Pepper grows poorly in the greenhouse than to feed. How to feed peppers in a greenhouse: remedies and recipes. Folk recipes for feeding vegetables

Not every gardener manages to get good pepper seedlings. Well, about an adult, developed plant, giving large, tasty yields, many generally only dream of. The reason is that pepper needs special conditions for growth and care, an essential part of which is feeding. If it is not fertilized, it begins to slow down its growth, stretch out, and not grow into a beautiful bush, hurt, reduce the yield or quality of the fruit. How to feed pepper and how to do it correctly, you can read below in the article.

How often to fertilize peppers?

Pepper California Miracle

Before you feed the pepper, you need to figure out how often you need to do it with this or that fertilizer. The intensity of top dressing is influenced by many factors (variety, climate, place of cultivation, quantity and variety of pepper), but mainly you need to pay attention to the quality of the soil. Pepper loves nutritious soil, and does not develop at all in empty soil. Therefore, it is necessary to plant seeds or ready-made seedlings only in fertilized soil and, as the culture grows, and, that is, the consumption of nutrients from the soil, feed it.

If we talk about normal soil, then pepper needs about 5 dressings for the entire development period. The first is carried out after picking the seedlings into separate cups (2-3 leaves). The day before planting seedlings in a permanent place in open or closed ground, you also need to carry out top dressing in order to reinforce the seedlings. When the seedlings take root in a new place (2 weeks after planting), you can fertilize them. The next fertilizer is applied already during the flowering period, and then during the beginning of fruiting (fruit formation). After the fruits begin to grow, fill with color, top dressing is carried out only as a last resort, for example, if the plant withers, develops poorly. Do not forget that any feeding at this time can negatively affect the quality, taste and even color of the crop.

Interesting!

It is very easy to determine whether the pepper feeding was carried out correctly. If the plant has new, green leaves, then everything was done without mistakes, but if the development has not changed, the leaves do not grow, the color fades, then, most likely, something was done wrong.

How to feed peppers for growth?

Types of top dressing for pepper

If the pepper does not grow well or does not develop properly, you need to apply the appropriate fertilization. Sluggish leaves, dull color of the bush, thin stem, weakness of twigs indicate a lack of calcium, nitrogen, boron, phosphorus, iron, zinc, manganese, copper and some other elements. How to feed the pepper to restore its appearance and accelerate growth?

Eggshells are most often laid in the ground when planting a plant, but you can also make an infusion. For this, crushed shells of 2-3 eggs are taken, filled with 3 liters of water and infused in a dark place for 3-4 days. Then it is used for watering young and already mature bushes. This tool has especially proven itself when growing seedlings.
The herb infusion contains an abundance of various elements. It will be beneficial for plant growth and development, as well as significantly increase yields. To prepare the drug, you need to grind the leaves of plantain, coltsfoot, dandelion, nettle, wood lice and pour water in a ratio of 1: 5. They insist on the remedy for a week, and then use a liter for each bush.

Interesting!

Top dressing of peppers is usually carried out in the morning or in the evening, when the sun does not shine too brightly, it is not hot outside, there is no rain.

In order for young seedlings to develop quickly, you need to add a handful of ash to each hole, when planting in a permanent place.
Yeast promotes the growth of root and green mass, increases productivity, so you should not neglect such fertilizer, especially since it is natural and harmless. 1 kg of wet yeast is infused in 5 liters of water all day (preferably in a dark, warm place). Then add 2-3 tablespoons of ash to the solution and use it for watering.

Yeast fertilizer is useful, but it is used only in combination with ash, since yeast itself leaches potassium from the earth.

For active plant growth, you can also use mineral fertilizers. At the first feeding, it is worth providing an abundance of potassium and nitrogen to the plant, using, for example, "Kemira-Lux", "Kristalon" or "GUMI Kuznetsov" according to the instructions. If you wish, you can make fertilizer yourself. A bucket of water takes 3 tablespoons of superphosphate, 3 teaspoons of potassium sulfate, 2 teaspoons of ammonium nitrate. During the second feeding, the same means are used, but the concentration increases by 2 times.

How to feed peppers for a good harvest?

Pepper harvest

A large crop of pepper can be obtained only with timely, good dressing. You can make them yourself or use purchased ones. So, how to feed the pepper? Many gardeners prefer to use traditional methods. These include green infusions, decoctions, and fertilizers made from organic waste such as banana peels, vegetable peels, eggshells, ash and similar ingredients.

The peel of 2-3 bananas is crushed and infused in water for 3 days. After that, the infusion is filtered and the peppers are watered. Banana peel contains a lot of potassium, therefore it is extremely necessary in the spring, during the growth of the plant and during fruiting, so that the pepper is beautiful, even, rich in color.
At the time of flowering, it will not hurt to feed the peppers with bird droppings or humus. But using them in their pure form is dangerous, so a solution is being prepared. Chicken droppings are mixed with water in a ratio of 1:10, and humus 1: 5 and then used for irrigation. But you can use either humus or droppings at a time, it is not recommended to combine them.

Interesting!

Pepper is very fond of ash. This is not only an affordable, but also a very useful fertilizer that has a positive effect on the plant throughout its growing season. But fresh manure can harm the pepper.

The wonderful taste of the fruits and their abundance will provide the gardener with feeding with ash during the fruiting period of the pepper. For a tablespoon of pure wood ash, 2 liters of hot water are taken. After the mixture has been infused for a day, shake it well and use it for watering.
You can increase the yield and taste of pepper with iodine fertilizer. No more than 2 drops of iodine and 100 ml of serum are taken per liter of water. After thorough mixing, you can use the solution as directed.

If there is no desire to engage in natural fertilizers, it can be used as fertilizer and minerals. To increase the yield, the drugs "Agricola", "Uniflor-growth", "Gomelskoye", "Nitroammofoska" and the like are usually used. All of them are bred according to the instructions.

How to choose a top dressing?

Top dressing of pepper

If a gardener does not have time to prepare fertilizers, dilute them, measure and maintain the correct proportions, he simply acquires complex fertilizers for pepper: Ideal, Kemira-Lux, Aquadon-micro, Orton-Fe. They provide the plant with a minimum or maximum of useful substances (depending on the type and concentration), and fully justify their use. Pepper grows well, yields a harvest, becomes more resistant to diseases, growing conditions.

