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- So you pimp Chili exemplary
- Chilli pepper as early as necessary - as late as possible
- Pick out seedlings - do not pull out
- Lean substrate promotes rooting
- Balanced water and nutrient balance vitalises
- Tips & Tricks
So you pimp Chili exemplary
When chili seeds germinate, this is the first invigorating sense of achievement during cultivation. Pecking chilies is one of the hobby gardeners' biggest challenges. Not without reason. The procedure requires gardening sensitivity. So it succeeds flawlessly.
Chilli pepper as early as necessary - as late as possible
On average, 10 days after sowing, two cotyledons appear. They signal that the process is proceeding according to plan. Now 2-3 real pairs of leaves are missing, so that the time has come for the pikieren. By the way, you can immediately tell the difference between the types of leaves.
The longer the tender plantlets are able to develop in the seed vessel, the more stable is their constitution. This circumstance greatly facilitates the delicate process of pecking.
Pick out seedlings - do not pull out
If the seedlings are densely packed, the gardener takes up the task of piking.
Planting is a bit deeper than the chilies have been so far. The substrate extends like a turtleneck under the cotyledons. Finally, press the soil and spray with water.
Lean substrate promotes rooting
The topmost directive for seedlings is to form as strong a root system as possible. The less nutrients the substrate contains, the more severe the chilies become.
Suitable cultivation soil offers the specialist trade, tuned to the needs of crops. Optionally mix for yourself: 4 parts garden soil, 2 parts peat, 2 parts clay soil, 1 part sand.
Balanced water and nutrient balance vitalises
Chili seedlings require a constant humidity at temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius. In a room greenhouse or on the warm, bright windowsill, water the plants as soon as the surface dries. Waterlogging is essential to avoid.
Nutrients are initially only on the bottom of the pot in the form of a thin layer of compost. If the roots get there, there is a first dose of highly diluted liquid fertilizer as a reward.
Tips & Tricks
Pour the chili seedlings into small peat pots. These swell by adding water and provide the roots with an ideal environment for further growth. The later repotting is very easy with these pots of the hand, because they are used together with the plant in substrate.