Cultivation of seedling of pepper — half of success in receiving big harvest. That plants have grown strong, healthy and resistant to many diseases, it is necessary to prepare seeds, to seed them and to look after seedlings in due form.
Preparation of seeds and soil
The optimum term of landing of seeds to seedling is the middle of February, but to prepare for process it is necessary to begin one week prior to the planned date of crops. Prepare substrate. For this purpose mix peat, the cespitose or garden earth and humus in the ratio 2:5:3. You hold soil indoors that it has got warm, and in 2-3 hours prior to landing disinfect it, the passage solution of potassium permanganate of pink color.
Seeds of pepper need also to be disinfected. Put them in potassium permanganate solution for 20 minutes. Then wash out under flowing water. That shoots were amicable lower them also in medicine Epin solution (1-2 drops by 100 ml of warm water). Take them in liquid about 30 minutes, and then dry.
Stages of landing of seeds to seedling
- Pepper very badly postpone sword-play therefore crops in separate glasses will be optimal variant. Pick up ware with a diameter of 3-5 cm. Fill it with substrate and seed 2-3 sunflower seeds and depth of 1 cm. Powder with soil and slightly condense it.
- Deliver to capacity in pallets and cover landings with polyethylene film, it will help to keep necessary humidity and temperature. Send containers to the warm place (+24-26 degrees).
- With the advent of sprouts clean the shelter and rearrange glasses to lighter place, but with smaller temperature of +15-17 degrees. You keep seedling of pepper in such conditions about a week. After that increase contents temperature to +25-28 degrees again.
- Water shoots carefully. Moisten soil each 3-5 days. It is recommended to do it in the mornings. At the same time water should not get on gentle leaflets.
- When at pepper 2-3 present sheets grow. It is necessary to choose the strongest of saplings, and to remove the others. It is possible to add a little more substrate to glasses.
- Pepper feed up 2-3 times small doses of special fertilizers for seedling, and in 2-3 weeks prior to expected date of disembarkation in soil begin to temper saplings. They can be taken out on balcony, verandah or in garden at first for 2-3 hours a day, gradually increasing stay time in the fresh air.
In soil of plant land at the end of May — the beginning of June. At this time pepper have to reach 20-30 cm in height, have good root system and several side escapes and buds. That pepper have easier transferred change, they are recommended to be sprayed one day before the procedure with medicine Epin-ekstra solution (4 drops on glass of water).