How to feed pepper seedlings in a greenhouse. How to feed peppers in a greenhouse? During the fruiting period of pepper and for the rapid ripening of fruits

It is hard to imagine a modern table without sweet pepper. This vegetable attracts cooks with its excellent taste, nutritionists note a low calorie content with an excellent set of vitamins. Consumers like the special taste and aroma. Therefore, in the garden, the delicious nightshade culture won its place.

It is cultivated not only in the southern regions, even in rather cool places with a short summer, they try to grow an indispensable vitamin product.

Sweet pepper is a rather thermophilic plant. It is grown both in open ground, using the simplest shelters, and in greenhouses.

As practice shows, the yield inside the protected ground structures is 30 ... 50% higher than it is received on the field. The explanation is quite simple: there are no sudden temperature changes that overlap the stomata during the cooling period. Nutrition from the roots is ongoing, which is a guarantee of increased productivity.

It is known that in order to obtain the greatest return when growing any crop, it is necessary to create a maximum of conditions under which all the positive qualities of the plant are manifested. So for pepper it is necessary to perform certain measures:

the soil layer should be light enough, the content of the sand component in the upper part, where the main root system is located, should contain at least 50% sand;
a slightly acidic soil reaction is desirable (pH \u003d 5.8 ... 6.3). When preparing the soil for planting, 10 ... 15 g of slaked lime per 1 m 2 is added to it;
good growth occurs during daylight hours of 8 ... 14 hours. Long summer days with a high intensity of solar radiation are sometimes unnecessary, they tire the plant, so it is advisable to cover from direct sunlight.
In greenhouses made of polycarbonate, the throughput is at the level of 82 ... 87%. Therefore, the sun's rays are weaker. However, with a reduction in daylight hours, it is desirable to illuminate the bushes, photosynthesis is possible only when irradiated for at least 8 hours;
at a soil temperature of 15 ... 23 ° C, the root system provides normal nutrition, the growth of stems and fruits occurs quite intensively. Air temperature above 18 ° C but not more than 28 ° C is optimal for growth. At night, it is necessary to lower the temperature to 15 ° C. Then sugar accumulates in the fruits;
sweet pepper is demanding on moisture. But watering should alternate with the flow of air to the roots. Therefore, the organization of drip irrigation will be optimal. You need enough warm water, not cooler than 18 ° C. Therefore, when growing inside the greenhouses, containers are installed where the irrigation fluid is heated during the day;
in order for the plant to develop during the entire growing season, top dressing is needed. They are produced with organic or mineral fertilizers. However, the use of manure from cattle or sheep is undesirable. The acidity of the soil increases.

How is top dressing done?

Do you need special fertilizers for peppers? How and when to top dress? - These and similar questions are asked by beginning summer residents.

Frequency of feeding

Pepper will be in the greenhouse from mid-April to the last days of October. It can grow further. This plant is known to be perennial. On the windowsills of many users, peppers grow for several years, giving a plentiful harvest.

To add additional fertilizers is necessary as the growth of the stem. After transplanting into seedling peat pots, it is advisable to give a small bait.

Seedlings are growing rapidly. But she needs to grow not in height, but in breadth. Therefore, at the stage of pot growing, potash and phosphorus fertilizers are needed. To be carried away by nitrogen top dressing in this period should not be.

Five to seven grains of potassium salt and superphosphate are poured into each plant. For the period from March to mid-April, when the planting of the protected ground will be carried out, this amount will be enough.

Before planting in a permanent place you need to fertilize the soil. It is necessary to make:

gypsum (powder), if pH \u003d 6.5 ... 7.2, or slaked lime, at pH \u003d 5.2 ... 6.0. The amount depends on the reaction of the soil. Usually you need about 10 ... 15 g / m 2. It is not difficult to check, on sale there are pieces of litmus paper, as well as indicator scales, with the help of which the pH level is specified;
boric acid in an amount of 3 g / m 2;
ammonium nitrate 15 ... 18 g / m 2;
superphosphate 22 ... 25 g / m 2;
potassium salt of 8 ... 12 g / m 2.

Stir thoroughly after application. Planting holes must be shed with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate. A small portion of potash fertilizers and manganese, necessary for the growth of green mass, will enter the soil.