It is only necessary to purchase complex fertilizers, minerals or other ready-made fertilizers, even if it is organic, from trusted sellers or in specialized stores.

The choice of a mineral preparation should be based on the peculiarities of planting pepper (greenhouse, open ground), crop problems (no harvest, weak shoots, loss of color, etc.) and other similar issues. Therefore, the composition before buying and before feeding the pepper, you need to study it well so that it does not turn out that the substance does not contain the elements necessary for the plant.

It is easier with organic fertilizers - they can be made from grass, food stored in the refrigerator. As for humus, compost, droppings and even wood ash, it is advisable to buy them from large farms with a good reputation. After all, bad manure, like other fertilizers, can be infected with pests, diseases, or be of poor quality.

A bed of pepper

Even top dressing when growing peppers does not always give good results if done incorrectly. How to feed the pepper was described above, and now it's worth understanding the features of the procedure.

Pepper dressings are never applied! All fertilizers are poured directly under the bush. And if drops get on the leaves, you need to rinse them with clean water. Since it is very harmful to the plant.
It is only necessary to plant sprouts in a permanent place in nutritious, fertilized soil, otherwise even good seedlings will begin to wither quickly.
Solutions and infusions are always made using warm rather than cold water. Sometimes you need hot water, but only in certain recipes.
If the sun is low, peppers provide additional fertilizing with an abundance of potassium (ash, banana peel). This is especially true for greenhouse varieties.

Finally, I would like to note that you need to be very careful when growing peppers. The plant reacts very sharply to the lack of elements: it worsens the appearance, reduces productivity, fades or changes the color of the leaves. And if such signs appear, it is impossible to postpone with feeding. It is worth remembering that the timely application of fertilizers under the bushes can not only increase the yield or improve the taste of the fruit, but also save the life of a plant that will die in a matter of days with a lack of vital elements.

25.04.2018

Although pepper is called the culture of southern latitudes, growing pepper in a polycarbonate greenhouse with careful care and adherence to the conditions pays off the investment of labor and money. In many regions, due to a lack of heat, fruits ripen only with this method. Here, on the site, you will learn about planting seeds for seedlings, proper care, and also about feeding peppers in a greenhouse: what fertilizers and when to use.

Preparation of pepper seeds for sowing on seedlings is that they are immersed in a pink solution of potassium permanganate for 20-30 minutes, then washed in clean water. After pre-sowing treatment, the seeds are evenly laid out on damp gauze, covered on top and placed in a warm place.

At the optimum temperature (25-30 ° C), the seeds begin to germinate on the 2-3rd day, and some hatch within the first day, but there are not many of them. At a lower temperature, the seeds germinate only on the 10-15th day, and at 15 ° C they do not germinate at all.

How to plant pepper seeds for seedlings at home

After the appearance of small roots approximately 5 mm long, the seeds are sown in prepared containers or pots. It is best to do this in the first ten days of February, so that by the time the seedlings are planted in greenhouses or foil greenhouses, it will be at the age of 70–80 days. In the southern regions, where there is more warmth and light, seedlings are planted at the age of 30-50 days.

Seeds are sealed to a depth of 0.5–1 cm, covered with nutrient mixture on top, slightly compacted, covered with plastic wrap and placed in a warm place (23–27 ° C).

After the emergence of seedlings, the film is removed, and the containers or pots are placed under a fluorescent lamp for two to three days, the temperature should be 14–18 ° C. Subsequently, the duration of illumination is reduced to 12 hours per day.

The temperature in sunny weather should be 21–27 ° С, in cloudy –16–20, at night –12–15, soil temperature - 20–26 ° С. Seedling care. To grow healthy seedlings at home, you need to choose the right area for plant nutrition.

Some amateur vegetable growers tend to plant as many plants as possible in a small area, and this leads to a decrease in the quality of seedlings. Pepper does not tolerate transplanting, its growth and development are delayed for 7-14 days, so it is better to first sow the seeds in small cups, and then transplant the seedlings with soil, without disturbing the roots, into a larger container. This operation is performed 2-3 times.

Pepper seedling care

Seedlings are rarely watered, but abundantly. The dried surface is periodically mulched or loosened.

The first feeding is carried out at the age of 15 days based on:

10 g of ammonium nitrate;
25-30 g superphosphate;
15 g of potassium sulfate;
half a tablet of micronutrient fertilizers per 10 liters of water.

Superphosphate is soaked in 1 liter of warm water (35–40 ° C) a day before feeding and infused in a warm place. When applying dressings, first the seedlings are watered with clean water (in a small amount), then with a nutrient solution (50-100 ml per plant) and then again with water to wash off fertilizers from the leaves.

Subsequent feeding is carried out every 10 days. Plants are fed and watered in the morning.

How to speed up the growth of pepper seedlings

If for some reason you did not have time to sow the seeds, do not worry! Seedling development can be accelerated in the following way:

Seeds are sown later, but from the 20th day after germination, the plants are placed in a dark place.

Every day at 19–20 h for two to three weeks, planting is shaded with opaque material (for example, covered with a second box). In this case, the buds are formed not on the 60-65th day, but on the 40-45th day.

So we made up for lost time!

Growing pepper in a greenhouse: planting timing and care features

By the time the seedlings are planted, the plant should have 12–15 leaves and several blossoming flowers, a height of 25–30 cm.

Under the conditions of the Moscow region, seedlings are planted in polycarbonate greenhouses in early May (if there is an emergency heating system, it is possible earlier), in film greenhouses and hotbeds - on May 15-25 (after the soil warms up to 18 ° C).

In the event of a cold snap, plants in greenhouses must be covered with lutrasil or perforated plastic wrap.

The planting scheme depends on the variety. Usually, the characteristic of the variety indicates the required feeding area of one plant or the planting scheme.

Preparing the soil for planting peppers in a greenhouse

Pepper gives good yields on fertile soil, therefore, before planting, 1 m 2 is applied:

10-15 kg of rotted manure;
25-30 g of ammonium nitrate;
40-50 g superphosphate;
30-40 g of potassium sulfate.

If there is a complex fertilizer, then it is applied at the rate of 70-100 g / m 2.

The soil is dug to a depth of 20-25 cm, lumps are broken and the surface is leveled with a rake, then they are marked and holes are made 12-15 cm deep.

The wells are watered abundantly - 2–3 liters of water each to wet the soil to a sufficient depth.

