Features of the implementation of feeding cucumbers in the greenhouse and open ground. What folk remedies to feed peppers for active growth

An indispensable condition for the well-being of pepper in middle lane Russia is its regular fertilizing different type. It is first produced at the stage of seedling care, and repeated several times until the fruit appears. It is important to accurately calculate the amount of fertilizer and know what bell pepper loves.

Fertilizer recipes for bell peppers

The most suitable fertilizers for this crop are urea and superphosphates. Many summer residents use potash and nitrogen fertilizers, they also use cow dung, bird droppings and other folk remedies. There are many recipes for compounds that benefit bell pepper.

Cow dung and bird droppings are used as solutions. Mullein is bred at the rate of 1:10, and litter 1:12. In the absence of these natural fertilizers, you can use sodium humate, one tablespoon liquid substance to a bucket of water. It is a universal nutrient fertilizer for peppers.
Choose the right composition for specific type soil and the period of development of pepper is not difficult, but there are signs by which you can determine the priority needs of the bushes. So, with a lack of nitrogen, the vegetative mass turns yellow and develops poorly, the absence of potassium leads to a marginal leaf burn, and a lack of phosphorus gives purple hue bushes.
Nettle tea is what you can feed the bell pepper at any period of its development. He's getting ready in the following way: finely chopped nettle stalks are folded into a container - a barrel, a plastic bucket - two-thirds of the volume. They are filled with water, you can rain, and put in a dark place for fermentation. When the mixture stops fermenting (it takes about a week), the liquid from it is used in a 1:10 solution.
Often it is made more saturated. Together with nettles, chopped leaves of dandelion, wood lice, plantain and other herbs are put in a container (even valerian and motherwort are used). A liter of mullein and a glass of wood ash are added to 10 liters of grass with water, and the solution is allowed to ferment. When used, it is also diluted with water.


A popular remedy is nitrophoska - a fairly cheap complex fertilizer. It is made at the rate of 30 grams per 1 square meter earth, dry or diluted with water. It can also be mixed with diluted bird droppings thus making a more nutritious mixture.

Land preparation

Before planting pepper, the ground is also fertilized, but this must be done correctly. If it is known in advance where the seedlings will be planted, then it is possible to determine how to feed the bell pepper even before it is planted. And best time for this will be the introduction of mixtures in the fall.
We are talking about mineral fertilizers, and the following mixture will be universal:
. 1 tbsp superphosphate;
. 1 sl. potassium sulfate;
. 1 tsp urea.
This composition is applied to the soil at the rate of one portion per 1 square meter of land. Depending on the type of soil, it can also be prepared in advance for growing peppers. Yes, in su clay soil bring in one bucket sawdust and rotted manure, and two buckets of peat per square meter. AT clay soil bring in one bucket of peat, humus and sand. And in the sandy two buckets of peat and one bucket of humus for the same area.
The above compositions are evenly distributed over the area of ​​​​future beds, and then they are dug up. Already prepared land is watered with a hot solution of mullein or sodium humate.


Wood ash, often left over from clearing old trees and overgrowth, is a great alternative to potash fertilizers. It is applied to the ground at the rate of 1 glass per square meter in dry form and in solution. In addition to potassium, it contains phosphorus and calcium. The latter is especially necessary for pepper when the fruit ripens. If the soil lacks it significantly, at the stage autumn work also carry out gypsuming of the earth.

Seedling feeding

To know how to feed seedlings bell pepper, you need to take into account the quality of the soil. If this is ordinary land transferred to a greenhouse, then it needs to be enriched with nutrients at least every 10 days. If the mixture was formed specifically for seedlings, three procedures for fertilizing it will suffice.
Often summer residents use the most affordable way feeding seedlings if it is grown on pallets in greenhouses. Between the rows of seedlings, long shallow trenches are made into which a solution of manure or bird droppings is poured. They protect tender seedlings from chemical burns. The procedure is carried out at the stage of the appearance of the second or third sheet.
After diving, ten days later, the second feeding of seedlings is carried out. Complex fertilizers and ash solution, as well as compost tea, are suitable for her. It is best to fertilize with water when watering. You can also use any of the all-purpose mixes that are now sold in abundance.


