How to Water and Fertilize Bell Peppers? Latest Water and Fertilizer Management Points

Bell pepper is a very popular plant of the Capsicum genus, and it has a relatively large planting area in our country. When growing bell peppers, if you want to improve the yield and quality of bell peppers, then water and fertilizer management is very important. Only by doing a good job in water and fertilizer management can we ensure that the nutrients and water needed for bell pepper growth are met. So how should water and fertilizer management be carried out when growing bell peppers? Today the editor brings you the key points of bell pepper water and fertilizer management. Let's take a look below!

I. Watering Management

1. Planting water

After the bell peppers are planted, we need to water them once with planting water. Watering can be done on the day of planting or the next day, and the watering amount should be kept at about half the depth of the furrow. Be sure not to let the water overflow onto the bed surface. After the planting water is applied well, you should begin to control the watering amount. Do not start watering again until about 3 days before the first pepper (menjiao) blooms; this watering is called flower-promoting water. After the water seeps into the soil, combine it with loosening the soil by deep hoeing, then earth up around the roots of the seedlings to avoid a temperature drop that would affect the growth of the bell peppers.

2. Flower-promoting water

About a week after applying the flower-promoting water, we should water again. This watering should be combined with fertilization by applying an appropriate amount of urea. Then after about 5 days, carry out the fourth watering. This watering should be combined with applying an appropriate amount of compound fertilizer. After the bell peppers enter the fruit expansion stage, be sure to keep the soil moist, watering about once a week, and watering should follow the principle of small amounts but frequent applications. Also pay attention to controlling the watering time; it should be done in the morning and evening, especially before high-temperature weather, be sure to water promptly in the morning before the temperature rises. However, control the watering amount well. If water accumulates, drain it promptly.

II. Fertilization Management

1. Topdressing

After the bell pepper seedlings successfully recover from transplanting, begin the first topdressing. For the seedlings, choose a stable high-nitrogen fertilizer, applying about 30kg per mu. Then at the bud stage of the plants, begin the second topdressing, keeping the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium ratio the same, mainly using quick-acting fertilizer. After the bell peppers enter the fruiting stage, until the time before harvest, every watering should be combined with topdressing. Fertilizer can be used by alternating high-nitrogen and high-potassium compound fertilizers to ensure that the bell peppers' growth needs are met.

2. Medium and trace elements

Throughout the entire growth period of bell peppers, pay attention to supplementing calcium. If calcium is insufficient, bell peppers are prone to blossom-end rot, so a high-quality liquid calcium fertilizer can be sprayed on the leaves of the bell pepper plants to supplement calcium. Then also pay attention to supplementing magnesium. In the early planting stage of bell peppers, the absorption of magnesium by bell peppers is not much, but it begins to increase during the harvest period. At this time, if magnesium is insufficient, the leaf veins are prone to yellowing, which is very unfavorable to plant growth and fruiting, and it can also be supplemented through foliar fertilizer. Finally, pay attention to boron as well, to avoid the plants lacking boron and flowering without setting fruit.

The above is a brief introduction to the key points of bell pepper water and fertilizer management. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!