16.09.2017
Even though it is cold outside, January and February are the ideal months to start growing hot chili peppers. IN Lately this culture is especially popular. Read tips on how to grow hot peppers on the windowsill and how to properly care for it - it’s exciting and economical, because the plant will bear fruit year after year.
This exotic, pungent plant can be used to prepare a variety of dishes, from pizza to pasta and sauces. Chili will make you feel the heat even in winter.
The pungent taste of pepper fruits is due to their content chemical substance capsaicin, which has incredible pungency. A drop of a solution containing only 1/1000 mg of capsaicin can cause a prolonged and severe burning sensation.
There are many types and varieties of hot peppers that can be planted on the windowsill. Take a look at the range of seeds that are most often grown at home:
In an apartment, you can start sowing as early as January, since the hottest varieties usually have a long growing season.
Pre-soak the seeds overnight in warm water or epin solution.
Fill small low containers with prepared soil for seedlings, sow the seeds (not too thickly) and sprinkle with a thin layer of soil.
Peppers need large quantities heat for germination, so first place the container with the crops in a warm, dark place and cover with a plastic bag. They germinate at a temperature of 21-28 C.
Shoots will appear approximately a week after planting. But don’t worry if they are in no hurry - the pepper germinates well if the seeds are fresh.
Once germinated, move the hot peppers to a warm, sunny windowsill.
After the seedlings have their first true leaf, they are transplanted one plant at a time (picked) into pots with a diameter of 10-15 cm.
As a rule, hot peppers grow quite successfully on the windowsill, develop well, bloom and bear fruit, but there are still important recommendations when leaving.
Chilies are demanding of heat and die even from minor frosts, so the room climate is very suitable for them. In a pot on the windowsill, hot peppers can grow for many years. Most of all they like sunny windows facing south.
Make sure that the temperature does not fall below 15 C. Peppers do not tolerate sudden changes in heat and cold and abundant watering with cold water.
You need to water the peppers regularly, avoiding overdrying, but be careful not to “flood” them.
Hot peppers need at least 6 hours sunlight in a day. With a lack of light, plants stretch, their leaves turn yellow, buds and ovaries fall off.
If plants receive additional lighting in winter, they will bear fruit better.
While light and water are the most important for the development of hot peppers, there are others nutrients necessary for growth and fruiting. These are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. But don’t overdo it with fertilizer!
After the plants bloom, you can feed them a little potassium.
If the leaves of the chili pepper become wrinkled or appear on the tips of the pods. dark spots, your plant lacks calcium and phosphorus.
Peppers self-pollinate well. Just gently shake the plants from time to time. This simulates the action of wind that occurs in nature.
As the plants grow, larger pots will be needed. The standard progression of diameters is 7 cm, 15 cm, and then the final 20 cm.
To repot a plant:
To make the bush grow more lush, its upper shoots, which have reached 40 cm, are cut off. Chilies respond very well to pruning.
One of the main pests of chili peppers is the green aphid. Even one individual that accidentally gets into your apartment from the street can infect your plant, creating an entire army of offspring.
To get rid of aphids, wash the leaves and stems with a stream of water. Use chemicals wrestling is not recommended.
60-70 days after sowing, the plants bloom, and subsequently they produce fruits of various colors (depending on the variety) - from brown to bright purple or yellow. When the fruits ripen, in most varieties they turn red. It is better to cut them with a knife.
It is better to pick the very first fruits while they are still green to stimulate further fruiting.
You can harvest fresh chiles from late spring until December. One plant can give you over a hundred hot peppers.
So, to grow hot peppers on a windowsill in winter you will need a sunny window, a spacious pot with fertile soil and easy care. Compact bushes with many original bright red and green fruits are extremely beautiful and perfectly decorate the apartment.
Growing Hot Peppers at home is not such a difficult matter. The “Little Miracle” hot pepper was bred in Holland and has long taken root throughout the world. This plant is compact and characterized by active fruiting, due to which the bushes with peppers different colors They also have a decorative function.
There are certain rules for growing hot peppers at home.
Sowing seeds It is better to produce in February. To do this, you need about a 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. On top of the drainage we fill the soil consisting of humus, leaf soil and sand in a ratio of 5:3:2. Before planting seeds, the soil should be poured with boiling water and after it has cooled, sow 2-3 pepper seeds, pre-soaked and already swollen, into small holes 1-1.5 cm in diameter.
