Content
- Cultivation and care of peppers in the greenhouse
- The optimal greenhouse size for paprika
- Location and climate for a greenhouse with peppers
- The right care for peppers in the greenhouse
- Dusting the pepper in the greenhouse
- Tips & Tricks
Cultivation and care of peppers in the greenhouse
Paprika lovers know the benefits of growing peppers in greenhouses. Enough space for bringing forward and growing in spring. In the summer then often four weeks earlier harvest time. And frost-sensitive plants find their perfect winter quarters under glass.
The optimal greenhouse size for paprika
In general, the correct greenhouse size depends on the usage. For hobby gardeners who prefer little ornamental plants and some vegetables or want to grow weatherproof, is a small, inexpensive greenhouse. On the other hand, if you would like to supply a family of several with fresh tomatoes and peppers on a regular basis, you should calculate with 7 to 15 square meters of floor space. The largest amount of space is required for large potted plants that are supposed to overwinter frost-free.
Location and climate for a greenhouse with peppers
The right care for peppers in the greenhouse
At temperatures above 20 ° C you can start paprika sowing from mid-February to March. Note that you do not plant the plants deeper than in the seed tank. Otherwise, they easily develop a typical paprika disease, the stem rot. After planting do not over-flow until flowering otherwise the flowers will be repelled. Because of their low root mass, you often have to pour peppers often but not too much in terms of quantity.
In the unheated greenhouse, the first young plants can be spread from early / mid-May at over 15 ° C. Ideally, she has already set the first flower buds. The removal of the royal flower promotes lateral shoot growth and increased fruiting. Who wants to prune his peppers, it should stabilize with a bamboo stick and tie. Because pepper with 2 shoots grow up to 1.5 meters high in the greenhouse.
Paprika do not tolerate mineral fertilizer. As a strong typer you should also fertilize it in the greenhouse every 2 weeks. From the end of July, the first sweet pepper can be harvested. A greenhouse with good ventilation ensures that the plants do not overheat in summer.
Dusting the pepper in the greenhouse
Too few flowers or pepper in the greenhouse? If no bees come into the greenhouse, the flowers are pollinated artificially. Simply shake the plants to distribute the pollen. Or gently open the flowers with a pair of tweezers and use a fine brush to transfer the pollen from a stamp onto the pistil of a plant of the same variety. For later seed collection mark already pollinated flowers with a thread.
Tips & Tricks
To make peppers grow bushier and produce more fruit, pinch off the terminal bud or bud at the top of the plant shortly after planting. It is not necessary to exude the side shoots in the leaf axils.