Preparing for sprouting or whether to soak the seeds of sweet pepper before planting on seedlings

Seeds of bell pepper before sowing must be necessarily processed.

Regardless of whether they were bought or collected personally.

To obtain healthy plants and the desired yield you need to carry out a phased preplant preparation.

Seed calibration

The first stage of preparation for planting sweet peppers is selection of suitable seed. It is important to single out filled out of the total amount, discarding hollow, small and too large seeds. Medium sized seed is most suitable..

Calibration of seeds can be done using saline solution, which consists of 40 grams of salt and a liter of warm water. In the resulting solution put seed for a few minutes, choose the remaining water on the surface and dispose of them. High-quality seeds will be at the bottom, they must be well washed and dried on a paper towel.

The separation of the filled seeds from the empty ones is carried out before the direct planting..

Disinfection

The procedures for preparing seeds of Bulgarian pepper for sowing include them dressingnecessary to decontaminate and prevent possible infection.

For pickling seed are placed in 1% solution of potassium permanganate for half an hourand then washed and dried on a paper towel.

For dressing phytosporin solution is often used (4 drops of biological product per glass of water). Means effective against a number of bacteria and fungal infections, while harmless to humans and pets.

Disinfection is carried out before planting seeds Bulgarian pepper, while ensuring the rapid growth of healthy crops and proper development.

Micronutrient processing

Preparatory procedures before planting sweet peppers may include treatment with micronutrients, which increases germination. Plants whose seeds have undergone such processing resistant to diseases and adverse conditions in the first phases, which allows peppers to grow stronger quickly and give increased yields.

For enrichment with micronutrients wood ash solution is used, which contains more than 30 elements necessary for plants.

To make it:

1. in a liter of water you need to stir a few grams of ash and let it brew for about a day;
2. after which gauze or cloth with pepper seeds is put into the mixture for 3 hours;
3. washed and dried.

The treatment of seed can be carried out using special ready-made compounds of trace elements. In this case, it is produced in strict accordance with the instructions of the purchased biological product.

ATTENTION: The treatment with trace elements is carried out a few days before sowing.

The use of growth stimulants

Due to the treatment of seeds of sweet pepper with a growth stimulator, the chance of their emergence and development increases. A proven stimulant is nettle infusion, which is prepared at the rate of a spoon of a plant into a glass of boiling water.

Soak the seed can be in such preparations as "Zircon", "Epin-Extra" and other stimulants, following the instructions.

Soak

In order to accelerate the emergence of sprouts, seed peppers soaked before planting. This procedure before sowing softens the seed coat and accelerates the growth processes.

Decontaminated pepper seeds are wrapped in a cloth moistened with water or cotton and left in a warm place. It is necessary to periodically monitor the humidity of gauze. and wet as it dries.

After swelling their seeds either immediately planted in the soilor germinated first. Sprouting is done in the same way as soaking, only until the seeds germinate.

Bubbling

Sparging replaces preparatory steps such as soaking and germination. It represents treating the seed with oxygenated water, as a result of which destructive microflora is washed off from the skin. This stage is well combined with the processing of microelements.

For bubbling:

1. high transparent dishes filled with water for 2/3;
2. it contains the seeds and the tip of the compressor for an aquarium;
3. oxygen saturation should occur for about a day;
4. after which the seeds are obtained and dried.

Hardening

After the bell pepper seeds have germinated, their must be refrigerated for several dayswhere they will undergo the hardening procedure. This stage will help the seeds to easily transfer planting in the open field and temperature drops. This is the last point on which the preparations are completed.

Training programs for pepper for planting may differ, they are determined by potential and personal preferences. However, step by step instruction has a single frame - this is the choice of seeds suitable for sowing, their dressing, saturation with microelements and their germination.

Each of these methods of pre-sowing seed treatment of pepper tested, easy to perform and effective. You need to choose the 1-2 most suitable, without interfering all in one procedure. Properly prepared sowing seeds will be one of the most important guarantors of a decent result.

Useful materials

Read other articles on pepper seedlings:

• Proper growing from seed.
• How to grow black pepper peas, chili, bitter or sweet at home?
• The main reasons why the leaves are twisted at the shoots, the seedlings fall or are pulled out, and also why the shoots die?
• Terms of planting in the regions of Russia and especially the cultivation in the Urals, in Siberia and the Moscow region.
• Learn yeast based fertilizer recipes.
• Learn the rules of planting Bulgarian and hot peppers, as well as dive sweet?

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