How to grow peppers in early spring? Latest planting techniques and methods tutorial
For many people, peppers are an indispensable vegetable at every meal. There are many varieties of peppers, and they are basically grown all over our country. In the past, peppers were basically grown in summer, but now planting techniques are becoming more and more mature, so now peppers can also be grown in early spring. So how should peppers be grown in early spring? Today the editor brings you early spring pepper planting techniques. Let's take a look together below!
1. Soil treatment
When growing early spring peppers, if the greenhouse is reused many times, then the number of pathogenic bacteria in the soil will also be very large, which is also very unfavorable to the growth of peppers. So we should pay attention to disinfecting the soil. Disinfectants such as metam sodium and calcium cyanamide can be used. Before treatment, organic fertilizer should be applied and disinfected together with the fertilizer, then after treatment, an appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer and biological bacterial fertilizer should be applied. Generally, an appropriate amount of organic fertilizer, diammonium phosphate, potassium sulfate and other fertilizers are applied per mu as base fertilizer. If you are worried about a lack of elements such as calcium and magnesium, then an appropriate amount of magnesium sulfate can also be applied. Finally, ridge and make beds to prepare for planting.
2. Timely planting
The seedling raising work for early spring peppers is the same as the normal pepper seedling raising method. Because peppers like to grow in a warm environment and have relatively poor frost resistance. So when planting, note that the temperature should be stable at about 5 degrees or above. Also, the soil temperature within 10cm should not be lower than 12 degrees. Planting should be done in the morning to improve the survival rate of the seedlings after planting. After planting, water the pepper seedlings one by one, soaking the soil ball thoroughly, to help the pepper seedlings recover. Then after the seedlings have recovered, water once more with recovery water on a sunny morning.
3. Management during the seedling recovery period
After the early spring peppers are planted, the temperature is still relatively low, and a low-temperature, high-humidity environment is likely to occur, which is very unfavorable for the recovery of pepper seedlings. So we should pay attention to doing a good job of heat preservation. During the day, open the ventilation openings as little as possible or not at all. The temperature should be maintained at about 18 degrees, and the lowest temperature at night should not be lower than 15 degrees. Then after the seedlings recover, pay attention to watering once with recovery water, not too much. After watering, do a good job of intertillage and loosening the soil to increase the ground temperature. According to the soil moisture and seedling condition, water about twice to promote seedling squatting. During the seedling recovery period, the main focus is on promoting roots and strengthening seedlings, controlling the temperature well, and ensuring normal growth of the seedlings.
4. Management during the flowering and fruiting period
For peppers grown in early spring, the first pepper is usually removed, unless the plant shows excessive vegetative growth, in which case it is difficult to control the growth of the first pepper. Then when the second pepper begins to expand, the pepper has entered the fruiting period. At this time, sufficient fertilizer and water should be maintained, and each watering should be combined with topdressing. The fertilizer is generally based on water-soluble compound fertilizers such as chitin. Then in March to April, it is mostly the full fruiting period of early spring peppers. At this time, the temperature in the shed is relatively high, and the photosynthesis of the plants is also relatively strong. The suitable temperature should be controlled at about 28 degrees, and at night it should not be lower than 14 degrees, to ensure healthy growth of the peppers.
The above is a brief introduction to early spring pepper planting techniques. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can help everyone!