What are the methods for growing potted peppers on a balcony?

What aspects should be paid attention to when growing potted peppers on a balcony? Growing peppers on a balcony is highly ornamental.

Step one of the balcony pepper growing method: material preparation.

Materials needed: seeds, pond mud, peat soil, garden soil, sand, growing container, gardening trowel, pruning shears

a. Recommended varieties

The horn pepper is a type of sweet pepper, shaped like a horn, slender, with a hook at the tip, thin skin, thick flesh, bright color, fragrant taste, and moderate spiciness.

Sunshine colorful pepper: plant height 30-60cm, spread 45-50cm. The fruit is conical, growing upright, and when ripe turns from milky white, purple, yellow, and orange to red, with a single fruit weight of 2-10g, and is extremely ornamental.

b. Soil: Before potting, the nutrient soil ratio can be pond mud:peat soil = 1:1; after potting, garden soil or a mixture of peat and sand in a certain ratio can be used.

c. Container: Generally, choose one 10-15cm high; the size can be selected according to your own growing needs, and the planting density for a single plant is 10-15cm.

Step two of the balcony pepper growing method: sowing and raising seedlings

a. You can sow directly, or soak the purchased pepper seeds in warm water at 50-55°C for 20 minutes.

b. Before sowing, first put the prepared nutrient soil into the pot, keeping it 3-4cm below the rim, and water thoroughly. Once the soil is slightly dry, sow 1-2 seeds every 10-12cm, then cover with 1cm of fine soil.

The method for growing balcony peppers. Step three of the pepper growing method: potting

a. Once the seedlings grow to 2 true leaves, they can be potted

b. Before potting, use tile pieces to form a ""-shaped arrangement over the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot, add pebbles, then add nutrient soil so that the soil is 2cm below the pot rim, and dig a 5-7cm square hole.

c. Use a gardening trowel to dig out the seedlings from around the root system of the plants in the original pot at a position of about 5cm. Plant the seedlings with their soil ball into the already prepared flower pot.

d. Water until water seeps out from the bottom of the pot.

e. After potting, place in a cool indoor spot to control transpiration, and after the seedlings recover, place them on the balcony.

Step four: daily management

a. Peppers like warmth, fear frost, and avoid high temperatures.

b. Water with clear water every day or every other day

c. After potting, add 5-10g of compound fertilizer per pot every 15 days

d. Light requirements are not strict, but insufficient light will delay the fruiting period and reduce the fruiting rate

e. Basically no pruning is needed during the growing period.

f. The key point is management during the fruiting period. The suitable temperature for fruit development is 25-28°C. If high temperature and drought occur, or under direct strong light, fruit sunscald or fruit drop is likely to occur. During the fruiting period, do not water too much, and keep the air dry, otherwise pollination will be poor.

(Caiba Editor: caiba_org)