Cover the pot with planted grains with polyethylene or glass and place in a warm place. When sprouts appear after 5-7 days, move the pot to a sunny place in the window. When the first true leaves appear, the peppers can be cut into individual pots, but it’s better to remove the excess 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 fruits will form.
Don’t forget to water the plant regularly and periodically feed your pet with fertilizers, then you will definitely see a harvest on your windowsill.
Method for obtaining fruits by May
Watching the development of homemade peppers, fans from Ivanovo region we came to an interesting conclusion that in our northern conditions it is possible to change the timing of pepper ripening on the windowsill. They use spring ones filled with bright sun rays days for flowering and fruit ripening.
Sow peppers in autumn in bowls on the windowsill. They create pepper not very well comfortable conditions so that he does not have time to pick flowers before the New Year, so that he does not exhaust his strength for growth in the darkest “dead” days. This saves the plant from pulling out its 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 bears an average of 10 beautiful pods. Yes, the fruits are such heroes that have never happened in the fall.
And immediately after the harvest is harvested, the plant throws out a couple more vigorous shoots and blooms a second time. By the second half of September, another harvest ripens, and out of 20 pods, only three were small. Thus, about 30 pods are harvested from one bush per season, almost 5 times higher than the average yield!
The main secret of a high yield is that by the time of the very first flowering (in early February), peppers from the autumn sowing period have time to develop good, powerful roots. Starting from March and ending at the beginning of October, that is, during a period of abundant sunshine, pepper actively sets fruit and uses its strength to fill them.
You don’t have to throw away a plant that bears fruit in the fall, but let it go before winter. In winter, at the beginning of January, it must be transplanted into a new substrate, cut off the old shoots by half, then move the pot to a bright window (east or south). Such care can bring up to three harvests per season.
On a note
When planting peppers, it is still better not to pick them, as they react painfully to transplantation. And they treat transshipment well. When the shoots disperse, simply pinch off the extra weak shoots. More important point- do not miss the time when the roots begin to crowd in the pot and grow out.
For seedlings, of course, best suited peat pots. For normal growth, peppers are transferred to spacious containers and pots 30-50 cm high. Be sure to place drainage at the bottom of the planting containers (a layer of expanded clay, broken brick).
Sometimes props are placed to support ripening fruits, and the bushes are sprayed with warm, settled water to remove spider mites.
For getting good harvest It is recommended to grow peppers in two trunks, constantly shaping them by pinching them. A strong shoot is left on each stem, and the weak ones are pinched off above the first leaf. Although peppers are self-pollinating, like tomatoes, it is better to shake the plants periodically so that pollination is more effective.
Pepper is the same perennial as cherry tomatoes; the bush can delight you with a harvest for five whole years. In the same way you can grow on a windowsill and sweet bell pepper.
Can you imagine what a pleasure it is to watch a ripe pod fill before your eyes when the weather outside the window is “non-flying”.
If your plant is more than 5 years old, you can make it wonderful decoration Houses - BONSAI.
Pots
You can use almost any small pots you like, but most traditional bonsai in special pots look really, really cool!
The soil
Basically, you can use whatever you use to grow your chillies, but I prefer soft, peat-based soil.
A bonsai plant should have very limited 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 good material to maintain soil moisture when growing bonsai.
These are actually pieces of hard clay.
Some brands of fillers for cat litter works great and is a much cheaper substitute for akadam.
When growing Bonsai, growers often replace the soil entirely with akadama, or mix it with normal soil.
Akadama.
I just put some akadama in the bottom of the chili bonsai pot and sprinkle some soil on top.
Making a chili bonsai: 
We cut the stem of an adult plant - we form a bonsai.
If possible, cut just above the foliage to ensure that the bonsai will continue to grow. For example here in the photo - there were no leaves below the cut point, so this is a very risky process.
Or, you can prune the plant a little smaller and continue pruning when the plant has formed enough foliage. 
Then cut off the excess roots around the plant...
we dig up the plant with its roots cut off... 
We dig up the bonsai blank...
trim off excess protruding roots.
approximate result of pruning and shaping the future bonsai plant.
One year later.
Capsicum peppers belong to the Solanaceae family; its varieties are divided into hot and sweet. The bitter taste comes from the alkaloid capsaicin.
