Pepper Atlant has excellent taste.
We love gardeners for unpretentious cultivation.
Does not require systematic watering.
Responds well to fertilizer.
Variety description
Bushes sweet pepper Atlant mid-tall, half-tumb, sprawling weak. The leaves are small and in small quantities. Atlant refers to early maturing varieties.
From shoots of seedlings to technical ripeness, 105-125 days pass. Up to full biological ripeness - 125-145 days. Fruits are cone-shaped. Palpation they dense, large, fleshy, juicy and crunchy.
Possess high tastes. In weight reach 105-165 grams. The largest peppers can weigh up to 400 grams. Fruits belong to 2-3 chamber. The thickness of the pulp varies from 4 to 6 mm. The width of ripe pepper reaches 7-8 cm, in length - 14-15 cm.
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We present to your attention the gallery of fruits of sweet pepper Atlant:
Seed preparation
2-3 hours seeds soaked in water. After complete swelling, they are transferred to a mixture of potassium permanganate. It should not be very strong, otherwise the planting seeds may die. The perfect consistency is light pink.
After the procedure, planting seeds should be carefully rinse under running water. Then they are shifted for 10-12 hours in water with a chemical growth stimulator. It is advisable to leave them in this solution overnight.
Perfect "Epin-extra", "Zircon" or "Heteroauxin". 0.5 ml of the solution is diluted in 2 liters of water. After that, the seeds increase shelf life. Germination period: 5-7 years. After the growth stimulation procedure, the seeds are washed in water.
Preparation of the tank and soil
Growing peppers of this variety occurs through seedlings. The most common way to produce medium tall bushes is seeding seeds in cassettes. Seeds are sown in the first decade of February.
Best used pebble, expanded clay or brick broken into small fragments.
Special soil for vegetable crops, peppers or flower plants is used as soil. Also, the land can be prepared by yourself. For this, the soil is mixed with sand and humus. In this mixture, you can add a glass of ash.
This will increase the germination of plants. Carefully pour the soil into the container. Do not press the ground. It is important that the earth remains loose and light. Otherwise - the seeds will not grow.
Planting seeds
Before planting, moisten the ground with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
The distance from the soil surface to the edges of the pot should be more than 2 cm.
In each container, small grooves are created with a pencil or a stick.
They should not be deeper than 1-1.5 cm. If seeds are sown to a deeper distance, they will not be able to grow and rot in the ground.
It is desirable to create grooves at a distance of 4-8 cm from each other.
Do not let dry seeds into the wells. They must first be soaked.
They are neatly sprinkled with soil and watered with spray water at room temperature. Do not allow a direct stream of water, as the seeds can be washed off in a large flow.
Growing seedlings
Seedlings covered with film or glass.. It is important that the material passes light. Pepper of this variety loves warmth. He needs to provide a warm, lighted place without drafts.
You can put the container next to the battery or heating devices. Check the soil needed daily. Do not allow the soil to dry out. 2-3 times a week, the seedlings are ventilated. The first shoots appear in a week. After small sprouts sprouting, the tanks are moved to the window sill.
Importantto get sunlight on the seedlings. Pepper of this variety is a light-loving plant. But it is impossible to prevent frostbite of seedlings near the cold window.The optimum temperature can vary from 24 to 28 ° C in the daytime period. At night - from 21 to 25 ° C.
Transplant to the greenhouse
Age of seedlings should depend on the purpose of use. If you plan to send the pepper for processing, you can plant 24-46-day seedlings. Age is determined by the new leaves. When transplanting can not tolerate damage to the root system.
When removing from the tank, the roots should not be torn and crumbled from the remnants of the soil.
The variety is a perennial. Young plants can be planted immediately in the greenhouse.
In the southern regions of the first 5-6 years, the bushes are recommended to be grown on open ground.
After 6 years of age, they are transplanted into greenhouses. The plantation of planting seedlings should depend on the method of watering. When irrigating with rain: 60x25 cm. When irrigating with drip irrigation: 85 + 50x20 cm. But for pepper of this variety recommended thickened landing.
65000-75000 bushes are usually planted on 1 ha. Before landing, you need to see the weather forecast. You can not plant a plant before frost, hail or torrential rains. After planting, the bushes are covered with captivity to avoid frostbite.
Important! Pepper Atlant has an amazing property. If you plant seedlings in greenhouses in early spring, you can harvest twice. The second time fruiting bushes more generous than the first. From 1 square. meters can collect up to 5 kg of fruit.
Fertilizer
During the growing season the plant feed 2-3 times. Pepper can be fertilized nitrogen mixture. In 10-12 liters of water bred manure. Do not allow direct ingress of manure to the root system.
It can severely burn the roots of a plant. Before the appearance of buds pepper fertilized potassium phosphate mixtures. Perfect drug "Autumn". It contains large quantities of phosphates and potassium.
Watering
Water for irrigation must be warm or room temperature. Do not water the bushes with too hot or icy water. Otherwise, the pepper can become very sick and stop growing.
The temperature should be at least 30 ° C. Pepper of this variety likes frequent watering 3-4 times a week. In hot weather, the bushes can be watered every day.
Processing shoots
Pepper of this variety does not require pruning.
He needs a garter. Despite the average height, bushes can grow strongly upwards.
Therefore, they need good support. It is possible to create such support from branches of trees, thin boards.
To them bind the stem of the plant itself. Props help pepper not to break in strong winds.
Harvesting
Pepper can be collected without gloves. In technical ripeness peppers have an emerald hue.
When biological ripeness - bright red or burgundy. High yield. From 1 hectare is harvested from 35 to 65 tons of fruits.
From 1 square. meters collected from 2 to 4 kg of fruit. Pepper is suitable for transportation over long distances. It has an excellent presentation.
Seed breeding
When the pepper is cut, there are 3 cameras inside. They are densely filled with seeds. They are taken out and dried thoroughly. Then left in water and a solution of potassium permanganate. After the stimulation solution, the seeds are suitable for planting.
Benefit
The fruits of this variety can be used in fresh and canned form. They are used to prepare various salads and second courses. Pepper can be rolled up for conservation, finely chopped on sauces and lecho. Pepper is suitable for vegetable side dishes. It has a universal purpose.
Diseases and pests
Pepper Atlant not sick and not attacked by insects. For prevention, you can use chemicals. They are sprayed with bushes. But you can not allow chemicals on the fruits of the plant. Otherwise they will become worthless.
The fruits of Atlanta pepper have a universal purpose. Possess an excellent presentation. The taste of pepper is very sweet, for what we love professional gardeners.
