Vegetables grown by own hands have a unique taste, with which nothing compares. To get a decent harvest, you need excellent seedlings. This, in the first place, concerns such a capricious vegetable culture as pepper. Another nuance - often a truck farmer after planting a sweet pepper seedling can be found in the end on a plot of a bed with bitter. Pleasant in this a little, that's why many decide to start sowing seeds on their own. If you are new to this, we will tell you how to properly sow peppers on seedlings.
When is it better to plant pepper on seedlings?
The timing should be coordinated with the month in which you are going to plant the seedlings in the open ground. For example, for planting in May, the seeds are sown already in February-March. The early varieties of pepper are taken in February, provided a sufficient light day. For the late varieties, the optimal time is mid-to-late March.
Preparation of seeds of pepper and soil for seedlings
Seeds of pepper are previously placed in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or fungicide. The procedure is carried out to half an hour, after which the planting material should be put in a container with a wet napkin or tissue cut. Seeds are transferred to the place where the temperature fluctuates within + 24 + 25 degrees. When the seeds are pierced, you can engage in planting them in the ground.
If you talk about what kind of primer for seedling pepper is suitable, then you can easily buy ready-made in the store. It is easy to prepare a substrate and with your own hands from sand, peat and humus in the same ratio.
Planting pepper seeds for seedlings
You can sow seeds of pepper in one container or immediately in small cups. With the first option, as the plants grow, they will need to be picks in separate pots, while the second variant will require a transplant to a larger container. In any case, the sowing of pepper for seedlings is done very carefully, it is possible for convenience to use tweezers, a short distance from each other (up to 2cm). Then the planting material must be carefully covered with a layer of soil not more than 1.5 cm thick. After that, the "beds" are slowly watered so that the seeds are not washed away. The container should be covered with glass or film and transferred to a warm place. Coverage is removed as soon as the first shoots become visible.
Briefly about caring for pepper seeds
The container with the shoots should be placed in a room where the air temperature fluctuates within + 16 + 20 degrees. This is a temperature regime favorable for the growth of young seedlings. The place itself should be sunny. Perhaps, on cloudy days, with which a changeable March is rich, additional lighting will have to be used. Otherwise the seedlings will stretch and weaken.
If we talk about how often to water the seedlings of peppers, it is worth considering that this vegetable culture loves moisture. However, the peculiarity of pepper is that it should be watered frequently, but in small quantities. It is important that the droplets of water do not get on the leaves of the plant. After your seedling has a third or fourth leaf, young plants dive, that is, they are transplanted into separate pots.
In addition, twice during the entire period of cultivation, seedlings are fed. For the first time the application of fertilizers is necessary 7-10 days after picking . You can use nitrofosque, for which 1 tablespoon of the substance is diluted in 10 liters of water. Another option for those who do not accept chemotherapy is a solution of the mullein. One part of the fertilizer is diluted with 10 parts water.
For lazy special complex fertilizers are developed, which must be diluted with water according to the instructions. This, for example, "Senor Tomato", "Rastvorin", "Agricola" and many others.