How to plant pepper at home on the windowsill. Hot pepper on the windowsill

In the cold season, I want to create a special cosiness in the house, and plants grown on the windowsill at home are ideal for this. Indoor pepper is no exception, it will not only give originality to the interior, but will also give lovers of spicy food to spice up their dishes.

Features of growing on the windowsill

Important!  With appropriate care and regular top dressing, indoor pepper is able to fully grow and give a stable crop for 5 years.

Growing pepper on a windowsill is not only an exciting experience, but also useful. Eating pepper in food, even in a minimal amount, you can normalize the metabolism in the body, lower cholesterol and blood sugar.

To successfully grow pepper on the windowsill, you must create optimal conditions  for its growth and development, because this culture is a little moody. Therefore, in advance, you must familiarize yourself with the characteristics and preferences of the plant, as well as with the rules of planting and further care.

To grow pepper at home, you must consider the following factors:

• seeds of the appropriate variety from a trusted manufacturer or freshly cut cuttings;
• choosing the best place for plant growth;
• selection of landing containers and a suitable substrate;
• features of lighting and top dressing;
• knowledge of pepper diseases and pests.

Important!  With all the rules for leaving one plant, one can get one hundred or more fruits at the same time.

Choosing a variety for planting

Before planting pepper, you need to determine its grade. Having picked up several different types of plants, you can create a colorful garden on the windowsill, which will delight with its bright fruits.

The following varieties of decorative peppers are ideal for growing on the windowsill in the apartment:

1. Twinkle.  This variety has long been popular due to its compact bush, which reaches a height of 40 cm. It was bred when crossing chili and cayenne pepper. It forms fruits up to 5 cm, which at the base have a diameter of 1-1.2 cm. As they grow, they change their color: green, yellow, red. Fruits ripen within 120 days.
2. Aladdin. Ultra-early compact variety, the height of the bush reaches 35-40 cm at home. It forms cone-shaped multi-colored fruits, the length of which does not exceed 3 cm. In the process of growth, the shade of the fruit changes: green, purple, red. Ripening occurs within 105 days.
3. Garda Fireworks.  One of the new indoor varieties. It forms compact bushes with a height of 30 cm. The length of the pods is 5 cm. The peculiarity of pepper is that the fruits stick out with their tips up. As they mature, they change their color, therefore, the plant can simultaneously have fruits of green, lilac, orange and red. Pods ripen within 115 days.
4. Explosive ember.  The variety is unusual in that the foliage of the plant has a dark purple color. It forms cone-shaped small fruits 2.5 cm long. As they grow, the shade of the fruit changes: purple, pink, scarlet. The bush forms a compact, 30 cm high. The variety is considered to be ripening, fruit ripening occurs after 115 days.

Depending on individual preferences, one or several varieties can be selected at the same time.

As a rule, the most popular cultivar for growing on the windowsill is Spark.

Important!  You can’t use seeds from a pod purchased in a store for growing pepper on a windowsill, as it is an industrial variety and requires completely different conditions.

Features and conditions of landing at home - step by step instructions

To grow pepper Spark on the windowsill, you need to prepare for the procedure, having studied the preferences and features of growing this culture in room conditions. Only observing all the stages of the landing, you can achieve the desired result.

Choosing the right place and creating optimal conditions

Hot pepper is very demanding on light and heat, for its full growth and development, you must choose south or east windowsill.  During the active sun in spring, the plant needs a slight shade. In summer, the plant should be taken out to the balcony or loggia, but it is absolutely necessary to exclude drafts.

For full growth and development, the plant needs   12 hours of daylight hours.  During short days from the beginning of October to the end of January, hot peppers especially need additional lighting with phytolamps in the evening and cloudy days.

Important! The lack of light is manifested by a light shade of foliage, which may eventually lead to leaf fall, in this case, the duration of additional lighting must be increased.

For normal plant growth in winter air temperature  should not exceed 18 degrees C, and starting in spring, the optimum temperature is 20-22 degrees C.

Hot peppers are very demanding on soil moisture and does not tolerate watering with cold water.  It is necessary to water the plant sparingly, with water at room temperature, as the top layer in the pot dries, but making it possible to absorb moisture from the pan. If 1 hour after watering, water remains in the pan, then it must be completely poured out.

In conditions of low humidity  it is necessary to carry out additional spraying of the leaves with the help of a spray gun.

Important!  Pepper does not tolerate cold gusts of wind, so when ventilating the room it must be kept away from the open window.

Capacity for landing

Indoor pepper forms a compact root system, which is located closer to the surface of the soil. For planting, it is recommended to select wide and shallow containers. The height of the planting pot should be within 10 cm.

A prerequisite is the presence of drainage holes in the bottom of the pot, which helps to remove excess moisture. Before landing at the bottom, pour drainage with a layer of 2 cm, which eliminates stagnation of water in the pot.

Suitable substrate

For planting hot pepper seeds, you can purchase seedlings in a specialized store.  But you can prepare the nutrient mixture for planting yourself. This will require the following components:

• 2 parts of sheet land;
• 1 part peat;
• 1 part of river sand;
• 1 part coconut fiber
• 1 part perlite or vermiculite.

Immediately before planting hot pepper seeds, it is necessary to sanitize the soil by spilling it with a fungicide of previkur, which will prevent the development of fungal diseases.

Presowing seed treatment

For a friendly emergence of seed germination and disease resistance of young plants, it is recommended to carry out pre-sowing treatment of planting material. To do this, you can use the following drugs:

• Epin  - Dilute 3 drops of the product in 100 ml of water, soak the seeds for 2-4 hours before planting;
• succinic acid  - make a working solution at the rate of 1.5 g of the product per 1.5 l of water, soak the seeds for 12-24 hours;
• Zircon - for the solution, add 3 drops of the product to 100 ml of water, soak the seeds for 2-4 hours before planting.

After processing it is necessary to dry the planting material to a loose state.

