How to fertilize pepper

Many varieties of sweet peppers have long been stuck in the middle lane. It these plants reproduce only with the help of seedlings and subsequent planting in greenhouse or open ground. Experienced gardeners have learned to grow great crops of this useful and tasty vegetables on their plots. Much of the success of a country works depends on the correct feeding of peppers of various organic and mineral fertilizers. This is carried out in several stages.

You will need

• - A mixture of garden soil, peat (humus) and sand;
• - Superphosphate;
• - Rotted manure;
• - Ammonium nitrate;
• - Urea;
• - potassium sulphate;
• water;
• - a matchbox, a tea spoon, scales, and 10-liter bucket for correct dosing of fertiliser.

Instruction

1. Soil preparation for seedlings. Prepare the soil for growing seedlings of sweet pepper in advance, as she needs feeding. Most varieties of this plant is quite demanding to the composition of planting soil. You can buy ready-special mix at the store, but it is easy to prepare on their own. As practice shows, good results are obtained by mixing these components: soil from the garden (25-30%), peat or humus (30-50%) and the same amount of sand.
2. Fertilizing the soil during digging. Many successful gardeners during the fall or early spring digging garden beds make such fertilizers as superphosphate and potassium sulfate. Enough to take them at the rate of 30 g per square meter and to bring the soil to a depth of approximately 10 cm.
3. Preparing for planting. A couple of weeks before transplanting pepper seedlings in open ground in advance to prepare vegetable beds and fertilize them with manure (approximately 5 kg per square meter). A couple of weeks before transplanting is recommended to also lightly feed planting soil nitrogen (ammonium nitrate), as this mineral fertilizer the plant will need before the start of its flowering. Per square meter of area, calculate for 10 g of product.
4. The first feeding. Planting seedlings of pepper in vegetable beds or in the greenhouse, let it take root and grow strong within 2-3 weeks. Only then can "feed" the plant with superphosphate and urea. The first fertilizer take only 5 g, the second twice, and thoroughly mix the components in the two-gallon bucket of water. Pour a liter of the prepared mixture under every Bush pepper.
5. The second feeding. While tie first buds and the fruit is ripe, the pepper is particularly in need of potassium. Growers usually feed the plant during its rapid flowering in the bucket of water soluble matchbox superphosphate and a teaspoon of sulphate of potash. This solution treat the garden in the same way as in the first feeding. Keep in mind that superphosphate is only necessary on soils poor in phosphorus!
6. The third feeding. Do it after the fact, when the fruits of the first branch of the Bush to fully ripen. At this time again entered phosphorus and potassium (two teaspoons of either per bucket).