Collateral normal development and obtaining a high yield is the timely correct feeding of tomato and pepper seedlings at home with mineral and organic fertilizers.

Gardening stores offer customers wide choose modern effective drugs for feeding seedlings. Lovers of all things natural prefer to use fertilizers made with their own hands.

Natural fertilizers are well absorbed by seedlings, they are rich in microelements and often do not cost anything. Their disadvantages include the impossibility of precise dosage of the main elements.

Bird droppings are one of the richest sources of nitrogen, which helps accelerate the growth of tops. It is not difficult to prepare the fertilizer: bird droppings diluted with water in a ratio of 1:2 are left for 2-3 days, then the resulting concentrate is mixed and added to water for irrigation in a ratio of 1:10. It is recommended to use it only once before planting seedlings in open ground.

Coffee grounds, which remain in large quantities at home for drink lovers, will serve as a rich source of nutrition for seedlings of peppers and tomatoes. It helps loosen the soil and improve oxygen access to plant roots. Adding a small amount of coffee grounds to the soil improves its structure.

Onion peel is another effective “folk” supplement. 20 g of husk is poured into 5 liters of water and left to infuse for 3-4 days, after which the water is used to water the seedlings. Onion fertilizing not only enriches the soil with useful substances, but also disinfects it.

Natural stimulants

Good results are obtained by using natural stimulants for soaking pepper and tomato seeds before planting:

1. Aloe juice. The cut leaf wrapped in gauze is kept for 2 weeks on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator or 2 days in the freezer, after which the juice is squeezed out, diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio and the seeds are soaked in it for a day.
2. Honey. Dissolving a teaspoon of honey in a glass warm water, moisten the seeds and incubate for 6 hours.
3. Dry mushrooms. Pour boiling water over the dried mushrooms and let it cool, then soak the seeds in this solution for 6 hours.
4. Potato juice. Peel a few tubers and put them in freezer for 2-3 days, then squeeze the juice out of them and soak the tomato or pepper seeds in it for 8 hours.

Banana peel

Potassium deficiency in plants has Negative influence for nitrogen absorption. As a result, the seedlings grow poorly and become lethargic. “Banana” nutrition from the skins of 3-4 fruits will help eliminate the lack of potassium. It’s easy to prepare: skins placed in a 3-liter jar are filled with water and left for 3 days. Water filled with potassium released from fruit skins is used to water plants.

From eggshell

Egg shells are often used to fertilize vegetable seedlings. To prepare the fertilizer, pour lightly crushed shells of 3-4 eggs into a 3-liter jar and fill with warm water. After infusing for 3-4 days, water rich in the complex useful substances, used for watering seedlings.

Yeast

When fertilizing seedlings with yeast, not only nutrients are added, but also the structure of the soil completely changes. Thanks to the work of fungal microorganisms, seedling growth accelerates and the yield of tomatoes and peppers increases. To prepare the concentrate you will need 4 tablespoons of sugar, 10 g of yeast and 10 liters of water.

The resulting solution is diluted before adding to the soil. clean water in a ratio of 1:10. It is better to feed yeast after planting seedlings in the ground, as it stimulates plant growth.

Wheat grains can be used as a substitute for yeast. Fill them with a small amount of water and place them in a warm place. After swelling, the grains are ground into porridge and sugar is added (2-3 tablespoons per glass of dry grains). After heating, the resulting viscous mass is left in a dark place for a day. This fertilizer is also diluted with water before use.

Ash

Ash is a rich source of calcium, magnesium, potassium and other minerals beneficial to plants. This unique substance makes acidic soil suitable for growing vegetable crops. Adding small amounts of ash to the soil for seedlings reduces the risk of developing fungal diseases in tomatoes and peppers.

It’s easy to prepare fertilizer from ash at home: mix 1 tablespoon of this substance with 2 liters of water and leave for 24 hours. At the same time, it is important to make sure that the ash used to prepare the fertilizer is not a product of combustion of construction waste.

In the ash different plants contains different doses chemical elements. When birch chips, dried Jerusalem artichoke stems, and sunflower burn, the best ash is obtained. In the ash hardwood Conifers contain a lot of calcium, and conifers contain a lot of phosphorus. Peat ash contains little potassium and a lot of lime.

Fertilizing pepper and tomato seedlings

On the way to big harvest vegetables, it is important to add nutrients to the soil. Feeding seedlings must be balanced: plants must receive nutrients in certain quantities and proportions.

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the main substances that peppers and tomatoes require:

1. Nitrogen ensures the process of photosynthesis and the growth of green mass by tomatoes and peppers.
2. Phosphorus is required by plants for flowering and fruiting; if it is deficient, the ovary falls off.
3. Potassium promotes the development of the root system; its deficiency can lead to plant death.

If a substrate rich in nutrient compounds is used to grow seedlings, then it is better to refuse feeding. Oversupply nutrients more dangerous for plants than their deficiency. For example, with an excess of nitrogen, the plant accelerates growth, but its yield does not increase.

Fertilizing plants should be done only when indicated by their appearance. For this purpose they use mineral fertilizers. To prepare the solution, 0.5 g of ammonium nitrate, 1 g of potassium, and 3 g of superphosphate are diluted in 1 liter of settled water. As a fertilizer for tomatoes, it is better to prepare a solution of 1.5 g of potassium salt, 0.5 g of urea and 4 g of superphosphate, diluted in 1 liter of water.

First feeding

The need for nutrients in tomatoes and peppers appears after the formation of the second true leaf. Subsequently, fertilizers are applied every 10-15 days. At this time, it is important not to exceed nutrient standards.

Reliable protection against late blight provides plants with generous watering with a copper solution. This substance can be found in any specialty store. To prepare the solution, 1 teaspoon of copper is diluted in 10 liters clean water. The fertilizer remaining after watering can be stored in a plastic bottle until next year.