Planting peppers in a polycarbonate greenhouse

Seedlings are taken with the left hand, passing the stem between the fingers, lightly tapping the pot with the right hand and removing it. So that the pot does not damage the roots and is well removed, it is watered abundantly a day before planting the seedlings.

Plants are placed in the hole at the same depth at which they grew in the pot, deepening is allowed no more than 1–2 cm.

The roots are tightly squeezed with soil, then the plants are watered, the soil is mulched with peat so that a crust does not form.

How and how to feed the peppers after planting in the greenhouse

After planting, the seedlings are fed for the first time in 2-3 weeks.

You can use granulated bird droppings (half a liter can for 10 liters of water), or 15–20 g of ammonium nitrate, 30–40 g of superphosphate, 25–30 g of potassium sulfate or 50–70 g of complex fertilizers for the same amount of water.

This solution is sufficient for 2-3 m 2. Before feeding, the plants are first watered with water, then with a solution of fertilizers and then again with clean water.

Greenhouse Pepper Care from Planting to Harvest

Care consists in regular watering before fruit formation (once a week).

However, pepper plants react poorly not only to a lack, but also to an excess of moisture, so they are watered often, but not abundantly (3-4 liters per 1m 2).

In sunny weather, watering is carried out after 2-3 days, in cloudy weather - after 4 days. The soil should be moistened to a depth of 20 cm.

After watering, it is loosened, but carefully, since the root system is shallow.

The optimum air temperature for plant growth is 25-28 ° C on sunny days, 18-22 on cloudy days, 15-18 at night, soil temperature 20-22 ° C, relative air humidity 60-70%. At temperatures above 35 ° C, flowers and buds fall, at temperatures below 15 ° C, no pollination occurs.

In sunny weather, greenhouses must be ventilated, in cold weather they use additional heating.

Second feeding of peppers in the greenhouse

Flowering is a signal for a second plant feeding. Use Liquid Tomato Fertilizer to feed the peppers for further growth and fruit setting. Potash containing seaweed is ideal.

Apply it every ten days during flowering and fruiting, or according to package directions.

This top dressing will help the peppers grow more flowers and fruits.

Pepper bush formation

Peppers do not need constant pinching or shrub formation like tomatoes. Once the plants have reached a height of about 20 cm, they can be tied (loosely) to the supports so that they do not tilt towards the ground.

When the peppers are 30 to 40 cm tall, pinch the tips of the shoots to encourage the plant to form a rounder, more compact bush.

Harvest

In 30–45 days after flowering, the technical maturity of the fruit sets in, later - the biological one.

Harvesting peppers at the stage of technical maturity can increase the yield by 25–30% due to those substances that went into the formation of seeds at the stage of biological maturity.

In the phase of technical ripeness, the fruit already has its maximum size and crackles with light pressure. It is brighter, tastier, more juicy and contains more vitamins.

When harvesting, it must be remembered that the peppers' shoots are fragile and break easily, so the fruits are harvested very carefully. Regular collection of fruits helps to increase the yield and reduce the shedding of the ovaries.

Planting peppers in a polycarbonate greenhouse is often the only sure way to get a guaranteed good harvest in cold regions. Plus you can try many varieties: thanks to the constant development of new varieties, the choice is huge!

Pepper belongs to nightshade crops that require special care in terms of the application of mineral and organic fertilizers. These seedlings can be grown in greenhouse structures, which allows you to get fruits long before their seasonal appearance in open ground beds. Top dressing of peppers in a greenhouse is the most important component of the correct cultivation of this plant, without which it is not only difficult, but almost impossible to get a good harvest. How to feed peppers in a polycarbonate greenhouse, with what frequency and in what volume - in our article.

Greenhouse soil preparation

As a rule, soil preparation and fertilization is carried out either in the autumn season, after harvest, or in the spring. Summer residents, that is, those who grow vegetables, as they say, immediately on the table, prefer the second option. In this case, at least 10 days before planting the planting material in the greenhouse soil, it must be enriched with nutrients.

Spring work with soil

For these purposes, you should prepare the following mixture:

potassium sulfate - 15 grams;
superphosphate drug –30 grams;
wood ash –7-8 tablespoons;
rotted manure or compost - half a bucket.

The dosage is indicated based on the cultivation of m2 of land. In the absence of the above components, you can use ready-made specialized mineral complementary foods. Preparations of this category, for the most part, are introduced at the rate of two tablespoons per m2 of soil.

In the composition of mineral fertilizers, the amount of chlorine should be minimal.

Before using any finished product, be sure to read its composition. In the presence of chlorine, it is better to abandon such a product, since pepper, in principle, does not tolerate it well, and with an excess it begins to wither instantly.

After applying a complex of fertilizers to the soil, it is necessary to perform shallow cultivation of the beds. After that, abundant watering with warm water is carried out. It is imperative that the water temperature is between 20-25 ° C. This will help the nutrients to be absorbed into the soil faster.

After watering, the land is covered with a colorless film base, which is removed immediately before planting seedlings.

Autumn works

This is a more favorable front of work, allowing better preparation of the soil for planting. Autumn work to improve soil fertility is a key factor in ensuring the growth and development of crops in the next year.

Before winter, complex mineral complexes are not introduced into the soil. It is enough to use organic matter:

manure;
humus;
bird droppings;
peat.

These components are mixed in equal parts, cover the beds with the composition and dug up.

After fertilizing, the beds must be dug up

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How to organize seasonal feeding

First of all, it is worth figuring out when it is necessary to apply fertilizers.

The timing

The time of fertilizing feed application largely depends on the autumn soil cultivation. So, if in the fall the land was treated with compost or humus, and in the spring mineral preparations were added to it, then the quantitative proportion of fertilizer will be minimal, and the timing of their introduction will be late.

Top dressing of pepper seedlings, as well as tomatoes, as well as eggplants, planted in small greenhouse shelters, is carried out once every 15-20 days.

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After planting seedlings

If the seedlings were planted in the greenhouse shelter in a timely manner, when the sprouts already had at least 8 full-fledged leaves, then 15 days after transplanting, mass flowering is observed.

It is during this period that the plants need the first feeding. For this, as a rule, a solution of poultry manure is used, diluted in water purified from chlorine at a rate of 1:15, respectively. Before irrigation, such a mixture should be infused for at least five days. Poultry droppings can be replaced with liquid mullein by diluting it in water in a ratio of 1:10. In this case, the infusion time is seven days.