After 20 days, the third feeding of seedlings follows. A mixture of nitrophoska, bird droppings and ash is ideal for her. It is also applied in the amount of 1 liter of aqueous solution per plant. If the bushes are still small, you can divide the solution into several waterings.

Feeding after planting

Directly when planting seedlings in the holes, 2-3 tablespoons of wood ash can be poured into each hole, and mixed thoroughly with the ground. After a week, you need to think again about how to feed the bell pepper after landing. A solution of mullein or bird droppings is perfect for fertilizer in the first ten days after planting.
Before flowering, you need to repeat top dressing two more times. Mixes are suitable for this. mineral fertilizers, such as "Rizhskaya", "Senior Tomato", "Gomel", as well as a solution of wood ash. A universal remedy will be nitrophoska. For each procedure, you need to choose only one composition - either a complex fertilizer, or a solution of manure or litter.
The next mixture is used two weeks after the previous one. For 100 liters of water add 10 liters of mullein and 5 liters of bird droppings, a glass of urea. Give the infusion to ferment, and leave for 5 days. Then it is thoroughly mixed and used in the amount of 5 liters per square meter.
If the plant needs additional top dressing, you can use universal mixtures or herbal teas. manure in fresh leads to a strong growth of deciduous mass, but interferes with flowering and fruit development.

Stimulation of fruiting

At the flowering stage of peppers, the ground directly around the plants is watered with nettle or herbal tea. One bush consumes 1 liter of solution. This allows you to save all the ovaries and stimulate fruiting. The question of how to feed bell peppers for fruit growth is often of interest to vegetable growers, and you need to understand that the bushes should have enough nutrition in general.
After the ovaries have appeared on the bushes, it is necessary to irrigate with wood ash mixed with water. The calcium contained in it protects the fruits from certain diseases and makes them healthier and stronger. Herbal or nettle teas, and complex fertilizers are actively used during this period.
Any fertilizer for bell pepper is applied to moist soil. Even if an aqueous solution is taken, it must be used no later than three days after watering. The water in the solutions should be warm, 25-30 degrees Celsius. This ensures the safety of heat-loving bushes.


Do not use more fertilizer than recommended. This can damage the bush - branches can become stiff ahead of time, too active growth of the vegetative mass will make it difficult to form ovaries, and can lead to the appearance of empty fruits that fall off long before ripening.
Fertilizing even the most nutritious soils cannot be neglected. Bulgarian pepper is a very heat-loving plant, which in its homeland receives most powered directly from the sun. In our country, it is regular feeding that partly compensates for the climate that is not quite suitable for this crop.

All types of peppers need nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus for good nutrition. Elements for feeding pepper can be taken from mineral or organic mixtures. The second condition for a good harvest is the type of soil: culture grows well on sandy or loamy soils. On this type, the root system receives enough oxygen, does not rot.

The best predecessors for pepper crops are:

• carrot;

• cabbage;

• beet.

It is not advisable to plant after potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, as these crops are affected by common diseases.

Growing seedlings

AT open ground pepper from seeds will germinate for a long time, so they begin to germinate it in winter - January, February. You can check the quality and germination of seeds long before fruiting.

Seeds are folded into cotton cloth, poured warm water so that they are slightly covered, waiting 3-4 days. During this time, sprouts should appear. If they are delayed, then it is better not to use such seedlings, because it will continue to lag behind in development.

Next, the sprouts are planted in containers. The first thing you can feed peppers is growth stimulants. They are sold in gardening stores. When preparing the soil, you need to water it with a stimulating solution. The soil for growing seedlings should contain:

• peat - they use special peat cups, but this is costly;

• garden soil treated with a solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection;

• compost or rotted manure.