What to feed after picking?

Feeding pepper and tomato seedlings after picking is the key to obtaining high-quality planting material. To do this, the necessary nutrients are added to the soil. Baker's yeast, rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, has proven itself well. As a fertilizer, yeast has one significant drawback: these fungal microorganisms decompose potassium. Adding potassium to the yeast composition helps compensate for the lack of the mineral.

Yeast feeding increases the percentage of rooting, stimulates plant growth and improves immunity. Any variety of yeast is suitable for preparing a nutrient solution.

A hundred-gram briquette of soft yeast is added to a bucket of water and left to infuse for 24 hours. A concentrated solution of 200 g of yeast per liter of water is infused for several hours and diluted in a bucket of water before watering. Increases the efficiency of fertilizing tops garden crops, bird droppings, hops.

What to feed at home after planting in the ground?

When preparing soil for seedlings, it is easy to form a substrate rich in nutrient components. It's a little more difficult to do the same with beds. Optimal solution- application of fertilizers immediately after transplanting plants. The main thing is to always look closely at the plants and not overdo it.

In dry summer conditions, fertilizing with potassium will not only not bring the expected result, but can also cause plant diseases. If the summer is rainy, the seedlings may lack potassium in the soil and then this element must be added when feeding.

This is done only 15 days after planting the plants in a new place, so that they adapt to the new conditions. After acclimatization, seedlings may require phosphorus-potassium fertilizers (PKF), which promote plant growth, budding, flowering and fruit formation. It is better not to carry out nitrogen-containing fertilizing.

other methods

Iodine

Iodine is an effective fertilizer for plants, which not only accelerates their growth, but also provides protection against diseases and pests. During irrigation, iodine is diluted in settled water at the rate of 10 g per 10 liters of water. To increase the efficiency of fertilizing, add 20 g of potassium and 10 g of phosphorus to the solution.

Potassium permanganate for foliar feeding

In the development of peppers and tomatoes important has manganese. It provides plants with protection from many diseases and takes part in photosynthesis. Manganese deficiency leads to brown spotting of vegetables and negatively affects the size and number of fruits. Foliar feeding with a weak solution of manganese sulfate (2 g per bucket of water) will help eliminate such problems.

Urea

Urea is a concentrated fertilizer that contains nitrogen in a state convenient for absorption by plants. The amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer reaches 46%. It can be applied in the form of a solution and directly into the soil. Root feeding of plants is carried out with a solution of 10 liters of water and 60 g of urea. For foliar feeding, the proportions are increased: 100 g of urea per 10 liters of water.

Urea is added to the ground in dry form (12 g per 1 square meter) before planting seedlings and 10 g per 1 square meter at the stage of active growth. Fertilizing with a liquid urea solution before flowering is effective for plants.

Ammonia

Ammonia is a source of nitrogen compounds that some gardeners use to feed seedlings. For this purpose, dilute 1 tablespoon of the substance in 10 liters of water, and then use it to water the plants (at the root).

You can get the desired effect from using ammonia only if the plants are deficient in nitrogen. Ammonia works well to repel pests from seedlings.

Nitroammofoska

Nitroammophoska contains the 3 most important elements for plant development: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Fertilizer in the form of granules can be applied loosely to the soil in dry form or used in liquid form, after diluting it with water. Liquid nitroammophoska is used for watering plants or as foliar feeding.

This feeding helps increase the number of ovaries on tomatoes and peppers. After diluting a matchbox of nitroammophosphate granules in a bucket of water, add 500 ml of this solution to each bush. It is good to use nitroammophoska in combination with sodium humate, potassium sulfate, and mullein.

"Strong"

The company "Fasok" produces water-soluble fertilizer "Krepysh" in liquid and dry form. This carefully balanced supplement contains humates, natural stimulants, potassium, magnesium, nitrogen, and iron. Working with this fertilizer is convenient and easy.

It is added to the soil when watering seedlings. The first feeding is carried out after the formation of the second leaf, subsequent ones - during picking and every 2 weeks until flower ovaries are formed. Seedlings of peppers and tomatoes are watered with a solution of 2 teaspoons of “Krepysh” in 10 liters of water.

"Ideal"

The basis of the Ideal feeding is vermicompost, a product of the activity of earthworms. Taking it as a basis, domestic scientists improved the structure of the drug by artificially introducing micro- and macroelements necessary for cultivated plants.

As a fertilizer for tomatoes and peppers “Ideal”:

1. Increases the speed of seedling adaptation to a new location.
2. Improves the development of root and vegetative systems of plants.
3. Helps accelerate fruit ripening.
4. Increases productivity.
5. Increases the amount of nutrients in vegetables.
6. Reduces the risk of plant diseases developing.

“Ideal” is suitable for root and foliar feeding of tomato and pepper seedlings. Root feeding is carried out once every 10 days with a solution of 8-12 ml of fertilizer per 1 liter of water. For foliar feeding, 5 ml of “Ideal” is diluted in 1 liter of water and sprayed on plant leaves before flowering.

"Epina"

“Epin” is a natural biological stimulant that promotes the activation of processes occurring in plants necessary for their normal development. The drug is available in an ampoule; when used, the contents of the ampoule are diluted in water.

The product is used only after the plants have formed 3 true leaves. Epin solution is most effective for foliar feeding of tomato and pepper seedlings. To do this, dilute 5 drops of biostimulator in 500 ml of warm water.

What should you not feed?

Sulfates are harmful to developing plants; fertilizers containing them cannot be used. Pepper and tomato seedlings do not like fresh manure and increased doses of nitrogen, which contain herbal teas and green fertilizers. Severe inhibition of seedling development can be caused by dormant tea, which contains tannins.

