Features of growing pepper for a rich harvest

Variety selection

Green, orange, red, yellow, oval, conical - it is so different, but at the same time it is a real storehouse of vitamins and microelements. There is a division of varieties according to the ripening period, but almost all of them are adapted to our area, and can be grown even in the Urals and Siberia. They are early, mid-season and late. Early varieties mature well in the open field, not only in the Urals, Siberia, but also in other regions of our country. But the late ones can grow normally only in greenhouse conditions, but with some effort, they can also be grown in Siberia, the Urals and in other areas.

The best varieties of pepper with an early term are Hercules, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Health, Dobrynya Nikitich, Orange Miracle F1, Denis F1. Hercules can be tasted after 70 days. It has fruits up to 11 cm long, which can weigh about 250 grams. Hercules has a sweet taste, it is green and red. Also, the Hercules pepper variety has a high yield, is resistant to diseases, is well stored and transported. In addition to the Hercules variety, the rest of the above species also have excellent characteristics.

Among mid-season varieties, you should choose the California miracle, Marconi, Gift of Moldova, Belozerka, Prometheus, Vitamin F1, Maxim F1, Ilya Muromets. A California miracle vegetable takes 100 to 130 days to ripen. The California miracle has an average size of a bush up to 0.7 meters high. Its bush gives up to 10 fruits, which have a cuboid shape and a rich red color. The California miracle has a pleasant taste, sometimes there is a little bitterness. The California Miracle can be eaten fresh, and can be pickled and processed. The California miracle variety is very popular today.

In addition to the California Miracle pepper and other mid-season species, gardeners also prefer to grow late varieties. Such as Black Cardinal, Aristotle, Red Bull, Gold Medal, F1 Night. Black cardinal pepper comes from distant sunny Italy. The Black Cardinal variety has fruits that have an unusual color. Vegetables of the Black Cardinal species are black during the period of technical ripeness, and in biological they turn from black to amazing bright red. The black cardinal is also distinguished by an interesting shape of the fruit - a truncated pyramid. The height of a standard fruit bush of the Black Cardinal variety reaches 60 cm. The Black Cardinal pepper has a dense and pleasant center. And the yield of the Black Cardinal variety reaches 10 kg per square meter.

Also, a vegetable is distinguished by its shape and inherent size. Among the varieties of long sweet peppers, you can choose such as Ramiro, Health, Sweet banana, Roman, Rhapsody F1. For example, Ramiro pepper has a beautiful oblong shape. Outwardly, Ramiro is very similar to a large chili pepper. Ramiro has a sweet taste and a thin skin. Ramiro is also very rich in vitamin C.They like to add Ramiro pepper to all kinds of delicious and healthy salads, but also stuff, stew and grill.

Pepper varieties called large-fruited are Atlant, Bogatyr, Volovye Ukho, “Maradonna F1. Modern thick-walled varieties of pepper are represented by such species as Big Papa, Kolobok, Eskimo F1, Gemini F1. Our video will tell you more about the choice of varieties.

You can also grow pepper at home. Decorative, it is also indoor pepper will be able to decorate any kitchen interior. Decorative peppers can be of different shapes - from oval to cylindrical, depending on what kind it will be. In order for ornamental peppers to have good fruits, you need to know what constituents make up caring for it at home. A houseplant will definitely need a well-lit place with light airing at home. It is recommended to sow ornamental pepper seeds from February to early March.

At home, for full growth and harmonious development of culture in the room during the day it should be up to 28 degrees, and at night - at least 20 degrees Celsius. The decorative type of vegetable crop will also require frequent watering, carried out directly at the root. Fertilizers are important for indoor peppers during the growing season. Do not forget, when keeping ornamental pepper at home, about the formation of its magnificent bush. You can see all the nuances of growing in the video.

To keep peppers at home, choose undersized varieties of decorative peppers. Blau is a bush up to 16 cm high, giving fruits of a conical shape from dark blue to dark red color, and also Mouth is a bush up to 25 cm high, giving cone-shaped fruits about 4 cm, the color of which is from yellow to bright red. Edible varieties of indoor peppers are Bride, Troll, Salute, Black Prince, Carmen, Bouquet of the East F1, Masquerade F1, and inedible varieties are Clown, Orange, Goldfinger, Pepperoni, Red Rocket, Goldfinger.