Decorative indoor pepper stands out effectively on the windowsill and serves as a source of spices for preparing a wide variety of dishes. In everyday life it is called “light”, although in fact several dozen species and varieties of the plant are found in culture. What makes it popular is not only its pungent taste and attractive appearance, but also the ease of growing it at home.
The easiest way to propagate decorative indoor peppers is by seeds. The key to success in making the right choice planting material.
Seeds taken from dried fruit are excellent. Can be purchased planting material in gardening stores - or in online stores offering seeds of exotic and ornamental plants. If you start planting in February-March, you can easily get fruits already in September-October of the same year.
First, you need to decide what kind of pepper you want in the end - tall or short, spicy or not very hot, with fruits or berries or a classic “pepper” shape. As a rule, this information is on the bag. However, when purchasing, you need to pay attention to how long ago the seeds were collected?
Hot pepper seeds proper storage can remain viable for up to 5 years, but every year germination percentage drops. It is better to grow indoor peppers from seeds collected last season if you plan to harvest this year.
The most important! The selected seeds should not have any defects - dark specks, strong curling, damage, or signs of rot. Quality seeds are pale yellow, almost White color.
There are early ripening, mid ripening, late ripening. You can enjoy the fruits of early ripening varieties within 65-100 days from the moment of germination. Fruits from mid-season plants can be obtained in 100-120 days. And here late-ripening varieties They will be able to please you with the harvest only after 120-150 days.
Bush height. As a rule, lovers of indoor hot peppers prefer abundantly fruiting bushes up to 30 cm high - this optimal height bush for home pepper growing. There are also very miniature bushes of 15 cm, and real giants up to a meter high.
Fruit shape. Most lovers prefer peppers with a classic conical or elongated shape. Fruit round shape, berries, are often mistaken for their close and poisonous relative, nightshade, and are considered inedible. This is not so - such pepper can also be eaten, but if you are not sure that it is not nightshade, then it is better not to risk it. There are also fruits of exotic shapes, for example, Aji orchid.
Color of fruits and leaves. This is especially important if you plan to grow the plant as an ornamental. There are very decorative varieties indoor pepper, for example, Bolivian rainbow, Fish, which change color several times as they ripen, and in the final stage of ripening can be yellow, orange or red.
The foliage of some varieties may also have inclusions of different colors - white spots and dashes, lilac stripes, which become brighter the sunnier the location of the plant.
Acuity– if you plan to eat the hot pepper harvest, it is important to make sure that you can do this – there are types that are not at all spicy, but some are so bitter that you can eat them to an unprepared person unsafe. Especially appreciated among gourmets Habanero– the fruits, depending on the variety, are spicy, but have an incomparable citrus-floral aroma and taste!
If you want to have hot peppers at home just for the sake of beauty, then spiciness is not important, but decorative properties(bush height, shape and color, ripening characteristics) should be noted Special attention.
For planting five seeds of hot indoor pepper, a plastic or ceramic one is quite suitable. flower pot 300 ml. If you plan to plant in individual containers, you can choose smaller pots or use yogurt cups.
Step-by-step instructions for growing peppers from seeds at home:
At a temperature of 22-25 degrees, seedlings appear in 10-14 days, if the seeds were collected 2-3 years ago, the germination process may take another 1-2 weeks.
Seedlings need to be ventilated periodically - raise the greenhouse briefly so that young plants get used to environment. Gradually, the periods “without a greenhouse” should be increased, and eventually completely eliminated.
When the seedlings have two pairs of true leaves, they need to be planted if the seeds were planted in one container. If the seedlings were planted in individual pots, then you can transplant the plants into larger pots when roots appear at the bottom of the water hole.
You should not leave all the plants in one pot. Decorative indoor hot peppers are grown according to the principle one pot - one plant. The fact is that, when planted together, weaker specimens are “drowned out” by stronger ones. The weak ones will be greatly retarded in growth and development, flowering will be late and sparse, and fruiting may not occur at all.
When planting, it is better to use small deep pots of 100 ml each. Transplanting a young specimen immediately into a very large pot is not useful - the “extra” soil will begin to sour from watering. It is better, as the plant grows, to gradually transfer it into containers slightly larger than the previous one. The main sign that it is time to replant the plant is the roots peeking out from the bottom of the pot. During the season, as a rule, the bush is handled 2-3 times.