The description of the pepper variety on a colorful bag of seeds promises the summer resident delicious, juicy fruits with thick walls. In practice, not everyone manages to obtain the pepper harvest declared by the manufacturer. It is not the seeds that are to blame, but the quality of care and the refusal of fertilizers. Feeding peppers with urea increases the gardener's chances of a good pepper harvest.

Urea is the main supplier of nitrogen

There are fertilizers that are popular with all gardeners. Urea can be considered such a fertilizer. The second name for urea is Urea, it is always present on the packaging of the product. The fertilizer is produced in the form of small white granules that contain a high percentage of nitrogen - 46%. Fertilizer is made from inorganic raw materials.

Fertilizer granules do not smell and quickly dissolve in water of any temperature. Liquid fertilizer solutions prepared according to the instructions can be used for root watering and foliar feeding. The fertilizer solution does not cause burns when it comes into contact with the leaves.

The restoration of nitrogen levels in pepper tissues with foliar feeding occurs within 48 hours. Before using fertilizer, find out about its features:

• an increased concentration of urea in the soil slows down seed germination;
• If the rules for adding urea to the soil are not followed, ammonia is formed, which can have negative impact on tender sprouts;
• The product must be stored in an airtight container; upon contact with atmospheric oxygen, the concentration of nitrogen in the granules noticeably decreases.

Advice! To prevent ammonium carbonate from slowing down seed germination, add urea to the soil along with potassium fertilizer.

It makes no sense to use this type of nitrogen fertilizer in the fall; ammonium will be destroyed over the winter. To achieve the effect, you need to add urea immediately before planting pepper seedlings on permanent place. Experienced gardeners apply fertilizer to the crop a week before planting, maintaining a planting depth of 8 cm.

Not all soils have the same fertilizer beneficial features. The product is more beneficial on soddy-podzolic soils with an acidic reaction. With regular watering, the fertilizer works well on gray soils. It makes sense to apply fertilizer granules on well-irrigated lands.

Mechanism of action of urea:

• affects the rate of cell division, stimulates their growth;
• increases the nitrogen content in the soil;
• facilitates the absorption of nitrogen by weak plants;
• negatively affects harmful insects.

Attention! Urea increases the acidity of the soil, so chalk is added to the soil before it is added. Deoxidizer helps restore normal level acidity.

Mixing fertilizer with chalk or lime is not recommended. The table below shows the acceptable standards.

Do peppers need nitrogen?

Signs of Deficiency

You cannot do without urea when growing crops on sandy loam or loam, and other soils with low nitrogen content. Signs of a lack of an important nutrient can be seen with the naked eye. They can be listed:

• the stems are thin and develop slowly;
• the color of the aerial parts is pale green;
• few inflorescences.

At any phase of development, signs of nitrogen starvation may appear, most often they occur immediately after transplantation into the soil. Urea is not the only fertilizer for peppers; ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate can be used to eliminate nitrogen deficiency.

Nitrogen deficiency in peppers can occur due to low calcium levels. Symptoms and methods for eliminating them are given in the table.

About the dangers of an overdose of nitrogen for peppers

The use of nitrogen-containing fertilizers (mineral, organic) without a certain system, often leads to sad consequences. Overfed peppers become fatty and produce a large number of shoots. It’s easy to find out about overfeeding:

The problems are not limited to external signs. What’s worse is that rapid growth exhausts the plant and weakens its immunity. Any fluctuations in daily temperature that are harmful to pepper can provoke disease.

Advice! Increase watering if peppers show signs of excess nitrogen. Feed with any fertilizer containing phosphorus.

Urea when growing pepper seedlings

There are many practice-tested recipes for feeding pepper seedlings. All of them are effective, but gardeners prefer feeding peppers with urea if the leaves of the seedlings turn pale and the stems weaken. Prepare a solution with a low nitrogen concentration for treating seedlings leaf by leaf. Add a teaspoon of urea to a bucket of water.

Other spraying recipes can help weakened seedlings:

Want to strong seedlings– start feeding the pepper with fertilizers after the appearance of 2 leaves. This is if you grow seedlings without picking. In the second case, fertilizers are used for the first time 10 days after picking.

Here is the fertilizer recipe for the first feeding of seedlings:

• pour a liter of water into the container;
• add 0.5 teaspoon of urea granules;
• pour in 2.5 ml of sodium humate.

When 2 weeks have passed, use another recipe; the fertilizer is prepared in the following sequence:

• Pour a liter of water into the container;
• add 0.5 teaspoon of urea;
• Instead of sodium humate, add a teaspoon of potassium monophosphate.

By the time the seedlings are transplanted into the soil, you will have strong seedlings with seven or even 12 bright green, shiny leaves. This is if you were not lazy and looked after the pepper seedlings with due attention.

Fertilizing peppers in open ground

Having transplanted the seedlings into the beds, they wait 10 days until they take root in the new place, and at this time they plan a scheme for future fertilizing.

If you want your peppers to develop well, alternate fertilizers. You can use the following diagram as a basis:

1. Feed with urea for the first time when the plants begin to grow after transplanting.
2. Use urea a second time when most of the fruit is formed.
3. Fertilize with superphosphate when the fruits begin to form.
4. Use calcium nitrate to prevent blossom end rot in fruits.

Many gardeners prefer to use organic matter to replenish nitrogen in the soil. If there is one at the dacha fresh manure, then the first fertilizing with urea can be replaced with cow manure infused for 5 days. Concentrated manure is diluted with 10 parts of water, the resulting slurry, and each plant is watered. Spend 1 liter of fertilizer per hole.

