Among the many favorite vegetables of cucumbers and tomatoes, pepper has gained great popularity. It is often used in homemade salad preparations, stuffed with meat and vegetables, and frozen as a condiment.

America is considered the birthplace of this culture, only there it is found in the wild. Peppers can be sweet and spicy. The fruits are very small and quite large, weighing up to 200 grams. As the pepper grows, its color changes from green, yellow to orange, red and purple, depending on the variety.

seed soaking

To grow peppers in the middle lane, you have to grow a seedling culture. Knowledge of the technology of preparation and soaking is important for accelerating seed germination, further growth and development of seedlings.

For this procedure you will need:

• pepper seeds;
• gauze;
• potassium permanganate;
• hot water;
• salt.

Step-by-step instruction

When buying pepper seeds, you need to carefully look at the expiration dates, as they quickly lose their germination qualities. Read the instructions about the characteristics of the variety, indicating the time of sowing the seeds. Usually the end of February and the beginning of March are chosen.

Action steps:

1. Seed sorting. Discard small and flattened. Of these, seedlings will turn out weak and frail.
2. Dissolve half a teaspoon of table salt in a glass of water, and place the seeds for 10 minutes. Delete those that pop up. We need mainly those that sink to the bottom of the glass.
3. We place the seeds for 15 minutes in hot water, the temperature of which is 40 ° C.
4. We keep another 5 minutes in cold water, for "hardening".
5. We make a pink solution of potassium permanganate and place seeds in it for 20 minutes to destroy various bacteria and pests that were on them.
6. We moisten a small piece of gauze, wrap the prepared seeds inside, and put them in a warm place for a day, covering them with cellophane so that they hatch a little. This will speed up the germination of seeds, they will sprout together, almost simultaneously.

Soil preparation

At the same time, you need to think about the ground. You can cook it yourself since the fall, mixing peat, sawdust, ash, humus. It is desirable that in winter it freezes well to kill pests. You can buy ready-made in the store.

Planting seeds and care

After, the earth is placed in landing containers and heated to room temperature. It is necessary to draw grooves and plant each seed at a distance of 1-1.5 cm from each other. The depth should be about 1 cm. Pour with settled water and cover with a film. The container must be placed in a warm place. Usually they wait for germination, depending on the variety, about two weeks.

After the seedlings appear, you need to remove the film, try not to overmoisten them so that the “black leg” disease does not develop.

When three leaves appear, the plants dive into separate cups or containers with cells. It must be remembered that pepper does not like transplants.

After the threat of cold weather has passed, around the end of May and early June, peppers are planted in open ground. Just in case, it is good to have special arcs, if at night the temperature drops below 17 ° C-18 ° C, cover the peppers with a covering material or film.

In Russia, pepper is a popular vegetable. But growing it really juicy and ripe is not always possible. In regions with a warm climate, there is enough time for full ripening. And in other areas, in colder ones, the procedure is simply necessary, otherwise the pepper does not ripen by autumn, as a result, the fruits are tasteless.

So is it possible to soak vegetable seeds in agave juice? Soaking pepper seeds in the sap of the plant gives good results and bountiful harvests. Hydroxycinnamic acids, which are part of the plant, soften the seed coat, which facilitates the intake of fluid and nutrients.

After many years of experience with soaking seeds in aloe, we can say that:

• ripening of pepper fruits takes place 10-14 days faster than when planting dry seeds;
• the biological processes of development and growth of the future plant are awakened;
• flower juice is used as an additional food;
• germination is 2 times faster, instead of a two-week period, 5-7 days are enough;
• the possibility of stimulating simultaneous and uniform germination;
• the outer shell is disinfected, protecting the future sprout;
• aloe helps revitalize old seeds;
• increases the immunity of vegetable crops.

The duration of soaking pepper seeds in agave juice ranges from 12-18 hours. In principle, one day is enough for the planting material to be ready. It is important to monitor their condition. It is necessary to carry out the procedure just before landing., after a week, the planting material will no longer be suitable and will lose its properties.

