Bitter pepper is vitamin-rich (A, C, B1, B2, E, P, PP), contains essential oils. Use this vegetable in the form of seasoning to meat and other dishes, the burning grade of pepper has medicinal properties therefore it is rather popular in traditional medicine. As to grow up this remarkable plant?
Instruction
1. For achievement of desirable results, bitterpepperit is necessary to grow up directly through seedling. February-March - the most suitable time. For this purpose prepare boxes with the easy and friable earth. Before crops it is abundant water the soil with hot water with potassium permanganate addition. The most optimum temperature for growth of seeds – 24-26 degrees.
2. The first shoots will appear only 15-20 days later then put box with seedling to the lightest place where air temperature has to be 20-24 degrees. When there are real first leaflets, dive seedlings in separate small pots, burying them to cotyledons. At the age of 60-70 days seedling can already be planted to the open ground, approximately from the middle of May. Consider that moment that it is impossible to grow up hot pepper near sweet or near tomatoes at all.
3. Bitter pepper loves warmly and a lot of light. At its cultivation in room conditions, at once after the termination of spring frosts, put pot with plant on solar balcony or in garden. Pepper does not transfer drying of the soil therefore do not forget it to water two times a week with the warm and settled water (25-30 degrees).
4. Two times a month it is desirable to feed up bitter pepper complex fertilizers. Especially favorably ashes affect on its growth, for this purpose wet two tablespoons of ashes in three liters of water, insist within several days, without forgetting to stir slowly regularly. Filter and use for fertilizing. Pepper begins to blossom in May-June and continues to fructify to the most late fall.
5. Prior to the beginning of frosts remove pot with plant to the light and cool place where temperature has to be 14-18 degrees. If you grow up bitter pepper in the greenhouse, then compact types of grades can be dug out at the beginning of September and to bring to the house, having moved to the cool place. At this time try to reduce waterings and fertilizing to minimum.
6. If indoors air is too overdried - there will be appropriate periodic spraying of leaves. In February transfer plant to the warm place again and cut off, having left stalks 5-6 centimeters high. Such annual scraps will help you to keep youth and decorative effect of plant within 3-5 years.