We use urea when growing peppers in a greenhouse

The soil in the greenhouse is used intensively; the replenishment of nutrients in it must be carried out systematically. First of all, prepare the soil in the greenhouse. Apply some of the fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus to the soil in the fall, and in the spring add urea to the planting holes.

Your peppers in the garden have begun to bear fruit, which means that liquid fertilizer containing all the microelements necessary for the formation of large fruits will come in handy. We prepare it, strictly observing the proposed proportions:

• take a 10 liter bucket of warm water;
• add 2 tablespoons of superphosphate granules;
• add 1 tablespoon of potassium chloride crystals;
• finish cooking with 2 tablespoons of urea granules.

Stir the liquid fertilizer until all components are completely dissolved; a small sediment may be present at the bottom of the bucket.

You can use good recipe from infusions of mullein and chicken manure, prepared in different barrels. Urea is the main component of the recipe. Here are its proportions:

• take a bucket of water;
• pour in a liter of concentrated mullein;
• add a glass of concentrated infusion of chicken manure;
• add a tablespoon of urea.

Between nitrogen fertilizing, peppers can be fed. Use it dry. Sift from combustion residues and scatter around the bushes. About a glass of natural fertilizer is used per square meter of ridge. Ash contains many useful substances, one of them is potassium. It is this that stimulates the formation of ovaries and enhances flowering.

Fertigation is a convenient technology for feeding peppers in a greenhouse

Fertigation is a type of fertilization in which fertilizer in liquid form is added to irrigation water. The technology appeared in the 70s of the last century; now it is used on an industrial scale, in vegetable gardens and greenhouses. This method of feeding became especially popular after equipment for drip irrigation.

Urea in the required ratio is dissolved in water and a fertilizer solution is added during watering. Automatic systems Watering allows for regular feeding of peppers in the absence of the owner at the dacha. This greatly eases the severity seasonal work, thanks to nitrogen, guarantees a good increase in green mass, size and number of pepper fruits.

Benefits of drip irrigation and fertigation:

• Supported optimal humidity soil (80-90%) and the required concentration of nitrogen and other macro- and microelements in the soil.
• It is easy to regulate the required volume of watering at different stages of pepper cultivation (pre-planting, planting, vegetative).
• Water saving, supply liquid fertilizer dosed for each pepper bush.

Reference! To get from the greenhouse square meter 15 kg of peppers, you need to spend about 1000 l/sq.m. on watering per season. m.

Recipes for foliar feeding with urea

Foliar feeding of peppers based on urea helps to increase productivity. Each vegetable crop has the most favorable phases for their implementation. But not all gardeners feed foliar fertilizers as planned; a significant proportion use them only as a emergency assistance to replenish nitrogen deficiency.

Reference! Planned foliar feeding increases the yield of peppers by 20%.

We can list a number of factors that force gardeners to resort to foliar feeding of pepper with urea:

• soil waterlogged due to prolonged rains;
• acidic soil, pepper has impaired nitrogen nutrition;
• extreme soil temperature (high, low), impairing the functioning of the root system.

Advantages of foliar feeding: rapid absorption of nitrogen, normalization of nitrogen balance, growth of leaves, increase in fruit size, and urea will be a good assistant in this.

Makes the labor-intensive process easier garden sprayers large volume. With their help you can quickly and easily process large pepper plantations. When using simple sprayers, the work of spraying leaves takes a lot of effort and time.

The first complete nitrogen fertilization on the leaf is carried out 2 weeks after transplanting pepper seedlings into the soil. It is at this time, when the phase of active growth of the vegetative mass begins, that peppers require nitrogen.

Preference should be given to urea, more precisely, 2% of it aqueous solution. What is needed is a solution with a low nitrogen concentration. To obtain it, dissolve 20 g of fertilizer in a bucket of water. The solution is poured into the sprayer tank and into evening time pepper plantings are being processed.

The effect will only be achieved if the leaves are processed correctly. To do this, adhere to the following rules while working:

• Spray the pepper leaves evenly and alternately on both sides. Start from the bottom tier of leaves and gradually move the sprayer to the top of the pepper.
• Plan work for the morning - before 11:00, or for the evening - later than 17:00.
• Do not process peppers if the air temperature is above +22 °C.
• Do not treat leaves before or during rain.

Proper preparation of compost

If you grow peppers in your beds, then you need good compost. It is no secret that crops grow better on loose soil that allows both water and air to pass through well. You can improve the soil structure with rotted sawdust or compost.

You can prepare it yourself. Fresh sawdust cannot be added to the soil; it makes the soil unsuitable for growing any plants. Make the right sawdust, use the following recipe for this:

• lay sawdust in layers;
• Water each layer of sawdust with a urea solution (dissolve 200 g of fertilizer in a bucket of water);
• wet the layers well;
• cover the pile with cellophane;
• shovel sawdust once every 2 weeks.

We saw that the color of the sawdust became almost black, which means they are ready for use. Adding such sawdust enriched with nitrogen fertilizer will not only improve the structure of the soil, but will also replenish the nitrogen concentration in it.

A constant level of soil moisture is an important condition good harvest peppers Sawdust mulch will help retain moisture in the soil. It is good to soak the sawdust with a fertilizer solution containing nitrogen; urea is suitable for this. You need to pour 60 g into a bucket of water.

Microorganisms that process sawdust will use the nitrogen contained in the soil, depleting it. And if you water the sawdust with nitrogen fertilizer (urea), the balance will not be upset. The sawdust will rot, the moisture will not evaporate, and the peppers will not get sick.

Conclusion

Pepper needs urea throughout the season. Knowledge of norms and practice-tested fertilizer application schemes will help maintain soil optimal level nitrogen. Nitrogen fertilizer is produced in packages convenient for summer residents. The price of nitrogen fertilizer is affordable, the effect of using urea is beyond doubt.

