Pepper is one of the most beloved and sought-after vegetables in the world. Despite the fact that this is a thermophilic culture, new varieties created by breeders ripen quite successfully in regions with a short summer: the Urals, Altai, Siberia.
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Pepper Merchant is a worthy representative of such species.
Variety characteristics
Pepper Kupets is an early-ripening cold-resistant variety that reacts without problems to a temperature drop of up to 10 degrees and hot weather. Such resistance to stress allows you to grow it not only in greenhouses, but also in the open field.
The bush grows strong, spreading, with dense foliage, up to 85 cm high. Fruit stalks drooping. The shape of the fruit is conical.
Variety properties
- sowing period - technical ripeness takes 100-112 days, ripening is active;
- the color of the fruit changes from light green to intense red as it ripens;
- thick-walled pepper;
- the average weight of fruits is 100 g, under growing conditions in greenhouses - up to 150 g;
- yield in terms of 1 sq. m of open ground reaches 3 kg, closed - up to 6 kg;
- keeping quality of a vegetable under appropriate storage conditions is 4-5 weeks;
- high palatability: juicy, sweet, without bitterness, aromatic.
Fruits are recommended to be picked before the stage of biological ripeness, then vegetables contain a maximum of vitamins and minerals.
Peppers of this variety are consumed fresh and in various preparations.
How to grow a Merchant pepper
Get a good harvest will help
- quality seeds;
- nutritious soil;
- adherence to temperature and light conditions when growing seedlings;
- following agricultural techniques after transplanting: placement, watering, feeding, pinching.
Seedling preparation
Peppers for seedlings in cold regions begin to sow from mid-February to early March. If a subsequent planting in the greenhouse is planned, then two weeks earlier.
It is better to buy seeds for sowing from trusted manufacturers. Before planting, the seeds are selected and processed.
The soil should be loose and nutritious. If you use your own soil, then it must be disinfected.
Sow seeds to a depth of 1 cm.
In the process of growth, regular watering is ensured, maximum illumination lasting 11-12 hours.
Pick at the stage of two true leaves into separate containers.
10 days before planting the seedlings, they are hardened.
Peppers are transplanted into open ground or a greenhouse 60-70 days after germination, at an average air temperature of 14 degrees.
The best landing scheme is square-nested.
Basic care
- regular watering without excess moisture;
- pinching, removal of lower shoots, leaves;
- loosening, weeding of weeds;
- feeding according to the stages of plant development: after transplantation, during flowering, during maturation;
- constant checking for pests and diseases;
- timely harvest.
Pepper Merchant has earned popularity not only among amateur gardeners, farmers of Siberia, the Urals, but also throughout central Russia.
A guaranteed yield even in cool summers is the best grade.
Do you plant Kupets peppers?
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