There is another point of view explaining why seeds cannot be kept in plant sap. It is believed that aloe juice is an aggressive environment that does not stimulate, but rather prevents the early emergence of seedlings. For some vegetable crops, the treatment of seed with a natural biostimulant is a negative factor. For example, for pumpkin, celery, onions.

Preparing the mixture

To prepare a solution from a biostimulator, it is necessary to take a plant that is at least three years old. A week before pruning the leaves, the flower is no longer watered. Aloe leaves should not be: yellow, with a bumpy surface or dry tips. The leaf should have a healthy, juicy appearance, without visible defects. It is preferable to choose the lower leaves, but not more than 18 cm long.

Aloe juice recipe:

1. Cut off some green sprouts.
2. Rinse under running water, then pat dry with paper towels.
3. Wrap in cling film to keep from drying out.
4. Place the leaves in the refrigerator for 5-7 days to biostimulate green cells.
5. After a while, grind the shoots with a blender or meat grinder.
6. Take gauze, fold in several layers.
7. Transfer the crushed mass to the cloth and squeeze out the liquid.
8. Aloe juice should be diluted with clean water in proportions of 1:1.

Soaking procedure before planting

Spores of fungi and bacteria can remain on the seeds, which subsequently cause irreparable damage to the future plant. Therefore, before the seed stimulation process, disinfection is carried out. The most commonly used means:

• 3% hydrogen peroxide;
• potassium permanganate;
• phytosporin.

The most important thing is not to process all of the above methods at the same time. Otherwise, the desired result cannot be achieved, moreover, the seed will be damaged. If, after disinfection, the seeds will be subjected to soaking for stimulation, then they should not be dried. Repeated drying harms the genetic structure.

Note! Purchased seeds in the process of disinfection do not need, as they were processed before packaging.

Seed soaking:

1. We distribute pepper seeds on a piece of cloth folded in 3-4 layers.
2. With the second, we cover the seeds with the same segment.
3. We place the fabric on a saucer or other container.
4. Aloe juice should be at a temperature of + 30-35 ° C, otherwise a positive effect will not be achieved.
5. Pour warm juice over a piece of fabric with seeds. Pour the solution so much that the volume of grains is filled by ½.
6. We rearrange the container with the seeds in a dark, warm place.
7. You can create a greenhouse effect by wrapping a saucer with gauze, a plastic bag.
8. Check seed moisture regularly.
9. During the soaking process, the seed should be mixed.
10. Sow the swollen seeds in open ground.

Watch a video on how to soak seeds before planting:

How to soak inside an agave leaf?

Some gardeners do not want to mess with jars, rags, so they use the express method - germinating seeds before planting right inside the leaf.

For this you need:

1. choose the largest, healthiest, densest aloe leaf;
2. cut it lengthwise with a sharp knife;
3. lay out the seeds;
4. cover with the second part;
5. when the seeds increase in size - start planting.

Seeds germinated in this way should not be washed, but planted directly from the leaf into the soil.

Important! For some time after planting, the sprout will be protected from microbes, which has a positive effect on growth dynamics.

What happens if the planting material is kept in solution?

pepper seeds do not keep in a biostimulator over the prescribed period, otherwise they will swell greatly. An excess of nutrients will negatively affect future offspring. Some seeds may not germinate. Due to a long stay in the solution, the pepper seed may rot. Therefore, in the process it is important not to overdo it and strictly follow the instructions.

How else can you treat before sowing?

In addition to the above method, pepper seeds are soaked in chemical and organic media.

For example:

Regardless of which means for soaking pepper seeds you choose, it is important to follow the technology and recommendations. Only then is a positive result possible. It is also important to remember that the seed before planting is processed once and exclusively using one solution or preparation.

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Before germinating many plant cultures, they prepare the material. It, in turn, necessarily includes several special procedures. The most important among them is the disinfection and soaking of seeds before planting, as well as the hardening of future pepper seedlings. You can soak the seeds in a variety of preparations, at your discretion.

