Growing pepper in pots
Although we are used to thinking of peppers as a garden crop, it is very suitable for growing at home. Who might need it? Those who do not have a vegetable garden; those who love non-standard indoor plants; for those who like to harvest at any time of the year.
Yes Yes! Any kind of pepper (hot, bitter or sweet) pleases not only with its bright appearance on the windowsill, but also with high-quality fruits. The cultivation of pepper does not imply anything complicated. You just need to sow on time, dive, plant in pots with a volume of about 1-1.5 liters. So, the details.
- Soak the seeds in a humid environment for five days in a wet cloth on a saucer, for example.
- Sow in small cups, you can sow 2-3 in one. This will facilitate further selection during the dive.
- At the stage of 3-4 leaves, sprouts can be dived to the cotyledonous leaves, choosing the strongest ones.
- When the plant has produced about 7 leaves, each should be planted in an individual permanent pot. In it he will have to live from 2 to 5 years.
- Spray daily and water the peppers in a timely manner, avoiding excess moisture and drying out the soil. Some experts advise bottom watering, that is, put the pot in a pan and add water to it.
- If the cultivation of pepper involves the collection of a full harvest, then you should not leave all the ovaries on the bushes. Let it be five fruits, but they will develop as expected.
It remains to deal with the soil:
- It is easier to buy ready-made soil for tomatoes and peppers.
- But you can prepare it yourself from sod land and a third of river sand.
- Or mix non-acidic high-moor peat with humus and river sand.
But even a ready-made soil mixture will require additional feeding and fertilization.
And advice from experienced ones: do not put hot and sweet peppers next to each other (preferably on different windowsills) in order to avoid pollination.
My grandmother used to grow hot peppers on the windowsill all the time, in my opinion, "Ogonyok" was called. Handsomely!
My mother-in-law likes to add hot peppers to almost all dishes, so we have such a bush on the windowsill in the kitchen all year round.
For several years in a row, we have grown such a pepper on the windowsill, it is small and spicy. There was no special care, we did not light it up or fertilize it, but we bought the soil in the store. Such a small pepper was very well suited for making the borscht spicier. He ripped it off, washed it and put it on a plate.