To germinate, place in a dark warm place (25 degrees) for several days, periodically opening, moisturizing and inspecting for the presence of sprouts. As soon as the majority of seeds hatch, they must be planted in the prepared soil.

Important!Drying of seeds must not be allowed during germination, otherwise they will die.

In some cases, to preserve all species properties it is recommended to cut the pepper.  Cuttings must be cut from green young shoots without fruits, 7-8 cm long, and each of them should have 3-4 leaves.

Before planting them in the ground, it is necessary to soak in advance in a solution of zircon (3 drops per 100 ml of water) for 12-24 hours or powder the lower cut with root powder.

Step-by-step landing instructions

To grow pepper on the windowsill, you must first properly plant it. Only if all the necessary conditions of the procedure are observed can the desired result be achieved in the end.

Step 1.  To spill landing tanks with a strong solution of potassium permanganate.

Step 2  Fill the pots with the necessary substrate and smooth the surface.

Step 3  Moisten the soil with plenty of water and allow it to completely absorb.

Step 4  Place seeds on the surface and sprinkle with a layer of substrate 0.5 cm.

Step 5  Moisten the top layer of the spray gun.

Step 6  Cover the containers with glass or film to maintain high humidity inside the landing container.

Step 7  Put the containers in a dark warm place (25 degrees) until emergence.

When planting cuttingspepper procedure is carried out in the same order, only they need to be planted to a depth of 1-1.5 cm. And after planting and covering with a film, the pot is placed on the window, shading it from direct sunlight.

Video: how to grow pepper on a windowsill from cuttings

Features of further care

After the appearance of pepper sprouts, the container with seeds must be rearranged on the windowsill and lower the temperature to 18-20 degrees. To exclude warm air from heating devices, they must be covered with a layer of foam.

10-14 days after the appearance of sprouts, it is necessary carry out adaptation of seedlings to the external environment. To do this, on the first day it is recommended to open the container for 30 minutes, with each subsequent day increasing this period by 30-40 minutes. After a week, the glass or film must be removed completely.

Pepper cuttings root within 2-3 weeks. When young leaves appear on them, it is necessary to begin the adaptation of plants to the environment. It is carried out in the same way as for seedlings obtained from seeds.

When 2-3 true sheets appear it is necessary to plant pepper in separate containers.  During transplantation, it is not recommended to pinch the main root, since the plant painfully tolerates this procedure and significantly slows down growth. The first landing should be carried out in pots with a diameter of not more than 9-10 cm.

Video: how to plant indoor pepper

Further replanting young seedlings is necessary as they grow.  As soon as the roots begin to cluster in the pot, it is recommended to transplant the plant, increasing the diameter of the pot by 2-3 cm. The container for an adult plant should be 30 cm high and 20-25 cm in diameter.

Pepper Ogonyok needs a 12-hour daylight, so phytolamps are located at a height of 50-60 cm from the seedlings.

Watering  carried out regularly as it dries, the higher the air temperature, the more often the soil is moistened.

For the full growth of hot pepper on the windowsill it is necessary carry out regular feeding.  During the period of active vegetation, mineral fertilizers with a high nitrogen content or organic fertilizers should be preferred, and fertilizers with a large amount of potassium should be used when forming buds and fruits. The plant should be fed 1 time in 2 weeks.

Important!  During flowering, it is recommended to shake the pot of pepper sometimes, which will improve the self-pollination of the flowers.

Major diseases and pests

Pepper, including indoor pepper, is susceptible to fungal diseases and various pests. Therefore, you need to know in advance what problems may arise and how to deal with them.

1. Aphid.  This pest loves to feast on young shoots of pepper, so it is on them that a large accumulation of pests is formed. To combat them, it is necessary to treat the plant with phytoverm.
2. Spider mite.  It is characterized by stunted plants and curly leaves, on which a small cobweb subsequently appears. To combat the pest, it is necessary to spray the actress, but after a week the procedure should be repeated.
3. Whitefly Accumulation of pests is observed on the back of the leaves, if you touch the shoots, then white flies fly up over the plant. To eliminate the problem, it is recommended to carry out a comprehensive treatment, which consists of spraying actellik and watering an actar with an insecticide, which is carried out in one day. After 7 days, the procedure should be repeated.
4. Rotting of the stem at the base. It appears as a result of overflow of the plant, which leads to its death. It will not be possible to save the plant.
5. Gray rot.  The formation of wet spots on any part of the plant with a gray coating. For treatment, it is recommended to use the biological product phytosporin.
6. Blackleg.  It affects the shoots of pepper during the germination period. The stem at the base of the seedlings becomes thin and blackens. For the prevention of the disease, it is recommended to spill the soil and spray the sprouts with the fungicide of Previkur.

Video: how to care for and treat indoor peppers at home

Important!  After treatment with drugs, it is necessary to adhere to the waiting period indicated on the packaging of each product, it is not allowed to use pepper during this period for cooking.

The time of emergence of seedlings and the first harvest

Hot pepper seeds germinate for a long time, because this feature must be taken into account when planting. Shoots appear within 14-21 days, subject to all planting recommendations.

The first pepper crop on the windowsill ripens in 105-120 days from the moment the shoots appear, depending on the variety selected.

If all the recommendations are followed, growing hot peppers on the windowsill will not be particularly difficult. But you must understand that further care of the plant must meet all its requirements, since pepper will grow and bear fruit only with all the necessary conditions.

Hot peppers on the windowsill are not only a necessary spice that is always at hand, but also an excellent decorative decoration at home, easy to grow. A pot with a bright beautiful plant will serve as an elegant decor for any home, and the piquant taste of such a sharp spice will make this pepper indispensable in the kitchen of every hostess.

It is also possible to grow sweet bell peppers and hot hot peppers, Drakosha varieties or other at home. How to plant seeds for seedlings and about the conditions of planting in the apartment will be described later.

Plant characteristics

For cultivation on the windowsill, breeders specially bred several varietal varieties of hot pepper. Such indoor pepper is also divided into fruit variety and decorative (without fruits).

