Causes of death of pepper seedlings

Many gardeners are familiar with the situation when young shoots of pepper suddenly weaken. The causes of death of seedlings lie in improper care. There may be several. Consider why this problem occurs and how to grow healthy seedlings.

Sowing errors

If pepper seedlings disappear, you need make sure that agricultural cultivation techniques have not been violated from the very beginning.

Soil

When choosing a soil for planting, it is better to dwell on a substrate purchased in specialized plant growing stores. It is advisable not to use the soil from the garden, especially from flowers and vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplant, etc. Such land is already depleted and cannot give the new sprouts the necessary nutrients, even if the seeds germinate, they will give weakened sprouts which have a high level of risk of dying in the process of the formation of the stem or bush in the future.

Variety

Before you grow a crop, you need to consider. It is necessary to select seeds after weather conditions and the type of land in the garden have been taken into account.

The use of high-quality seeds is a fundamental point in growing. Overdue or poor-quality seeds do not germinate or die a few days after emergence. Before planting seeds, it is better to prepare using the soaking procedure, preferably in melt water. Soaking is carried out for 2-3 days, during this period the seeds swell, and it will be easier for the sprout to break through its shell.

Planting dates

It is also important to correctly observe the sowing dates . Insufficiently grown plants do not tolerate open ground, just like overgrown ones. After planting in a permanent place, such a crop often dies.

Errors in seedling care

Consider why pepper seedlings die after emergence, during the period of active growth of bushes. From the very planting, plants need to provide quality care. Violations of the rules of agricultural technology in the process of growing bushes is one of the causes of this problem.

Watering

In order to get strong healthy sprouts, crops need regular watering, it is better to morning hours and not cold water. Violation of these rules can provoke the development of diseases and the death of plantings.

Feeding and thinning

There is no need to fertilize the seedlings. When the sprouts enter the stage of active growth, you need to make sure that the leaves of the plant do not touch each other. Otherwise, the seedlings lengthen, get weak and die soon.

Temperature and light

Seedlings need good lighting

Sprouts are afraid of drafts, but ventilation of the room where they are located is still necessary. One of the possible causes of death of seedlings is a lack of light. Since pepper for seedlings is sown in February, there is very little lighting for it, so you need to light up. In duration, it should be 10-12 hours per day. Table lamps with a reflector or fluorescent are usually used.

When 2 leaves appear on the sprouts, they are exposed to sunlight for about 8 hours. The lack of lighting inhibits the growth of seedlings, leads to rot of leaves and prevents the ovaries from developing. Also, the stalks of such peppers are bent, which may cause their death in the future.

Pick and pinch

It is better not to disturb the root system of peppers once again. This applies to such a procedure as a dive. This is one of the main reasons for the death of pepper seedlings.

It is necessary to remove part of the root as accurately as possible, and not to make too large a pinch.Otherwise, the root nutrition is disrupted and the plant dies.

What does the death of seedlings indicate

Sometimes the leaves of the plant become yellow during the period of intensive growth, wither or twist. After some time, the plants may die. To avoid this, you need to know what contributes to the weakening of the plant and its diseases. The reasons for this may be:

Problems in the development of roots

Sometimes it happens that the roots initially develop well, and after a while get confused. This leads to impaired circulation in the stem and to diseases. The reason for this is too small seedling boxes. This often leads to the death of seedlings.

Lack of nitrogen

Due to the deficiency of this element, the bush turns yellow and grows poorly. Some weak specimens do not just stop growing, but die. The introduction of top dressing will help in this case. Nitrogen is contained in large quantities in urea and in the litter.

To make an irrigation solution, you need to dissolve 500 g of litter in 10 l of liquid, leave for a day and then mix this solution with 15 l of liquid, the dressing is ready for use. The solution is used as an irrigation liquid.

Pests

Pests can destroy plants

It is the attack of the nutcracker that often leads to weakening of the plant.In addition to the nutcracker, you should be afraid of aphids and wireworms, eating bush juices, they slowly kill the plant.

Hardening

When the seedling is transferred to open soil, unhardened plants die. Therefore, it is important during the period of intensive growth of sprouts every three days to spray the bushes once with cool water and gradually reduce the temperature in the greenhouse.

Watering

The lack of moisture also negatively affects the dynamics growth and the quality of the plants themselves. Ideally, such a crop should be watered once every 7 days. It should saturate the earth with moisture, but not overmoisten. It is necessary not to let the water stagnate, this can lead to the development of the fungus.

Diseases

The black leg is a fungal disease caused by fungal spores in the soil. They feed on dead plant tissues, but when they come into contact with the roots and root of the neck in high humidity, they infect plants. It can affect almost all garden crops at the stage of young sprouts, including pepper.

The black leg damages the sprouts from the moment of seed germination until 2-3 true leaves appear. In a diseased plant, the root tissues soften, thin, blacken and rot. The diseased sprout lays on the ground and dries. The causes of the disease are increased humidity of the soil and air, dense crops, and as a result of this – poor ventilation.

An effective prophylaxis of the black leg disease in seedlings is disinfection of the soil before planting.

Errors in transplanting seedlings

In order for the plant to take root in a new place and not die, use seedlings with the following parameters:

• height 15-20 cm;
• there should be 10 leaves;
• several buds have been formed, but not yet ovaries.

A seedling with an ovary after planting on the ground is very poorly developed.

It becomes depleted and may wither. For planting, you need to take care of comfort for plants on the land. It must be protected from the wind, because such a vegetable does not like drafts and dies from this.

Conclusion

The death of pepper seedlings is one of the problems when growing of this culture. This happens most often due to violations of agricultural technology. If from the very beginning of the growing process to pay maximum attention to the seed, used land, temperature, lighting, watering, then you can grow high-quality seedlings. It is also important to try not to thicken the crops and feed them on time.