Planting and growing sprouts of Bulgarian pepper at home. Preparing the seeds of Bulgarian peppers for planting on seedlings, sowing, diving and planting seedlings in a greenhouse, greenhouse and soil

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 summer house or garden, annually, at the end of winter or early spring, you plan on planting. Try planting sweet peppers. If you follow all the rules of preparation for sowing seeds and growing seedlings, you will have all chances to get a rich harvest.

Preparing the seeds of the Bulgarian pepper for seeding on seedlings

IMPORTANT: It should be noted immediately that the seeds of the Bulgarian pepper germinate long enough, so start their planting in February.

This is how the seeds of Bulgarian pepper look.

Seeds of pepper you can buy in packages, selecting one or more varieties. If you want to collect the seeds yourself from the bush that bleached in your area, do it this way:

• select a bush where the fruits do not show any signs of hybridity
• mark several beautiful fruits by tie twigs with them with
• ribbons wait until the end of August - early September, when the fruitsslightly recoat, collect them
• peppers should dry for 2-3 weeks
• remove the seeds from the peppers, allow them to dry out in a sunny place( not outdoors) 1-2 days

Seeds of bell pepper in packets.

Regardless of whether you have your own seeds of sweet pepper or purchased, they are carefully prepared before planting. Do not miss this stage in any case!

1. Place all the seeds that you have on a piece of paper or a plate. Reconsider them, choose the largest and the whole.
2. Take 1 liter of water, dilute 40 grams of table salt in it. Dip the seeds into a solution. Those that surfaced are hollow. They do not suit you, just throw them away. Those that stayed on the bottom, get out and dry on paper towels.
3. Seeds should be decontaminated - make sure that the plant does not get fungi in the future. Use fungicide( antifungal solution) or potassium permanganate solution. The easiest way: immediately before planting, prepare a solution of potassium permanganate with a concentration of 1-2 percent, dip the selected pepper seeds into it for 10-15 minutes. After the procedure, rinse them.

Checking the seeds of pepper for germination( hollowness).

Disinfection of pepper seeds with potassium permanganate.

Go to the soak seeds. If you want the sprouts to germinate as soon as possible, be responsible to this process.

1. Prepare the water. It will also come from the tap. But it should be defended for 1-2 days. Better not be too 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 is not frozen. Ice should be transferred to a new clean container. Wait until it melts, then use melt water to soak the seeds. Some snowmelt for this purpose, unfortunately, with today's ecology this is a big risk.
2. Pour a small amount of melt water into a shallow bowl, bowl or tray. If you soak seeds of several varieties, for each take a separate container.
3. You will need cotton pads, cuts of gauze or bandage, cuts of cotton fabric. They are folded several times and impregnated with water.
4. Pour the seeds of the Bulgarian pepper onto a damp cloth, only in one coat.
5. Wrap the container with seeds soaked with polyethylene, remove its warm place. The optimum temperature is plus 25 degrees.
6. Keep an eye on the seeds. As soon as they swell or sprout, it's time to transplant them into the ground.

Soaking seeds of pepper.

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

Hardening of sweet pepper seeds.

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

• Novosil
• Silk
• Zircon
• Energy
• Epin - extra

IMPORTANT: Instead of soaking, you can perform the procedure of bubbling seeds, that is, treating them with oxygen. You will need a tank, two-thirds full with water, and a compressor from the aquarium. The seeds are poured into the water, the tip of the compressor is lowered into the tank, the seeds are treated with oxygen for 24-26 hours, after which they are dried and planted.

VIDEO: Preparation of pepper seeds for sowing. Soaking - sprouting

When and how to sow sweet Bulgarian pepper on seedlings? Depth of planting pepper seeds for seedlings

Ideally, sow Bulgarian pepper for seedlings need in February. Obviously not in the open ground. To achieve good germination, you will need to keep pots with seedlings at a temperature of not less than 17 degrees and sufficient humidity.

Sprouted seeds of Bulgarian pepper.

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

1. You can plant the seeds of Bulgarian pepper on peat tablets, and then transplant into pots.
2. To miss this stage, immediately prepare the soil from 2 parts of nutrient peat mixture and 1 part of turf, or another suitable for seedling of Bulgarian pepper.
3. Many plant seeded pepper seeds in plastic cups. Be aware that this dish is not enough for the normal development of the root system of the bushes. Sow three seeds in plastic buckets or flower pots in volume 0,5 - 1 l. Keep the distance between seeds in 2-3 cm.
   It is better to plant the seeds of Bulgarian pepper immediately in different dishes. Of course, you can sow their general, and then dive. But the plant picks poorly, it can die or slow growth for several weeks.

Seeding of pepper seeds followed by picking.

IMPORTANT: Seeds of sweet pepper are planted to a depth of 4-5 cm, as they will not go deeper as they grow.

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

Seedlings of Bulgarian pepper.

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

Preparation of soil for pepper seedlings

The optimum soil characteristics for pepper seedlings are:

• acidity 6.0 - 7.0
• looseness
• sufficient moisture

Finished ground for pepper seedling.

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

Soil options for sweet pepper.

IMPORTANT: Feed the pepper seedling a little later.

How to distinguish the sprouts of bitter pepper from sweet?

Sweet "Bulgarian" pepper and bitter "light" should never be planted near. The minimum distance between the bushes of these plants should be 30 cm. Otherwise, during flowering, they will be dusted, and you will not get a harvest of sweet pepper.
You can be confused if you buy a seedling from an unfamiliar and not very conscientious buyer who masks one species under another, or you yourself sowed both species and forgot to sign pots with sprouts. Seedlings of bitter and sweet peppers: comparison.