The fruit variety of paprika is a perennial that reaches a height no more than 40 cm. The plant has bright green leaves and multi-colored fruits of a saturated color: scarlet, sunny or orange.

Growing indoor pepper is not difficult and does not require special knowledge and wisdom. Quite unpretentious and undemanding in leaving.

The window sill is ideal for growing light-loving pepper

Flowering begins in June. During this period, delicate white flowers with a slightly yellowish tinge appear on the stems.

How to grow at home on a windowsill

To get a plant with beautiful fruits on the windowsill, it is necessary to sow seeds for seedlings. Do it in late February - early March.

To accelerate the process of seed growth, they can be pre-heat treated. For this, the seeds are poured with warm water (not higher than 40 degrees) and corked in a thermos for 3 hours.

Preparation of soil and pot

Soil for seeds must be selected nutritious. It can be prepared independently. To do this, mix 5 parts of humus, 2 parts of sod land and peat and 1 part of sand. At the bottom of the tank should be drainage. For this, fine expanded clay or pebbles are suitable.

Pepper needs nutritious soil

The soil must be further disinfected: treated with boiling water, or a solution of potassium permanganate and thoroughly loosened. Seeds are sown to a depth of 1 cm.

Growing seedlings from seeds

The containers are covered with glass or film and left in a warm place where the temperature should not be below 20-25 degrees.

As a container, you can use a regular pot or box, it all depends on how many seeds are sown.

The first shoots appear already in 7 - 10 days. The room should have enough sunlight.

When the first seedlings appear, the plants dive into separate pots. When several real leaves appear on the seedlings, they are dived again, and the strongest and strongest sprouts are chosen.

Pepper seedlings must be dived after the first shoots

The plant needs a sufficient amount of moisture, heat and light, at any stage of cultivation.

During the growth of seedlings, it is necessary to ensure that the seedlings do not stretch much. To do this, they need to provide a certain ambient temperature.

When the first leaves appear, then within 7 days it is necessary to lower the temperature to 20 degrees. And when three real leaves appear, it is imperative to reproduce the pick in a spacious pot. On a permanent place seedlings are planted after 2 months  after planting seeds.

Caring for indoor hot peppers

To grow hot peppers on the windowsill, you need to provide him light and heat.

Fertilizer

Very fond of such a pepper of various kinds of dressing. The most optimal fertilizer is 2 tablespoons of ash mixed with 3 liters of water. The mixture should be well infused. Need to fertilize every two weeks.

For feeding pepper suitable wood ash diluted in water

You can use nitrogen fertilizers, but much less often. With such fertilizers, it is important not to overdo it, otherwise you can be left without a crop.

Watering

The soil must be regularly loosened and watered two times a week  warm, settled, or purified water. It is necessary to ensure that the soil in the pot does not dry out, but also is not constantly moist. Both will contribute to various diseases of the plant.

In winter, you can not use fertilizers and water the plant much less often. If the air in the room is dry, you can slightly moisten the leaves by spraying them with water from the spray gun.

In the warm season, the pots are taken out to the balcony, or to the street.

Fruiting

Subject to recommendations, the pepper will bloom in early May

Temperature mode

Until about February, the plant can be kept indoors at a cooler temperature, but not lower than 18 degrees.

But before the start of the growing season (usually it starts in February), the pot needs to be moved to a warmer room and trimmed. To do this, cut the stems so that they are not higher than 5 cm.

If you correctly follow all the recommendations for growing and caring for the plant: starting from the seed harvesting and ending with timely pruning, such a pepper will retain its decorative effect and will actively bear fruit up to 5 years.

Diseases and Pests

This variety of indoor plants can be affected by such diseases: blackening of the foot or spotting of leaves. This happens when watering is too plentiful, in which stagnation of water in the pot is formed.

Powdery mildew on indoor pepper

The main pests of such pepper include aphids, spider mites and powdery mildew. Aphid will appear or a tick can with the help of wind through an open window.

To combat the tick, you can use the plant itself. For this, it is necessary to grind pepper seeds together with internal veins and fill them with water for a day. Then you need to add a little grated laundry soap to the mixture and spray the plant. To completely get rid of pests, it is enough to carry out three spraying procedures.

To prevent the appearance of a tick, you need to provide the plant with sufficient moisture or put a container of water near the pepper pot.

With proper cultivation and care, the plant for 5 years will delight the eye with excellent decorativeness, and its fruits will become a spicy spice in the kitchen.

Hot pepper has not only unique taste, but also decorative qualities. That is why it is so loved to grow both on sites and as a houseplant on window sills. For these purposes, several varieties of pepper with small fruits were specially bred.

Growing at home

The plant grows up to 40 cm, is perennial, there are purely decorative varieties, there are fruit varieties. Depending on the variety, the fruits can be of different sizes, shapes and colors: yellow, red, orange.

The flowering period falls in June, flowering begins with white flowers with a yellow tint. Pepper requires a lot of sunlight.

Hot pepper seeds are planted in early March.  Sprout seeds can only be in a warm room. When the first shoots appear - they are dived into separate pots, the procedure is carried out again after the appearance of these leaves.

The conditions for planting and growing sweet and bitter peppers are similar. Highly nutritious soil is selected. For self-preparation of soil mixes take:

• 5 parts of humus;
• 2 parts of peat and sod land;
• 1 part of sand.

Good to know:  when transplanting pepper to a permanent place, pinch the main root of the pepper. The root system should fit in a box measuring 15 * 15 cm.

Hot peppers like a lot of moisture and heat. A pot of pepper is placed on a container of liquid gravel. Also, the plant likes fertilizers, top dressing is applied 1-2 times a week.

If you go too far with watering and stagnation of water forms, then there is a risk of getting a black leg or spotty leaves. The main household pests of bitter pepper:

• powdery mildew;
• spider mite.

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An annual plant is not replanted again, after harvesting the plant can be destroyed. Sometimes, pruning the shoots helps to extend the life of the pepper by 2-3 years.