In such a mixture, seedlings are located before transplanting into the ground. If the pepper does not grow well, you need to increase watering and set plastic glasses into the world. On organic fertilizer, after three months, the pepper should be ready for planting - have a strong stem and 6 - 7 leaves.

Video: The subtleties of feeding pepper seedlings

How to feed bell pepper seedlings

After the appearance of leaves, you need to dive seedlings. Plastic glasses with a volume of 500 g will do. Holes need to be made in the bottom so that water does not stagnate and the roots do not rot. The best substances than to fertilize pepper after picking, there will be superphosphate, potassium sulfate and urea (urea).

Important! Top dressing is carried out not immediately after picking, but after 2 to 3 weeks. It is categorically impossible to use potassium chloride - pepper does not like it

Order of conduct:

• Pour the soil under the seedlings with warm water.

• Make nutrient solution: for 10 liters of water - 30 g of superphosphate, which must be dissolved during the day, 10 g of urea, 30 g of potassium sulfate (sulphate).

• Spray seedlings before watering, pour under each plant 50 ml solution, again pour clean water.

• Spray the bushes so that drops of the solution do not damage the leaves.

To protect plants from fungus and pests, solutions of trace elements are used - iodine, boric acid, zinc sulfate.

How to feed seedlings of peppers after transplantation

Transplanting bell pepper in open ground is poorly tolerated by the plant. Therefore, it is better not to remove the earth from the roots. The soil needs to be watered well, wait until it is completely saturated, press down the glass from the sides and get the root along with a clod of earth.

In this form, plant in a prepared hole. To improve aeration on heavy clay soils, sand can be mixed into the soil.

Now it's time to think about how to feed the pepper for growth in the new conditions. When the seedlings adapt, you can begin to feed. This will happen in 2-3 weeks. To gain green mass, pepper fertilizers must contain nitrogen. You can prepare a mixture of superphosphate and urea:

• add 5 g of superphosphate to a 10 l bucket of water;

• wait a day until completely dissolved;

• mix 10 g of urea.

Under everyone bush pour 1 l solution. Make sure that it does not get on the leaves - so far they are weak and can burn from urea.

A complex additive for plant nutrition can be the Sudarushka universal fertilizer from the garden-garden series for peppers.

The second dressing of bell pepper

The second top dressing of pepper in the open field should be carried out during the period of fruit set. Before flowering, it is necessary to fertilize the earth well with a potash composition so that the culture does not drop flowers.

The yield and quality of fruit ripening, their taste will depend on the presence of potassium in the soil.

How to feed sweet bell pepper for productivity:

• potassium sulfate - 1 teaspoon per 10 liters of water;

• potassium magnesia - 10 g per bucket;

• potassium salt - potassium oxide, suitable for a neutral pH of the soil on which it likes to grow, 20 g per square meter dissolved in 10 liters of water.

still good fertilizer for peppers there will be superphosphate, which contains potassium and phosphorus.

If the leaves show signs of chlorosis, and this can happen with a lack of nitrogen or iron, then first for 6 - 8 days in a row spray the leaves with a solution of urea - 5 g of the substance per 10 liters of water. If the situation improves, then nitrogen is poorly retained in the soil and foliar feeding can be increased.

Iron deficiency can be eliminated with a solution of trace elements. At the same time, feed the plants with iodine, zinc, boron, copper. This will help prolong fruiting and maintain immunity.

Organic matter for a good harvest

Since the culture of bell pepper does not like acidic soils, then it must be periodically alkalized. Suitable for this:

• furnace ash;

• dolomite flour;

• phosphate rock;

• bone or fish meal.

All these substances contain calcium, which also improves the taste characteristics of the fruit. Bell pepper becomes even sweeter.

Ash

A rich source of phosphorus and potassium is wood ash. It is not recommended to burn plastic or other waste with wood. It can harm human health after eating the fruit.

To mineral nutrition peppers can be added by watering with an ash solution:

• take one glass of ash;

• fall asleep in a bucket of water;

• insist 2 days.

Watering under the root of 0.5 l for each bush. In dry form, it is applied in autumn for digging - 1 cup per sq. m.

