mixtures from the table in the figure.

IMPORTANT: Feed seedlings of pepper a little later.

How to distinguish seedlings of bitter pepper from sweet?

Sweet "Bulgarian" pepper and bitter "light" should never be planted side by side. The minimum distance between the bushes of these plants should be 30 cm. Otherwise, during flowering, they will pollinate, and you will not wait for the harvest of sweet pepper.
You can get confused if you buy a seedling from an unfamiliar and not very conscientious buyer who disguises one species as another, or if you yourself have planted both species and forgot to label the pots with sprouts.

Seedlings of bitter and sweet pepper: comparison.

It is very difficult to notice the differences between seedlings of sweet and bitter pepper, especially when the seedling is still very young. But they are:

• bitter pepper leaves are slightly darker
• hot pepper stalks are more graceful, thin
• bitter pepper leaves are narrower than sweet ones, their tips are pointed

If it was not possible to distinguish the sprouts, you can plant them side by side, and then transplant the hot pepper when the differences become apparent.

How to water seedlings of peppers?

The soil under the sweet pepper seedlings should be moist, but not too wet. Both drying and waterlogging are detrimental to sprouts. Follow these rules:

• sown seeds and young sprouts water after 2-3 days
• after a month, when the leaves form, water the seedlings every day
• irrigate with water at room temperature, at 20-25 degrees

Do I need to pinch pepper seedlings?

If you want to get a rich harvest of sweet pepper from each bush, you need to carry out the procedure for removing the growth point, which is called "pinching". Her goals:

• stimulation of the development of the root system for better nutrition of the plant with water and nutrients
• stimulation of the growth of stepchildren from sleeping buds, due to which more flowers are tied and, accordingly, more fruits ripen

Pinching seedlings of sweet pepper: stained internode.

When the pepper seedlings grow steadily upwards, the internodes on it are colored, do the following:

• prepare the scissors
• note the part of the shoot that is above the 4th-6th internode
• cut it off with scissors

VIDEO: How to form a pepper? We pinch the first flower, remove the side shoots

Minimum temperature for pepper seedlings

The ideal temperature for pepper seedlings is + 25 - +27 degrees. It is necessary to make every effort so that it does not fall below + 14 degrees.

Planting bell pepper seedlings in a greenhouse or greenhouse

When there are more than 12 leaves on the pepper bushes, buds will begin to develop, you can plant them in a greenhouse or greenhouse. As a rule, two months pass from the moment the seeds are sown to the moment the seedlings are planted in the ground.

IMPORTANT: The soil temperature favorable for planting bell pepper seedlings is + 15 degrees and above. If your greenhouse is not heated, keep this in mind.

1. Phosphorus or potash (40 g per square meter), as well as nitrogen (30 g per square meter) fertilizers are applied to the soil in a greenhouse or greenhouse where pepper will be planted.
2. Pepper beds have a width of 1 m, gaps between rows - 0.5 meters.
3. Bushes are planted at a distance of 15-30 cm from each other, depending on the variety of pepper.
4. The wells into which the bushes will go are pre-watered .. Watering should be plentiful, 2 liters of water in each well.
5. The soil under the planted pepper bushes is well tamped by hand.
6. Pepper seedlings planted in a greenhouse or greenhouse must be mulched with humus and peat.

How to dive seedlings of peppers?

If you still planted pepper seeds in one large box, 2-3 weeks after the sprouts appear, you will have to pick, that is, transplant each plant into a separate bucket or pot. Please note that pepper does not tolerate a pick. Follow the step by step instructions:

1. Prepare pots or plastic buckets for each seedling. Fill them with soil suitable for peppers.
2. Water the seedlings a couple of hours before picking to make it easier for you to get the plants out of the ground.
3. Carefully remove the seedling from the ground, cut the root a third from the bottom.
4. Moisten the soil in an individual pot or bucket, level it. In the center, make a recess 1.5 - 2 cm deeper than the seedling grew in the common box.
5. Place the seedling in the recess and sprinkle with earth.
6. Compact the soil.

VIDEO: How to dive pepper seedlings?

Pepper seedlings bloomed before planting in the ground: what to do?

If flowers appeared on sweet pepper seedlings immediately before they were transferred to the ground, nothing is done with them.
If, however, the planting of pepper is still far away, so that the ovaries do not slow down the growth of the plant and do not take strength from it, the flowers are cut off.

How to plant pepper in open ground seedlings?

Peppers are transplanted into open ground at the end of May, when the last frosts have passed. Favorable average daily air temperature - + 15 degrees, soil temperature - + 10 degrees.

