Pepper is a popular vegetable crop that is often grown in greenhouses, greenhouses, or at home.
Seeds germinate slowly, so already grown seedlings are planted in the ground.
The future harvest depends on its quality and on how to plant peppers for seedlings, so special attention will have to be given to sowing time, soil, watering and other important trifles.
The topic of today's article is planting peppers for seedlings: when to sow, how to plant peppers for seedlings in an apartment, tips for beginning gardeners.
Pepper seedlings: when to plant?
Peppers belong to cultures with a long period of germination. From sowing seeds to planting young plants in the ground or greenhouse it takes from 90 to 100 days. The seedlings of early ripe varieties reach the desired size after 3 months, they can be planted when the soil warms to 16-18 degrees.
Knowing when to land in the ground, you can accurately calculate the timing of planting pepper for seedlings. In central Russia, sowing seeds is better in February or early March. In warmer regions, seeds are sown starting in January, and seedlings are planted in late April.
In areas with cold climates, seeds are planted in the middle or even at the end of March.. Late-sown plants are better planted in a heated greenhouse, so that all the fruits start to ripen. For transplantation into a year-round greenhouse, peppers are sown twice a year, in January-February and at the end of September.
Many vegetable growers check the dates of landings with the lunar calendar. The best time for sowing pepper is when the moon is in the first phase under the influence of Libra, Scorpio, Aries or Sagittarius. Depending on the year, dates are shifted, you can see the current days in a special calendar. It indicates the most appropriate dates, as well as the days on which landings should be avoided.
Appropriate Drop-off times are also indicated on seed packets.. Early ripening varieties with a shorter growing season can be sown at the end of February; late ripening varieties are sown as early as possible. Seedlings sown in January will have to be illuminated, since the light day at this time is too short for the normal development of young peppers.
Planting pepper seeds for seedlings
Before sowing seeds of pepper to seedlings you need sort out full seeds. You can check them by soaking in 3% saline solution. For sowing seeds are suitable, sank to the bottom. Before planting, it is recommended to soak them in a growth stimulator or freshly squeezed aloe juice for 10-12 hours.
Such treatment significantly improves germination. Some growers disinfect the seeds, soaking them briefly in manganese or 3% hydrogen peroxide.
Dry seeds sprout in 2 weeks after sowing, and those that have already been harvested - for 5-6 days. For swelling, the seeds are wrapped in a damp cloth and left for several days..
For planting preparing the soil from a mixture of garden or turf land and old humus. It can be replaced with peat or commercial soil mixture. For greater nutritional value, superphosphate or wood ash is introduced into the soil. The soil is thoroughly mixed, it should be homogeneous, light and crumbly..
For planting fit containers with holes in the bottom and pan.
You can plant seeds in pieces of plastic film, rolled up in the form of cups, paper or plastic containers, peat cups or tablets. When planting seeds in separate containers, you can eliminate the subsequent pick.
Customized containers should not be too spacious.
How to plant peppers on seedlings correctly?
Most often, seeds of pepper are sown in convenient plastic containers. They are tightly filled with soil in such a way that there will be about 2 cm to the sides. With this filling, there will be no leaching of the soil during watering. Soil need to tamp and shed a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.
How to sow pepper on seedlings? After 12 hours, grooves are made on the surface of the soil about 1 cm deep. Seeds are sown at a distance of 2 cm from each other, the space between the grooves is 4-5 cm. Top sown with earth, slightly tamped and sprayed with warm settled water.
Sowing pepper to seedlings can be done in a spacious container or in separate containers: cups, rolled pieces of thick film. Landing in individual tanks eliminates the subsequent picks. It is important to choose high quality seeds.to avoid culling.
How to plant peppers on seedlings in separate containers? When planted in cups, the ground is moistened with warm water, a hole is made in it that is 1-1.5 cm deep. The seed is carefully laid out and sprinkled with earth. The cups fit tightly on the pallet.
How to sow pepper seedlings in peat tablets? Before sowing, tablets with a diameter of 3 cm are folded into a deep container and filled with warm water. After a few hours, the peat will swell and increase in size, the tablets will turn into neat columns. Excess fluid is drained.
In the upper part of the posts there are small holes that need to be deepened and laid out in them proklynuvshiesya seeds. The wells are filled with crushed soil and slightly crushed. Watering the planted seeds is not necessary. Peat columns are installed in a plastic container. You need to put them tightly to prevent rollover. From above the tray is covered with a cover or a film.
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Temperature and watering
Immediately after sowing containers or pots are placed in a warm place. The optimum temperature for germination is 27-28 degrees. Some gardeners specifically warm up the soil before planting, placing it closer to the battery. Lowering the temperature delays germination and often causes the death of seeds.
When sprouts appear on the soil surface, the seedlings are placed in the brightest place. Well, if over the landings will be mounted lamp for additional lighting. The perfect day for peppers lasts 12 hours. At night, the landing can be covered with an opaque cloth.
After germination, the room temperature drops to 20-25 degrees. Watering pepper seedlings need 1 time in 5-6 daysFirst, from the spray gun, and then from the watering can. The container with seedlings is periodically rotated so that the seedlings grow evenly. After the appearance of the first 2 leaves the plants are ready for picking.
In time planted seedlings grow well, do not get sick and do not need special care. Strictly observing the mode of watering and maintaining the desired temperature in the room, you can not worry about the young planting.
It is important not to keep it in the house for too long and to plant for permanent residence before the onset of the flowering phase, otherwise the fruiting process will slow down.
So, we figured out how to plant pepper seedlings at home, do it correctly and effectively, the rules of sowing, how and when to sow the seeds, care after sowing.
Useful materials
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