Subsequent feeding is needed with a frequency of two weeks. The last distribution of fertilizers is carried out in mid-September. Before the season closes, the plants will use what they received for several months.

The increase in green mass is not needed. The fruit ovary ceases, there will be no flowers. It affects the reduction of daylight hours.

Attention! In calves, where it is possible to highlight and maintain the required temperature, the cultivation of pepper can continue. It takes about a month for the plants to rest. Then start feeding, stimulating growth and fruiting.

Pepper Fertilizers

We can not help but talk about organic dressing. They are necessary, since the use of organics enhances soil fertility.

Organic grass dressing

Herbal infusion is used in cases where there is no manure or litter on the site. In this case, weeds are sufficient.

It is necessary to collect at least 6 ... 7 kg of weeds in the total mass. It is desirable that among them were:

nettle, it contains a large amount of protein, which, when fermented, forms easily digestible nitrogen and potassium fertilizers;
quinoa, it contains a lot of sugar, as well as phosphorus. Upon decomposition, compounds soluble in the soil will be formed;
celandine, contains iodine, potassium and sulfur. All of these substances are beneficial to any plant;
a dandelion and a shepherd’s bag carry phosphorus and potassium from the soil. If weeds are made to roam in solution, then they will be returned, taken from the soil;
creeping wheatgrass contains a huge amount of nitrogenous compounds, its rapid growth is the result of excellent assimilation of nitrogen from the soil;
legumes, for example, mouse peas, add to the solution all the necessary complex of nutrients.

You can not ferment, but just chop all the collected weeds. But they may contain seeds that begin to germinate, interfering with cultural plantings. When fermented, seed germination is lost. They become unviable.

All collected weeds are placed in a barrel or flask (it is preferable to flag, it has a tightly closed lid). Then pour water. You do not need to specifically heat it, the container will be in the sun, where it will warm up.

When fermentation begins, the internal reaction will maintain the temperature a few degrees above the surrounding value. It is advisable to close. If there is no cover, then stretch the polyethylene.

Attention! Cover so that a rather pungent and unpleasant odor does not spread around the solution.

After 10 ... 15 days (at an average air temperature of 18 ... 22 ° C), fermentation ceases. All nutrients from the stems and leaves turned into liquid. You can use organic fertilizer. Before use, small portions are diluted at least 10 times. The concentration of nutrients is very high.

Sweet pepper is poured into the solution at the rate of 10 liters of liquid per square meter of plantings. The solution can retain its properties for a month and a half. If you keep the container open, then part of the nitrogen evaporates.

Competent gardeners overflow the solution. The remaining rotted stems are used as mulch, laying them on the beds. Time will do the trick; stacked items rot during the summer.

Organic top dressing with manure (litter)

If there is rabbit manure, then it can be used without prior preparation. Pellets sprinkle in the basal part of pepper.

Watering, you can observe how the balls gradually dissolve and are absorbed in the soil. It is the softest and most beneficial of all types of organic fertilizers. It contains all the necessary substances. Even trace elements are presented in full.

Other organics will have to be soaked. Fermentation is necessary, as a result of which manure from an undigested form will become available to plants.

4 ... 6 kg of organic impurities must be dissolved in 40 ... 60 liters of water. You will also have to close it so that unpleasant odors do not interfere with others. As a result of fermentation:

the seeds of plants present in the organic matter will die and never germinate;
all nutrients will go into accessible form and will be dissolved in water.

It is necessary to water the plants, diluting the resulting liquid one to ten. The remaining solids can be dripped. He will give the remaining food in it for a long time.

Mineral Feeding

The easiest way to feed with mineral fertilizers. Nitroammofoska contains 16% of all necessary substances. It is bred in irrigation water. Pour 60 g of granules into 10 l of water. Then pour an area of \u200b\u200b1 square meter.

Nitrofoski, in which all fertilizers are contained in 10 ... 12%, you need to add more, about 75 g per 10 liters of water.

You can independently prepare a mixture of mineral fertilizers, and apply for regular top dressing during the growing season. Sweet pepper will produce crops in the greenhouse from mid-July until frost.