Additional information about the use of urea in the garden can be viewed in the video:

Kira Stoletova

To get the most out of a plant, you need to know the growing habits. Lack of nutrients during critical stages such as flowering or fruit set will negatively impact yields. Let's look at how to properly fertilize peppers.

Feeding during planting

When cultivating a popular sweet or spicy vegetable, it is worth remembering that the plant is very gluttonous. This is especially noticeable in the first phase of development, when resistance to external stimuli is formed. If you sow pepper seeds in nutritious soil, then for 20 days you don’t have to think about additional additions.

How many times do you fertilize peppers? When raising young animals, three procedures are carried out:

• Before the pick. After two weeks, two adult leaves appear at the seedlings, and the root is sufficiently formed to absorb minerals. For the first fertilizer, a mixture of superphosphate (2.5 g) with ammonium nitrate (5 mg) or potassium humate (2 ml) with urea (half a teaspoon) is suitable. The specified volume of products is diluted in a liter of liquid and the seedlings are carefully watered.
• After 15 days. Peppers easily absorb more essential microelements. The above dosages are doubled and applied after irrigation.
• A week before planting in open ground. During this period, it is recommended to use professional medications. “Gumi” is a good growth stimulant and antidepressant, and the solution is prepared from 1 g of the substance per 1 liter of water. Ideal helps root development and enhances resistance to disease. For irrigation, use 0.5 ml of the drug per 1 liter of water.

Fertilizers for peppers should not be applied to dry soil at the seedling stage. All procedures are carried out in the first half of the day and strictly at the root. If the solution gets on young leaves, you need to wash off the drops.

After transplant

IN open ground and in the greenhouse the seedling needs nutrients. For proper development You will need both mineral and organic preparations. An excess of microelements is just as dangerous as a deficiency, so you should not increase the recommended dose.

During the period of growth

After the seedlings are planted in a permanent place of growth, they carefully monitor the needs of the crop. If the soil on the site is nutritious, it is enough to apply every 2 weeks. You can feed weakened peppers, sweet or hot, once every 10 days, alternating root and leaf treatments.

After planting, seedlings grow very quickly, forming roots and greenery, so they need complex preparations. You can fertilize the crop with nitroammophoska. For root irrigation per 1 sq. m of plantings, use 20 g of the product. When foliar spraying 1 tbsp. l. granules are diluted in warm liquid.

When feeding peppers, avoid fertilizers containing chlorine (ammonium chloride), since when it gets into the root system, it clogs the sap flow.

Those who prefer to use organics are advised to alternate it with chemistry. Natural remedies increase the growth of tops and there is a chance of getting a fungus, so you should not abuse them. Dissolve in a bucket of water:

• wood ash - 1 half-liter jar;
• manure - 1 kg;
• chicken manure - 1 l.

During the flowering period

As soon as the formation of buds has become noticeable, fertilize the pepper. With a deficiency of nutrients, the ovaries form poorly and only the emerging fruits fall off. Professionals advise using a teaspoon of potassium sulfate and urea per bucket of water.

During flowering, you can feed the plants with manure without fear. For procedures with mullein, the substance is diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 2. If more complex products are needed, it is better to dilute 1 tbsp in a bucket. l. superphosphate and 12 g of urea.

During the fruiting period

During the formation of vegetables, additions are not always necessary. Before fertilizing peppers, conduct a thorough inspection of the plantings. If there are no defects on the bushes, and the plant itself does not change the color of the foliage, there is no need for fertilizing. Chemicals have a bad habit of accumulating in the crop in the form of nitrates. How fewer treatments, the safer.

If the fruits of sweet peppers ripen poorly or lag behind in development, it is better to proceed to procedures. Use superphosphate with the addition of potassium salt - 1.5 tsp. on a bucket of water. Fans of organic products water with mullein and bird droppings. Dilute 5 liters of natural raw materials in 10 liters of liquid.

It is useful to feed fruiting peppers leaf by leaf. To treat with urea, to prepare a solution, take 10 g of powder per bucket of water. Among complex preparations, it is better to use phosphorus-potassium mixtures. The ratio of substances gives the plant energy for rapid ripening.

For indoor varieties

Fertilizer for indoor peppers should be given in doses and at certain times.

Do not feed with manure or mullein with urea. In the spring, after hatching from the seeds, complex preparations for tomatoes are used. The addition of superphosphate and urea should be done carefully: 3 g of the product is enough for 1 liter of liquid.

When grown on a windowsill, watering with calcium nitrate is allowed (no more than 10 g per 5 liters of liquid). You can irrigate with the addition of ammonia: the substance drives away midges from the roots, but with frequent use it accumulates in the soil, which leads to the death of the bush.

Indoor varieties grow on the windowsill for many years, so you need to change the soil more often. As a safe fertilizer for peppers, water the ground with potassium permanganate or nettle infusion. Sometimes treatment with soda is allowed, but the substance strongly alkalizes the soil.

Original types of fertilizers

Tea, bread, shells, and whey are used as fertilizers. Of course, the substances do not give such quick results, but they do not accumulate in the fruits. These products are allowed to water several times a week.

Tea

It contains a huge amount of microelements that have a positive effect on the growth of seedlings. Foliar and root dressings for peppers activate protective properties plants. Of course, diseases cannot be cured, but maintaining bushes in good condition is easy.

The solution is prepared from leaves and flowers medicinal herbs(plantain, dandelion, coltsfoot), crushed, put in a bucket and poured cold water. The plants are infused for a week, after which they are filtered through a cloth. On average, the output is at least 5 liters of liquid. Pour a liter jar of the product under each pepper.

An infusion of nettle, hops and horsetail not only feeds the bushes, but also protects them from fungi. Half a kilogram of greens is poured into 6 liters of boiling water, left for 12 hours, then filtered through cheesecloth. The cooled product is irrigated at the root and sprayed during flowering.

