Peppers are queens of diversity. So many colors, shapes, and above all you will not find any other fetal vegetables. If you want to use varied offers, you need to start from seeds in time. The offer of seed varieties is huge, the seedlings are more limited.
If you start in February, you can try more delicate species. There is no pepper like pepper. Varieties from Chinese peppers They are very time consuming and warm and germination. You have to wait for a longer period of time for growth and ripening. The minimum seed germination temperature is 24 ° C and ideal up to 30 ° C.
Less demanding varieties belong to the most common kind annual peppers (Potato) which offers countless of them.
A pepperranked sometimes one year, is similar. The varieties bred from these species usually have shorter growing time, the fruits ripen earlier. If you provide seeds with a steady temperature of about 25 ° C, it will germinate within a week to two and the net and early March, but February is more confident. In this case, a temperature of 22 ° C is sufficient, but at the lower seeds, the seeds are watered. Higher temperature will also appreciate the growing seedlings, it should be between 20 and 25 ° C.
Interesting types of peppers
For example, a variety belongs to the Chinese pepper Chocolate habanero. Its fruits are beautifully colored, strongly hot and aromatic. They need up to 120 days to mature. The plant is high around the meter high, sun -intensive and heat and also requires support.
Bahamian Goat It is similar, its fruits of unique taste are colored gold -red.
How to proceed?
- Cover the seeds with only a few mm thick layer of the substrate and press slightly.
- If you sow them in a bowl and save space, choose spacing around 3 cm.
- After creating two leaves, the seedlings will need to be washed into seedlings or smaller flower pots (a handy aid is a wooden stick).
- When they grow, you have to move them into larger containers (at least 7×7 cm large), into a compost and perlite mixture or a quality substrate.
- You can save the middle step if you have enough space with a suitable temperature and lighting. For seeds with good germination, just sow into each chamber in the seed. If you have enough seed, insert two seeds and leave a stronger seedlings.
Sow the seeds into a light substrate for sowing. Perlite or vermiculite is very beneficial, and these materials will even serve itself. They absorb water and keep the seed wet, but still provide enough air. It is the waterlogging of the substrate that is the cause of failure. However, they do not contain nutrients, so it is necessary to start fertilizing the seedlings very soon. Fertilizers are used for watering for starting growth.
Heating
If heating is not enough, special heating pads under the seedlings will help. They only warm slowly and are also slight, waterproof.
Lighting
In addition to suitable temperature, moisture and nutrients, seedlings need as much light as possible to grow as possible. Otherwise they will be pulled out and sickly. Ideal is the place just next to the glass oriented to the south or the east. However, this is often not enough in February. You can use lamps or LED bulbs intended for plant growing. It replaces daylight and ensures strong and healthy seedlings. The phase of the darkness, however, also need plants, take them around 12 hours.
The heat and the desired air humidity will help to retain transparent upper covers, just be careful – the plants need fresh air.
What do you net?
To the sowing bowlsor any plastic boxes. They should have drainage holes for drain of excess water into the tray – a subtitle.
To the seedlings can be pushed already sprouted seedlings or directly network. Each seedlings have plenty of space and create a nice root pack that can easily be transplanted – just cut it through the lower opening. Sadbers can be used for many years, especially those made of solid plastic.
Tablets Also called Jiffy, made of peat or coconut fibers, will allow comfort to transplant seedlings. The disadvantage is one -time use.
One -off flower pots They can not only be made of peat or coconut, but IZ paper, and you can make them yourself. Just be careful not to disintegrate – higher undermusion will keep them together. You can even recycle a variety of cupsjust break through the drain hole at the bottom.
In February, you can also grow seedlings of salads into a greenhouse or hotbed, monthly strawberry, or exotic Peruvian.