Sweet pepper is a representative of nightshade (along with eggplant and tomatoes). This perennial plant species, the fruits of which are consumed both in fresh and in processed form, is shrubby. Vegetable culture responds well to substances introduced into the soil. Peppers are especially good at nitrogen and potassium, but you need to be careful with chlorine - the vegetable does not like it.

What loves sweet pepper

In general, pepper is known as a rather whimsical plant, but you should not be afraid of it and refuse to cultivate the culture. It must be remembered that it does not tolerate abundant watering, as well as a lack of water. Pepper bears fruit well when the weather is warm and sunny. Loosening the soil should be carried out carefully, since the vegetable crop has a superficial root system.

It should be remembered that such a vegetable crop as peppers loves loamy and fertile soil. The plant does not tolerate heavy earth because it is acidic. If this is the soil on the site, it should be lightened. To do this, use peat or sand, which is introduced when digging the earth. Along with this, you can add last year's organic mixture, for example, cow manure or compost.

The composition of organic and mineral fertilizers added to the soil depends on factors such as the age of seedlings, the variety of vegetables, and weather conditions. You should also understand what is specifically applied for top dressing for sweet bell pepper. For example, phosphorus additives are necessary for the growth and development of a plant (before the stage of fruit formation). During the period of active formation of ovaries, pepper requires potassium. Throughout the entire period, starting from development and growth, and ending with flowering, the vegetable crop needs to be fed with calcium and nitrogen.

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With prolonged cloudy weather, the amount of potash fertilizers should be increased by about 1/5. In the event that it is dry and sunny on the street, on the contrary, their number should be reduced by 20%.

Outdoor feeding

When the seedlings grow to the desired size, they transfer to its planting in open ground. Peppers must be thoroughly fertilized before this. For these purposes, use wood ash, potassium sulfate, as well as humus and superphosphates. To simplify the task, you can use ready-made complex fertilizer for sweet peppers, which contain a balanced amount of nutrients. Fortunately, in the 21st century, such mixtures can be easily found on the market. After transplanting seedlings in open ground, feeding should be continued with a clear frequency until the formation of the first fruits.

In general, the start date for feeding pepper depends on factors such as planting time, volume, quantity and composition of the first fertilizers. For example, in case of top dressing in the fall, in the spring less mineral fertilizers will be required.

Sweet peppers planted on open ground are traditionally fed once every 3 weeks. Planting seedlings is carried out when the plant reaches a height of about 15-25 centimeters, as well as when buds are planted. About 2.5 weeks after transplanting the vegetable crop to a permanent place, it blooms. It is during this period that the first top dressing is carried out.

To do this, use stale cow manure or a solution of bird droppings diluted in water. If there are no ready-made organic fertilizers, then pepper is fertilized with a composition dissolved in warm water from ammonium nitrate, superphosphate, and also potassium.

Useful fact

An excellent fertilizer that contains all the necessary macro and trace elements is an herbal cocktail. It is very easy to do it yourself. This will require herbs such as dandelion, nettle, plantain, as well as any weeds. Plants are finely chopped and used as top dressing.

The second feeding of pepper

After two weeks, after the first application of nutrients, a second top dressing should be carried out. It occurs during the formation of inflorescences, up to the moment of formation of the first fruits. In the event that minerals were previously used, now organic substances should be used. For this, you can use urea, bird droppings, as well as manure from last year. The ingredients dissolve in water and infuse for a week. Top dressing is performed as follows: five liters of liquid per square meter of area.

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As already mentioned above, peppers need various trace elements throughout the entire period of development and growth. These include phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, iodine, zinc, molybdenum, manganese and boron. Foliar top dressing is an ideal way to add nutrients. In other words, pepper is sprayed with a solution containing the necessary elements.

Pepper fertilizer in greenhouses

A strange fact, but pepper, which is grown in a greenhouse, and not on open ground, is fed with useful substances in a completely different way. So, organic matter has a positive effect on the amount of future crops, and minerals are responsible for the height and volume of bushes.

When planting pepper in a greenhouse, you should adhere to the following fertilizer application:

Feeding rules

There are a number of rules that must be observed when organizing feeding for seedlings of sweet pepper:

This vegetable crop does not tolerate fresh manure very well. Last year’s best fertilizer is best for these purposes.
Seedlings are forbidden to feed after the picking procedure, you should wait two weeks.
The fertilizer solution should be slightly warmer than room temperature.
Feeding should be done carefully, without getting on the stems and leaves of pepper.
The best time to fertilize peppers is early morning or evening after sunset.