Dolomite flour

Contains calcium and magnesium. Gently affects the soil, which allows plants to better adapt. Reduces acidity, which is good for the absorption of other fertilizers for sweet peppers, since calcium promotes the growth of the root system, and magnesium improves photosynthesis and nitrogen absorption.

Phosphorite flour

Contributed once every 3-4 years. It has long term decay. All this time, it releases nutrients into the soil. It is advisable to make it in the fall, since before planting the additive will not have time to decompose into sufficient, and plants will experience phosphorus starvation.

Phosphorite flour is the very fertilizer that can be used to feed peppers in August-September. After harvest make 20 kg per hundred square meters of land and dig. For the next 5 years, you can forget about the need to deoxidize the soil.

Bone or fish meal

It is considered a long-term additive, which can be used to fertilize peppers during the fruiting period for a good harvest. Contains calcium and phosphorus. Can be used alone or in compost.

Completely decomposes in the ground in 8 months. If you add to the soil under peppers in the fall, along with fresh manure, you can get good harvest next year. Both substances will have time to go into a form available for plant nutrition.

Yeast for plant nutrition

If the bell pepper does not grow well, perhaps the reason lies in the quality of the soil. The access of oxygen to the roots is limited. To improve the structure of the soil, you can apply 2 times during the fruiting season yeast supplements pepper.

Yeast is a fungus that has lost the ability to reproduce with mycelium. The composition includes vitamins, trace elements, amino acids. The main work will be performed by microorganisms.

To prepare a nutrient solution you need:

• dilute 200 g of yeast in 1 liter of warm water;

• add 2 tablespoons of sugar;

• insist 2 - 3 hours;

• before watering pour the solution into a 10 liter bucket of water.

Under everyone pour the seedling before picking a glass of solution. An adult plant needs a liter.

Important! Do not apply yeast top dressing more than 2 times, as microorganisms "eat" the elements intended for plants

Yeast promotes the growth of soil bacteria that digest organic matter and improve soil aeration.

Folk remedies for feeding peppers

Except traditional means how to feed pepper crops, folk recipes are used:

• tinctures of black bread on the water;

• crushed eggshell, infused with water;

• banana peel, dried in the oven and crushed;

• dairy products - yogurt or whey;

• tinctures of dandelion, coltsfoot, plantain.

Wood ash can be added to all recipes.

Video: How to feed peppers

Foliar spraying

Top dressing of pepper can be carried out foliarly. To do this, use a solution of urea, which quickly enters the parts of the plant, nettle infusion.

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

What do sweet peppers like?

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

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

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

Did you know?
In case of prolonged cloudy weather, increase the amount potash fertilizers, about 1/5 part. In the event that it is dry and sunny outside, then on the contrary, their number should be reduced by 20%.

Top dressing in the open field

When the seedlings grow to the desired size, they proceed to planting them in open ground. Peppers before this must be carefully fertilized. For these purposes, wood ash, potassium sulfate, as well as humus and superphosphates are used. 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 planting seedlings in open ground, you should continue top dressing with a clear frequency until the stage of formation of the first fruits.

In general, when to start feeding pepper depends on factors such as planting time, volume, quantity and composition of the first fertilizer. For example, in the case of fertilizing the soil in the fall, less mineral fertilizers will be required in the spring.

Sweet peppers planted outdoors are traditionally fed 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 laid. Approximately 2.5 weeks after transplanting a vegetable crop to permanent place she blooms. It is during this period that the first feeding is carried out.

To do this, use stale cow dung 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 microelements is a herbal cocktail. It is very easy to make 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.

Second dressing of pepper

After two weeks, after the first application of nutrients, a second top dressing should be carried out. It occurs at the time of the formation of inflorescences, up to the moment of formation of the first fruits. If mineral products were previously used, now organic substances should be used. To do 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 carried out as follows: five liters of liquid per square meter of land.