Soil preparation

The propagation of bitter pepper is carried out by seeds. So they ascended faster - they are soaked.

Sowing is carried out from February to early March. The earth should be loose and light.

If soil is used for home flowers with peat content, then you need to reduce its acidity by adding wood ash. You can immediately sow the seeds in a permanent place without growing seedlings.

In this case, a pot up to 3 liters in size is taken, disinfected with boiling water. A drainage layer is laid at the bottom, then it is filled with earth. As a drainage is best suited:

• broken brick;
• crushed stone;
• expanded clay.

The soil is also disinfected with boiling water or a solution of potassium permanganate. Seeds are deepened by 1 cm. From above, the pot is covered with glass or a plastic bag. The ambient temperature should be from 20 to 25 ° C.

Sowing seeds for seedlings

You can grow hot pepper at home from seedlings. When to plant seeds?

The best period is mid-February, when daylight hours increase.  Red pepper is very picky and loves lighting. The capacity is taken depending on the number of seeds, it can be a small pot or box.

To sprout seeds faster - you can stimulate their growth as follows. Process the planting material thermally, put the seeds in water at a temperature of 40 degrees and close in a thermos for 3 hours.

The second method: soak in warm water for 12-24 hours. Oxygen is supplied to the vessel with water.

Note:  you need to ensure that the sprout does not stretch. In the first week after the appearance of the leaves, the air temperature drops to 20 ° C, and the lighting is increased. When more than 3 leaves appear, seedlings can be dived. A spacious pot is used.

The first seedling will appear in 7-10 days. As much sunlight as possible should fall on the pot, the room should be warm. For further cultivation, the strongest sprout is selected, the rest are removed (without damaging the roots).

Home Care

Growing hot pepper on the windowsill is not difficult. Seedlings are transplanted to a permanent place in the pot after about 2 months.

The main conditions that must be maintained for pepper: light and heat.  When the weather is warm - the pot can be taken out to the garden or to the balcony.

Complex fertilizers are applied every two weeks. Favorite hot pepper fertilizer is prepared from the following components:

• 3 liters of water;
• 2 tbsp ashes.

Gardeners Council: drying out the soil is painful for pepper, so in no case should you forget about watering. The soil is moistened 2 times a week with warm water.

This is foliar top dressing, it must be well infused before use. You can not go too far with nitrogen fertilizers, otherwise there is a risk of not getting a crop. In favorable conditions, flowering begins in May-June and fruiting continues until the end of autumn.

Until the freezing set in, the pot must be returned to the house, in a bright but cool place (up to 18 ° C). You can refuse feeding in the winter by watering the pepper to a minimum, the main thing is not to bring the earthen coma to dry. Indoors with dry air - leaves can sometimes be moistened.

In February, before the start of the growing season, the pot is transferred to a warm place, cut off (stems no longer than 5 cm long remain). If all the procedures are carried out correctly, from harvesting the seeds to cutting the bush before the new season, the plant will remain decorative and actively bear fruit for up to 5 years.

Watch the following video on how to grow hot peppers on a windowsill:

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Not many garden crops can be grown on a windowsill with such a high degree of decorativeness as in small-fruited peppers. It is not only original as a decoration, but also useful in the household. Since pepper is a perennial crop, once planted, you can enjoy it for several years in a row. Pepper on the windowsill is easy to grow, the main thing is to choose the right planting material, correctly prepare the substrate and regularly take care of the plantings.

  Hot peppers on the windowsill

Small-fruited hot peppers are especially loved by mistresses. It is a compact bush with fruits of the highest decorativeness. Even your favorite greens on the windowsill are inferior to this vegetable crop. For planting, seeds of hybrids that self-pollinate are selected. It should be stocked with nutritious soil based on biohumus and a special lamp for highlighting in the autumn-winter period. Everything else will depend on proper care.

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  Disembarkation

Before sowing seeds of hot pepper, they must be kept in solution. potassium permanganate  2 hours. This procedure is not carried out if the seeds are processed by the producer. Among the processed seeds, you need to choose those that during this time have sunk to the bottom of the tank. The rest have dubious germination, so you should not spend time on them.

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• 1 part coconut substrate;
• 1 part of the earth;
• handfuls of vermiculite;
• 1 part biohumus

The more nutritious and lighter the earth is in the pot, the better it will grow, blossom and bear fruit, and later grow old. All the ingredients of the substrate are poured into the basin, mixed thoroughly and filled with a mixture of small containers. It can be special trays for seedlings or ordinary glasses of yogurt. The earth is poured into them, not reaching the top by 2 cm.

Substrate is good spill  warm water and put on top 2-3 grains of pepper. Sprinkle with a layer of earth no more than 1 cm. From above the cups are covered with glass or polyethylene with holes made in them for air exchange. Seed containers are placed in a dark, warm place, for example, near the battery and occasionally watered.

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After about 10-14 days, seedlings will appear. They are immediately put on windowsillto prevent excessive stretching without lack of light. If seedlings appeared in late autumn or at the height of winter, they must be additionally highlighted using special lamps.  It is enough to highlight 2 hours in the morning and in the evening. To avoid the appearance of a black leg, seedlings are watered as necessary, avoiding waterlogging.

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How to grow hot pepper on a windowsill and wait for plentiful fruits? For this, the strongest are selected from the total number of seedlings and transplanted into permanent pots with a capacity of 2-3 liters. They don’t fill the earth to the top, it will be filled up as the bush grows.

  Pepper Care

Any greens on the windowsill requires care, which boils down to regular watering and top dressing. Water for watering pepper needs to be defended, and pickled seedlings should be fed after 2-3 weeks. For this, special dressings are used, for example, Agrolife. Bushes of hot pepper daily turn so that they grow even and do not lean too much towards the sun. Small bitter peppers do not stepchild. If the bush seems rare, you can pinch the top.