Types of fertilizer for pepper

Mineral fertilizing for peppers is used only in liquid form. It is customary to dilute powders in water at room temperature to the required consistency, after which the composition is watered with soil under the plant, without getting on the stems and leaves. Today, in the market for garden products, you can find various mineral mixtures. Experts and experienced gardeners advise you to purchase integrated products that have a balanced composition.

As for organic fertilizers, the best option here is last year's manure and bird droppings. This type of fertilizing has a beneficial effect on the amount of the future crop and its fruitful properties. Fertilizing the soil with fertilizer is carried out in accordance with previously developed schemes, so as not to overfeed the vegetable crop.

Folk fertilizer from ash and shell

Tip
If you put the fertilizer being prepared next to pepper seedlings, hydrogen sulfide released into the air will positively affect the plant, stimulating its development. Before making the resulting solution, the soil should be thoroughly fluffed.

How to fertilize with yeast

The introduction of yeast into the soil positively affects the composition of the soil, completely rebuilding its structure. Fertilizing microorganisms contribute to the rapid growth of seedlings, as well as increase the productivity of vegetable crops.

In order to prepare top dressing, the following ingredients should be mixed: 10 grams of dry yeast, a bucket of water, 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar. The resulting solution is concentrated, therefore, before fertilizing the soil, dilute it with water in a proportion of one to ten.

Experienced gardeners sometimes replace yeast with wheat grains. To do this, they should be filled with water and left in a warm place for a day. During this time, the grains swell, after which they need to be ground into gruel and mixed with sugar. Before using fertilizers, the mass is also diluted with water in a proportion of one to ten.

Additional fertilization

Sometimes it happens that a vegetable crop requires additional fertilizer in addition to the main scheme and the norm of feeding. This can happen when the soil is too acidic and pepper bushes grow very slowly.

Additional feeding is carried out in accordance with the following rules:

Overfeeding the soil can adversely affect the fertility of peppers.

When applying fertilizers and fertilizing sweet pepper, you need to understand how one substance or another affects the plant, as well as what the consequences of an overdose are:

Conclusion

Pepper is undoubtedly a popular vegetable on the Russian table. It is used in raw form (adding to salads), as well as in processed - stewed, pickled. Thanks to the peculiar taste and useful composition, the vegetable won the love of gardeners.

Summing up, it should be noted that top dressing of such a vegetable crop as pepper has a great influence on its productivity. It is important to make top dressing according to the scheme and within the recommended norm, without overfeeding the soil. And remember, that plant, which was properly looked after, will definitely thank you with juicy fruits.

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Pepper, like tomatoes, eggplant, belongs to the nightshade family. All these vegetable crops respond very well to mineral fertilizers applied to the soil, especially potassium and nitrogen, only pepper needs them slightly higher than tomatoes. Chloride does not tolerate pepper well. Because of this, when fertilizing, components with a minimum chlorine content should be used, and even better, without it at all.

The composition of mineral fertilizers that are applied to the soil strongly depends on the variety of planted seedlings, as well as on its age, weather conditions and the size and number of ovaries formed.

It should be understood for what purpose fertilizers are applied. So for normal growth and development, from the time of the appearance of the first sprouts to the beginning of fruit formation, pepper needs phosphorus fertilizers. During the entire time of growth, development and fruiting, he needs nitrogen and calcium. In the period when the plants actively form the ovaries, in order for them to develop normally, it is necessary to feed with potash fertilizers.

So, if there is cloudy, not very sunny weather on the street for quite a long time, then you need to increase the amount of potash fertilizers by about 20%. In the case of constant sunny weather, reduce the amount of potash fertilizers also by 20%.

Before embarking on planting seedlings in beds, they must be specially prepared and fertilized. The following fertilizers must be introduced into the greenhouse soil, based on 1m 2:

1 hour a spoonful of potassium sulfate;
1 tbsp. a spoon of superphosphate;
1 glass of wood ash;
½ bucket of humus or compost (last year).

