How to feed pepper seedlings

“In a healthy body, a healthy mind”, roughly the same expression can be applied to peppers. If you want to get a high-quality harvest and not worry about whether the seedlings will take root, you need to feed it on time, this is the only way to get a healthy and strong plant for planting. Due to the sufficient amount of trace elements, young seedlings will be able to develop a root system and easily endure adverse weather conditions. In this article, you will learn how and how best to feed pepper seedlings, as well as details of chemical and organic options.

How to feed pepper seedlings: feeding for better growth

The basis for choosing the first top dressing should be the composition of the selected soil. Note that in the modern world, you can ease your work and immediately purchase the appropriate soil for pepper seedlings. In its composition, you will immediately see special additives, due to which your seedlings will be provided with maximum nutrition.

When choosing self-feeding, remember that picking and feeding are carried out at about the same time, after the formation and germination of the first two leaves. First of all, a pick is performed, and after fourteen days, top dressing. Options for the composition of the first fertilizer:

1.Urea 0.5 h / l + potassium humate 2.5 ml

2. Saltpeter 0.5 g

3.Superphosphate 3 g

4. Potassium 1 g

All these fertilizers are diluted in water.

After another two weeks, a second feeding is carried out with the same fertilizers as the first time, but we double the amount. This is due to the growth of young peppers.

The third and last feeding for seedlings is preparation for planting in the main place and is performed a week before. Plants are saturated with potash fertilizers, and their amount reaches 8 grams per liter.

Natural food

Opponents of chemical fertilizers use folk fertilizers for seedlings. A few words about each:

- Infusion of nettle

- Wood ash: dilute 20 - 30 g in a liter of water

- Used black tea infusion perfectly nourishes. We take 3 liters of water for one glass of tea leaves, leave the diluted composition for 5 days.

- Banana peel is a source of potassium, which promotes the growth of seedlings. The fertilizer is prepared within three days, 2-3 peels are taken and the specified period is infused in three liters of water. The plants are fertilized with the prepared solution 2-3 times.

- Improves the growth of eggshells. The solution is prepared in a three-liter container, 1/3 is filled with crushed shells and infused with water for 72 hours. The smell of hydrogen sulfide can be considered a sign of the readiness of the fertilizer.

- Onion peel is a common fertilizer, it is also applied to seedlings of peppers. Manufacturing is simple: 20 grams of dry husk is poured with five liters of water for five days.

Iodine and yeast

Iodine and yeast will be your helpers in the development of immunity to diseases.

A solution of iodine or yeast is used in the fight against the fungus, after processing, its further reproduction stops.

Compositions of seedling dressings:

- Iodine. 1-2 drops + 1 liter of water. Sometimes 100 ml of whey is added.

- Yeast. 100 g + 125 g of sugar is mixed in a three-liter transparent glass container. For feeding, the solution must reach a state of fermentation. For watering seedlings, the ready-made solution is diluted in water at the rate of 15-20 ml per liter.

Thanks to many years of experience in using this method of fertilization, gardeners were able to notice that due to such feeding, the yield increases.

How to feed pepper seedlings: ready-made fertilizers

You need to be very careful with ready-made fertilizers, an excess can harm your seedlings, so it is better not to feed the peppers if you are not sure about the proportions and quantities.

Liquid forms of fertilizers are more convenient to use, since they do not need to be diluted following the instructions and the proportions indicated in it.

Today, the market is overflowing with all kinds of fertilizers, we have selected for you options tested and approved by gardeners.

1.Kemira-Lux. Suitable for the first and second plant feeding. It is used at the rate of 1 g per 1 liter of water.

2. Kristalon. Root growth and development activator. The drug is available in three versions: blue, white and red. The first is for seedlings grown in artificial light, the second is natural light and the third is against active growth (stretching). It is used in a solution of 2 g per 1 liter.

3. "Gumi Kuznetsova". Growth stimulant. The fertilizer contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sodium. Fertilizer is diluted in one liter of water and 1 gram of the mixture.

4. Ideal. It is used in the first and second feeding of seedlings, 05 and 1 ml per liter of water, respectively. Improves root development, resistance to stress and disease resistance.

5.Orto Micro Fe. It is the source of all trace elements necessary for growth and development. Improves immunity and photosynthesis. It is applied in a ratio of 1 to 1, gram per liter. It is applied by spraying in the phase of 3-4 leaves.

How to feed pepper seedlings: feeding rules

Abundant fertilization can harm the plant, and to avoid this, we will outline the feeding rules:

1. Take into account the difference in air and soil temperature during the day. By the evening hours, the earth cools down, and if it is also wet fertilizers can provoke fungal diseases. Therefore, carry out the make-up procedures in the morning.

2. Processing is carried out only under the root of the plant, without affecting the leaves. In case of contact with the stem or leaves, remove the fertilizer with water (lukewarm).

3. Dilute the fertilizer with warm water only, and the soil should be moist.

4. Be sure to regularly loosen the soil.

Indicators of lack of useful elements

Always inspect your plant. If in the process of feeding the seedlings begin to wilt, replace the fertilizer.

Examining the plants, you can understand which elements are missing:

- Lack of nitrogen will manifest itself in the lightening of the lower leaves

- The upper leaves brighten in case of iron deficiency.

- Lack of copper will lead to wilting

- Lack of phosphorus will be expressed in purple veins.

Based on the above mentioned signs, you can feed the seedlings with the necessary element in time.

Approaching the issue of feeding wisely and knowledgeably, you can get seedlings that will perfectly tolerate planting, be healthy and give a large and tasty harvest.