Pepper Growing Tips Video

Seedling preparation

The seeds of this vegetable, like eggplant, should be sown in February in the absence of a greenhouse. It will be correct to place pepper seeds, like eggplant, in pots with peat, the diameter of which will be no more than 10 cm.For future seedlings, take a light soil with a loose structure, which usually consists of two parts of humus, 1 part of sand and 1 part of earth. A tablespoon of ash should be added per kilogram of such a mixture.

Before planting, the seeds of our vegetable culture, like eggplant, are kept for about five hours to swell in water. After that, put in a piece of cloth soaked in water for pecking out for a couple of days.

This will allow you to get the first shoots the next day after sowing. The sown seeds are well watered, and then covered with glass or film. Placed in a well-lit place where the temperature reaches about 22 degrees. After you see the first fragile shoots, it should be 26 - 28 degrees during the day and up to 15 at night. It is advised to use warm water for watering and not to water it too often. The air for peppers, like eggplants, should not be too dry. Our video will tell you how to grow seedlings.

Landing

The best precursors for pepper are cucumbers, onions, pumpkin, cabbage after green manure, zucchini, carrots. The bad ones, as experience shows, are eggplant, tomatoes, physalis, potatoes, peppers. For planting peppers, like eggplants, light soils are suitable. Five days before planting the seedlings, you need to decontaminate the soil - take a tablespoon of copper sulfate and dissolve in a bucket of water. It is customary to plant seedlings in natural conditions at the end of May - mid-June according to the 40 by 40 cm scheme. You need to place the seedlings in the hole at the same depth at which they were in the seedling box or glass.

Peppers, like eggplants, need beds with a rise of about 25 - 55 cm.Pepper is highly susceptible to pollination, therefore, when planting several varieties, you need to separate them with tall tomatoes, sunflowers or corn. It is advisable to grow peppers, like eggplants, before planting in open ground even in the southern regions of the country, and not only in Siberia or the Urals. You will learn how to plant seedlings correctly in the following video.

Care

Let's talk about the peculiarities of the agricultural technology of this culture. Pepper care, like eggplant care, includes many important steps. This plant requires a temperature of about + 20 - 25 degrees. If the indicators fall below +13, caring for the plant involves covering it with protective materials. Also, competent care is impossible without watering with warm water (about +24 - 26 degrees). It should be rain or settled.

Before flowering, watering should be done once a week, in a hot period - twice. The rate is up to 12 liters per square meter. During the flowering and fruiting period, caring for peppers, like eggplants, involves watering up to three times a week and 14 liters of water.

Also, agricultural technology is impossible without fertilization. During the flowering period, a mixture of leaves of nettle, woodlice, coltsfoot, dandelion, plantain, mixed with 10 liters of rotted manure and 10 tbsp. spoons of ash. During the fruiting period, they are fed with a solution of 5 liters of poultry manure and 10 liters of rotted cow manure. When caring for plants, be sure to loosen the soil.

Mulching will also help you in caring, which will protect the soil from drying out and restrain the growth of weeds. Caring for plants also involves tying. This step of grooming is required as the pepper has fragile shoots that can break. It is recommended to plant tall crops around the garden, which will help in the further care of this vegetable - they will protect the planting from drafts and wind. This is, in brief, the agricultural technology of this beautiful vegetable crop.

About pollination

The cultivation of pepper also presupposes proper pollination to obtain a high and quality crop. The culture is self-pollinating, but experts and experienced gardeners advise having bumblebees or at least bees on the farm. Although the plants that are in your garden plot may well pollinate other insects available. In the production conditions of the modern world, it is customary to use whole bumblebee families for pollination of vegetable crops. If the plants during the period of intensive development cannot receive proper pollination, then the fruits of the vegetable can grow deformed.

At home, the following method is used - a triangle is cut off from an ordinary school gum, pricked on a needle, and then, with the help of such a simple device, they simply transfer pollen from one flower to another. If you grow this vegetable on a personal plot, then parsley and coriander planted in aisles will become a good bait for pollinating insects. The use of apple and banana skins has also worked well.

Planting, Care and Harvesting Video

All three of these operations are an integral part of obtaining a rich harvest. To avoid mistakes, we recommend watching the following video.