1. Water the seedlings generously the day before transplanting.
2. For planting peppers, choose a well-lit, well-drained, wind-sheltered site. Pre-clean it from weeds.
3. Plant peppers where melons, root vegetables, legumes or greens grew last year. Two years in a row it is impossible to plant sweet peppers in the same area.
4. Plant peppers in the afternoon or late afternoon.
5. Mark the beds according to the scheme shown in the figure below.
6. Make holes in the soil that will be a little deeper than the dishes where the pepper seedlings were grown.
7. Pour compost (a handful), ash (half a handful), superphosphate (1 teaspoon) into each well. Fill the holes with water.
8. Move the pepper bush to the hole, cover with earth. Use peat as mulch.
9. Near each bush, drive in a half-meter peg for a garter.

Pepper on the ground will come to life and begin to grow in 1 - 1.5 weeks, when it root system will recover.

Pepper seedlings on toilet paper

Surprisingly, gardeners have learned to germinate pepper seeds without soil, on toilet paper. The method is very interesting, you can try it. Prepare:

• pepper seeds of your choice
• thin polyethylene
• toilet paper roll
• scissors
• disposable plastic cups

1. Polyethylene will play the role of a greenhouse. Cut it into strips as wide as toilet paper.
2. Lay polyethylene on the table. Unfold toilet paper on it, sprinkle it with water.
3. Spread pepper seeds on toilet paper. The distance between them is 1.5-2 cm.
4. Cover the seeds with another layer of moistened toilet paper, and then with another layer of plastic.
5. Twist all the layers into a roll, place it in a plastic cup, a quarter filled with water.
6. Place the glass in a plastic bag, put it in a bright place.
7. When sprouts emerge from the seeds, transplant them into separate pots.

VIDEO: Pepper seedling, planting pepper in open ground

It's time to grow pepper seedlings

This year I decided to experiment and sowed pepper for a month ahead of time. The purpose of this experiment is to get an earlier harvest and increase the fruiting period of plants. For more than a year I have been convinced that almost all varieties of pepper: both local early ripening and imported late ones grow well and bear fruit not only on garden plot, but also on the windowsill in a pot. I think my article will be useful to both lovers of indoor crops and gardeners.

There are many varieties of pepper. Every gardener has their own preferences. Conventionally, vegetable peppers can be divided into: varieties of hot peppers and varieties of sweet peppers. Now, varieties of indoor pepper are singled out separately, but in fact they are just undersized, early ripening and small-fruited varieties of the above two groups, mainly hot pepper. How many times did I fall for the newfangled expensive seeds of the so-called indoor pepper with a fantastic beautiful pictures on the package, but I am not satisfied with the results: varieties for the garden and outwardly are more attractive and bear better fruit. Room pepper, which our grandmothers grew on the windowsill 20-30 years ago, was much more decorative. Remember these bushes, completely strewn with small burning fruits of bright red color, in the shape of an egg or long pods? The most decorative in the archaic varieties of indoor pepper was the bush itself: juicy, curly, lush. Bright red fruits only emphasized its beauty. Modern varieties of indoor pepper, in my opinion, are focused on the decorativeness of the fruit to the detriment of the green mass; I think this approach of breeders is not correct, because in a pot, the general decorative effect of the plant is important, i.e. "golden mean". But if the splendor of the crown is easily corrected by pinching, then I really would not want to correct the size and juiciness of the leaves with nitrate fertilizers: after all, many people use the fruits of indoor pepper for food, most often for pickles. These are my wishes and reproaches to breeders. But back to modern reality. There are varieties with purple foliage, with almost black fruits, or fruits that have different colors in varying degrees of technical ripeness. Choose for yourself - which one you like!

After you have decided on the variety of pepper, prepare the containers for seedlings and the ground. Soil is easier to buy. But I dilute the finished soil a little more with calcined sand and vermiculite: sand for looseness, and vermiculite for moisture capacity. Peppers will not grow in acidic soil, the soil needs to be neutral or slightly alkaline! I don’t process seeds in any way: most manufacturers now sell seeds ready for planting. In addition, I believe that burning seeds with potassium permanganate is not useful: pathogenic fungi live in the soil and not on seeds, and the seed is alive, and it is burned with a powerful oxidizing agent. It is better to soak the seeds in growth stimulants. You can sow the seeds dry, you can hold them on a damp cloth for two days, you can even germinate. I sow dry. Pepper does not like picking very much, or rather, does not even like it at all: she noticed that the pickled pepper “dozes” for a very long time and begins to grow intensively only two weeks after the transplant. Therefore, I sow pepper immediately into small (0.25 ml) containers, and then, when the roots master this container, I transfer the bushes into pots from 3 to 5 liters. This capacity will already be the permanent "home" of the plant for 1-2 years. Pepper seedlings intended for planting in the garden are transferred into containers of 0.7-1.0 liters.