The above mineral fertilizers can be replaced by a complex, preferably specialized, introducing approximately 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons per m 2. Before applying, carefully read the composition indicated on the package. If the fertilizer contains a large amount of chlorine, then it is better not to use it, since pepper very poorly tolerates this substance. (See Fertilizing a tomato in a greenhouse)

After the fertilizers have been applied, it is necessary to loosen or a shallow digging of the ridge, after which it should be shed with warm water and covered with a clean transparent film. In this state, the prepared ridge is left for several days, up to the time of planting.

Basic Rules

Peppers are fed every two weeks. Dissolve organic and mineral substances in warm, standing water. Its temperature should be close to the soil temperature in the greenhouse (approximately +25 0 С).
Before feeding, each plant should be watered with warm water, and only then fertilizer should be applied.
After the procedure has been carried out, the soil around each plant should be superficially loosened if it is not mulched.
It is necessary to alternate fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers.
Any top dressing should be carried out only on moist soil. Therefore, a couple of days before this, the plants must be properly shed.

Important: do not give the pepper an excess of nitrogenous fertilizers, as this will lead to the plant building up a large green mass, to the detriment of the setting and development of the fruit.

Organization of the procedure during the season

When to feed?

The timing of the beginning of feeding depends on at what time and in what volume, how and by what, the ridge on which the pepper was planted was refueled. If in the autumn compost or humus was laid in the soil, and in the spring during digging, the earth was fertilized with mineral fertilizers, then there is less need for fertilizers and fertilizing can be carried out somewhat later.

Peppers planted in small greenhouses can be fed less frequently - once every 15-20 days.

First feeding

Planting pepper seedlings in a greenhouse is carried out when the plant reaches a height of 15-25 cm, it has at least 8 real leaves and buds are already planted. Thus, about 14-15 days after transplanting peppers to a permanent place, the plants begin to bloom.

It was at this time that the first top dressing of peppers was carried out in the greenhouse. You can use a solution of any bird droppings in water in a ratio of 1:15, which has been infused for at least 5 days, or a liquid mullein in a ratio of 1:10, which has been infused for a week.

In the event that there is no organic fertilizer, then you can dissolve 40 g of superphosphate and ammonium nitrate, add 20 g of potassium sulfate, in 10 liters of warm and settled water.

Tip: a very good fertilizer containing all the necessary micro and macro elements for plants is the so-called “herbal tea”. Making it yourself is very simple: nettle, wood louse, dandelion, plantain or coltsfoot, that is, any weeds that you remove from your site are chopped or chopped.

It is important that the plants have no seeds and roots. All this green “pulp”, the weight of which should be about 6-7 kg, will fit in a 100 liter barrel. There they lay 1 glass of any ash and a bucket of mullein. Water is barrel-boiled, and then all its contents are thoroughly mixed.

The resulting composition should be infused for at least a week. The first top dressing of tomatoes in the greenhouse, and of any other crops, including pepper, is 1-2 l for each plant.

Two weeks after the first feeding, during the formation of the ovaries and the development of the fruits, a second feeding is carried out.

Second feeding

In the event that the first feeding of pepper in the greenhouse was carried out with mineral fertilizers, the second should contain organic substances. To do this, you can breed 1 glass of urea, ½ bucket of any bird droppings, 1 bucket of last year's manure in a 100 liter barrel. All components are filled with water and left to infuse for 5-7 days. Then it is used at the rate of 5-6 liters of solution for each 1m 2.

In the event that you notice the fragility of the stems or shoots of peppers, as well as saturated dark green leaves, indicating an excessive amount of nitrogen in the soil, you can feed the plants by dissolving 1 teaspoon of potassium sulfate and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of superphosphate in 10 liters of water.

Foliar top dressing

During the entire period of growth and development of peppers, plants need both calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and calcium, as well as trace elements such as iodine, molybdenum, zinc, boron, manganese.

A good way to convey all these necessary and important substances to the plant is foliar top dressing, in other words, spraying the entire plant with a fertilizer solution.

If the plants grow poorly, foliar top dressing will help to stimulate the processes of growth and development. To do this, dilute 1 teaspoon of urea in 10 l of water.