Chicken droppings as fertilizer

In the absence of organic components, it is allowed to process seedlings with a solution based on the following components:

superphosphate substances - 30 g;
ammonia-based nitrate –20 g;
potassium sulfate - 15 g.

All ingredients are dissolved in a ten-liter bucket.

In addition, there is also feeding of tomato and pepper seedlings with folk remedies. This is the so-called "herbal infusion", which can be easily prepared on your own. To do this, you need the following ingredients:

nettle leaves;
wood lice;
dandelion tops;
plantain leaves.

All greens are finely chopped with a knife. One condition is that the plants should not have seed elements and rhizomes. In the end, you should get about 6.5 kg of green porridge-like mixture, which is placed in a 100-liter container. A barrel is perfect as the latter. Wood ash is added to the gruel in the amount of one glass and a bucket of mullein. After that, the contents are poured with non-chlorinated water and everything is thoroughly mixed.

You can use such a composition 15 days after preparation. Consumption rate - 1.5 liters per one plant bush. Re-introduction of "herbal infusion" is carried out after 15 days after the first fortification procedure.

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Fertilization with folk remedies

To ensure the full cultivation of this nightshade crop, it is necessary to alternate complexes. So, if the first feeding that was introduced into the soil was mineral, then the second must necessarily be based on organic substances. And vice versa.

You can try one of the effective recipes: for a 100-liter container we take one glass of urea, half a bucket of bird droppings and a bucket of rotted manure. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed, filled with water and infused for a week. Such an infusion is used at the rate of 5.5 liters per m2 of land.

Mineral fertilizers, which include superphosphate, must be prepared at least 24 hours before use. This is due to the fact that superphosphate substances are very poorly soluble in water. And the specified time interval is quite enough for this component to dissolve in full.

Foliar application

During the entire period of seedling growth, it requires regular mineral and organic nutrition. And in order to provide the plant with all these microelements, experts recommend resorting to the help of foliar feeding, when the deciduous system of the culture and its stems are irrigated with a nutrient solution.

When the leaves wilt and there is no damage, foliar feeding is carried out

For example, if you are stunted, you can use urea-based irrigation baths (a teaspoon per 10 liters of water). And when dropping ovaries and flowers, an infusion of boric acid is excellent (a teaspoon per ten-liter bucket).

To stimulate good fruiting, irrigation is carried out with a composition of superphosphates (2 teaspoons per 10 liters of water).

Before spraying the plant with a mineral or organic solution, strain it through a sieve. This will prevent insoluble fertilizer particles from getting on the foliage, which can lead to burns.

In order to ensure the protection of vegetation from ticks, aphids and increase resistance to all kinds of diseases characteristic of nightshade crops, experts advise to treat the vegetation with a solution based on wood ash once every two weeks.

How to fertilize pepper properly

Feeding nightshades is carried out every two weeks, alternating not only the type of nutritious food, but also the method (foliar with root).
Before the introduction of the fertilizer, the seedlings are watered abundantly with warm water.
After root irrigation, shallow cultivation and mulching of the soil is carried out to maintain moisture.

Mulching can be done with straw or dry cut grass

Here, in fact, are all the nuances of feeding peppers in a greenhouse. We hope these tips will help you get a high-quality and high yield.

VIDEO: Tips for growing bell peppers in a greenhouse

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Correct feeding of sweet peppers in the greenhouse

Bell pepper belongs to the nightshade family and is a thermophilic plant, depending on the climate of the region, it can grow in soil, greenhouses or greenhouses. This vegetable is picky about potassium and nitrogen, so the question often arises: how to feed peppers in a greenhouse? When applying dressings, varietal characteristics should be taken into account.

At the initial stages, plants simply need phosphorus fertilizers, since they stimulate root development, and to stimulate the formation of fruits, preparations containing calcium and nitrogen should be used. The soil substrate in a greenhouse or greenhouse for peppers should also have sufficient fertility, if the soil is scarce, the peppers may stop growing and not produce such desirable fruits.

Pepper is a very thermophilic plant, and it is in the greenhouse that all optimal conditions of humidity and temperature are created, as a result of which the bell peppers from the greenhouse will delight you with their appearance and taste.

Greenhouse soil preparation

Growth processes directly depend on the composition of the soil in which the pepper seedlings are planted, therefore, before planting the seedlings, it is imperative to prepare the greenhouse soil. For this, measures should be taken to disinfect the soil; for this, a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate is used (0.5 liters of solution per square meter). The following solutions are introduced before planting:

a solution of rotted manure, for its preparation one liter of mullein is used, a spoonful of copper sulfate per 10 liters of liquid. This solution is applied in a dose of five liters per meter approximately 5-6 days before planting pepper seedlings;
a mixture of 20 grams of superphosphate, potassium sulfate and azophoska;
to prevent the appearance of excessive moisture, the soil should be sprinkled with ash or dolomite flour, these substances help to avoid an increase in acidity;
the introduction of sawdust, rotted manure and peat into the soil makes it possible to improve its structure, sometimes crushed egg shells are used for these purposes.

In some cases, greenhouse soil is prepared in the autumn period, and 5 kilograms of fertilizer per meter can be used as nitrogen fertilizer, and superphosphate can be applied at a dose of 50 grams per meter. After the autumn top dressing, in the spring, it is enough to dig up the soil with a turnover of the layer.

Greenhouse peppers must have a long growing season. Known greenhouse peppers are:

Amica F1 is an exotic type of peppers with cream-colored fruits;
"Golden Pheasant";
"Sun";
"Orange Miracle";
red fruits are possessed - "Veronica", "Anastasia", "Kolobok", "Shorokshary".

Feeding technique

For the cultivation of peppers in a greenhouse, it is very important not to overuse fertilizers, therefore, it is enough to introduce useful elements every two weeks. First, the peppers should be watered abundantly and only then fertilized.

Then loosening is carried out, if the soil surface is covered with mulch, it is not necessary to loosen it. Organics and minerals must be properly alternated throughout the growing season. For correct feeding, the following terms and proportions must be observed.

First introduction

At the initial stage, feeding of peppers in the greenhouse is carried out 10-15 days after placing the pepper bushes in a permanent place. Often, seedlings are planted at the stage of reaching a height of 20 cm.At the moments of ovary formation, bird droppings should be introduced, observing the dosage of 1 part of droppings and 10 parts of water.