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

Pepper fertilizer in greenhouses

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

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

Feeding rules

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

• This vegetable crop does not tolerate fresh manure very well. The fertilizer from the year before last is best suited for these purposes.
• Seedlings are forbidden to feed after the picking procedure, you should wait two weeks.
• The fertilizer solution should be slightly warmer room temperature.
• Top dressing should be carried out carefully, avoiding falling on the stems and leaves of pepper.
• The best time to fertilize peppers is early morning or evening after sunset.

Types of fertilizers for pepper

Mineral dressings for peppers are used only in liquid form. It is customary to dilute the powders in water at room temperature to the required consistency, after which the soil under the plant is poured with the composition, without falling on the stems and leaves. Today, various mineral mixtures can be found on the market for garden products. Specialists and experienced gardeners It is advised to purchase complex products that have a balanced composition.

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

Folk remedies for fertilizers from ash and shells

Advice
If you put the prepared fertilizer next to pepper seedlings, hydrogen sulfide released into the air will have a positive effect on 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 has a positive effect on the composition of the soil, completely rebuilding its structure. Feeding microorganisms contribute to rapid growth seedlings, as well as increase the yield of vegetable crops.

In order to prepare top dressing, you should mix the following ingredients: 10 grams of dry yeast, a bucket of water, 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar. The resulting solution is concentrated, therefore, before fertilizing the soil, it should be diluted with water in a ratio 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 will swell, after which they must be ground into gruel and mixed with sugar. Before using fertilizers, the mass is also diluted with water in a ratio of one to ten.

Additional fertilization

Sometimes it happens that a vegetable crop requires additional fertilization in addition to the main scheme and feeding rate. This can happen when the soil is too acidic and the 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 fertilizing and feeding sweet peppers, you need to understand how one or another substance affects the plant, as well as what consequences can be from an overdose:

Conclusion

Pepper is undoubtedly a popular vegetable on the Russian table. It is consumed raw (added to salads), as well as processed - stewed, marinated. Thanks to the unique taste and useful composition vegetable won the love of gardeners.

Summing up, it should be noted that feeding such a vegetable crop as pepper has big influence on its productivity. It is important to fertilize according to the scheme and within the recommended norm, without overfeeding the soil. And remember, the plant, which was properly cared for, will surely thank you with juicy fruits.

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In order to get a good harvest of pepper, it is not enough to choose right sort, soil and appropriate watering. Top dressing of pepper is perhaps the most important procedure when growing this crop, both in open ground, as well as in greenhouse conditions.

The composition of nutrients that are used as top dressing for peppers, as a rule, depends on the age and variety of the crop, as well as weather conditions.

In most cases, pepper nutrition implies the content of the following minerals:

• nitrogen;
• phosphorus;
• magnesium;
• calcium.

During flowering or fruiting, such top dressing is undesirable, since nitrogen prevents the formation of ovaries and negatively affects the taste of the fruit. With an excess of nitrogen in the soil, it is first necessary to reduce the dosage nitrogen fertilizers, and also spray the bushes with a solution based on superphosphate.

Phosphorus favorably affects the growth of seedlings and the further development of the root system.

The culture should be fertilized with magnesium and calcium throughout the growing season, regardless of weather conditions. The dosage of potassium fertilizers must be increased on cloudy days, and reduced, respectively, on sunny days.

Top dressing in the greenhouse

When growing pepper in greenhouse conditions, the yield is greater than in open ground. The appearance of pepper grown in a greenhouse is more attractive. Why such a difference? Because everything can be created in a greenhouse favorable conditions for cultivation, namely the absence of drafts, good illumination, the presence of heat and moisture.

The land in a polycarbonate greenhouse must be completely updated and treated for pests. Greenhouse soil should be light, loose and rich in nutrients. More sorbent should be added to the closed ground, which absorbs excess moisture and nourishes the root system.

The whole process of greenhouse feeding can be divided into 4 stages:

• the first top dressing must be carried out 10-14 days after planting seedlings;
• the second - 10-14 days after flowering;
• after the first crop has been harvested, you can proceed to the third top dressing;
• you need to feed the pepper in the greenhouse at stage 4 if the soil is depleted and not rich enough in nutrients.

