Vegetables grown in greenhouses require frequent and abundant feeding. The soil is quickly depleted, and for the formation of ovaries and the rapid development of the fruit requires a lot of nutrients.
Sweet peppers and eggplants have similar fertilizer requirements that must be considered when choosing a top dressing. You need to start feeding at the seedling stage, when the potential for future plant development is laid.
Eggplant and Pepper Preferences
Peppers and Eggplants like a light and nutritious soil. Preferably the alternation of complex mineral fertilizers and organics, During the season, seedlings of peppers and eggplants will have to be made at least 6 times. It is important to constantly maintain the nutritional value of the soil. Plants prefer aqueous solutions of fertilizersthey are easier to digest and do not cause root burns.
Eggplant and Peppers react well to potash fertilizers, they like and nitrogen. However, nitrogen-containing complexes cannot be abused, after the start of flowering, these types of fertilizers are canceled.
At home, more often use complex mineral fertilizers. In greenhouses and open ground, you can alternate them with organic matter: a solution of mullein, infusion of egg shells or grass humus.
How to feed seedlings of peppers and eggplants?
Further we will talk in detail about how to feed seedlings of peppers and eggplants?
Most the first feed is made in the preparation of the soil mixture. Superphosphate, wood ash or potassium complexes are added to it. This mixture ensures the good development of newly emerged sprouts, stimulates the growth and formation of green mass.
How to feed the seedlings of peppers and eggplant after picking? The second feeding is usually carried out after picking or the formation of 2 true leaves. The choice of fertilizer for seedlings of pepper and eggplant depends on its condition. Potassium and superphosphate have a positive effect on root development.. For 10 liters of water you will need 1 tsp of potassium sulfate and 2 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate.
If the shoots look weak, their color is not saturated enough, it is worth trying to fertilize the planting with an aqueous solution of urea, which retains moisture in the soil. Dissolve in 1 liter of water in 10 liters. spoon of urea and 1 cup of mullein.
Stimulate growth and to strengthen the plants will help the egg shell infusionrich in calcium and potassium. It must be prepared in advance.
The shell of 10 eggs is crushed, poured into a three-liter jar and filled with hot water. After 6 days, the infusion should be drained and used instead of water for irrigation.
Feeding seedlings will help and black tea. It is poured boiling water, cooled and watered. More information about the modes of watering pepper and eggplant.
During flowering, plants should be fertilized with an aqueous solution of mullein or chicken manure.. At 10 liters of warm water will need 0.5 liters of bird droppings or 1 liter of mullein. To the mixture is added 1 cup of ash.
Fresh manure should not be used for fertilizer. This type of feeding excessively stimulates the root system and increases the green mass, while the formation of ovaries is strongly delayed.
Top dressing rules: how to fertilize?
When to feed seedlings of peppers and eggplants? Fertilize seedlings need in the morning. This technique will help to avoid the "black leg" and help nutrients normally absorbed.
Before applying the fertilizer soil should be watered. Use the tincture of the shell or tea instead of the usual watering.
When fertilizing, it is important to ensure that the liquid does not get on the stems and leaves of plants. It is not necessary to pour dressing under the root, it is better to irrigate the land around the stem.
After the appearance of the first shoots and until the end of fruiting it is recommended to apply fertilizer 2 times a month. The smaller the capacity in which the eggplants or peppers grow, the more abundant the feeding should be.
All liquid dressings are made only in the form of heat. Cold solutions can cause shock, dropping of the ovaries, or the death of plants. If fertilizers get on the leaves, it is better to gently wash them off with warm water from a watering can.
Timely feeding will ensure the normal development of seedlings, plant health and excellent yields. Experimenting with fertilizers and varying portions, you can achieve impressive results both at home and during greenhouse cultivation.
Pay attention to the different methods of growing eggplants, especially their sowing according to the lunar calendar and is it possible to grow them at home?
Useful materials
Read other articles on pepper seedlings:
- Proper cultivation of seeds and whether to soak them before sowing?
- How to grow black pepper peas, chili, bitter or sweet at home?
- What are growth promoters and how to use them?
- 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?
As well as articles about eggplant seedlings:
- How to prepare the seeds for planting?
- All causes of white spots on the leaves, and why they can curl?
- Major pests and how to get rid of them?
