Bitter pepper and pepper bulgarian cultivation

Sweet Bulgarian pepper has become an integral part of many everyday dishes for us, giving them a unique delicate taste. The most interesting thing is that this seemingly southern fruit can be grown at your dacha without unnecessary hassle.

Pepper is a Bulgarian growing, which has a number of features like any other garden crop. However, you can grow Bulgarian pepper in your dacha if you want, without any problems, if you take into account the following nuances.

Pepper bulb cultivation of seedlings

In the first place, you need to pay attention to the quality of seeds, what seeds are such and shoots. After picking up the seeds, they must first be etched in 1% solution of potassium permanganate for 20 minutes and let dry, hold for 2 days at zero temperature, and finally sow in a special box with the already prepared soil mixture consisting of peat, humus and soil in a ratio of 0.5: 1: 2. And sprinkle the earth with no more than 0.5 cm and cover either with glass or with a film that needs to be turned over daily so that the condensate does not get on the sprouts. From the moment of planting the seedlings should be watered 2 times a week. When it reaches a height of 20-25 cm, it can be planted in the ground. Pepper bulgarian cultivation of seedlings in a box takes about 1.5-2 months.

Before planting sprouts of Bulgarian pepper in the soil, the land needs to be prepared. First, the land must be dug up and fertilized with complex fertilizers. Then you need to dig holes, they should be shallow, but the root and part of the stem of the plant should be covered with earth.

Remember that after potatoes and tomatoes, Bulgarian and hot peppers should not be planted.

The density of planting of Bulgarian pepper depends on the variety - if the variety is short, it can be planted at a distance of 15-20 cm, and if tall, later varieties are planted at a distance of 40-50 cm.

Pepper bulgarian cultivation: watering and fertilizers

Bulgarian pepper requires a lot of water for normal growth and development. So if you want sweet and juicy Bulgarian pepper water it, do not let the earth wither .

It is best to water either early in the morning, or after the sun disappears beyond the horizon. This is necessary in order to protect the tender leaves of seedlings from burns.

In hot hot days it is desirable to water every day, and if overcast in the sky, then every 2-3 days.

If you did everything correctly initially, then fertilizing seedlings for the second week after landing in the ground, you can no longer feed it. For top dressing, buy a complex mineral fertilizer and dissolve it, as indicated on the label, in water. One liter of fertilizer per liter.

Collection of Bulgarian pepper is made from the end of July.

Hot pepper cultivation

Hot pepper is a growing and caring, for which there is little difference from the care of sweet pepper. Its fruits are widely used in cooking of different countries, it is associated with a sharp taste, which causes appetite and improves digestion, stimulating the secretion of gastric juice. In hot pepper contains essential oils, vitamin C, P, as well as B vitamins.

Sprouts for hot pepper are grown, similar to growing seedlings for Bulgarian sweet pepper. Sowing in boxes and watering for 50-60 days, and then landing in the ground. Planted bitter pepper tape. Between the rows should be about 20 cm, and in the row between the plants about 20-25 cm.

Hot pepper needs moderate watering, approximately 2 times a week. The most important thing in caring for hot pepper is constant loosening and periodic top dressing if the plant is weak.

The collection of hot pepper begins when the fruit blushes, this is called a period of technical maturity. Collecting the harvest, remember that the red pepper should be dried in the air for 5-6 days, and then, strung on a silk thread or fishing line, hang in garlands on the wall. Good luck and excellent harvest.