How to feed peppers in a greenhouse? Greenhouse soil can be fertilized with organic and mineral means. To increase soil fertility, a solution based on mullein is often used. To do this, 1 liter of liquid manure and 1 tbsp. blue vitriol should be filled with 10 liters hot water. With this solution, you need to water the greenhouse soil 5-7 days before planting.

Simple superphosphate can be mixed with potassium sulfate and azofoska and this agrochemical can be applied directly to the soil. What to feed peppers with hyperacidity soil? In this case, it is best to use ash. Rotted manure or sawdust is added to the greenhouse kidney to improve the structure of the soil. Egg shells can also be used for this purpose.

The soil of the greenhouse can be fertilized with bird droppings. Urea is added to the fermented litter and everything is thoroughly mixed. Nettle tea can be used as a root dressing. To prepare it, it is necessary to pour nettle leaves with water and leave to ferment. Before watering, the liquid should be diluted.

If the greenhouse soil is prepared in the fall, then the dosage of top dressing should be increased, since during the winter part of it goes into the soil complex. With the advent of spring, the earth will need to be dug up.

How and what to feed the pepper (video)

Top dressing in the open field

Pepper does not like heavy clay soil. Therefore, before planting such soil should be lightened. This can be done using peat or rotted organic matter. chicken manure in this case, it is better not to use it, as it is capable of disturbing the root system.

When planting pepper, the beds are treated with superphosphate, which protects the soil from mold, moss and fungi. Once in the root system, phosphorus further improves taste qualities pepper.

It is necessary to carry out the first top dressing after planting seedlings in the ground. It is better to fertilize with a solution based on urea and superphosphate. It is necessary to water each bush with such a solution.

During flowering, you should start the second top dressing. 1 tsp mix potassium sulfate and carbamide with 2 tbsp. superphosphate and pour 10 liters of water. Also during this period, you can fertilize the seedlings with a fermented infusion of grass. As a grass cutting, you can use any grass and weeds that grow directly on the site itself.

If the seedlings lag behind in growth, then it must be treated with a solution of urea within a week.

In rainy weather, seedlings can be fertilized with dry top dressing, for example, add 3-4 g of potassium sulfate or ammonium nitrate to each well.

Pepper responds well to fertilization and is said to be a vegetable with a very good "appetite". To obtain a decent harvest, regular feeding should be continued both during the period of fruit set and at the time of their active growth. Proper feeding of peppers during fruiting is the key to a noble harvest.

What batteries are needed

During the formation and return of the crop, peppers need additional nutrition. To stimulate fruiting, as a rule, potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus are required. But plants also need many other important micronutrients, here are just a few:

• magnesium,
• molybdenum,
• calcium,

The list of substances necessary for peppers depends on the characteristics and condition of the soil on the site, plants - predecessors, climatic and geological features of the area. To understand whether it is necessary to start feeding, the bushes themselves will help. Attentive gardener appearance landings learns which elements are missing:

• the back side of the leaves has become gray and dull - nitrogen is deficient;
• the foliage is plentiful, fleshy and dark green, and there are almost no fruits, few - nitrogen is in excess, but phosphorus is not enough;
• flowers and ovaries fall, the flowering of peppers is poor - boron is needed, and, possibly, iodine.

Attention! An excess of nitrogen during the fruiting period of peppers will lead to an increase in green mass to the detriment of fruit development.

Types of fertilizer during fruiting

During the fruiting period, mineral and organic fertilizers are alternately applied to the plantings of peppers. They practice both root and foliar top dressing. More often used nutrients in liquid state or as an aqueous solution.