Bread

The popular product contains yeast that has a positive effect on plants. When regularly added to the soil, the substance stimulates seed growth and enriches the crop with micronutrients. When irrigated, the bushes develop faster, and the taste of the fruit improves in all varieties.

Fertilizer with bread is applied in the spring, after planting seedlings. The procedure is carried out in warm soil, since yeast is not activated in cold soil. To prepare the product, fill a quarter of a bucket with black and white breadcrumbs, fill it with water and leave it under a radiator or in the sun. After 2 weeks, the decanted solution is diluted with pure liquid 1 to 1, after which the plant is watered at the root.

Shell

To increase soil fertility, it is not necessary to use chemicals. Farmers often use a proven product that complements treatment with azofoska or ammonia. The composition of eggshells includes:

• calcium carbonate;
• phosphates;
• magnesium;
• organic substances.

Microelements are important for the development and nutrition of crops. In addition, they reduce soil acidity and improve its structure. Before use, the raw materials are thoroughly washed under running water from product residues, after which they are dried and disinfected in the oven.

To prepare a nutrient solution, take the shells of five eggs, crush them and pour a liter of boiling water. Infuse for 5 days, stirring every day with a wooden stick. After the expiration date, the product is diluted with clean liquid in a 1:1 ratio, after which it is poured into a glass under the bush.

Serum

You can feed peppers (sweet, hot) with nettle infusion or ammonia. However, rarely does anyone decide to use dairy products as fertilizers. The product contains a lot of active substances and bacteria that improve the condition of the soil and prevent late blight. Irrigated vegetables increase the yield and taste of fruits.

The serum can be used to treat both seedlings that emerged from seeds after 2 weeks and plants after transplantation. Pour a liter of product into a bucket of water, add 10 drops of iodine and mix thoroughly with a wooden stick. It is enough to apply 1 liter of the resulting solution under one bush. You can also carry out foliar feeding on the leaf.

If the plant looks or develops poorly, it may be an excess or deficiency of some important substances. Most often, such a bush loses the intensity of foliage color or the blades fall off. A dull gray coating on the underside of greens indicates a lack of nitrogen. To quickly bring the plant to its senses, just spray it with a urea solution (1 teaspoon per bucket of water).

If after flowering the ovaries actively fall off, treatment with boric acid will help save the crop. To do this, 5 g of powder is diluted in 10 liters of warm liquid. The product is poured into a spray bottle, after which the leaf is sprayed.

Proper planting of Peppers, Eggplants and Cucumbers + feeding and protection from pests!!!

Pepper is perennial plant, but in our country it is grown as annual plant. This culture does not require special care, like other plants, pepper needs watering, weeding and fertilizer. When growing this vegetable, the question arises: what to feed the pepper after planting in the ground, and how often to add additional nutrition to get bountiful harvest. We will talk about this important condition for growing peppers in this article.

To get more fruits you need to select suitable variety, properly care for the plant and, of course, fertilize on time. Fertilizers can be used both store-bought and homemade. When feeding plants, you need to know that at each stage of development certain substances are needed.

Let's take a closer look at how you can feed peppers in open ground.

Fertilizing peppers in open ground

Urea

This substance is the main source of nitrogen for peppers. Fertilizer can be applied 15 days before planting plants in the ground. In order for the plants to quickly accept the beneficial components, urea is diluted with water according to the instructions and the peppers are sprayed. Urea granules are placed around the plant and sprinkled with soil, this helps prevent nitrogen loss.

For reference. Urea works well in moist soil. It is best to treat plants with urea in cloudy weather; this will help avoid burns on peppers.

Peat oxidate

The drug was created to stimulate plant growth. Even in concentrated form, peat oxidate is safe for people or animals to come into contact with. The first fertilizing with pepper preparation can be done after transplanting the plant into the ground. This will help you easily adapt to weather conditions and develop the root system. If necessary, water with fertilizer every 10 days.

The drug helps increase yield by 25%. Peppers and other vegetables after applying peat oxidate are obtained good quality, with a normal content of vitamins and microelements. For watering, use a 1% fertilizer solution.

Potash fertilizers

Most often, potassium sulfate is used as an additional nutrition for plants. This substance is used together with other fertilizers without harm to plants. The use of potassium sulfate allows you to increase the amount of sugar and vitamins in pepper fruits, thereby improving the taste of vegetables. Feeding with this fertilizer is carried out in autumn period directly into the hole before planting the plant.

Fact. The poorest potassium soils are peat, so potassium sulfate is added to such beds in the fall.

Phosphorus fertilizers

Among phosphorus preparations, Superphosphate is widely used. It can be used individually or as part of mixtures. It has a positive effect on the growth and development of plants, increasing their immunity. Phosphorus fertilizers in granules cannot be applied to the soil surface, since this element, interacting with other substances, ceases to dissolve in water.

In this state, phosphorus is not available to plants. Due to this, this type of fertilizer in dry form is applied directly during digging or deep to the roots of the plant, it is also used in liquid form. To feed peppers and other vegetable crops, use 30-40 grams. substances per 1 sq. m.

Mineral fertilizers

This fertilizer for peppers in open ground is used in liquid form. When watering the plant, you should try not to get it on the trunk and leaves. Today, there are many types of mineral fertilizers in gardening stores, among which the following compounds are in particular demand:

• "Orton Micro Fe" - Used to increase vegetation and immunity in plants. Contains all the necessary substances for the normal development and growth of peppers;
• “GUMI” - This fertilizer contains potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and nitrogen. The drug well increases the stress resistance of plants during transplantation into open ground and weather unfavorable for growth;
• “Ideal” - An excellent stimulator for the development and growth of roots, strengthens the plant’s immunity to infections and pests;
• "Kemira Hydro" is a universal fertilizer that provides peppers with all the necessary substances in an easily accessible form. The application rate is 1-2 kg per 1000 liters of water.

