Not so much time has passed since we met sweet pepper on store shelves in the form of canned vegetables from Bulgaria, even the naming was fixed - "sweet pepper".
It was hard to imagine that this wonderful vegetable could be grown in its own vegetable garden, but to our universal joy, selection made it possible to introduce overseas culture to the number of widely cultivated on an industrial scale and amateur farms.
The variety of varieties and species fascinated amateur vegetable growers, besides, it is worth saying that many varieties are bred specifically for growing in the dacha and backyard plots. These include the popular variety Bogatyr.
general description
Bogatyr sweet pepper got its name due to a strong, spreading shrub up to 65-70 centimeters tall, studded with large, one-dimensional fruits, up to 200 grams, with thick walls, 0.5-0.7 millimeters.
Truncated cone-shaped peppers are wide, ribbed, bright red in biological ripeness and light green in technical, juicy, sweet, fragrant. Pepper Bogatyr - a variety of medium ripening, technical ripeness occurs in 125-135 days, biological maturation will require another 10-15 days.
The harvest of our Bogatyr is also bogatyr - about 7 kilograms per square meter, but this is not the limit, with good care you can get much more, as a powerful bush after the first harvest actively grows the remaining fruits on the branches.
REFERENCE! The crop is well stored in cool conditions, tolerates transportation, and is also highly resistant to diseases.
A photo
Next on the photo is presented the pepper heroes:
Growing up
The great demand for seeds spawned an uncountable number of producers from private traders to large and well-known companies with well-established brands. When choosing the variety you need, pay attention to where and by whom the seeds are grown and packed.
You can find bags with the same photo and different names of varieties, immediately there are doubts, it is unclear whether the varieties are so similar or one photo for all varieties. And what about the bags themselves? Savings of several dozen rubles can bring great material and moral losses.
Read the description of the variety on the package and compare it with the photo, if the match is complete, in the package is probably the variety that is stated on the label. But before you pay the purchase, pay attention to the period by which the seeds should be sown.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
At home in America, pepper is a perennial plant, it has no place to hurry, it grows for itself without the threat of frost. In our natural environment, it can only be grown through seedlings and a statement about sowing in the ground in May, and the harvest in September is a cruel joke. Evil because someone may believe to get frustrated. Peppers - this is not for you tomatoes, which even self-seeding produce fruit.
ATTENTION! The best time for sowing pepper to seedlings is the end of February, the beginning of March.
The choice of packaging for planting seedlings
- Sowing in peat pots and pills.
Currently, gardeners are offered a large selection of a wide variety of containers for growing seedlings, it all depends on the taste, capabilities and method of sowing seeds.
In that case, if you need a little seedling, and every seed counts, buy peat tablets, peat pots are good at work, they greatly facilitate the work, besides, there is no shortage of special prepared soil for seedlings.
The big plus of this growing method is that Plants do not need to dive, and should be planted directly in pots.
- Sowing in boxes.
In that case, if the seedlings need to get quite a lot, you need to use the boxes. Each gardener, after planting seedlings, washes, dries and puts them in storage, it remains only to fill them with soil.
The fertile, light soil for seedlings was prepared in the fall and kept in the basement. Frozen soil is not suitable for use for two weeks, soil bacteria in it are at rest, for their activation will take time.
We fill the boxes with soil and spill with boiling water with the addition of a small amount of potassium permanganate (bright pink color but not saturated) and leave to drain off excess water and cool the soil. This event is useful because fungal infection and all possible pests are destroyed in the soil.
Seeds for 6-8 hours before sowing can be soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, in order to disinfect them, then rinse with running water and sow, do it better on warm, moist soil, patching them no deeper than 1 centimeter.
The distance between the seeds should be about 1.5 or 2 centimeters. The boxes can be covered with foil, this will ensure the greenhouse effect and it will not be necessary to water the crops before the emergence of shoots, but it is necessary to control the humidity. For seed germination is necessary maintain a temperature regime of 28-30 degrees Celsius, then shoots will appear quickly. Germination rate depends on the variety.
The boxes with the emerged shoots are transferred to a cooler, lighter place. Watering crops need warm water and strictly as needed, waterlogging is unacceptable.
Picks
After regrowth of two true leaves of the plant, you can dive. For this work, it is convenient to use a wand with a slightly pointed working tip, similar to a peak, hence the name of the operation of transplanting seedlings - diving.
It is most convenient to transplant seedlings in peat cubes or pots, but in case of their absence any container of a larger area will do. When picking, pinch off the tip of the root, this will increase the growth of the side roots. During a dive, weak and diseased plants should be discarded.
Planting seedlings in the ground
With the advent of sustainable heat, the plants must be transplanted to a permanent place. You can sow the seeds in February, but be late with the landing in the ground, and the plant will not take the full force of growth.
If cold snaps are still possible, prepare wire arcs and film, a proven and reliable method.
The variety "Bogatyr" has a good growth force, thickening will reduce the yield and its quality, planting more than 50 to 50 centimeters is unacceptable for this variety.
Watering and feeding
Pepper does not need frequent watering, only during droughts and when fertilizing plants should be watered abundantly.
Fertilizers for the season are sufficient to be applied three times: after rooting, nitrogen fertilizers are applied, manure is better, complex fertilizer is necessary before flowering, and complex fertilizer is needed when setting fruits.
Shaped pruning
For the development of a larger number of fruit branches, the tips of actively growing shoots can be slightly trimmed, this will make the bush more branchy, the yield will increase.
ATTENTION! With proper planting in the garter, the Bogatyr Pepper does not need.
Harvesting
Tear off the peppers from the bush during technical ripeness, light green, they are transferred to ripening or recycled.
In a healthy plant, the forces are released to grow the next wave of the crop. Fruiting continues until the onset of cold weather. Peppers are well kept.
Getting seeds
In the event that you like the variety and wish to grow your seeds, this is easy, but it is important to follow the necessary rules:
- Plant seedlings "Bogatyr" planted at a sufficient distance from the pepper of other varieties to avoid over-pollination.
- Select the best fruits in your opinion and wait for their biological maturity.
- Dry the seeds at room temperature, sign the variety and year of receipt and store.
Diseases and pests
The variety "Bogatyr" is resistant to diseases thanks to the efforts of breeders. Pests do not show much interest in its harsh foliage and stems. In the event that the pests have appeared, spray the plants with insecticides, but these cases are extremely rare.
Useful qualities
Now it is difficult to imagine how we did without this valuable vegetable - and we eat it raw and preserve a lot of preparations in the winter on its basis or with its use.
And the thing is that Pepper contains almost all known beneficial substances that contribute to the normal metabolism and strengthen the immune system.
Fiber stimulates the bowels, rutin normalizes blood circulation, reduces blood pressure and blood clotting, strengthens the walls of blood vessels.
In diabetes, nutritionists recommend sweet peppers as part of a diet.
No harmful properties have been found in sweet pepper.
Every year the popularity of the variety “Bogatyr” is growing due to its remarkable properties, not so many varieties of sweet pepper are able to compete with it. It is impossible to find a gardener who would refuse to grow this variety of pepper if he ever tried it.