Intensive top dressing is not required if the plant looks healthy and strong, blooms profusely and sets fruits well, and the peppers themselves are actively growing and have no damage.

mineral

Top dressing of peppers during fruiting usually begins with the application of mineral fertilizers. 30-40 grams of granules are taken per 10-liter bucket (approximately this is included in Matchbox). The feeding option is chosen based on what active ingredients the peppers need at this time:

• potassium sulfate (this is potassium sulfate, it is preferable to chloride);
• superphosphate (phosphorus);
• potassium nitrate - potassium nitrate (potassium);
• superphosphate in combination with a potassium compound;
• ammonium nitrate (nitrogen);
• urea (urea, source of nitrogen);
• azofoski - nitroammophoska (sodium, potassium, phosphorus).

Fertilizer granules are thoroughly dissolved in warm water. Plantings are watered with the resulting solution at the rate of a liter per plant, or a bucket per square meter of ridge.

urea, ammonium nitrate and superphosphate is also used for foliar feeding, this stimulates the acceleration of fruit formation. One teaspoon of fertilizer is taken for five liters of water, foliage and stems of peppers are treated with a garden sprayer.

Advice! On soils with high rate acidity, superphosphate is better absorbed by peppers if fertilizer is applied with chalk, phosphate rock or limestone.

About when and what fertilizers to apply, what result to get, you can learn from the video:

organic

First you have to choose between organic fertilizers offered by the industry, and self-prepared dressings. Special funds purchased in the store, used in accordance with the instructions.

Self-preparation organic dressings requires additional time and careful consideration of the characteristics of the soil in the garden. It is worth taking care of this 7-15 days before applying fertilizer.

Attention! The need for potassium in peppers is 20% higher in cool, non-sunny summers. It will be effective, additionally, to add half a liter of wood ash under each bush.

For more information on fertilizing peppers during fruiting, see the video:

Fertilizers with important trace elements

Peppers are extremely in need of a sufficient amount of trace elements. During the fruiting period, this vegetable crop must be provided at least once with a complex or simple top dressing containing these substances.

A lot of the necessary components in the "Riga mix", which is produced in two versions:

• Option "A". In addition to potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen, it includes boron, molybdenum, zinc, cobalt, manganese.
• Option "B". Additionally contains iron and magnesium. One tablet of fertilizer is dissolved in a bucket of water.

Easy to use and give a visible result complex top dressing: "Ideal", "Giant", "Impulse +", "Breadwinner", and others. The compositions are dissolved in water in the proportions indicated in the instructions for use, and the peppers are watered under the root.

Folk ways of feeding

Widely used as complex fertilizer and ash - peat, grass, wood. Wood ash is especially useful. It is rich in potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, sulfur, iron and many others. This useful substance is used in the preparation liquid fertilizer, foliar feeding, dry under the root.

Spraying is excellent for increasing the intensity of fruit formation and ripening. aqueous solution boric acid- 2 grams per 10 liters of water. The substance is poorly soluble in cold water, so the powder is first introduced into a small amount of soft boiling water, and then add cold water to the required volume. This measure not only accelerates fruiting, significantly increases the yield of peppers, but also improves its quality, protecting it from diseases.

Treatment with ordinary iodine has an amazing effect on this vegetable crop. You only need 3 drops per 10 liters of water. Water under the root, one liter for each bush, or spray the entire plant. The drug not only treats and prevents diseases, but also increases fruiting, increases the size of each pepper by 15-20 percent and seriously reduces the ripening time.

Features of top dressing in the greenhouse

When growing peppers indoors, care must be taken to improve the soil structure with the help of ash, crushed eggshell, rotted sawdust and manure, because all these organic substances increase the fertility of the soil.

Additional feeding of peppers during fruiting in the greenhouse is necessary in the middle of fruiting, after the first and second harvest. Suitable for this and mineral complexes, but more often use organic fertilizers.

How to feed peppers in a greenhouse is described in this video:

Conclusion

Contrary to the opinion among some gardeners that fertilizing during the period of formation and ripening of peppers is fraught with the accumulation of substances harmful to humans in them, the fruiting period is not a reason to refuse top dressing.

Properly selected and timely applied fertilizers will help grow healthy peppers with excellent taste.