Important! Experienced vegetable growers recommend using herbs as micro- and macroelements. In this case, various herbs (nettle, woodlice, thistle) are finely chopped, two pinches of wood ash and a bucket of rotted manure are added, all this is placed in a container with a volume of 100 liters and water is added.

In this case, the herbal gruel should be about 8 kilograms. Such a solution is infused for 10 days, after which it is watered, approximately 1.5 liters per bush.

Second introduction

The second time the peppers are fed after 15 days, it is during this period that the alternation should be taken into account, that is, if at the beginning, you carried out the treatment with mineral fertilizers, then the next time it is carried out with organic elements.

The following composition of nutrients is used as a top dressing: a glass of urea, half a bucket of bird droppings of rotted manure, all the components are poured into a container or container with a volume of 100 liters and water is added, then they are allowed to settle for 8 days, after which watering is carried out at the rate of 5 liters solution per meter.

The saturated green color of the leaves and stems signals that there is an excessive nitrogen content in the soil, in these cases the following mixture should be prepared: add a teaspoon of potassium sulfate and superphosphate to 10 liters of water.

Spraying or foliar feeding solves several problems:

to stimulate growth processes, peppers are sprayed with a solution: one teaspoon of urea per 10 liters of water;
if pepper drops leaves and fruit ovaries, fertilizing with a solution should be carried out: a teaspoon of boric acid and 10 liters of water;
if the fruits ripen unevenly, then it is necessary to spray with a mixture of one teaspoon of superphosphate and 5 liters of water.

To protect plants in the greenhouse from pests, spraying with an aqueous solution of ash is carried out.

Important! Pepper has a negative attitude to excess nitrogen-containing fertilizers, such an excess leads to the formation of a rich green ground mass, but slows down the formation of ovaries and fruits.

Feeding mode

To develop a feeding regime during the growing season should be based on what fertilizers were applied to the soil in autumn and spring. Peppers that grow in small greenhouses should be fed about once every two weeks, 3 times per season. Phosphate fertilizers should be applied throughout the entire period, one might say, from the seed to the period of fruit formation.

Phosphorus has a beneficial effect on the development of the root system and accelerates the ripening of fruits. Magnesium and calcium have almost the same effect, therefore, timely and regular application of such fertilizers will help to get excellent yields of aromatic peppers.

Organic fertilizers are needed for peppers throughout the entire period, the main requirement for such fertilizers is the introduction of drugs in small doses.

Important! To preserve the bushes, fresh manure should not be used as an organic fertilizer, as it can cause damage and the bushes will simply burn.

An effective fertilizer is a solution containing:

Ammonium nitrate - 20 grams.
Potassium sulfate - 30 grams.
Superphosphate - 40 gr.
10 liters of water.

Conduct regular inspections of the bushes, and if you find the following undesirable signs:

Twisting the edges of the leaf plates indicates a lack of potassium.
If a darkened color (purple) appears on the back of the leaves of the pepper, this indicates a lack of phosphorus elements.
Gray color of stems and leaves signals a lack of nitrogen.

In such cases, top dressing with spraying will help you, a huge advantage of foliar dressing is that nutrients with this method quickly penetrate the leaves and stems and have a positive effect.

In rare cases, additional feeding is carried out, which have a purposeful effect, for example:

strengthening of growth processes;
acceleration of ripening effects;
stimulation of the formation of ovaries.

Conclusion

From the above information, it is easy to understand that in order to get a good harvest of peppers, three important steps should be taken:

the right choice of variety;
prepare the soil well;
develop a competent feeding scheme and know exactly how to feed the peppers in the greenhouse.

Observing all the steps, you can be sure that you will delight your loved ones and relatives with the sweet and aromatic fruits of the bell pepper. Good luck!

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How to feed the pepper after planting in the greenhouse?

You can get an excellent harvest of peppers if you feed the plants in the greenhouse on time and correctly. Pepper belongs to those crops that react very well to the presence of mineral fertilizers in the soil. It is especially recommended to feed with nitrogen and potassium, but the chlorine content in fertilizers should be in minimal quantities, and even better if it is completely absent in them.

The choice of fertilizer will depend on various factors - on the variety and age of the seedlings, on their condition, on the weather. For normal growth and development of pepper, it will be necessary to apply phosphorus fertilizers to the ground during this period until the hearth is formed. During growth and fruiting, the plant needs nitrogen and calcium. At the time of ovary formation, potassium supplements should be used.

Young plants at the time of active growth must be fertilized with mineral and organic fertilizers. Watering should be done carefully at the root, so as not to fall on the foliage and stems.

Fertilizers for greenhouse peppers

After planting in the greenhouse, it is not necessary to feed young peppers immediately, but after a couple of weeks. The best option would be to use natural fertilizers. You can dilute chicken droppings (take 1 to 5), infuse the mixture for at least five days. In addition to chicken droppings, liquid mullein is suitable, which is first bred in a ratio of 1 to 10 and insisted for at least a week. If there are no organic fertilizers, then you can prepare a solution using ammonium nitrate and superphosphate (40 g each) and potassium sulfate (20 g), all this needs to be dissolved in ten liters of warm water. The water temperature should be approximately the same as the ground in the greenhouse (about 25 ° C). Before fertilizing, you must first pour warm water over the pepper. And after top dressing, it is imperative to loosen the ground around the bush, if the soil is not mulched.

For the first feeding, you can prepare herbal fertilizer. To do this, you need to collect all the weeds that are on the site (for example, dandelions, plantains or nettles) to get about six to seven kilograms. The mass should be free of roots and seeds. After that, the greens are crushed and placed in a barrel, where a bucket of mullein and a glass of ash are added, water is poured and mixed well. After seven days, you will have a herbal fertilizer ready that is perfect for the first feeding of peppers. A liter of fertilizer should be consumed for each bush.

A couple of weeks after the first feeding, another one is performed. At this point, ovaries should begin to form on the pepper. This time, you should definitely feed the plants with organic fertilizers.

It is necessary to carefully examine the stems of plants and shoots. If they turn out to be very fragile, and the foliage has a rich dark green color, then this is a sign of oversaturation of the earth with nitrogen. In such a situation, a teaspoon of potassium sulfate and a tablespoon of superphosphate should be diluted in warm water (10 l).

