It is possible to reap good harvest of paprika also without excess expenses of forces, time and finance.
Paprika - one of the most popular vegetables which are grown up on our beds. Red and yellow pepper contains large amount of vitamin C and also it is more vitamin A, than in carrots.
Choice of grade
In modern shops huge choice of seeds of pepper. There are foreign and domestic, early, average and late grades. That to choose the best from all this variety, it is necessary to consider several important aspects:
- in our climate pepper can be grown up only through seedling if to land in soil, then only to the greenhouse or under the shelter;
- it is better to pay attention not to exterior and productivity, and to fitness of grade to your climate and the region;
- be not afraid of the letter ""F"" on packing of seeds, these are the hybrids received by crossing of grades, such plants are resistant to weather and diseases.
Landing and leaving
Pepper - quite gentle plants therefore it is important not to damage roots at change of seedling in soil. It is better to carry out change by transfer method from container. Landing is made at the end of May - the beginning of June. But if summer cool, then pepper need concealment by diaper. The perfect place for cultivation of pepper are greenhouses or small hotbeds.
It is the best of all to plant pepper near tomatoes, it will protect them from wreckers (the plant louse does not take out smell of tomatoes). It is also possible to place them near cucumbers.
Pepper suit light fertile soils. Before landing it is better to fertilize the soil the rerotting manure and wood ashes. Also pepper need calcium therefore it is useful to throw at change into each hole on handful of the crushed egg shell. Plants land in holes and is abundant water. The distance between bushes has to be about 40 cm. Seedling needs to be tied to support at once. It is better to zamulchirovat the soil around pepper.
Seedling takes root about a week, at this time it is not watered. Sign that plants have well grown - emergence of new leaflets.
Overwetting is harmful to pepper. Therefore they should be watered often and gradually (drop watering is ideal). Water for watering has to be room temperature and without chlorine.
Periodically you loosen the earth around pepper, it will provide roots with oxygen and will increase harvest.
The ripened fruits of pepper collect approximately time in 5-7 days.