Note! Application of liquid nutrient solutions performed after abundant watering of the plantings.

Nitroammofoska

The drug is available in granules, its use helps to obtain a bountiful harvest. The first fertilizing with this fertilizer is carried out on the 14th day after planting. bell pepper into the ground. To do this, prepare a working solution at the rate of 40 grams of granules per 10 liters of water.

Fact. If you do not follow the instructions for using nitroammophoska, then nitrates accumulate in the soil. Vegetables from such a garden cannot be eaten.

Feeding peppers using traditional methods

There are many chemicals on store shelves for feeding peppers and other crops. However, not all summer residents are in a hurry to use them, giving preference to natural ingredients. Such fertilizers own production You can use it without fear for the health of your family and friends.

Egg shells

In our country, feeding peppers eggshell carried out by many vegetable growers. It contains a lot of useful microelements for the growth and development of peppers. To prepare the solution, the shells are dried and thoroughly crushed. For a three-liter container, four shells are enough. Next, it is filled with water and left in a warm place for 3-4 days. As soon as the liquid changes color and appears bad smell fertilizer can be used. Dilute the solution 1:3.

Milk with iodine

Pepper plantings are sprayed with this composition, which helps protect plants from diseases and pests. To prepare, one liter of milk is diluted with water (4 liters), stirred well and 15 drops of iodine are added.

Serum

This natural remedy rich in microelements, which is beneficial for the growth of peppers. In addition, the serum protects against fungal infections. The serum solution can be watered or sprayed on the plantings. Before feeding, 1 part of the whey is diluted in 10 liters of water and mixed thoroughly.

Important. Spraying with this product is best done after sunset.

Litter

This organic fertilizer is superior to manure in terms of nutrients. Microelements potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus contained in bird droppings are well and quickly absorbed. Fertilizer is prepared from chicken manure within three days. For one part of the component use 2 parts of water, the mixture is stirred every day. When the saturated solution is ready, it is diluted 1:10 and the beds are watered.

Nettle infusion

One of the simplest natural fertilizers, it is very easy to prepare. Nettles without seeds are chopped and placed in a 10-liter bucket tightly almost to the top and filled with water so that the grass does not float, a couple of bricks or other oppression are placed on top. The fertilizer is prepared within 10 days.

It is used to apply under the root of peppers. The resulting concentrated solution is diluted with water 1:10. This natural fertilizer can be applied once a week, always on moist soil.

Banana peel

Feeding sweet peppers with banana peels is one of the most simple ways. Banana peel cut and dig shallow into the soil. Another method is to tincture the peels of three fruits in a three-liter jar. In this case, the container with the contents should be kept in a warm place for three days. The finished infusion is diluted with water at a ratio of 1:1.

Feeding peppers in summer

After the pepper is planted in the ground, it can be treated with a biostimulant so that the plant quickly begins to grow. After 15 days have passed, the first feeding is performed. This can be an infusion of nettle, droppings or urea, the main thing is that the fertilizer contains a lot of nitrogen and potassium. The second feeding of pepper is carried out 14 days after the first.

Now the fertilizer must contain phosphorus and other microelements; most summer residents use the proven preparation superphosphate. The third fertilizing is carried out with complex fertilizers: Kemira Hydro, Agricola.

Feeding during flowering and fruiting

During this period, the plant is fed every week. Preference is given to potassium preparations. Solutions from dry concentrate are prepared with 1 tsp per 10 liters of water. A tincture of nettle or banana skins is also suitable; they contain a large amount of potassium and other useful substances.

Feeding during slow growth of pepper

If no insects are seen on the plants, or obvious signs diseases, it is necessary to use complex fertilizer, it can be bird droppings, “Kemira-Lux”, “Nitroammofoska”.

Important! When using any fertilizer, the main thing is not to overdo it. At large quantities nutrients, the plant produces a lush green mass, and in some cases it may die. Before using the drug, you should carefully study the instructions.

Caring for peppers after planting in the ground

Like other plants, peppers need care.

• loosening. This procedure is carried out after rains or watering. It is necessary to prevent the formation of a crust on the soil surface. They do not loosen deeply, since part of the root system is located close to the soil surface;
• watering. The first watering is carried out when planting peppers. After a few days of planting, the pepper is watered again. At first, 1.5 liters of water is enough for one root; later, 2 liters are poured at a time. Before harvesting the fruits, the plants are not watered for 10-14 days;
• defence from negative temperatures. Peppers are planted at positive temperatures in early June. But this does not guarantee a change in the weather. Therefore, you need to prepare cellophane film and covering material. In case of cold weather, plantings are watered warm water, then covered with material and on top with cellophane film;
• During the period of active growth, some varieties of pepper need to remove stepsons. The procedure is carried out in the afternoon, when the sun sets. Experienced vegetable growers recommend pinching off the flower that appears from the central branch; this helps increase yield.

How to understand that pepper lacks microelements

Nitrogen. With a lack of this element, the leaves of the plant become smaller and have a pale color. If nitrogen starvation lasts for a long time, the leaves turn yellow and fall off.

Phosphorus. The color of the leaves is rich - Green colour with a bronze tint. Red or purple spots may appear. Sometimes the development and ripening of fruits is delayed. The deficiency of this element most often manifests itself in acidic soils. With insufficient amounts of organic fertilizers.

Potassium. Potassium deficiency is noticeable along the light edges of the leaves; subsequently they may turn white, develop unevenly and wrinkle.