The goal of every home gardener is to see his plant bloom; in the case of decorative peppers, the finish is beautiful fruits decorating the plant.
Young seedlings of “light” on the windowsill begin to bloom approximately a month after germination. The first flowers will most likely be empty and fall off, but as they grow and develop, ovaries will appear and fruits will develop.
Special pollination is not required, but to increase the number of ovaries, you can periodically lightly shake the pot with the bush or “pollinate” the flowers with a soft brush.
Depending on what variety of indoor hot pepper you have grown (early-ripening, mid-ripening or late-ripening), the first fruits may appear in the summer, when the sun is most active, or in early to mid-autumn.
It is important to remember hot peppers at home does not require pinching And intensive formation bush in the first year of growth, picking off flowers and first ovaries. The indoor pepper itself “knows” to what height it needs to grow, when to start blooming and how many fruits to set. Your task is to provide him with comfortable growth conditions.
Sunny location. It is advisable to keep the pot on a windowsill indoors. Very sunny balconies“lights” suffer greatly from the rays, leaves can be damaged, flowers fall off, and fruits can be severely deformed and have no seeds.
In the shade, seedlings bloom reluctantly, set few fruits, and may suffer from flooding. Bushes of hot indoor decorative peppers feel extremely uncomfortable on shelves, refrigerators and closets – away from the sun and fresh air.
Regular watering and spraying– the main components in caring for peppers at home. Ogonyok loves water very much. In summer, on sunny days, the plant must be watered every day. Spray with water room temperature, preferably twice a day.
Fertilizer. From March to September (and for late-ripening plants - until October), it is advisable to feed indoor peppers with specialized fertilizer for fruit plants. There is also a special fertilizer for peppers and tomatoes; it is found in stores for gardeners and flower growers.
Formation. In addition to the sun, water and a pot of sufficient volume, indoor hot peppers can be shaped as the branches grow - this is important in late summer and autumn for plants of the first year of life and in early spring, when it comes out of dormancy.
They shape, that is, trim branches that are too long - this gives a more tidy appearance and allows the plant to save energy. But you shouldn’t shorten the main trunk - this could cause the bush to die.
As the fruits ripen, the harvest can and should be harvested. There are varieties of indoor peppers, the pungency of which decreases when fully ripe. Therefore, such fruits are harvested at the stage of technical ripeness. Such unripe peppers often turn out to be much tastier than ripe ones.
For example, the fruits of the decorative bitter indoor pepper variety Jalapeno (Jalapeño) are most often harvested when they are still green, but characteristic “scars” have already appeared on them, but when they become red, this species already loses its taste value.
If you are interested in seeds for planting in the future, then you need to wait until the fruits are fully ripe, that is, they acquire their final color (yellow, orange or red). The fruits must be removed from the bush and allowed to dry for several days.
If the pepper is thin-walled, then it dries quickly enough; if it is thick-walled, then when the fruit wrinkles, it must be carefully cut and allowed to dry again for several days.
Then the seeds are carefully removed and laid out on a napkin to dry. Well-dried seeds can be placed in a bag and stored in a dry, dark place; storage in the refrigerator is allowed. The main thing is that moisture does not get in, in which case they can rot.
Contrary to popular belief, hot indoor peppers are perennials. On average, a bush can actively bear fruit for 5 years. The main thing is to reload the plant as it grows and renew the soil every spring. However, not all flower growers are ready to provide comfortable conditions for wintering for this handsome pet. Therefore, three options are possible.
First. If you do not want to save this specimen, at the end of the season after fruiting has ended, the bush can be thrown away, and in February-March a new plant can be grown from the obtained seeds.
Gradually the leaves will partially fall off. Sometimes the pepper sheds its leaves completely. Branches that are too long can be shortened a little. In winter, new leaves and even flowers may appear on the branches, especially if the thaw lasts for a long time and the heating works intensively.
In February-March, indoor pepper will begin to grow again; at this moment it is necessary to transplant it into a pot slightly larger than the previous one, and replace the bulk of the soil. Gradually increase watering.
Third. If you not only want to preserve the plant, but also get a harvest in winter, then additional lighting is necessary. In this case, special lamps are installed, watering is not reduced, and fertilizing continues.
