How to prepare pepper seeds for planting

How to prepare pepper seeds for planting



Pepper is a rather capricious crop, and its seedsquickly lose their germination, and since they also germinate for a long time, there is a possibility that the shoots will be few or the plant will not ascend at all. The way out is to prepare the pepper seeds for planting in advance.





How to prepare pepper seeds for planting


















You will need




  • - seeds of pepper;
  • - solution of table salt;
  • - solution of potassium permanganate;
  • - solution with fertilizers or wood ash;
  • - a glass vessel and an aquarium compressor for bubbling.




Instructions





1


Immediately before sowing for seedlings, take offseeds of pepper for planting. Make a solution of common table salt at a rate of 30 grams per liter of water. Then lower the seeds into it, mix everything and hold the planting material in the solution for 5-10 minutes. The full seeds of pepper should sink to the bottom, and the weak and empty float. Collect them with a spoon from the surface and discard without regret, they will not be of any use. Strain the solution, rinse the seeds on the bottom thoroughly. Spread out on a sheet of paper and allow to dry.





2


The following procedure is called dressing. It will help to disinfect the seeds and prevent possible diseases of the plant. To do this, sort the seeds by their size. Make 1% solution of potassium permanganate (1 g per 1 liter of water). Put the selected planting material in a solution and hold the seeds in it for about 15 minutes. Then rinse them with water and dry again.





3


That plants grew strong and healthy, for 1-2days before sowing pepper seeds for seedlings, treat them with microelements. Make small bags of gauze, put the planting material in them and lower them into a solution containing trace elements, for example, with "Epin" or "Ideal" fertilizers. Leave the seeds in it for 12-24 hours. Then remove and dry, spread out on a sheet of paper. It is not necessary to wash them in this case.





4


Instead of chemical fertilizers can be processedSeeds and folk ways. For example, soak them in a solution of wood ash. Dissolve 2 grams in a liter of water. Leave the solution to stand for 24 hours. All this time stir occasionally with ashes. After that, put seeds in gauze pouches and dip them into the nutrient mixture for 2-3 hours. Then rinse and dry.





5


If you want to get guaranteed100% germination and see sprouts much earlier, you can germinate the seeds of peppers. Disinfected seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate seeds on gauze or cotton cloth. Put in a saucer and lightly moisturize. Put everything in a warm place. About a day later there will be roots. After 2-3 days, plant the germinated seeds in a moist substrate.





6


There is a method that is considered more effectivesoaking and germination of pepper seeds, is a bubbling, that is, the treatment of seeds in water saturated with oxygen. This method of pre-sowing treatment of planting material will sharply accelerate the emergence of pepper shoots. They lead him 1-2 weeks before sowing seedlings.





7


Take high utensils, for example, three litersbank. Fill it two-thirds with water, its temperature should be within 20 degrees. Lower the tip of the aquarium compressor to the bottom. Turn it on. When there are bubbles in the water, lower the seeds in the jar and leave for a day. Then remove them and dry them.





8


The last method of seed treatment is hardening. It will help plants to tolerate unfavorable conditions, for example, temperature changes. After disinfection, soak the seeds of pepper in warm water, let them swell, and then immediately put them on the lower shelf in the refrigerator for a day. Then dry and proceed to seeding the seedlings.