For farmers, the germination of pepper seeds is still a little difficult, so today, I will say to you pepper seeds for soaking treatment, and pepper seed germination methods and precautions.
A, pepper seeds how to soak treatment?
After selecting the seeds, it is necessary to soak the seeds.
First place the seeds in warm water at 40 to 55 degrees Celsius to soak for 5-6 hours, and then remove the seeds to drain.
Then place them in a soaking agent for 7-8 hours.
The seed soaking agent mainly consists of trace elements such as copper sulfate and zinc sulfate, as a way to increase the yield of chili peppers and promote early maturity.
Of course, things like trisodium phosphate and sodium hydroxide can also be added to sterilize the seeds.
After the seeds are soaked, they can be cleaned with water for germination.
Two, pepper seed germination method
1, ordinary germination method
After the pepper seeds soaked in water and repeatedly cleaned to remove the spicy flavor.
Then wrapped in cloth and placed in a pot, sick will be covered with wet gauze, controlled at a temperature of 28-30 degrees Celsius germination.
During the period, pay attention to wash with warm water at about 30 degrees Celsius twice a day, about 4-5 days to sprout.
2, variable temperature germination method
(1) temperature has a huge impact on the germination of pepper seeds, the most suitable temperature is at 25-35 degrees Celsius.
But because constant temperature germination will make the seed germination is not neat, so most of the cases will use high and low temperature alternating way of germination.
(2) Wrap the seeds in a damp cloth and control the temperature at 28-30 degrees Celsius for 16-18 hours and 16-20 degrees Celsius for 6-8 hours per day.
The seeds need to be turned and scrubbed about 2 times a day in order for them to be evenly heated and always in a more suitable humidity environment.
When the seeds have mostly germinated you can put them in a cold exercise at 10 degrees Celsius.
Three, chili pepper germination notes
1, chili pepper seed germination is very strict requirements for oxygen, to strengthen the permeability of gauze, to ensure that the oxygen content of more than 10%.
2, when there are about 80% of the seeds have been exposed white broken mouth or exposed roots should stop germination, and the next step in the sowing process.
3, according to the different number of pepper germination seeds, can be used incubator, germination room or germination bed three different ways to culture.
Pepper is almost everyone will eat a vegetable, farmers and friends almost every family will plant, the pepper seed germination treatment is still relatively difficult, I gave you two methods of germination and precautions, I hope to help farmers.
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