As you can see, growing ornamental peppers at home does not require special knowledge and skills. “Ogonyok” in a pot is perfect for those who don’t like to wait too long for the planted plant to finally bloom – it only takes 3-4 months from seed to beautiful and fragrant fruits.
If you love, find out how to grow avocados from seeds and from seeds. Watching how a miracle is born is much more interesting than buying a ready-made flower in a store.
Hot peppers are added to confectionery products, chocolate, tea - very unusual and effective remedy in the fight against colds and flu!
Not many garden crops can be grown on a windowsill with such a high degree of decorativeness as small-fruited peppers. It is not only original as a decoration, but also useful in the household. Since pepper is a perennial crop, once you plant it, you can enjoy it for several years in a row. It is not difficult to grow peppers on a windowsill; the main thing is to choose the right planting material, properly prepare the substrate and regularly care for the plantings.
Small-fruited bitter peppers are especially loved by housewives. It is a compact bush with fruits of the highest decorative value. Even your favorite greens on the windowsill are inferior to this vegetable crop. For planting, choose seeds of hybrids that self-pollinate. You should stock up on nutritious soil based on vermicompost and a special lamp for illumination in the autumn-winter period. Everything else will depend only on proper care.
how to grow hot peppers on a windowsill in an apartment. Photo
Before sowing hot pepper seeds, they need to be kept in solution potassium permanganate 2 hours. This procedure is not carried out if the seeds have been treated by the manufacturer. Among the seeds to be processed, you need to select those that have sank to the bottom of the container during this time. The rest have questionable germination, so it’s not worth wasting time on them.
pepper on the windowsill growing from seeds. Photo
The more nutritious and lighter the soil in the pot, the better the bush will grow, bloom and bear fruit and will age later. All substrate ingredients are poured into a basin, mixed thoroughly and small containers are filled with the mixture. These can be special trays for seedlings or regular yogurt cups. The earth is poured into them, not reaching the top by 2 cm.
Substrate is good spill warm water and place 2-3 peppercorns on top. Sprinkle with a layer of earth no more than 1 cm. The top of the cups is covered with glass or polyethylene with holes made in them for air exchange. Containers with seeds are placed in a dark, warm place, for example, near a radiator, and watered occasionally.
growing hot peppers on the windowsill. Step by step photos
In about 10-14 days, shoots will appear. They are immediately placed on windowsill to prevent excessive stretching without lack of light. If shoots appear late autumn or in the middle of winter, they must be additionally illuminated using special lamps It is enough to illuminate for 2 hours in the morning and evening. To avoid the appearance of blackleg, seedlings are watered as needed, avoiding overwatering.
How to grow hot peppers on a windowsill. Photo
How to grow hot peppers on a windowsill and wait for abundant fruits? To do this, the strongest ones are selected from the total number of seedlings and transplanted into permanent pots with a capacity of 2-3 liters. The soil is not filled to the top; it will be added as the bush grows.
Any greenery on the windowsill requires care, which boils down to regular watering and fertilizing. The water for watering peppers needs to be settled, and the picked seedlings should be fed after 2-3 weeks. For this purpose, special fertilizers are used, for example, Agrolife. Hot pepper bushes are turned over daily so that they grow evenly and do not lean too far towards the sun. Small-fruited bitter peppers are not planted. If the bush seems sparse, you can pinch the top.
When the pepper on the windowsill begins to bloom, the bush will need to be planted several times a day. shake to carry out pollination. The fruits appear 2.5 - 3 months after planting. If there are too many of them, the plant will shed the excess ones on its own; a person does not need to do this, only if they are found to be sick and underdeveloped. Fruits can also fall off if there is 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 its decorative appearance, sheds its foliage, and stops blooming and bearing fruit. It is thrown away or cut. How to grow hot peppers on a windowsill from cuttings? To do this, the juiciest side branches are cut off from the bush and placed in water. Cuttings give roots in 21-28 days. They are planted in a permanent container and after 1.5 months they become adults. flowering bush. Typically, 50% of cuttings produce roots. Caring for them is similar to bushes obtained from seeds.
In the process of growing small-fruited bitter pepper on a windowsill, beginning hobbyists may have questions, the answers to which can be found here.