In the event that the plants began to shed flowers and ovaries, foliar feeding of peppers with a solution of boric acid (a solution of 1 teaspoon in 10 liters of water) can help. When the fruits are poorly formed, you can spray with a solution of 1 hour. tablespoons of superphosphate in 5 liters of water.

Before starting spraying, the prepared solutions should be filtered and then sprayed with a spray bottle.

In order to protect peppers in the greenhouse from pests such as spider mites and aphids, as well as increase the resistance of this culture to various diseases, it is recommended to periodically foliar feed the plants with an aqueous solution of ash, which contains all the necessary elements.

Bell pepper belongs to the nightshade family and is a heat-loving plant, depending on the climate of the region, it can grow in soil, greenhouses or greenhouses. This vegetable is demanding on potassium and nitrogen, so the question often arises: how to feed pepper in a greenhouse? When feeding, varietal features should be taken into account.

At the initial stages, plants simply need phosphorus fertilizers, since they stimulate root development, and preparations containing calcium and nitrogen should be used to stimulate the formation of fruits. The soil substrate in a greenhouse or in a greenhouse for peppers should also have sufficient fertility, if the soil is sparse, peppers can stop growing and not give such desired 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 bell peppers from the greenhouse will delight you with their appearance and taste.

Greenhouse soil preparation

Feeding Technique

First application

Second application

Feeding Mode

Conclusion

Greenhouse soil preparation

Growth processes directly depend on the composition of the soil in which the seedlings of peppers are planted, so before planting seedlings, it is necessary to prepare greenhouse soil.

For this, measures should be taken to disinfect the soil; for this, a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate (0.5 l of solution per square meter) is used. Before planting make the following solutions:

a solution of rotted manure, one liter of mullein, a spoon of copper sulfate per 10 liters of liquid is used for its preparation. Such a solution is applied in a dose of five liters per meter approximately 5-6 days before planting seedlings of pepper;
a mixture of 20 grams of superphosphate, potassium sulfate and azofoski;
to prevent the appearance of excess dampness, the soil should be sprinkled with ash or dolomite flour, these substances can avoid an increase in acidity;
the introduction of sawdust, rotted manure and peat into the soil can improve its structure, sometimes crushed eggshells are used for these purposes.

In some cases, greenhouse soil is prepared in the fall, 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 autumn top dressing, in the spring it is enough to dig the soil with a turnover of the reservoir.

Varieties of peppers grown in greenhouses should have a long growing season. Famous varieties of pepper for greenhouses are:

Amika F1 is an exotic look of peppers with cream-colored fruits;
The Golden Pheasant;
"Sun";
"Orange Miracle";
“Veronica”, “Anastasia”, “Kolobok”, “Shorokshary” possess red fruits.

Feeding Technique

To cultivate pepper in a greenhouse, it is very important not to abuse fertilizers, therefore it is enough to introduce useful elements every two weeks.

Pre peppers should be abundantly watered and only then fertilizer should be applied.

Then carry out loosening, if the soil surface is covered with mulch, loosening is not necessary. Organics and minerals must be correctly alternated throughout the entire growing process.

For proper top dressing, the following terms and proportions must be observed.

First application

At the initial stage, peppers are fed in the greenhouse 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 time of formation of the ovaries, bird droppings should be made, observing the dosage of 1 part of the litter and 10 parts of water.

Important! Experienced vegetable growers recommend using herbs and microelements as microelements. In this case, various herbs (nettle, wood lice, sow thistle) are finely chopped, two pinches of wood ash and a bucket of rotted manure are added, put all this in a container of 100 l and add water.

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

Second application

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

As a top dressing, the following composition of useful substances is used: a glass of urea, half a bucket of bird droppings of rotted manure, all components are poured into a container or container with a capacity of 100 l and water is added.

Then they are allowed to stand for 8 days, after which they are irrigated, at the rate of 5 liters of solution per meter.

The saturated green color of the leaves and stems indicates that the soil contains an excessive nitrogen content, in these cases you should prepare this mixture: add 10 teaspoons of potassium sulfate and superphosphate to 10 liters of water.

Spraying or foliar top dressing solves several problems:

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

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

Important! Pepper negatively relates to excess nitrogen-containing fertilizers, such an excess leads to the formation of a saturated green ground mass, but inhibits the formation of ovaries and fruits.

