Growing pepper in the greenhouse

Peppers in gardening grow only twospecies: sweet, it is also called Bulgarian, and bitter. Sweet peppers, like tomatoes and potatoes, belong to the family of Solanaceae. Usually large fruits are collected still green, but over time they blush.

Pepper is a plant that is thermophilic. For normal growth, pepper needs not only a higher air temperature, but also increased humidity, so this culture is better to grow in a greenhouse. Growing pepper in a greenhouse is possible with other crops, for example, cucumbers.

In open ground conditions, pepper grows inareas with mild climate and in a protected area from the wind. For growing pepper in less favorable conditions, greenhouses with high walls or film tunnels are used. Growing pepper in a greenhouse is possible in the soil, in film bags filled with nutrient mixture or in pots.

Growing pepper in the greenhouse begins withsoil preparation. It should be fertilized every year, organic and mineral fertilizers should be applied. After applying the fertilizer, the grove is shallowly dug, watered and closed for several days with a film. This is done so that the fertilizer is absorbed as best as possible.

Pepper in a greenhouse in the middle band is planted inmid-May. Two rows of holes are made on the bed in thirty centimeters. The depth of the holes is 10-15 centimeters. If you plant peppers in this way, the peppers will support each other, and they will not need to be tied up. At the bottom of the hole you need to put one handful of ash and a third of a tea spoon of superphosphate. You can add a handful of humus if there is not enough fertilizer in the ground. All components should be mixed well with the soil and watered with magnetized water or a weak solution of potassium permanganate at a rate of one and a half liters per well.

Seedling pepper two hours before landing in the greenhousewatered. Transplant plants should be done in the evening, gently taking them along with a clod of earth, so that the roots are not damaged. After transplanting, the soil around the plant needs to be compressed, and then watered and sealed with humus or peat. You can use for this purpose a black film, or a non-woven material.

Growing of sweet pepper in a greenhouse occurswith a certain temperature regime, that is, the daytime temperature should be 25-28 degrees, at night - 14-16. If the temperature in the greenhouse is lower than 15 degrees, the growth of plants will stop and the flowers will fall off. Therefore, when the plants cool off, you can additionally cover with a film or nonwoven material, laying it directly on the plants. But if the temperature is above 45 degrees, the plants will die.

Adjust the temperature in the greenhouse by ventilating, opening the doors and transoms only on one side to avoid draft. At night, the greenhouse should always be closed.

Growing peppers at home is not difficult,you just need to properly form a bush. It is easier to take care of peppers than for cucumbers or tomatoes - they do not tie it and do not patronize. Shoots and leaves that are below the place where the main stem branch - are removed. Keep only two or three strongest stems, the rest - to pinch. As the plant grows, each next branch should be left with one stem. At the end of the season, the tops are pinched. Peppers should be watered regularly, as the flowers begin to fall off from lack, and the fruits - to grow smaller.

If the greenhouse is heated - pepper,mostly tall varieties, are planted in the greenhouse by seeds no later than March 1, and if the hothouse is not heated, then in mid-May. Growing pepper in a greenhouse will allow an earlier and amicable crop to be obtained in July, while in open ground only in August-September.

Ripe peppers are removed from plants as needed. If you grow green fruits on plants for a week or two while growing peppers in a greenhouse, they will turn red.