When is the best time to sow peppers for growing on a windowsill? Experts recommend doing this from April to July, then the seedlings will not have to be illuminated. Although it is possible to grow peppers in any season of the year.
Is it possible to leave ripe peppers on the bush? Not advisable. If the pepper remains on the plant for a long time, it does not receive the incentive to continue to flower and bear fruit.
How to care for peppers in winter in conditions central heating? If the battery is located under a windowsill, it must be covered with a towel to avoid drying out the roots of the bush. Additionally, take daily baths under a cool shower.
Is it possible to eat the fruits of peppers grown on a windowsill? Can be used either fresh or dried. It is even ground in a coffee grinder to produce paprika.
Will repeated transfer? It is not advisable to disturb mature pepper bushes grown on a windowsill. This will affect the abundance of flowering and fruiting. Stress in the form of dropped leaves is also possible.
What to do if flowers fall a lot? 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 off due to lack of pollination and failure to form fruit.
In an apartment you can grow Bell pepper, which will produce crunchy, vitamin-rich fruits all year round. There are no particular difficulties in growing it, but some recommendations will help you not only grow strong greens on the windowsill, but also taste the healthy fruits. 
The first stage of work is considered seed selection. Dwarf compact plants are suitable for growing at home, 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. Seeds of self-pollinating hybrids are suitable for this.
Stage two - preparation substrate and 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. You can add perlite or vermiculite to increase soil aeration. All components are mixed in a basin.
To treat seeds, prepare a 2% solution potassium permanganate, in which the seeds are kept for 2 hours, then washed in cold water. There are manufacturers who carry out the processing themselves and sell seeds that are ready for planting. In this case, there is no need to carry out such a procedure at home.
how to grow sweet peppers on a windowsill. Photo
Third stage - sowing seeds. Small containers from plastic cups to greenhouses with peat tablets. Substrates or tablets are well poured with water and seeds are placed in them, 2-3 pieces each. You can sow the seeds directly into large permanent containers, without adding the substrate to the edge of the pot. This procedure will be carried out later as the bush grows. After sowing, the containers are covered with polyethylene, in which small holes are made for air exchange. Place the containers in a dark, warm place, periodically watering and checking them.
Planting sweet peppers. Photo
Fourth stage - seedling care or how to grow sweet peppers from seedlings on a windowsill. The first shoots appear in 10-14 days. As soon as the seeds hatch and sprouts appear, they are exposed to light and, if necessary, additional light for several hours a day if it is the autumn-winter period. If necessary, after 2 weeks the seedlings are thinned out, leaving the strongest specimens. It is important not to overwater the seedlings so that they do not become vulnerable to blackleg, which can destroy all seedlings.
Fifth stage - picking. It is produced 4 weeks after germination. To carry out picking, water the containers with seedlings well, prepare a large 3-liter pot and fill it with a nutrient substrate. The glass with the seedlings is turned over and the lump of earth along with the pepper is carefully pulled out. Place it in a partially filled pot and add soil from above to the cotyledons (first) leaves. Water and lightly compact the soil near the bush. Place the pepper on the windowsill, preferably on the south side.
Adult seedlings are not pinched and are not corrected by pruning. The bush is given free rein to grow and produce flowers. Need a potty every day turn to form an even bush. Watering is carried out as the soil dries out. IN hot weather, it can be additionally sprayed with warm water; in winter, watering is reduced to the required minimum.
How to grow sweet peppers on a windowsill with abundant ovary? When flowers appear on the bush, they begin to intensively feed it with suitable fertilizers, for example, Agrolife. Blooming bush several times a day shake for self-pollination. The first fruits appear approximately 3 months after sowing the seeds. To prolong the life of the plant and get a significant harvest from the ovary, leave 5-6 fruits and remove them during the ripening process. If you leave more ovaries and do not remove the fruits for a long time, the bush becomes severely depleted, ages and dies.
If the ripening fruits are large enough and the bush has grown well, it needs support. She will not allow the bush to tilt and break. Pepper - perennial vegetable crop, but on the windowsill with a lack of heat, light and care it can quickly grow old. In order to admire the plant again after 1.5-2 months and eat its fruits, you can cut cuttings from it and try to root them.
Usually half of the cut cuttings take root. They are planted in permanent containers and cared for as an adult plant. This method of growing peppers is less troublesome and faster.
