What do gardeners who decide to grow bell pepper need to prepare ? Planting and caring for this plant in our country in the open ground are probably more complicated than in a greenhouse, because it comes from warm countries and, therefore, likes a lot of light and high temperatures. Culture is planted in the form of seedlings in late May, when the probability of frost is almost absent.
How to prepare beds on which bell pepper will grow? Planting and plant care should be preceded by the choice of a fertile, weed-free area with sufficiently moist soil and good drainage. Per square meter of the ridge, it makes sense to add one teaspoon of urea, a tablespoon of superphosphate and potassium sulfate, as well as a glass of wood ash. The earth is dug up to the full depth of the shovel (bayonet), after which it must be poured with a hot mullein solution (temperature about 80-90 degrees, half a liter of fertilizer per 10 liters of water), 3 liters per square meter. meter.
In what order is the bell pepper? Planting and caring for it are performed in two main ways. The first is a line planting of seedlings at a distance of about 0.4 meters and with an interval between rows of about 0.5 meters. In the second case, young plants are located in 2-3 pieces on the territory of 0.5x0.5 or 0.7x0.7 meters, respectively. Each plant must be tied individually as it develops. This is especially true of varieties grown in the greenhouse, because they, in contrast to low soil, can reach a height of 0.85 meters.
How to water bell pepper? Planting and caring for such a moisture-loving crop suggest that before flowering the plant needs about 12 liters of warm water per square meter. meter landing once a week (from a watering can). During flowering and during the period of fruit formation, watering is done only under the root, approximately in the same volume once or twice a week.
How to feed Bulgarian pepper? Folk methods recommend taking 10 tablespoons of ash, a bucket of mullein and 5-6 kg of nettle, dandelion, woodlice, coltsfoot (finely chopped) per 100 liters of water and let it stand in a barrel for a week. After this, the solution is mixed and made one liter under a plant in the flowering phase. During the formation of fruits, a bucket of wet bird droppings and two glasses of nitrophoska are insisted on 100 liters of water. After 5 days, the solution is stirred and added per liter to each pepper plant. Note that top dressing during fruiting can be repeated, and all solutions in the form of heat (25-30 degrees) need to be applied under the root on moist soil.
Pests of bell peppers are represented by fungal diseases, spider mites, slugs, as well as aphids, which are not averse to eating juicy leaves and fruits. Measures to combat each "enemy" of their own. For example, a spider mite at any stage of plant development is neutralized with garlic, onions, dandelion leaves, minced and mixed with a tablespoon of soap in ten liters of water. Plants are sprayed with a solution obtained after straining. Such measures can maintain an attractive appearance of the product.