Further, during the entire cycle of growth and fruiting, peppers will need different substances (zinc, iodine, manganese, calcium and others). It is recommended to carry out top dressing by spraying the plants from a spray bottle. It is very useful to do foliar dressing with ash diluted in water, which contains a lot of elements necessary for pepper.

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Fertilizing pepper in the greenhouse

Rules for caring for peppers in a greenhouse
- How to feed weak pepper seedlings in a greenhouse?
- Dates for fertilizing loose peppers in the greenhouse
- How to fertilize peppers depending on their age?
- Correct ratio of nutrients in fertilizers
- Spring feeding of greenhouse peppers
- Summer dressing of pepper in the greenhouse

With the onset of the warm season, you can often be on the street, walk, relax and, of course, work. This applies mainly to summer cottage work, because it is outside the city that you have to devote a lot of time to such a process as planting various crops, processing them, watering and much more. Do not forget about the need for timely feeding of peppers to the greenhouse and other crops, such as cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes.

Peppers should be 75-85 days old before planting in open ground.

Tools for working with pepper seedlings.

There are several important conditions that must be met first. First of all, if you are planting peppers in the ground not in the house, but in a greenhouse or greenhouse, you need to check the soil. It should be soft, warm and moist enough. Ideal peppers grow in the area where onions or carrots were grown last season, but you must avoid soil where tomatoes or potatoes grew the day before, as they are exposed to the harmful effects of the same pests with peppers. Before planting seedlings in a greenhouse, you need to fertilize the soil using rotted manure or compost. This will be the first feeding of pepper in the greenhouse. If you cannot find this type of fertilizer, then in any specialized store you will definitely find something that will suit both your site and the pepper.

Fertilization should be carried out a second time no earlier than 1.5-2 weeks after the pepper is planted in the greenhouse. And in the third - during the fruiting period. Also, do not forget about additional feeding of pepper in the greenhouse. So, if you notice that the plant needs feeding, be sure to do a backup fertilization. This can be understood by the appearance of the stem and leaves of the pepper. For example, if the basal leaves turn purple, then pepper needs phosphorus, nitrogen deficiency manifests itself in the acquisition of a gray dull hue by the plant, in case of a lack of potassium, the leaves dry out and begin to curl.

Each of the above additives are necessary, but their action is aimed at some one process - flowering, fruiting and plant growth.

In any case, it is necessary to monitor the development and condition of the pepper when organic fertilizers are introduced into the soil.

Organic fertilizers should be used regardless of the condition of the soil and how well the pepper grows. Such feeding will not hurt, but it will not be superfluous either. In order to strengthen the seedlings in the greenhouse, try saturating the air with carbon. To do this, it is best to install a manure digestion tank in the greenhouse and fill it half with fresh manure and half with settled warm water. Fertilizing peppers even at the seedling stage allows you to create strong shoots, which are later much easier to adapt to the future environment.

In the cold northern climate, it is almost impossible to get a good harvest of sweet peppers without feeding them anything, because this plant is very sensitive to the composition of the soil. If it is not fertile enough, the plant will not bear fruit well in it. There are many fertilizers, and figuring out which substances your sweet bell pepper needs and when it needs to be fertilized is quite difficult. In this article we will try to understand this in more detail.

Greenhouse soil preparation

In a polycarbonate greenhouse, the soil must be prepared before planting. For one square meter in the ground, you need to add:

1 tablespoon superphosphate;
1 glass of ash;
1 teaspoon potassium sulfate
half a bucket of humus.

You can also add compound fertilizer if it doesn't contain too much chlorine. It needs to be brought in 1-2 tablespoons per square meter of land. After preparing the soil with fertilizers, it must be thoroughly loosened and poured with warm water, and then covered with a clean transparent film. Then leave the soil under the film for a couple of days before planting the bushes.

Top dressing of peppers in the greenhouse

Top dressing depending on growth

During the period of growth and flowering

2 weeks after planting, young peppers are in dire need of potassium, calcium, phosphorus and nitrogen. If you like using organic matter more, then take chicken manure (dilute 1: 5 with water), wood ash (200 g per bucket of water), manure (1 kg per 10 l of water), and from mineral - Nitroammofosku or Azofosku, use them according to the instructions.

During flowering

At this time, it is necessary to fertilize the soil with potassium, for example, dry potassium or urea, 1 teaspoon per bucket of water. If you are an adherent of organic matter, then you can fertilize the soil with nettle infusion.

During fruiting

For increased growth of large and healthy sweet fruits, fertilize the plants with superphosphate and potassium salt (2 teaspoons per 10 liters of water). In addition, it is recommended to use manure or chicken droppings - stir in a 1: 2 ratio with cold water.

Top dressing in the greenhouse in spring

In the spring, feed your peppers with mineral fertilizers. Wood ash works well, and to avoid blackleg disease, you can treat the plants with black tea (1 cup per 3 liters of water).

Feeding with urea

Urea is a storehouse of nitrogen. It is a white granule that dissolves quickly in water. It is important to store it exclusively in a dry place. You can process the bushes when there is no direct sunlight. Urea can only be mixed with other fertilizers in dry form.

For feeding sweet peppers after planting (after 10 days), urea (10 g) and superphosphate (5 g) are used per 10 liters of water. For each bush, you need to spend a liter of solution, while not processing the leaves. The second feeding is done before the flowers appear. She needs: urea: 1 tsp;

potassium salt: 1 tsp;
superphosphate: 2 tbsp. l .;
water - 10 liters.

During flowering, feed your peppers with the following fertilizers:

urea - 20 g;
superphosphate - 30 g;
potassium chloride - 10 g;
water - 10 liters.

urea - 1 tbsp. l .;
mullein - 1 l;
chicken droppings - 0.25 l.

Folk remedies

Iodine

It has long been known that iodine is a source of vitamin C in vegetables; it has a good effect on the yield, weight, color and taste of sweet peppers. Iodine can be used at all stages of pepper growth: you can fertilize seedlings, adult plants, and also be used as a remedy.

To process seeds, you need to prepare a solution of 1 drop of iodine and a liter of water, and then soak the seeds in this mixture for 6 hours. Young seedlings can be watered with a solution of 1 drop of iodine per 3 liters of water. To feed adult peppers, mix 3 drops of iodine with 10 liters of water and pour over the peppers without touching the leaves and stems. To protect sweet peppers from disease, use the following solution: for 10 liters of water, a liter of whey, 20 drops of iodine and a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide. Spray the plants with this solution very carefully, paying attention to the back of the leaves.