Sweet pepper on the windowsill. Video
Hot pepper is tasty, healthy, and indispensable as a seasoning for a number of dishes. Do you like thrills? Then you just need to plant such a bush, especially since it can grow on a windowsill like an ordinary flower, pleasing the eye with multi-colored peppercorns against the background of green foliage.
It is the variety that you should decide on before you start growing. Since hot chili peppers are less popular than, say, cucumbers or tomatoes, there are not very many varieties and it is difficult to get confused among them. Let's look at the main decorative bush options.
Queen of Spades
It's miniature evergreen shrub, the fruits of which have excellent taste properties. They can be added not only to various sauces and main courses, but also to marinades, as well as to salt. During the ripening process, peppers have different colors - from green and purple to yellow and red. So your bush will always be strewn with colorful pods. The variety is suitable for growing on a windowsill for all year round. The plant reaches only 20-30 cm in height.
Fireworks
An early-ripening variety with fruits resembling tiny barrels, slightly tapering towards the top. The color of peppers is varied, often multi-colored. The pods taste very sharp and spicy. The variety does not need good lighting and can grow well even in the shade. But it definitely requires timely watering and regular fertilizing.
Indian summer
An interesting plant whose fruits look more like tiny tomatoes than traditional pods. It produces a lot of leaves, but also a lot of fruit. The colors of the fruits are very diverse, from white and yellow to rich red and purple. This is an unpretentious variety that does not require much light. Therefore, it feels great in winter on the windowsill. Peppercorns are very aromatic, moderately spicy, suitable for preparing medicinal alcohol tinctures, as well as for use as a seasoning for dishes.
Aladdin
Ripens very early (only within three months after sowing). The height of the plant does not exceed half a meter, which makes possible cultivation it on the windowsill or on the loggia. The fruits are small, have a spicy aroma and a pungent taste. Used for pickling and canning purposes, as well as in numerous spicy dishes.
Small miracle
It begins to bear fruit early and bears fruit long and abundantly. Small pods with thick walls change color as they ripen, giving the bush valuable decorative properties. Can be sown directly in indoor pots, or you can transplant the finished plant onto the windowsill in the fall.
We named the most popular varieties hot peppers, suitable for growing on a windowsill. In fact, there are many more of them.
You will need: a container for sowing and growing plants (box, pot), hot pepper seeds for the windowsill (or seedlings from the garden), soil.
The best soil is a mixture of coarse sand, peat and humus. You can also mix turf with sand in a ratio of approximately 1 to 1. There is also a ready-made mixture on sale - choose the one that is suitable for planting eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes.
Hot pepper seeds are germinated before planting. To do this, wrap them in gauze and place them in a saucer with water. The saucer is placed in a warm place near the radiator (you just need to make sure that the gauze remains wet at all times, otherwise the half-germinated seeds will die).
As soon as you see the first sprouts hatching, you can start sowing the seeds. We pour the soil into a container, put drainage at the bottom of the container (with a layer of at least 3-5 cm). This must be some kind of base through which water and air can freely pass (expanded clay, small pebbles, broken brick). The day before sowing, water the soil.
We make shallow grooves in the soil and plant the seeds. Sprinkle the grooves with soil on top. As a result, your seeds should be buried no more than 1 cm into the soil. To prevent the soil from drying out, cover the box or pot with a piece of glass, transparent plastic or regular film and wait until the seedlings appear.
Unlike ordinary greens, which are grown on a windowsill in winter, you won’t be able to grow hot peppers in a box. Despite its small size, this plant requires quite a lot of space, so best option– transplant the seedlings into pots. That is, you can sow them in a box, but after waiting for 3-4 leaves, make a pick - transplant into a separate container, where the plant will continue to live. The volume of one pot should be at least one liter, preferably 1.5 - 2 liters.
Pepper loves the sun, but does not tolerate dry soil. Therefore, it is better to place the pots on the south side, but constantly monitor the degree of soil moisture. For bountiful harvest It is also necessary to carry out regular fertilizing and loosening.
Hot ornamental peppers can be perennial (read the information on the seed package). In this case, once a year, in spring or autumn, it is recommended to replant it in new soil.
In the spring, your window seedlings can be planted in the garden, and in the fall they can be transplanted back into pots.
You should not open the window if there is a pot of hot pepper on the windowsill - this plant does not like drafts.
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