4 main problems with peppers and how to solve them

Pepper is a rather whimsical plant. In order to get a good harvest of tasty, strong peppers, you need to work hard. But even if you follow the basic rules of cultivation, often the harvest is not what we would like, and the problems of peppers arise. What's the matter? In this article, we will deal with problems and errors, and find a way to fix them.

Seedlings do not grow

Poor quality seeds were taken for planting. Those. the seeds are either too small or old.

Buy seeds from specialized stores... Do not take seeds of hybrid plants, they often do not germinate, and also do not inherit the taste of their parents.

The sowing time is violated. When sowing early, the seedlings will stretch out. With late sowing, it will still be very weak in order to plant it on the garden bed. In both cases, the pepper will hurt and take a long time to adapt.

The optimal timing for planting peppers for seedlings from February to March depends on the region. In the middle lane - the beginning of March. In the south - at the beginning of February. Northern regions - in the second half of March.

Poor seedling soil was taken... Often, in order to save money, gardeners take soil for pepper in which something has already grown. This is wrong, as there are few micronutrients and nutrition in this land. Buy new potting soil. Disinfect her.

Violation of growing conditions.

Little light. For the development of pepper, you need at least 10 hour daylight hours. From a lack of light, the stems become thin, long. Buy a fluorescent lamp and place it over the pepper seedlings.

The temperature is too high. As a rule, pots with seedlings are placed on a windowsill, under which a battery heats up. The high temperature can evaporate all moisture and the sprouts will dry out. Place an obstacle (newspaper, plywood, boards) between the windowsill and the pots. Water the peppers often, but don't overdo it so the roots don't start to rot. We water when we see that the ground has become dry.

Little space. Peppers love space. In crowded conditions, they grow poorly, shade each other. The seedlings will be sluggish. They also do not like picks, since peppers have very sensitive roots, damaging their sprout will not take root. It is better to plant in a pot one at a time, maximum two seeds.

Pepper flowering problems

An excess of nitrogen fertilizers leads to the fact that the pepper builds up green mass, but does not give flowers.

Nitrogen fertilizers are needed only at the initial stage, potassium and phosphorus must be added to the plug. Do not add manure to the pepper hole, do not water the plants with organic fertilizers (chicken droppings, humus, compost, etc.) - this will increase the amount of nitrogen in the soil.

If there is already a lot of nitrogen, then loosen the soil, some of the nitrogen may disappear. Apply potash and phosphate fertilizers. If the soils are light, you can spill them with water, then the nitrogen will go to the lower layers.

Violations of growing conditions. High or low temperature in the greenhouse. Excessive or poor watering. Lack of light, or vice versa, its excess. All of these are the reasons why the pepper does not bloom.

Ventilate the greenhouse regularly on hot days to keep the temperature down. If the greenhouse is cold, especially at night, provide warmth, for example, you can make improvised batteries from plastic water bottles. During the day, the water in them heats up, at night it gives off heat.

Bring light into the greenhouse. Shade your plants on sunny days.

Water the soil when it becomes dry, only with warm water. Do not touch the leaves of the plant when watering.

There are flowers, but they are not tied. The reason may be, again, an excessive amount of nitrogen. And also in high or low temperatures, in a lack of water.

The solution is described above. In addition to them, you can spray the plant with a solution of boric acid or drugs that help set.

Flowers and ovaries fall off. The reasons are the same. Excess nitrogen and disturbances in growth conditions.

Peppers problem with leaves

Leaves curl. Lack of potassium. We introduce this element as extra feeding.

The leaves are rising. Lack of phosphorus. We feed with superphosphate.

The leaves turn yellow. Lack of nitrogen. We feed with urea or organic fertilizers. We use solutions for feeding, not dry fertilizers.

Holes in the leaves. A pest appeared - a slug eating leaves. Treat the plants with a vinegar solution. Spread straw in the row spacing, they do not like to crawl on it.

Fetal problems

Fruits are small, irregular and firm. Most often, these are signs of a disease - phytoplasmosis. In this case, the stems take a vertical position, the leaves on them become smaller, mosaic color appears. At the same time, the fruits are deformed. Such a plant must be dug up and burned as quickly as possible so that it does not infect everyone else. There is no cure for this disease.

A gray spot appears on the fruit, most often at the top. This indicates a lack of calcium, potassium and water. We introduce a fertilizer solution containing these elements.

The fruits do not turn red. Not enough sunshine. There are few nutrients in the soil. Low temperature in the greenhouse Install fluorescent lamps. Apply mineral fertilizers. To try to raise temperatures, see the example above.