Feeding Mode

To develop a feeding regimen 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 approximately once every two weeks 3 times per season.

Phosphorus fertilizers should be applied throughout the entire period, it can be said, from 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.

Almost the same effect is exerted by magnesium and calcium, so timely and regular application of such fertilizers will help to get excellent yields of fragrant peppers.

Peppers need organic fertilizers 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 organic fertilizer, as it can cause damage and the bushes will simply burn out.

An effective fertilizer is a solution containing:

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

Carry out regular inspections of the bushes, and if you find the following undesirable symptoms:

Twisting the edges of the sheet plates indicates a lack of potassium.
If a darkened color (violet) appears on the back of the leaves of the pepper, this indicates a lack of phosphorus elements.
The gray color of the stems and leaves indicates a lack of nitrogen.

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

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

strengthening 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 done:

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

Observing all the stages, be sure that you will delight your loved ones with the sweet and fragrant fruits of bell pepper. Good luck

Pepper, like most solanaceous, refers to those vegetables that can not tolerate low temperatures. To grow a decent crop is a real problem for cold climatic zones. Experienced gardeners and gardeners amateurs know that for growing pepper Must have greenhouse (or greenhouse) and well-fertilized soil. The soil should be saturated with the necessary substances and mineral additives for optimal growth and development of pepper seedlings. It is necessary to monitor the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen in the earth, because these substances are fundamental for the development of the root system and the formation of fruits. Nitrogen tends to be washed out due to frequent watering, so it is applied more often. There are many remedies and recipes, how to feed pepper in a greenhouse. They will be discussed in this article.

Pepper feeding mode

Follow the feeding regimen - a prerequisite for growing peppers.

Peppers are fed for the first time 1 month after planting, then regularly every 10 days.

For the first feeding, a mixture of cow droppings and water in a ratio of 1 to 8 is well suited. It is possible to add slightly concentrated mineral-containing fertilizers to the mullein, in which case the proportion changes and amounts to 1 to 6.

Once every 4 weeks, plants are sprayed with 0.12% calcium nitrate or 0.1% potassium phosphate. Spraying is carried out during the ventilation of the greenhouse to avoid thermal burns of the leaves.

The recipe for feeding peppers in greenhouses

The recipe of our grandmothers - watering slurry - is also effective and is able to create competition with industrial fertilizers. The recipe is simple:

We breed 4 medium cow cakes with warm water 24-27 degrees in a 12 liter bucket (you can use buckets from under the putty). The ratio of mullein to water should be 1:10. Close the lid and insist a day in the heat. Two buckets of the obtained manure concentrate are added when watering on a five-liter bucket. Double superphosphate (50 g per 10 l of the finished solution) can also be added here. Pour the pepper solution under the root. Consumption: 1 liter of solution per 1 plant.

When the first flowers appear and before the formation of ovaries in the greenhouses, we continue to feed the plants.

Feeding Methods

Store fertilizers are applied in accordance with the instructions on the packaging, improvised fertilizers - in accordance with generally accepted doses. It is possible to adjust the amount of fertilizer according to the individual conditions of the plants in the greenhouse.

Fertilizers useful for peppers include:

Ammofoska or nitroammophosphate;
ammonium nitrate;
potassium chloride.

From the available fertilizers for peppers, there are:

Mullein;
   mutton manure;
   chicken droppings;
   organic fertilizers - nettle, ash, sawdust.

If cow dung is familiar to almost every gardener and can be used by any novice agronomist, then chicken and mutton dung should be introduced very carefully.

Dry chicken droppings are introduced only in the row-spacing to prevent “burning” of the plant roots.

On acidic soils, in addition to top dressing, ash and sawdust are added.

Passive top dressing of peppers

In addition to active top dressing of peppers, you can use the passive method of enriching the soil with nitrogen. Thanks to the root system of legumes, the nitrogen content in the soil increases by 10-15%. To do this, we plant peas or beans on resting soils before planting peppers. Creeping varieties can also be used; they can be planted during the flowering period of peppers between planting holes.

Despite the many nuances, if feed peppers in a greenhouse on time, do not forget about plentiful watering and protect seedlings from drafts, an excellent harvest is guaranteed!