When the pepper on the windowsill blooms, several times a day, the bush will need shake  for pollination. Fruits appear 2.5 to 3 months after planting. If there are too many of them, the plant will discard the excess ones on its own, a person does not need to do this only if they find sick and underdeveloped. Fruits can also crumble with a lack of moisture on hot days. Then the bush is sprayed 2-3 times a day with water at room temperature.

After about 1.5-2 years, the bush begins to age, loses decorativeness, discards foliage, ceases to bloom and bear fruit. It is thrown away or cuttings. How to grow hot pepper on a window sill from a handle? For this, the most juicy side branches are cut from the bush and put into water. Cuttings  give roots in 21-28 days. They are planted in a constant container and after 1.5 months receive an adult flowering bush. Usually give roots 50% of the cuttings. Caring for them is similar to bushes obtained from seeds.

  Common questions about growing hot peppers

In the process of growing bitter small-fruited pepper on a windowsill, beginners may have questions, answers to which can be obtained here.

When is it best to sow pepper for growing on a windowsill?  Experts recommend doing this in the period from April to July, then the seedlings do not have to fill out. Although it is real to grow pepper in any season of the year.

Is it possible to leave ripened peppers on the bush?  Not advisable. If pepper remains on the plant for a long time, it does not receive an incentive to continue to bloom and bear fruit.

How to care for pepper in winter  in central heating?  If the battery is located under the windowsill, it must be covered with a towel to avoid overdrying the roots of the bush. Additionally, daily baths are carried out under a cool shower.

Is it possible to eat the fruits of pepper grown on the windowsill?  It can be both fresh and dried. They even grind it on a coffee grinder to get paprika.

Will the pepper bush hurt the adult transfer?   It is undesirable to disturb adult bushes of pepper grown on the windowsill. This will affect the abundance of flowering and fruiting. Stress in the form of discarded leaves is also possible.

What to do if the flowers fall offin great numbers?  It is necessary to increase the amount of daily lighting for the bush, water it well and shake it 2-3 times a day. Flowers may fall due to lack of pollination and inability to form a fruit.

  Sweet pepper on a windowsill in winter and summer

In an apartment, you can also grow bell peppers, which will produce crisp vitamin fruits all year round. There are no particular difficulties during its cultivation, but some recommendations will help not only to grow strong greens on the windowsill, but also to taste healthy fruits.

  Growing sweet pepper seedlings

The first stage of work is considered seed selection. For growing a house, dwarf compact plants are suitable, the height of which does not exceed 50 cm, and the weight of the fruit varies from 30 to 80 grams. The smaller the hybrid, the more compact and decorative it looks on the windowsill. For this, seeds of self-pollinated hybrids are suitable.

The second stage is preparation substrateand seed treatment. For pepper on the windowsill, you can buy ready-made mixtures, or you can make them yourself from an equal amount of vermicompost, coconut fiber and earth. Perlite or vermiculite can be added to increase soil aeration. All components are mixed in a basin.

For seed treatment, prepare a 2% solution potassium permanganate, in which the seeds are kept for 2 hours, then washed in cold water. There are producers who themselves process and sell seeds that are ready for planting. In this case, there is no need to carry out such a procedure at home.

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The third stage is sowing seeds. The substrate is filled with small containers from plastic cups to greenhouses with peat tablets. Substrates or tablets are well spilled with water and 2-3 seeds each are placed in them. You can sow the seeds immediately in large constant containers, while the substrate does not reach the edge of the pot. This procedure will be carried out later as the bush grows. After sowing, the containers are closed with polyethylene, in which small holes are made for air exchange. The containers are placed in a dark, warm place, periodically watering and viewing them.

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The fourth stage is seedling care  or how to grow sweet pepper on a windowsill from seedlings. The first shoots appear in 10-14 days. As soon as the seeds hatch and sprouts appear, they are exposed to the light and, if necessary, lightened up for several hours a day if it is an autumn-winter period. If necessary, after 2 weeks shoots are thinned out, leaving the strongest specimens. It is important not to overmoisten the seedlings, so that it does not become vulnerable to the black leg, which can destroy all seedlings.

The fifth stage is pick. It is produced 4 weeks after germination. To carry out a picking, the containers with seedlings are well watered, a large 3-liter pot is prepared and filled with a nutrient substrate. A cup with seedlings is turned over and gently pulled out a lump of earth along with pepper. They put the ego in a partially filled pot and add ground from above to the cotyledonous (first) leaves. Watered, lightly tamping the ground near the bush. Put pepper on the windowsill, preferably on the south side.

  Adult Plant Care

Adult seedlings are not stepsoned and not trimmed. The bush is given free rein in the growth and formation of flowers. Daily pot need turnto form an even bush. Watering is carried out as the soil dries. In hot weather, it can be additionally sprayed with warm water; in winter, watering is reduced to the required minimum.

How to grow sweet pepper on a window sill with plentiful ovary? When flowers appear on the bush, they begin to intensively feed him with suitable fertilizers, for example, Agrolife. Flowering bush several times a day shakefor selfing. The first fruits appear about 3 months after sowing the seeds. To extend the life of the plant and get a significant harvest from the ovary leave 5-6 fruits and remove them in the ripening process. If you leave more ovary, and the fruits do not take off for a long time, the bush is greatly depleted, aging and dying.

If the ripening fruits are large enough and the bush has grown well, he needs backup. She will not let the bush tilt and break. Pepper is a perennial vegetable crop, but on the windowsill with a lack of heat, light and care can quickly grow old. In order to again admire the plant and eat its fruits after 1.5-2 months, you can cut the cuttings from it and try to root them.

Usually, half cut cuttings take root. They are planted in permanent containers and looked after as an adult plant. This method of growing pepper is less troublesome and faster.

Sweet pepper on the windowsill. Video

Growing hot pepper   at home is not such a difficult thing. Hot pepper "Little Miracle" was bred in Holland and has long taken root around the world. This plant is compact and characterized by active fruiting, due to which bushes with peppers of different colors also carry a decorative function.