Differences between the sprouts of sweet and bitter pepper to notice is very difficult, especially when the seedling is still quite young. But they are:

• the bitter pepper leaves are slightly darker
• the stems of bitter pepper are more elegant, the thin
• leaves of bitter pepper are narrower than the sweet ones, their tips are sharp

If you can not distinguish the shoots, you can put them next, and after transplant the bitter pepper, When differences become apparent.

How to water pepper seedlings?

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

• seeded seeds and young sprouts water after 2-3 days
• in a month, when the leaves form, water the seedlings every day
• 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 perform the procedure of removing the growth point, which is called "pinch".Its objectives:

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

Pinched seedling of sweet pepper: stained interstitial.

When the pepper sprouts grow confidently upward, the interstice on it will be colored, do the following:

• prepare the scissors
• mark the runaway that is above 4-6 internodes
• cut it with scissors

Scheme of pinching and seedlinging of the Bulgarian pepper seedling.

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Minimum temperature for pepper seedling

The ideal temperature for pepper seedling is + 25 - +27 degrees. It is necessary to exert maximum efforts, so that it does not fall below + 14 degrees.

Growth temperature of pepper seedlings.

Planting sprouts of Bulgarian pepper in a greenhouse or a greenhouse

When there are more than 12 leaves on the paprika shrubs, kidneys will develop, you can plant them in a greenhouse or a greenhouse. As a rule, two months pass from the moment the seeds are sown to the time when the seedlings are planted.

IMPORTANT: The soil temperature, favorable for transplanting the sprouts of Bulgarian pepper, is + 15 degrees or more. If your greenhouse does not heat up, consider this.

Sweet pepper in the greenhouse.

1. To the soil in the greenhouse or the greenhouse where the pepper will be planted, add phosphorus or potash( 40 grams per square meter), as well as nitrogen fertilizers( 30 g per square meter).
2. Pepper beds have a width of 1 m, the gaps between the rows - 0.5 meters.
3. Bushes are planted at a distance of 15-30 cm from each other, depending on the type of pepper.
4. Wells in which the bushes will be used, pre-watered. . The water must be abundant in 2 liters of water in each hole.
5. Soil under the planted pepper bushes is well rammed with hands.
6. Planted in a greenhouse or greenhouse pepper seedlings must be mulched with humus and peat.

How to pick up pepper seedlings?

If you still planted the seeds of pepper in one large box, 2-3 weeks after the appearance of sprouts, you will have to make a pick, that is, transplant each plant into a separate bucket or pot. Please note that the pepper picks badly. Follow the step-by-step instruction:

1. Prepare pots or plastic buckets for each sprout. Fill them with a suitable ground for pepper.
2. For a couple of hours before the picks, water the seedlings, so that you can more easily get the plants from the ground.
3. Carefully remove the seedling from the ground, cut the root one third down.
4. In an individual pot or bucket, moisten the soil, level it. In the center, make a depression 1.5 to 2 cm deeper than the seedling grew in a common box.
5. Place the seedling in the groove and sprinkle with the soil.
6. Seal the soil.

Pikking of sweet pepper seedlings.

VIDEO: How do I pick up pepper seedlings?

Seedlings of pepper blossomed before landing in the ground: what to do?

If on the seedlings of sweet pepper appeared flowers just before their transfer to the ground, they do not do anything.
If the pepper is still far away before the ovaries slow down the growth of the plant and do not take away its strength, the flowers are torn off.

Flowering of sweet pepper seedlings.

How to plant pepper in the open ground with seedlings?

Transplanting sweet pepper seedlings into the open ground.

In open ground pepper is transplanted at the end of May, when the last frosts will pass. Favorable average daily air temperature is + 15 degrees, soil temperature is +10 degrees.

1. The day before the transplant, pour abundantly on the seedlings.
2. For pepper planting, select a well-lit, well drained, windproof area. Pre-clean it from weeds.
3. Plant peppers where melons, root crops, beans or greens grew last year. Two consecutive years on the same site to produce a sweet pepper plant can not.
4. Plant pepper in the afternoon or late afternoon.
5. Mark the beds as shown in the diagram below.
6. Make holes in the ground that are slightly deeper than the dishes where the pepper seedling was grown.
7. In each well, pour in compost( handful), ash( half a handful), superphosphate( 1 teaspoon).Pour the wells with water.
8. Move the pepper bush to the hole, fill it with earth. Use peat as mulch.
9. Next to each bush, insert a half-meter peg for the garter.

Arrangement scheme for sweet pepper.

Pepper on the ground will come to life and will begin to grow after 1 to 1.5 weeks, when its root system is restored.

Seedling of pepper on toilet paper

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

• seeds of the pepper you want
• thin polyethylene
• roll of toilet paper
• scissors
• disposable plastic cups

Seedlings of pepper on toilet paper.

1. Polyethylene will play the role of a greenhouse. Cut it with strips with a width like that of toilet paper.
2. Stretch the table with polyethylene. Unroll toilet paper on it, sprinkle it with water.
3. Spread the seeds of pepper 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 polyethylene.
5. Twist all layers into a roll, place it in a plastic cup, a quarter filled with water.
6. Place the cup in a plastic bag, put it in a bright place.
7. When seeds sprout sprouts, transplant them into separate pots.

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