Causes of Poor Pepper Growth

Pepper is a vegetable belonging to the nightshade family. It is appreciated due to its rich vitamin and mineral composition. Making some mistakes, gardeners have to deal with the fact that pepper does not grow well.

Content
  1. Growing seedlings
  2. Why seedlings do not grow after transplanting
  3. Organization of care
  4. Watering
  5. Feeding <
  6. Pruning <
  7. Other pepper growth factors
  8. What diseases should you be afraid of
  9. Conclusion

Причины плохого роста перца

Causes of poor pepper growth

Growing seedlings

Strong seedlings – the first secret to growing success, but you need to grow it correctly. soaked for 5 hours in moderately hot water until swelling, then wrapped in a soft cloth for 2-3 days so that they hatch. This provides quick seedlings. Floated seeds do not plant.

The sown seeds are watered abundantly and placed in a greenhouse made of glass or polyethylene. Before emergence, put in a warm place with an optimum temperature of 22 ° C, lighting does not matter. When the pepper has risen, the temperature should be between 10-15 ° C at night and 26-28 ° C during the day.

Heat and photophilous plant provide moderate watering with warm water, organize additional lighting. Seedlings should be in a well-ventilated area, but without drafts, with sufficient air humidity.

Particular attention is paid to the quality of the seeds.Usually on packages with them indicate the expiration date. This should not be neglected, as the seed germination rate decreases every year.

Why seedlings do not grow after transplanting

Properly selected soil and transplanting time is the second secret of success.

Adaptation of sprouts

So that the plants do not get stress when planting in the soil, the seedlings are gradually adapted to the growing conditions: they lower the temperature, reduce the light. When the seedlings become strong, and about 10 leaves and several buds appear on the shoot, it is time to plant in open ground. The most suitable time for transplanting is the end of May-mid-June.

Preparing the soil

For normal pepper growth, the soil should be fertile, warm, rich in nutrients and humus, light and well permeable to water. Heavy soils complicate the growth of young plantings. Sometimes when growing bushes on loam, roots are bent due to stagnation of moisture. In this case, special ditches are made around the perimeter of the garden for outflow of rainwater.

A week before planting, the soil is well treated with copper sulfate to prevent infection by fungus.

Wells should be made it’s impossible to deep, seedlings are placed in them with a lump of earth to maintain the integrity of the root system, otherwise it will take root for a long time and slowly grow.

Organization of care

If the pepper does not grow, the reason may be insufficient care for it. The main rules are as follows:

  • timely watering;
  • feeding seedlings;
  • pinching and pruning;
  • heat protection;
  • weeding.

Watering

Правильный полив влияет на развитие растений

Proper watering affects the development of plants

Watering the seedlings should be immediately after planting in the ground, repeat the procedure after 4-5 days, and then if it rains slightly, watered every 10 days, until the first harvest. Then they take a short break and resume watering with the appearance of a new color. Watering after harvesting is mandatory, otherwise the pepper weakens and stops growing.

Top dressing

The first top dressing is carried out when a couple of leaves form on the shoot, after 2 weeks – the second, the latter – 2 days before disembarkation. During the season, plants are fed 2-4 times chicken droppings, as well as the foliar method, using mineral fertilizers. This helps to improve the growth of green mass and accelerates fruit ripening.

Pruning

It is necessary to pinch, that is, remove side shoots in hot and humid weather. 3 times a month and after harvesting, pruning of shoots is carried out below the main fork of the stem. The longest branches that obscure the plant are subject to pruning.Spending too much effort on forcing out the shoots, the bush is able to stop growing.

Other pepper growth factors

The main mistakes made when growing:

  • Untimely landing. Seedlings are planted in open ground when the air temperature reaches 20-25 ° C, otherwise there is a delay in development.
  • Lack of lighting. If pepper grows in the shade, the plant becomes tall and thin, poorly developed, easily broken by the wind. Little fruit is tied on it.
  • Deep or shallow immersion in the soil. The root neck is located not far from the soil surface, otherwise the seedlings will stop developing.
  • Damage to the roots during transplantation. Seedlings are planted by transshipment, trying to save a lump of land. Damaged roots grow back for a long time, and this inhibits the growth of the aerial part.
  • Unsuitable temperature. Heat above 35 ° C and coolness provoke shedding of flowers and stunting.

Some varieties are not intended for cultivation in certain climatic conditions. So, varieties that feel good in the southern regions grow poorly and bear fruit in the north. Because of the short and not very warm summers, cold-resistant varieties are planted there.

What diseases should you be wary of?

With high humidity, gray, white rot or alternaria appears on the fruits. These diseases deplete the vitality of pepper and lead to inhibition of its vegetation.

The pathogen enters the plant through tissue damage, so fruits with mechanical damage are removed to prevent mass infection.

When growing pepper for several years at the same place you should beware of soil diseases: late blight, fusariosis and verticillosis. It also depletes the soil, and pepper does not grow normally on it. If the plant is affected, its leaves and shoots begin to fade, stop growing. After a few days, the bush dies. For treatment, chemical treatment of the aerial part of the plant is used.

Conclusion

Creating conditions for thermophilic plants – a laborious process.If pepper does not grow, you need to identify the cause as soon as possible, while the bush is slightly behind in growth from the rest doc.

If the size difference is very noticeable, it is better to remove the plants from the beds, because you can no longer wait for the crop. Sometimes all planted bushes grow poorly. Even if the growth conditions are normal, nothing changes , it’s about poor planting material.

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