Application
The fruits of such a pepper can be used both in cooking and for medical purposes. Ripe fruits can be insisted on alcohol, and this infusion can be used for rheumatism, radiculitis, lower back pain.

Growing fruits for winter

There are certain rules for growing hot pepper at home.

Sowing seedsbetter to produce in February. This requires an approximately two-liter clean container, which should be treated with boiling water. Place drainage in the form of expanded clay at the bottom of the pot, but crushed stone or charcoal will do. On top of the drain, we fill the soil, consisting of humus, sheet soil and sand in a ratio of 5: 3: 2. Before planting the seeds, you need to pour the soil with boiling water and after it cools down, sow 2-3 seeds of pepper soaked and already swollen in small holes 1-1.5 cm.

Cover the pot with planted grains with polyethylene or glass and place in a warm place. When sprouts appear in 5-7 days, rearrange the pot in a sunny place on the window. When the first true leaves appear, peppers can be peaked into separate pots, and it is better to remove the extra ones so as not to disturb the roots.

When the plant grows to 20 cm, pinch the crown. This is necessary for better branching of the bush, in which the fruits will form.

Do not forget to regularly water the plant and periodically feed your pet with fertilizers, then you will definitely wait for the harvest on your windowsill.

The way to get fruits by may

Observing the development of domestic pepper, lovers from the Ivanovo region came to an interesting conclusion that in our northern conditions it is possible to change the ripening period of pepper on the windowsill. They use spring days filled with bright sunshine for flowering and ripening of fruits.

Sown pepper in the fall in the cups on the windowsill. The pepper is not created in very comfortable conditions so that it does not have time to pick up flowers before the New Year, so that it does not exhaust its strength in growth on the darkest “deaf” days. So they save the plant from stretching the shoots. At the moment when the days begin to arrive, the pepper is transferred to a bright window (east or south). The plant soon blooms and brings an average of 10 beautiful pods. Yes, the fruits are such heroes as never happened before autumn.

And immediately after the harvest is taken, the plant throws a couple more vigorous shoots and blooms a second time. By the second half of September, another crop is ripening, while out of 20 pods, only three were small. Thus, during the season about 30 pods are removed from one bush, almost 5 times higher than the average yield!

The main secret of a high harvest is that by the time of the very first flowering (in early February), the pepper of the autumn sowing season has time to develop good powerful roots. Starting from March and ending with the beginning of October, that is, during the period abundant in the sun, pepper actively sets fruits and uses forces to pour them.

The thawed plant can not be thrown away in the fall, let it go in the winter. In winter, in early January, it must be transplanted into a new substrate, cut the old shoots in half, then transfer the pot to a bright window (east or south). Such care can bring up to three crops per season.

On a note

When you plant peppers, it’s better not to dive them, as they painfully respond to transplantation. And they relate well to transshipment. When the seedlings disperse, just pinch off the extra weak shoots. Another important point - do not miss the time when the roots begin to crowd in a pot and sprout out.

For seedlings, peat pots are certainly the best choice. For normal growth, peppers are transferred to spacious containers and pots 30-50 cm tall. Be sure to put drainage on the bottom of the landing tanks (expanded clay layer, broken brick).

Sometimes for the support of ripening fruits put props, spray the bushes with warm, settled water from the spider mite.

To get a good harvest, peppers are recommended to be grown in two trunks, constantly forming them with pinching. A strong shoot is left on each stalk, and the weak ones pinch over the first leaf. Although peppers are self-pollinated like tomatoes, it is better to shake the plants periodically so that pollination is more effective.

Pepper is the same perennial as cherry tomatoes, a bush can delight you with a harvest of as many as five years. In the same ways, you can grow on the windowsill and bell peppers.

Imagine the pleasure of watching a ripe pod pouring before your eyes when the weather is “non-flying” outside.

If your plant is more than 5 years old, you can make it a wonderful home decoration - BONSAI.

Pots

   You can use almost any small pots you like, but most traditional bonsai in special pots look very, very cool!

The soil

   Basically, you can use what you will use to grow chili, but I prefer soft peat based soil.
   The bonsai plant should be very limited in root space, you should use very fertile soil.

   Digression: The author also uses Akadama, a special type of soil.
   Akadama is a natural, granular clay.
   Akadama is a good material for maintaining moisture in the soil when growing bonsai.
   These are actually pieces of solid clay.
   Some brands of cat litter fillers do an excellent job and are a much cheaper substitute for acadam.
   When growing Bonsai, manufacturers often replace the soil completely with Acadam, or interfere with normal soil.

   Akadama.

   I just put a little acadam on the bottom of a bonsai chili pot and sprinkle the soil on top.

   Making Bonsai Chili:

   We cut the stem of an adult plant - we form a bonsai.

   If possible, we cut just above the leaf cover to make sure that the bonsai will continue to grow. For example, here, in the photo - there were no leaves below the cut-off point, so this is a very risky process.
   Or, you can prune the plant a little less and continue pruning when the plant forms enough foliage.


   Then cut off the extra roots around the plant ...

   dig a plant with cut roots ...

   Digging up a bonsai blank ...

cut off excess sticking roots.

an approximate result of trimming and shaping the future bonsai plant.

One year later.

Growing pepper on the balcony and windowsill is an exciting experience. This plant not only brings a vitamin harvest, but also blooms beautifully. It can become a colorful decoration of your home. Black and sweet peppers are perennial plants, so they will bear fruit for more than one year. But the fruits of this culture contain a whole set of substances useful for the body. How to grow pepper on the windowsill, read the article.

Conditions for the successful cultivation of pepper

Container selection

You can grow sweet or black pepper with peas on the balcony in any container.

We grow seedlings in small containers, and with each transplant we increase the container volume.

As the landing capacity, you can take wooden boxes, plastic pots and buckets, ceramic containers.

The main thing is that at the bottom of the container there are openings for the outflow of excess fluid.