When sowing in one container, I lay 3-4 seeds. Among the "garden" peppers, then I leave one of the strongest plants, among the "indoor" peppers I leave two: this way the bush looks more magnificent, more decorative. But I also grow it with picks. When it’s a pity to waste space on the windowsill on unverified varieties of pepper, I sow it in one container, followed by hard culling and picking. But I make a sparing pick: I try to dig out a seedling with the largest clod of earth, preferably much larger than the root system of the sprout.

I feed my seedlings every week. Seedlings love loose, moist soil, but it is necessary to loosen carefully: pepper has very thin, delicate roots. And of course it is necessary to illuminate the seedlings. Despite the fact that my windows are south, every day from 8.00 am to 20.00 pm, a powerful phytolamp illuminates the window sill. This is very relevant now, when I sowed seedlings a month earlier, i.e. January 27th. Am I meeting my sowing dates? lunar calendar? When the days coincide with the recommendations of seed producers: it’s good, but if the moon is in the wrong quarter, then I don’t care: you can’t waste time, it is very important for “garden” peppers. Many recommend growing seedlings in a microgreenhouse for the first time. I tried, and I didn’t like the fact that after taking the plants to the usual conditions of the window sill, very tender sprouts get used to the environment of low humidity for a long time and get sick, in addition, in the micro-greenhouse, the plants can be hit by a “black leg” if the earth is not steamed. Instead of micro-greenhouses, I prefer to do frequent spraying.

I try to observe the temperature regime as follows: at night 18-20 ° C, during the day I also (contrary to advice) keep cool 20-22 ° C (due to the coolness and bright light during the day, the seedlings turn out to be stocky and strong). Then, when the first pair of true leaves is formed, I increase the temperature to 25 ° C. To do this, I remove the screen that separates the window sill from the radiator. Then spring comes, and I remove the phytolamps, the growing regime is normal: high-quality watering, spraying, fertilizing, protecting from drafts.

Since the beginning of April, I have been taking out seedlings grown for the garden on glazed balcony. Now the plants are hardening and preparing for daily changes in temperature and humidity. I plant seedlings in a greenhouse when the probability of frost is low, when the nights become warmer (12-14 ° C). For open ground peppers, I choose a place that is completely protected from drafts, but well lit. The main enemies of peppers: draft and shade! Before planting, pepper seedlings intended for planting in open ground must be hardened off: put outside for several hours, increasing the time from one to eight hours daily. First in the shade, then in partial shade, then in the sun. From sunburn, I cover the planted plants with thin polyethylene, putting a bag directly on the crown, but it is better to plant plants in open ground in cloudy weather. Watering I produce 1 time in 3 days in the evening, I use water at room temperature for these purposes; I do top dressing 1 time in 10 days with a weak tincture of nettle, quinoa, wormwood and ash. Peppers do not like manure. Top dressing with ashes and abundant watering are the key to a good pepper harvest! I mulch the soil under the bushes with dried weeds (wormwood, quinoa, nettle), to preserve moisture in the soil and protect against overheating, you can also mulch with sawdust (relevant for the South Urals). No weeds should grow near the pepper, the earth should not only be moist, but also loose. If a little rain has passed, then the open ground pepper still needs to be watered, a little rain is not enough for high-quality watering!

Little tricks

I read that for increased productivity from the bush, it is necessary to remove the central flower growing from the first branch on the pepper bush. I checked it on the Eroshka variety. Indeed, on the specimens where the central flower was removed, there were 2-5 more fruits than on the control ones, so take note.
When planting peppers in the ground, do not deepen them in any case: these are not tomatoes.
If the grown seedlings have bloomed and set fruits, it’s okay, in the greenhouse the plant “comes to its senses” very quickly and the fruits that have begun to grow begin to grow intensively, I don’t plant plants with flowers and ovaries in the open ground, I ruthlessly remove them.
In the aisles, be sure to plant bushes of low-growing varieties of “good neighbors”: calendula or marigolds: get rid of pests, both leaf-eating and soil. You can plant basil and coriander for the same purposes. Coriander and parsley blooming in the aisles attract pollinating insects to the pepper.
A good bait for insect pollinators of pepper: these are the skins of bananas and apples.
During the growing season, peppers must be cut off: strongly elongated shoots are shortened, all shoots below the main fork of the stem and branches inside the crown, which are shaded, because nothing will grow on them anyway.
In indoor peppers of the second year of life, to increase the yield, it is necessary to cut the shoots of the first year by about half, then the yield of the second year will be twice as high. Be sure to put props: they also affect the yield.
Regular harvesting encourages plants to form new fruits. The more often you harvest, the more abundant it is.
Don't forget in the fall, after harvesting, before the frost hits, dig out the prettiest bushes and transplant them into pots. All winter you will pamper yourself with fresh fruits from the windowsill.

Have a good harvest!

Ryzhkina Svetlana
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