My experience of forming pepper in a greenhouse, always a high yield: an algorithm of actions for young summer residents from an experienced colleague

Many novice gardeners who grow peppers in a greenhouse have questions about how to form plants, how much foliage to remove and whether this procedure needs to be carried out. There is no consensus on the usefulness of its implementation, in this regard, we will consider the problem from different points of view, taking into account all the pros and cons.

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Do I need to pluck pepper leaves in a greenhouse building

First, the seedling material of the pepper grows into one stem, then it branches. Tearing off leaves, pinching empty stems will help to form a bush properly.

Plants are believed to grow larger peppers and improve yields after pruning. The procedure is carried out to form more peppers, and they ripen earlier.

All the pros and cons

The benefits of pruning:

1. With a large amount of green mass, light-loving plants do not have enough lighting. Bushes with a trimmed crown are better illuminated.
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2. In a humid greenhouse microclimate, it is better if the plants are ventilated.
3. After pruning, it is easier to care for crops: watering, processing, loosening.
4. The correct formation of the bush helps to improve the taste of vegetables and helps to increase yields.

Harm from the procedure:

1. The plant is difficult to tolerate the removal of foliage and stepchildren. The development of the bush is delayed.
2. With the early removal of excess leaves or during a disease of the culture, it will stop developing or die altogether.
3. Some summer residents believe that bare bushes look ugly.

The solution to this problem depends on the type of plant, the nursing period and the amount of vegetables expected.

How to pick the leaves correctly

In order not to harm the pepper, you must follow these simple instructions:

1. When the ovaries of the peppers have formed, and the vegetables on the lower shoots have reached technical maturity, completely remove all the leaves on the main stem from the bottom to the first fork.
2. When the fruit is ripe at the top of the fork, remove all the leaves at the bottom and cut off the branches from which the peppers have already been picked.

The right tool

Before carrying out the procedure, prepare a secateurs or scissors, disinfected in advance. Some summer residents break off the leaves by hand.

Various ways

Leaves are harvested in different ways:

1. For dwarf plants, slight thinning is required. If you want to harvest a small but early harvest, do not remove the crown bud and first flowers.
2. In medium-sized plants, the crown bud and leaves growing from below are removed.
3. On tall varieties, pinch the lateral stems. With proper care, an adult crop will grow up to 1-1.5 m and evenly covered with peppers.

Is it worth deleting stepsons

At all the forks, stepchildren appear, taking strength from the branches, on which the main fruits are formed. To avoid thickening, they must be removed.

First buds

When planted in a greenhouse, the seedlings have their first inflorescences. A young plant grown in a pot has poorly developed roots. As soon as it is in a permanent place, the root and leaf mass will begin to actively grow in the pepper. So the first buds need to be removed for this process to work well.

Above the first leaf at the bottom, an early bud is formed, called the crown flower. As soon as the bush is planted, this bud is immediately removed.

All empty flowers must be removed as well. If this procedure is not followed, the plant will not be able to fully develop all the ovaries. As a result, the peppers will turn out to be small and tough, and the ripening will be long.

When you don't need to pluck the leaves

Sometimes breaking off leaves harms the bushes:

1. If the bushes are planted rarely enough. Then plants without lower foliage will suffer from insufficient shading: moisture will evaporate, and the soil will dry out.
2. When the cultures are very weak. Plant shaping is only beneficial for healthy peppers that can handle the procedure without difficulty.

It is not recommended to cut, but you still have to do it if:

• the leaves turned yellow;
• the lower leaves are in contact with the ground;
• when planted in a permanent place, some leaves were in the hole.

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