However, be careful: carefully observe the dosages described above, because even 3 grams of iodine in the fruit of sweet pepper can be dangerous to humans.

Mullein feeding

Cow dung surpasses the excrement of other animals in the content of nutrients such as nitrogen, calcium and potassium in it. To prepare a mullein, you will need to mix cow dung with water in a 1: 5 ratio. Infuse this solution for 14 days.

For the first time, the soil is fertilized with a solution right before planting sweet peppers in an amount of 1 liter per well. 15 days after planting, you can fertilize the plants again with the same solution. The second time, the plant should be fertilized after flowering, diluting the solution 1:10 and adding a little mineral fertilizer. The third feeding should be carried out if the fruits of sweet peppers do not ripen well.

Technical implementation of dressings

When to feed

The feeding scheme depends on how, with what and when the soil was fertilized. If in the fall the soil was flavored with compost or humus, and in the spring - with mineral fertilizers, then you can feed your peppers much less often. Plants in small greenhouses can be fertilized every 15-20 days.

First feeding

The first feeding of sweet peppers is usually done 15 days after planting in the soil. During this time, she will be ready to receive fertilizers. For feeding, you can use the above recipe with urea: 5 g of superphosphate and 10 g of urea per bucket of water.

Second feeding

It is carried out during the ripening of the sweet pepper flower buds. At this time, the plant needs potassium, so we use the following composition: 1 tsp. potassium, 1 tsp. urea, 2 tbsp. superphosphate in a bucket of water.

Foliar dressing

This type of feeding has a number of incomparable advantages: it significantly thickens the stalk of sweet pepper and increases the mass of leaves, flower buds are formed more abundantly.

It is necessary to observe some conditions for foliar feeding:

it is better to do it in cloudy weather;
air temperature no more than 22 degrees Celsius;
stomata are open on the leaves of the plant.

For foliar feeding, make the following mixture:

potassium sulfate (solution 1%);
superphosphate (solution 2%). This substance is poorly soluble in water, so it needs to be infused or stirred in boiling water for 15 minutes for a day;
urea (solution 2%).

Organic lovers can also use a well-known folk remedy - infusion of weeds or nettle. It is important to pay attention to the inner surface of the leaves, there is a more porous structure and microelements are better absorbed.

Feeding mode

Each gardener chooses the mode himself based on how well his sweet peppers feel. The first feeding is done 15 days after planting the seedlings in the ground, then every week.

The yield of most garden crops depends on the nutrition that humans provide. Bell peppers are no exception. Like other vegetables, they need certain nutrients, so it will be useful for every gardener to learn how to feed peppers in a greenhouse and open field, from seedlings to adult plants.

Peppers can be properly fed with both industrial-made mineral fertilizers and organic, but home-made. You need to use them more often, the poorer the soil on which these delicious vegetables grow, because they have an enviable "appetite".

Mineral fertilizers

Those gardeners who have been growing sweet peppers in their beds for a long time actively use ready-made mineral mixtures for dressing, including certain components. This is very convenient, because at each stage of development of this culture, it needs different chemical elements. For example, at the initial stage of growth, bell peppers especially require nitrogen and potassium, so for the first time take the following mixtures for feeding seedlings:

Kemira-lux (20 g of fertilizer per 10 liters of water);
GUMI Kuznetsova (2 tsp dilute in 10 liters of water).

Even during this period, you can use a mixture of potassium sulfate (3 tbsp), ammonium nitrate (2 tsp) and superphosphate (3 tbsp). Dissolve it in 10 liters of water. For the 2nd and 3rd feeding, use such complex fertilizers for pepper as: Kristalon (20 g of powder per 10 l of water), Agricola, Gomelskoe, Uniflor-growth, Nitroammofosk.

Organic fertilizers

You can also feed sweet peppers with organic matter collected in your home. Below you will find recipes for using organic fertilizers.

Manure or bird droppings

If you have pets, use fresh manure diluted in warm water in a ratio of 1 to 10 and bird droppings - 1 to 20. Leave to infuse for a day and water the plants with the resulting liquid during their intensive growth.

Ash

Wood ash is another must-have organic fertilizer when growing bell peppers. Young plants will need it already when planting in beds or in a greenhouse, so when you transplant seedlings, put a handful of ash in each hole. In the future, water them with an aqueous solution of this fertilizer, which is prepared in the ratio: 5 tbsp. l. ash on a bucket of warm water.

Feeding pepper with ash should be carried out separately from fertilizing with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, both of a mineral nature and organic, since they are mutually exclusive.

Kitchen waste

In addition to traditional manure and ash, feel free to use kitchen waste to feed bell peppers: stale bread, eggshells, dried banana skins, and unusable dairy products.

Bananas contain a lot of potassium, so powder from dry skins can be added to the soil already at the stage of planting seedlings, and then water the adult plants with tincture from fresh skins (insist 2-3 days in 3 liters of water).
Milk and eggshells contain calcium in a form that plants can easily absorb, so make them a nutritious tincture for your pets. Take 3 or 4 egg shells, crush them into powder, pour it into a 3 liter jar, fill it with hot water and leave for 3 days. Water the seedlings with the resulting solution.
You can fertilize pepper with a fresh infusion of herbs that are easy to find in any garden: nettle, woodlice, dandelion and plantain. Cut them into small pieces, pour a bucket of warm water, leave for a week, and then pour this liquid over the peppers (1 liter for each pepper bush).

Iodine

Feeding peppers with iodine pursues several goals at once: it stimulates growth, increases productivity, improves the taste of fruits, and prevents diseases. To feed the peppers, 1-2 drops of the usual alcoholic tincture of iodine, dissolved in 1 liter of water, are enough. Another 0.1 L of fresh milk whey can be added to this liquid.

Yeast

Feeding pepper with yeast is an agricultural technique that is not yet familiar to all gardeners, but very useful for the sweet peppers themselves, since yeast contains a lot of useful substances: nitrogen, iron, phosphorus, minerals and especially vitamins.

Yeast tincture has a double effect: it perfectly stimulates the development of the root and aerial parts of these vegetables, and also activates the reproduction of beneficial soil bacteria.