Calcium. The young leaves of the plant curl, and at the growing point they dry out and fall off. Root system It grows poorly, the shoots become unnaturally thick. To solve the lack of substance, lime is added to the soil or the plantings are fed with calcium sulfate.

It is very important to feed pepper seedlings during their growth so that they grow into healthy plants. Already after the first dose of fertilizer, you will be able to see its beneficial effect on pepper seedlings. But this does not mean that you can stop and no longer fertilize the plants.

Fertilizers such as urea and superphosphate are most suitable for feeding seedlings. And it is strictly forbidden to feed seedlings with potassium chloride, this can destroy young seedlings.

Feeding seedlings takes place in the following order:

When the first leaves appear on the seedlings, pick them and after 2-3 weeks the first feeding of pepper seedlings is carried out. For 10 liters of warm water, take 30-40 g of superphosphate, leave for 24 hours, then add 10 g of ammonium nitrate, 30 g of potassium sulfate and 10 g of urea.
Before you begin to introduce fertilizer, the seedlings must be sprayed with water and the soil watered.
Apply 50-100 ml of solution to each seedling and water again with a small amount of water. This is done in order to wash away any droplets of solution that accidentally fall from the leaves.
An excellent fertilizer for pepper seedlings is bird droppings and slurry. Litter is diluted with clean water in a ratio of 1 to 5, and manure - 1 to 10.
Microelements in combination with water are also successfully used as fertilizer. This can be zinc sulfate (0.5-1.5 g per 10 liters of water), boric acid(per 10 liters of water 1-2 g), potassium-manganese (per 10 liters of water 1.5-2 g), copper sulfate or ash (per 10 liters of water 2 g of vitriol or 200 g of ash).

After the seedlings are planted in open ground, fertilizing continues throughout the entire growth of the plant until the first fruits appear on the bushes and their ripening.

Fertilizing peppers in open ground is carried out in several stages:

The first feeding of pepper is carried out 15-20 days after planting the seedlings in open ground. During this time, the seedlings will have time to take root, grow stronger and be ready to accept fertilizer. For the first feeding, you need to dilute 5 g of superphosphate and 10 g of urea and add it to a bucket of water. Then you need to thoroughly mix the solution and pour 1 liter of water under each seedling. It is advisable to do this carefully so as not to get on the leaves of the bush.
The next feeding is carried out during the period of setting and ripening of pepper buds. At this time, pepper most needs an element such as potassium. It is necessary to dilute 1 tsp. potassium in a bucket of water, add 1 tsp. urea and 2 tbsp. l. superphosphate. Mix everything well and pour 1 liter of solution under each bush. Superphosphate is recommended to be added if soils are deprived of phosphorus.
And finally, the third feeding is carried out after the first fruits on the bush have ripened. For it, take 2 tsp. superphosphate, 2 tsp. potassium salt and diluted in 10 liters of water. Everything is mixed and, just as in the first two feedings, 1 liter of solution is poured under each bush of the plant.
If you notice that the pepper bushes have begun to grow poorly, you need to fertilize them with urea. Take 30-35 g of urea per bucket of water, mix and spray the plants for 6-8 days.
An excellent fertilizer for peppers can be an infusion of young nettles in water with the addition of minerals. The bucket is filled with nettles to the very top and filled with water. After about a week, the tincture begins to ferment. After another 2-3 days, the nettle sinks to the bottom of the bucket, now the tincture can be filtered and mineral fertilizer can be added. The tincture is ready. If you do not add mineral fertilizers, you can water your peppers with it every 10 days; it is absolutely harmless.

Sometimes, in addition to the main fertilizer application scheme, additional fertilizing is carried out. This is necessary if you see that the bushes are stopping their growth and blooming poorly.

Additional feeding is carried out as follows:

If the bushes grow well but bloom poorly, stop feeding the plants with nitrogen, but add superphosphates with water.
If the pepper leaves begin to curl, you need to add potassium fertilizer to the soil.
The leaves turning a dull gray color on the underside indicates a lack of nitrogen fertilizers in the soil.
During the growing season, pepper may need to spray the bushes, since the plant absorbs fertilizers faster.
Don't overdo it with fertilizers. This is not a case where more is better. You should especially not overuse slurry, as this can lead to loss of fertility.

Useful tips
When feeding peppers, you need to consider what fertilizer is intended for what, what it affects, and what can happen in case of an overdose:

Do not overuse organic fertilizers immediately before planting peppers. The main part of them is included in predecessors.
The full dose of phosphorus and potassium minerals is applied in the fall before plowing, then during sowing and with fertilizing during the growing season.
Part of the nitrogen fertilizers are applied before sowing and with fertilizing, or the entire norm is applied during the growing season.
Nitrogen fertilizers have a productive effect on the number of ovaries and the size of fruits, and an excess of this fertilizer can lead to delayed ripening and a decrease in plant immunity to diseases. A lack of nitrogen leads to a loss of pepper fertility and to the suppression of the plant itself.
If there is required amount phosphorus, the speed of fruit ripening will increase, and the roots of the bushes will be strong. A lack of phosphorus causes the leaves to turn purple.
Potassium helps balance vitamins and carotenes, and this in turn improves cellular structure fruits and has a positive effect on the brightness of color. A lack of potassium leads to reddening of the edges of the leaves.
A lack of magnesium leads to curling and yellowing of foliage.
Before introducing fertilizers, it is advisable to conduct a special soil analysis in order to know for sure what additives the plant needs.
To summarize, we can say that feeding pepper and its seedlings with fertilizers has great importance to obtain a rich harvest of vegetables. It is important to introduce fertilizers in a standardized manner and according to the scheme, without abusing or overfeeding the crop. A plant that has been properly cared for, fertilized and fed on time will definitely reward you with good growth and healthy juicy fruits.