Growing pepper seedlings: Part 1

Cultivation of pepper seedlings begins with the preliminary preparation of the soil. A good soil mixture should be prepared fora few days before planting the seeds. During this time, the soil must acquire room temperature. You can prepare the substrate yourself, for which use such components: lowland peat, manure humus and turfy land. The amount of this or that component depends only on your capabilities. But in any case, the main component of the mixture should be peat. The sod land and humus should be used as a supplement.

Growing pepper seedlings: seeds

Before planting peppers, you should prepare the seeds forsowing. Seeds of pepper retain their germination for 1-2 years (if they were stored in a warm room). When storing seeds in a cool room, the germination capacity remains up to 3 years. At the end of this period the seed germination significantly decreases. If you are not sure of your seeds, we recommendcheck them out. Try to germinate a few seeds of pepper. To do this, they are sown on a rag or napkin, which is constantly kept moist. If in 3-5 days on the seeds appeared root tips, then everything is in order.

Remember that pepper seeds germinate for a very long time. When directly sown in the soil, they ariseonly in two weeks. Sprouted seeds grow much faster. Before planting it is recommended to sort the seeds. Any damaged seeds should not be used. Before planting, the seeds can be treated with a growth stimulant. In this case, the seeds will germinate much faster.

Growing pepper seedlings: planting time

One of the main issues that cares for gardening is when to sow pepper on seedlings. So, most often pepper for seedlings put in the endFebruary or early March. This time is considered ideal for the early planting of pepper. By May, when the soil in the country site warms up well, the seedlings will be ready for planting.

Also, do not forget that when planting peppers on seedlings should always be taken into account favorable and unfavorable days. All this information can be found in the lunarsowing calendar for 2012. Always check with it when you plant any crops. After all, thanks to this calendar, you not only learn when to plant pepper on seedlings, but also the best time for its landing in the open ground.

Growing pepper seedlings: sowing seeds

Seeding of pepper on seedlings is best done in small cups. Then you can transplant peppers from themby transferring to another larger container. Of course, planting pepper on seedlings in ordinary low boxes or special cassettes is also possible. But the fact is that the pepper badly suffers a dive, because it has very weak roots. As a result, after diving, pepper slows its growth and development for several days. Also fruiting begins a little later than in unpumped plants (an average of 8-9 days).

The prepared container is filled with a substrate 2-3 cm below the edge. Lightly compact the substrate and pour it orpure standing water at room temperature, or a weak pink solution of potassium permanganate. One and a half to two hours after watering, you can sow the seeds. To do this, make a match in the groove in 1 cm and throw each dimple for one seed. The distance between the seeds should be about 2-3 cm.

When you have finished landing, sprinkle seeds with earth. Cover your container with film or newspaper. Before emergence, put the box with the substrate in a place where a constant temperature of 23-26 ° C is maintained.

And how to care for seedling, its diving, fertilizing and tempering before landing on a permanent place, you will learn in the second part of our article.