Planting pepper is a very interesting leisure gardening. Even if you are a novice gardener, you can grow a beautiful pot of pepper, observe its growth process, blossom and pollinate, and share the delicious pepper with your friends.
Before planting, you must know the habits of each kind of pepper, which comes from humid tropics or dry deserts. There are about 2000~3000 pepper varieties in the world, and the cultivation methods of each variety are different. The common mistakes are as follows.
The seeds are mixed into the cultivation medium at the beginning.
Water too much before germination.
Too low temperature (germination night temperature must be higher than 2 1 c).
No ventilation (easy to cause epidemic disease)
Cultivation method: use 1/4 inch plastic pots or plug trays to raise seedlings. If it is an old pot, please disinfect it with 50% bleach, choose culture soil with moderate ph value, and dig holes about 1 cm or twice the size of the seeds with chopsticks or other tools. Plant the seeds, remember that the seeds will not germinate if they are too deep, and then write down the name of the varieties. The seeds will germinate faster if they are soaked in warm water. You can DIY a simple greenhouse with a thick cardboard box. Please don't cover the box with a plastic cover, otherwise the humidity will be too high. Adequate air is a necessary condition for germination. Seed germination does not need light, but it must maintain sunshine or artificial illumination for one day 10~ 16 hours at the beginning of germination, and it is best to sterilize the seeds before planting. Befenty, zinc sulfate dilution or 60-degree warm water sterilization can reduce the incidence of damping-off disease, virus disease, etc.
When the seedlings grow to 3~6 cm in height, liquid fertilizer must be applied. When the seedlings grow to 10~ 15 cm in height, they should be transplanted to a vegetable garden or a large flowerpot on cloudy days. A little organic fertilizer should be mixed in the soil to ensure that the roots are developed and the plants are strong, and the yield can be increased by 300%. Using silver or black plastic cloth can inhibit weeds and prevent insects, increase the soil temperature in winter, and support is necessary.
Frequently asked questions: Flowers don't bear fruit! Generally, pepper needs insect pollination, especially Capsicum pubescens. If there are no insects and other media, artificial pollination can be selected after 3 pm.