Lighting

Pepper likes well-lit places in the apartment, so you can grow a good crop on the south or east window. However, direct sunlight negatively affects the life of the plant, so the bushes need to be shaded in hot weather. Lack of light also badly affects black and sweet peppers, so in winter it is necessary to illuminate the "pet" with a fluorescent lamp so that daylight hours are at least 10-12 hours.

In the summer season, pepper feels good on the balcony, but in winter it is necessary to keep the pot on the lighted window in the apartment.

Temperature

The culture is able to withstand temperatures up to 12-10 degrees, but 24-26 degrees are considered optimal for growth. Both black and Bulgarian pepper on the windowsill or balcony should be protected from drafts and sudden temperature jumps.

   On one windowsill at home, you can not grow sweet bell pepper and bitter, black pepper peas. After pollination, sweet pepper can produce bitter flavors.

Watering

The plant on the balcony or window sill must be watered with settled water of comfortable temperature up to 30 degrees. Watering is performed as the upper layer of the soil mixture dries. On hot summer days, pepper needs to be sprayed daily. If in winter the container is on the windowsill under the battery, then it should be covered with a damp cloth so that the pepper does not overheat.

Growing pepper at home on a balcony or window sill is a simple matter, but the choice of soil should be taken seriously. It is best to buy a special mix in a gardening shop. However, you can make the soil for planting yourself at home. To do this, mix turf soil, sand and humus in a ratio of 2: 1: 1. In the prepared mixture you need to add lime (150 gr. Per 10 kg of soil) and ash (1 glass of ash per 5 kg of land). If you use ordinary soil from a garden, then it must first be disinfected with a hot solution of manganese.

   They feed the culture on the balcony or windowsill once every 14-15 days, but this is done only after watering, so as not to burn the roots.

Fertilizers can not be sprayed on the leaves, they are applied only to the soil. Fertilizers can be purchased at the store, they must contain enough nitrogen. Feeding can be done by yourself, for this they take 2 tbsp. For 1 liter of water. l ashes. Another option - 1 g is taken per 1 liter of water. urea, 10 gr. superphosphate and 2 gr. potassium salt. Decoctions of herbs (clover, nettle, plantain) will be very useful for pepper. The first top dressing is performed immediately after the formation of the first true leaves. Black or sweet pepper can be grown without problems in an apartment on the windowsill, but it is better to do this in a seedling way.

At home, growing Bulgarian or black pepper with peas will not be difficult, but first you will need to plant seedlings. To grow seedlings of sweet or black pepper with peas, you first need to do seed selection. The damaged seed is removed, and the selected material is placed in gauze and dipped in a manganese solution or fungicides. We keep the seed in the preparation for about 30 minutes. After that, we wrap the seeds in a damp cloth and moisturize it as necessary. We put the seeds in a warm place. After 7-14 days, the seeds should germinate, they must immediately be planted in containers.

Pour the prepared earth mixture into a clean container and crush it a little. We put the germinated seeds in the ground, departing from each 2 centimeters, if the interval is less, then the seedlings will be elongated. Then sprinkle the seed with a thin layer of soil on top. Then the future seedlings must be very carefully poured with warm water. Pots are placed in a warm place and covered with polyethylene. After 6-8 days, green seedlings should appear.

Then the seedlings are placed in the lighted area, but the temperature there should not exceed 17-18 degrees. Watering should be very moderate, it is impossible to overmoisten seedlings. It is best to plant seedlings during the March thaw, so that the plants have enough heat and light for active development.

Plant pick

At home, the first leaves are formed 21-30 days after hatching from the ground. After the appearance of 2 mature leaves, the seedlings are dived into another container. Transplant seedlings in small separate containers up to 200 ml. In such containers, seedlings will grow faster, because in a large container, small roots will not be very comfortable. A lot of moisture will accumulate in the volumetric pot, which the plant will not be able to process, so there is a risk of decay.

Growing Instructions for a Good Harvest

1. We fill the prepared pot with earth mixture and do not forget about drainage.
2. We dig in the ground a small hole of such a size that the roots of the sprout are freely placed there.
3. With gentle movements, we take the seedlings by the tops and transplant into a new pot. Sprinkle the hole with soil and compact. The root neck should be deepened into the ground by 0.5 cm.
4. Holding the sprout, you need to carefully pour the soil mixture, the water should be completely absorbed.
5. We place seedlings at home on the windowsill, the lighting should be good, but direct sunlight is contraindicated in plants. Next, we switch to standard care, not forgetting to fertilize the pepper.
6. When the fruiting period begins, leave the 4-5 strongest peppers. Others should be removed so as not to overload the plant.

Peppers are best grown on the balcony - “early ripening” with a low stem. Sweet bell peppers can be of such varieties:

• Salute;
• Treasure Island;
• Dwarf;
• Golden baby;
• Watercolor;
• Etude;
• Karat.

Hot peppers can also feel great on the balcony, black peppercorns are no exception. The best varieties:

• Beak of the Falcon;
•  Bellflower;
• Crown of the Bishop;
•  Coral;
• Fire Virgin.

Black, sweet and other peppers are unpretentious plants, but your care and attention are necessary to get the perfect harvest.

In winter, there is a big problem with a lack of vitamins, which ultimately leads to various diseases. Vegetables and fruits are expensive, but this problem can be easily solved by growing these products directly on the windowsill of the house. An excellent option would be to plant indoor hot peppers, which not only contain many useful elements, but also decorate the room, and help those who like spicy food to add spice and piquancy to dishes.

Features of growing pepper

Hot peppers are a finicky crop that requires special care. That is why it is important to know how to grow hot peppers at home and get a healthy and large crop.

Pepper is characterized by a high content of beneficial trace elements, which help to remove cholesterol and excess sugar from the blood. In addition, for lovers of vegetable growing this will be a real entertainment. With a competent approach, it will be possible to grow a vegetable that is capable of stably yielding crops for 5 years.

In order to grow healthy peppers on the windowsill, the following factors should be considered:

If you follow all the rules, you will be able to grow a bush of pepper, from which you can collect up to 100 fruits.

