Pepper is a vegetable that belongs to the familyNautilus, its bushes can reach a height of up to one and a half meters. Pepper is pleasant to taste and widely used in cooking. This vegetable culture is rich in vitamin C.
Why the seedling method
Many experienced gardeners know what conditionsloves sweet pepper. Seedlings, grown in pots or cups, will yield a rich harvest. While the use of boxes can lead to its reduction. This is because the root is damaged during transplantation, and recovery can take several weeks.
How to sow seeds
Before growing the pepper in the greenhouse,prepare the soil for seedlings. To do this, prepare a mixture containing peat, humus and turf or turf, turf and sand. Seeds do not sow too deeply (up to 1 cm), pretreated with a solution of potassium permanganate. The earth must be moist. Pots cover and provide them with warmth. Temperature regime - at least 25 degrees. Sowing can begin in March.
How to care for seedlings
Speaking about how to grow pepper, you can not help but touch upon the question "how to properly look after it." Proper care for seedlings is the key to a good harvest, it includes the following activities:
- fertilizing with fertilizers containing potassium, calcium or nitrate;
- watering in small doses of warm water;
- maintaining the air temperature;
- correct lighting.
Top dressing is carried out a couple of times a week.This is an important process, since it is at this time that the plant hardens and hardens. The soil should not dry up. Watch for its moisture, but do not overdo it, as excessive wetting is harmful to the root system. Watch the air temperature, keep it in the range of 20 to 28 degrees depending on the time of day. Lighting is very important for pepper, lack of light has a bad effect on seedlings. At least 12 hours a day, pepper seedlings should be kept in the light, therefore it is recommended to create artificial lighting, if natural is insufficient.
How to grow pepper in a greenhouse
We came to the main point - the transplantseedlings in the greenhouse. Where to begin? Start by preparing the soil. It must be fertile, light, rich in humus. Add humus and compost, mineral fertilizers and dig up the earth. Especially good pepper grows after cucumbers, zucchini, beans. Then you can proceed to transplant the seedlings. To do this, make beds (1 m wide) and plant the pepper in two rows, at a distance of 30 cm from each other. Do not plant densely. After transplanting the soil is better to be covered with peat so that the plants quickly become accustomed and less sick.
Care of pepper in the greenhouse
You dropped your pepper into the greenhouse, now it's time to wait for the harvest. In order to get large and healthy fruits, you need to properly care for the plant:
- continue to observe the temperature regime of air and soil (18-22 degrees for soil and at least 25 degrees for air);
- provide plants with light;
- water regularly (preferably before lunch);
- Loosen the soil;
- Watch the humidity of the air, with its lack flowers can fall apart;
- feed fertilizers with phosphorus and nitrogen, as well as trace elements (boron, zinc, manganese, iodine);
- Fight pests using special medications.
Now, knowing how to grow pepper in a greenhouse, you will definitely get an early rich crop of this vegetable.