For feeding peppers, both fresh and dry yeast are suitable. Prepare the fertilizer as follows:

Take 1 kg of fresh yeast.
Pour 5 liters of heated water over them.
Leave to infuse for about 1 day.
Dilute the infusion in 5 buckets of water and use it for watering.

Prepare a dry yeast feed in much the same way. Take 1 sachet and dissolve it in 1 bucket of warm water. Add 2 tbsp to it. l. sugar and leave for 2 hours. Then add 0.5 liters of yeast liquid to 10 liters of warm water. There is not so much such vitamin supplementation, it is enough to fertilize the peppers 2 times during the entire growing season.

It should be noted that it is necessary to prepare yeast feeding with the addition of ash, since yeast contributes to the fact that the potassium in the soil becomes inaccessible for assimilation by plants.

How to determine what peppers are missing from their appearance

Peppers will only grow and develop successfully if the soil contains exactly the nutrients they need and if they are balanced. It is possible to determine the shortage or excess of chemical elements by the appearance of the plants. If the peppers have:

The leaves have become pale green, yellowness has appeared on them, and the plants themselves have few flowers, which means that they lack nitrogen. Pour mullein solution over them.
Yellow-gray specks appeared on the leaves, and they began to curl into a tube - calcium deficiency. Stop feeding them nitrogen and potassium.
The leaves turn yellow, wither and fall off, and the ripening fruits are too small - this means that there is a lot of calcium in the soil. Add nitrogen to the soil.
Pale green leaves - nitrogen deficiency. Water the plants with urea or mullein.
Dark green leaves with a reddish or bluish tint - phosphorus deficiency. Add superphosphate to the soil.

Do not forget to keep an eye on your wards and be attentive to their needs, and for this they will delight you with an excellent harvest of delicious and juicy fruits.

Feeding schemes

Carry out top dressing of bell pepper according to the following scheme:

In the phase of the first true leaves.
When the 3rd pair of leaves appears.
1 week before planting it in the ground.
10 days after planting.
In the budding phase.
During fruiting.

These are the main steps for feeding pepper at home. Let's take a closer look at how to fertilize peppers during different growing seasons.

Seedlings after picking

Very young peppers do not need a highly concentrated fertilizer, as long as a weak solution is enough for them. Therefore, to feed the peppers after the pick, which is carried out 1 week after this procedure, use the following mixture:

ammonium and potassium nitrate - 1 g;
superphosphate - 3 g.

Dissolve it in 1 liter of heated water and pour it gently under each bush. Spend 2 more such stimulating feeding at intervals of 1 week, but in this case increase the proportion of potassium to 8 g. Also, at this time, you can fertilize the culture with liquid mineral complexes or ordinary black tea. Take 1 tbsp. l. tea leaves and fill it with 3 liters of hot water. Insist on it for at least 5 days, and then start watering.

How to feed pepper seedlings for growth at home

During intensive growth of peppers, feed them 2 times every month using synthetic industrial fertilizers and organics. At this time, they must be provided with a sufficient amount of nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. For the first feeding of peppers, which is carried out in the phase of 2 leaves, use Azophoska and Nitroammofoska in the amount indicated in the instructions. Of organic fertilizers, an aqueous solution of chicken manure (at a concentration of 1 to 20), manure (1 to 10), and ash (1 to 50) are well accelerated. Carry out the second feeding after 2 weeks. At this time, the peppers should already have 3 pairs of leaves.

What is the best way to feed peppers after planting in the ground or greenhouse

Fertilizing during planting is the first step in feeding young pepper plants. Before planting the seedlings, place some wood ash in each hole to allow the plants to take root quickly. The first feeding of pepper after planting in a permanent place should be carried out after 10-14 days have passed. Rooted seedlings, in order to grow up, first of all need nitrogen, so feed them with ammonium nitrate, mullein, bird droppings, fermented grass according to the recipes described above.

You can use ready-made mineral mixtures:

GUMI Kuznetsov;
Ideal;
Kristalon;
Sudarushka;
Orton Micro Fe.

The next dressing of pepper in the open field should also be carried out with an interval of 2 weeks. Use the same formulations for feeding peppers in a polycarbonate greenhouse.

How to feed peppers during flowering

Potassium is the element that stimulates the formation of flowers and ovaries, therefore, when feeding already flowering peppers, it is necessary to focus on potash fertilizers. Use urea as well as dry potassium. Dissolve the fertilizing urea in 1 bucket of water (1 tsp).

A solution of superphosphate and potassium sulfate is also suitable. Take 1 tbsp. l. first fertilizer and 1 tsp. second and stir in a bucket of water. Perfectly stimulate the formation of ovaries and dry mixtures:

Ecohuminat;
Summer resident.

Sprinkle them near each bush in the amount indicated on their package and water the plants immediately.

During the period of fruiting pepper and for the rapid ripening of fruits

Bell peppers especially need nutrition during the fruiting period, as they spend a lot of energy on the formation and ripening of fruits. Fertilizers for peppers also need to be applied in order to make the fruit ripening process faster and more uniform. Fruiting peppers require phosphorus and potassium, so feed them superphosphate along with potassium salt at intervals of 2 weeks to get a good harvest. In August, feed the culture with mullein infusion (1 in 20).

Basic feeding rules

Some gardeners, not very experienced in growing pepper, believe that the more fertilizer is applied to the soil, the more abundant the harvest will be. But this is not always the case. If the land is fatty, rich in humus, and the peppers growing on it develop normally, do not get sick and bear fruit well, then you do not need to apply fertilizers, because an excess of nutrients is as harmful as their deficiency.

Use any fertilizer for peppers in the open field and in the greenhouse, only if the plants are lethargic, stunted, have few flowers, and the fruits are small. Especially do not abuse fresh manure and poultry droppings - an excess of nitrogen will lead to the fact that the pepper will grow a lush green mass, and there will be very few fruits on it.

Dilute all fertilizers in heated, settled water. Cold and chlorinated is not suitable. Observe the sequence: first water the soil, and then apply fertilizer. Loosen the soil after each time to break up the crust.

Feed the plants no more than 1 time per 10 days, but no less than 1 time per month. Alternate mineral fertilizers and top dressing of peppers with folk remedies.

When applying fertilizers, try not to get on the leaves, as due to a too concentrated solution, the leaves of the peppers can get burned.

In the same way, you can feed indoor peppers on the windowsill, which is no different from Bulgarian. Feed him the same fertilizers and amounts as his sweet cousins.