The choice of decorative varieties

If there was a desire to plant pepper on the windowsill, then the first step is to purchase a suitable variety. The quantity of fruits, their color and ripening speed will depend on this. In addition, each grade requires an individual approach. You can choose several types of different shapes and colors to make at home a real colorful garden.

The following decorative varieties are suitable for growing pepper at home:

A fat red pepper variety is also distinguished, but it is rarely used as an ornamental home plant.

At the same time, several varieties of pepper can grow on the windowsill, but only in different containers. You can not use seeds from pepper pods, which are sold in the store. This is a special industrial species, unable to grow at home.

Basic rules and preparation

In order to grow pepper on the windowsill, it is important to study all the subtleties and nuances of the growth of this culture. It is necessary to comply with all stages, prepare the place, capacity, soil. Only in this case will it be possible to grow a healthy crop in the shortest possible time.

We must not forget about the secondary factors of plant protection. For example, if there are children or animals at home, then it is better to consider precautions to help protect the plant.

Choosing the right place

Hot peppers come from sunny countries, so it is demanding on heat. To place it, it is best to choose a place on the windowsill, located on the east or south side. It is impossible to overdo it and in the summer on especially hot days it is necessary to rearrange the vegetable in the shade, but this is required only for a few hours, when the sun's activity is maximum. In summer, it is recommended not only to rearrange the plant in the shade, but also to give it a little breathing. For this, a balcony is perfect, but you can not expose the culture to drafts.

Pepper should be in a sunny place about 12 hours a day  and to achieve such conditions in the summer is easy, but in winter there is simply not enough daylight. That is why it is necessary to independently equip lighting using phytolamps, which solve the problem of light shortage. The lack of light manifests itself in the form of lightening of foliage, which eventually begins to fall.

Another condition that has a strong effect on pepper growth is temperature. With high demands on light, the air temperature should be in the fall and winter about 18 degrees. In summer, it is allowed to increase it to 20-22 degrees. At a higher temperature, the plant will not die, but it will not feel comfortable and will yield less yield.

Watering is important for this plant, but it is not recommended to fill it.. Water should be at room temperature. Watering is carried out not according to the schedule, but when the top layer dries. In addition, it is necessary to fill the tray so that the pepper is saturated with moisture. If water remains in the pan for an hour, it should be poured. In drought conditions, additionally spray the leaves of the bush.

Capacity and substrate purchase

The root system of indoor pepper is amazing, because it is located almost at the very surface of the soil. Based on this, it is necessary to select containers wide, but shallow. Pots with a height in the range of 10-12 cm are considered optimal. In addition, tanks should be equipped with a drainage system so that water does not stagnate in the ground. Holes can be done independently, but this should be done in moderation. Moisture should briefly linger in the soil for drinks of the root system and only then goes into the pallet. For the delay, various drainage material is used, which is laid in a layer of 2 cm.

A special substrate is also required for growing hot pepper in open ground. It can be bought in specialized stores or do it yourself from the following components:

• 1 part coconut fiber and river sand;
• 1 part perlite and vermiculite;
• 1 part peat;
• 2 parts of sheet land.

Before starting to lay the soil in layers, it must be treated with fungicide. This treatment allows you to protect plants from the spread of fungal diseases.

Preparing seeds for sowing

AT the following preparations for the treatment of pepper are distinguished:

1. Succinic acid is a solution that is prepared in a proportion of 1.5 grams per 1.5 liters of water. Seeds should lie in solution within 12-24 hours.
2. Zircon is sold in drops. Three drops of this drug are planted in 100 ml of water and the seeds are placed there for 2-4 hours. A similar method is used when using epin.

After the treatment has been carried out, the seeds are dried to a loose state and begin to prepare them for planting. They are placed in moist gauze and carefully wrapped for several days. In this state, they will begin to germinate and it is important not to miss the moment when the sprouts appear. As soon as most of the seeds will be with sprouts, they are planted in pre-prepared soil.

An important point is the temperature at which seeds germinate. It should be equal to 25 degrees. Only in such conditions can the maximum effect be achieved. Drying must not be allowed, otherwise the seeds will simply die.

For growing use not only seeds of hot pepper, but also cuttings. This method is used in cases where you want to maintain the species properties of the plant. Cuttings are cut from green shoots, the length of which has reached 7-8 centimeters. Moreover, each of them should have a minimum of 3-4 sheets. Planting with cuttings requires a similar treatment with zircon or applying a root powder on the root layer. For beginners, planting hot peppers with seeds is more suitable, since grafting requires initial skills.

Step-by-Step Pepper Planting Instructions

The final result of growing pepper depends on the correctness of its planting in the soil after the appearance of sprouts. The whole procedure is divided into several stages in order to minimize possible errors.

Step-by-step instructions for planting pepper include the following steps:

It remains only to wait for the first shoots to appear. The procedure for planting cuttings is similar, only they are planted to a depth of 1-1.5 cm. After this, the container is also covered with a film or glass to accumulate condensate.

After the first sprouts of seeds of hot pepper appeared, the container is placed on the windowsill and lowered the temperature to 18−20 degrees, but sometimes there is a problem with heating, which dries the air in this area. To solve the problem, foam is used, which covers the batteries and blocks the flow of dry and hot air. Sprouts no longer require constant humidity, so the film is removed or left, but the accumulated condensate is constantly wiped with a cloth.

It is important to properly adapt the pepper to its natural environment. To do this, they put in the open space at first for 30 minutes with a subsequent increase in time. Fully seedlings gain strength after the appearance of the first sprouts after 2-3 weeks. It is easy to determine by small leaves. With the appearance of 2-3 large leaves, each bush of pepper is transplanted into a separate container and exposed on the windowsill for further growth.

There is nothing complicated in growing peppers at home. There are many decorative varieties of this culture that perfectly take root at home. The main thing is to know the features of care and planting of this culture, to use a good substrate, top dressing. Then it will turn out to grow a large number of healthy and beautiful peppers in their windowsill.