Pepper is not picky about growing conditions, but he needs a fertile soil. Experienced gardeners know that soil before planting it in pepper seedlings should be fertilized and as they grow more regular fertilizing needed.
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What you need fertilizing pepper
The intensity of fertilizing, as well as what to feed pepper during flowering, influenced by several factors:
- varieties selected for cultivation;
- number of shrubs in the area;
- climatic conditions;
- place the beds arrangement.
The main indicator is the quality of the soil.
Feed the plant during growth and a set of colors, you should regularly, most useful ingredients are the following for him:
- Phosphorus complex fertilizers. Without phosphorus impossible to grow large and juicy fruit, feed the need, starting with planting and seedling to harvest.
- Nitrogenous fertilizers. Form the skeleton of the plant, provide the fortress of branches and foliage splendor. Through the leaves come all the necessary elements to the growing fetus.
- Potash. Provide uniform ripening of the fruit. This fertilizer is used during the summer season, to get the highest yield.
- Fertilizers containing calcium. Such systems help the plants to be sturdy enough to withstand a branch ripe fruit, they do not break under their weight.
The importance of timely introduction of fertilizing
There are signs of a lack of plants in the diet of certain elements. They are important to know and to react
Thus, the appearance of brown-red leaves talks about the need to feed phosphates pepper that stimulates fruit formation. This type of fertilizer to be paid directly into the ground, after which need abundant watering with warm water beds.
With a lack of nitrogen in the plant thinner stems, shoots and small inflorescences and foliage loses its luscious color. Lack of nitrogen manifested at any stage of culture, but it is particularly noticeable shortage at an early stage of growth.
Lack of potash leads to weakening of the plants. It can not hold on the branches of the ovary and begins to stalk rot. Potassium fertilizers must also be applied to the soil, then spend copious watering.
The appearance of spots on the leaves indicates a lack of magnesium. To feed usually applied sulfate fraction. Fertilizer diluted according to the instructions and entered using a watering can.
Iron deficiency results in damage to leaves of a plant disease such as chlorosis, in which only the streaks remain green and yellow leaf plate. Chlorosis can be caused by high acidity of the soil. Foliar application require iron supplements that quickly solve this problem.
Lack of copper inhibits the growth, death of the upper kidney. On leaves appear white spots. To return to the plant life helps bluestone or superphosphate with copper.
boron role - to protect plants against viral and fungal infections. His lack resets flowers and ovaries, and the leaves are discolored and twisted. Conducting as prophylaxis foliar feeding pepper boric acid helps to strengthen the protective functions of the plant.
Due to the presence of calcium pepper metabolizes other elements - nitrogen, phosphorus, magnesium. If calcium is not enough, the leaves are small, covered with brown spots, distorted, twisted. Adding to the chalk, dolomite, hydrated lime increases the calcium content in the soil.
In any feeding is important not to disturb the dosage and timing of application. Excess fertilizer not less harmful to pepper than their absence.
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