Catalog of my best varietal tomatoes for this year https://clck.ru/35ouuP Catalog of hybrid vegetables by A. Lipatov https://clck.ru/35xMQS Now there are a lot of materials and advice on planting peppers on the Internet and many novice gardeners are simply confused and do not even know where to start and where to end. Let's briefly figure out and systematize - what is absolutely necessary and what Internet wonders can be skipped. I recently talked about how to choose soil and inexpensive high-quality lighting. I also talked about the date of planting peppers. From germination to sowing in the ground, count on 70 days. If the apartment is hot, 60 days is enough. You can plant in several terms and compare in the garden. In our middle zone, peppers from untormented seedlings ripen on average 120-130 days after germination, or 60 days after planting seedlings in the garden. if the weather does not fail. So the main thing. What you must take into account when planting pepper seeds 1 Do not forget. Pepper seeds dry out very quickly after harvesting and the shell becomes almost iron. And almost all pre-planting preparation consists of good softening of this shell. Many have noticed that if you take store-bought peppers and immediately plant the seeds in the ground, the shoots will appear like a brush on the 4th or 5th day. 2. Very many people forget that for good and friendly shoots of pepper, a temperature of about 27 or 30 degrees is needed. In extreme cases, 25 degrees. Also, a high temperature is needed when germinating pepper seeds. 3. If you need a constant good harvest of peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, dill with carrots - do not spare the time. It will be useful for the whole garden life. Take your time to read serious agronomic literature on pre-planting seed preparation. For example. In all greenhouses and farms, soaking pepper or tomato seeds in nutrient solutions with microelements is a strictly mandatory pre-planting operation. Also, many experienced gardeners use soaking pepper seeds. Such treatment will give both quick shoots and, surprisingly, a significant increase in yield and resistance to diseases and much more. All this has been proven by numerous long-term agronomic experiments. I will definitely note that soaking is done only with nutrients with microelements. In no case with stimulants or biopreparations. 4. Be careful with miracles from the Internet. In each case, be sure to double-check these miracles on test seedlings. And be sure to compare with the usual method of growing. Only comparison will give the right conclusions. Do not experiment on the main seedlings right away. Now in order. TABLE. Scheme (order) for planting pepper seeds. 1. Remove small, dark and curved seeds. 2. Soak the seeds in plain water for 1-2 hours 3. Disinfection (etching) of seeds The first method. Keep the seeds for 30 minutes in undiluted Chlorhexidine or Hydrogen Peroxide. Rinse The second method. Keep the seeds in the Ordan preparation. 2 syringe cubes per glass of water. Rinse. 4. Mandatory soaking in nutrient solutions. The first method. Keep the seeds for 24 hours in an ash extract. 1 tbsp. ash per 0.5 liters of water plus half a syringe cube of citric acid. Rinse The second method. Keep the seeds for 24 hours in a solution of any water-soluble fertilizers (Aquarin, Fertika). The dose is 1 g of fertilizer (1 syringe cube) per 1 liter of water. Plus citric acid on the tip of a knife. Rinse. Soaking is done at room temperature. 5. Germination. It is safer to germinate on toilet paper or on a cloth kitchen napkin. At a temperature of 27-30 degrees. Germination continues until the roots appear or until the moment when you can discard the weak and select strong seeds. 6. Sowing in the ground. Picking is undesirable for beginners. put tested soil in a 0.5 liter glass 0.3 liters make a depression and pour 60 ml of water into it place a seed in the depression (1-1.5 cm), sprinkle with dry soil spray the entire surface of the soil with water cover the surface of the glass with plastic bags, etc. keep the glasses at a temperature of 27-30 degrees. Minimum 25g - after germination, immediately place the seedlings under a lamp or on a light windowsill ___________________________________________________________________________ Shadrin Viktor Nikolaevich Nizhny Novgorod region, Kstovo. E-mail: [email protected] Mobile phone +7-904-040-00-07