They are sold in gardening stores in a wide range or prepared by hand. Thanks to this event, the likelihood of seedlings increases significantly, and they become stronger and more resistant to diseases. Consider all the stages of pre-planting processing, taking into account time.

Pepper disinfection

Do seeds need to be soaked? Of course yes. To get strong and healthy seedlings, and protect them from adverse external factors, you must first disinfect the seeds.

The most effective means for disinfecting pepper seeds before planting is considered to be a manganese solution and hydrogen peroxide. By the way, preparing the soil for pepper seedlings also includes such activities.

Preparation of pepper seeds for planting seedlings is carried out according to this principle:

1. Seeds are placed on a piece of gauze and rolled up in the form of a bag.
2. A little potassium permanganate is added to warm water so that it acquires a pale pink hue.
3. After that, a haze bag is placed in the container and left for 10-15 minutes.
4. Further, the grains are quickly removed in a plate, washed with settled water.

If the situation is with peroxide, then the preparation of pepper seeds for sowing seedlings is performed somewhat differently:

1. First, bell pepper seeds are placed in a gauze fabric in the same way, and then immersed in 10% peroxide.
2. After 15–20 minutes, the soaked grains are taken out and also washed with water.
3. At the end, pour on a dry cloth and allow to dry completely.

Important points in soaking

Do pepper seeds need to be soaked before planting? Basically, grains that have a hard outer coating need such treatments - this is necessary so that they germinate as soon as possible (as far as possible).

Therefore, in addition to peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, watermelons and beets are also soaked. With the help of the procedure, the seed shell softens, as a result of which it is easier for the sprouts to break out.

Before sowing into the soil, farmers often keep crops in solutions that leach out essential oils. They speed up the spitting of carrots, parsley, dill, etc.

The liquid in which you will be selected is only of high quality. Many people prefer melted water, however, as an alternative, you can stock up on a bottle of purified store-bought water. It should be borne in mind that it is best to carry out the procedure in wide plates.

Now it does not hurt to deal with the nuances of soaking the seed:

1. Before soaking pepper seeds before planting in a solution, they are first distributed over a piece of cloth folded into 3-4 layers. Next, another similar piece is placed on the fabric and sent to the container.
2. Then the saucer is filled with the prepared liquid, at a temperature of about 30-35 o C.
3. How much liquid to fill in is calculated based on the selected vegetation. For example, when melon, tomatoes, watermelon, zucchini or pumpkin are soaked, water is poured out in such an amount that it makes up about ½ of the volume of grains. But when softening parsley, peas, dill, beans, celery or beans in a 1: 1 ratio.
4. The container with the filled material is placed in an unlit room. At the same time, the optimal thermal regime from 20 to 25 ° C is necessarily observed. Sometimes vegetable growers additionally create the effect of a greenhouse by stretching a polyethylene film over the container.
5. How many hours to put the seeds in the solution depends on the varieties of crops. So, for example, tomatoes, beets, watermelon, melon, lettuce or zucchini are left for a maximum of 18 hours. But it is customary to leave carrot, dill, onion and parsley seeds in water for a couple of days. With crops grown from floury grains, the situation is different - they are soaked for 2-4 hours.

It is important to know! When processing pepper seeds for seedlings, take note - if the seeds are kept longer than expected, while they are in the soil mixture during cultivation, they will rot!

Biological preparations for treatment

On the market for gardeners, many active biological agents are sold that have a stimulating effect on the spitting of the seed. The following products have proven themselves very well:

• "Epin" is a drug based on plant substances. After exposure to such a solution, seedlings of treated crops germinate much more resistant to diseases and adverse climatic conditions. Peppers treated in Epin's solution better tolerate cold snaps (including hardening of seedlings of peppers) and do not fade in case of prolonged bad weather;
• "Zircon" - chicory acid is used for its manufacture. Its source is a plant - echinacea. It is this component that activates (it sprouts faster) and improves root development;
• "Humate" is a product whose active ingredient is humic acid of sodium or potassium salts. With the help of the preparation, plants receive nutrients that affect the stage of their germination.

Several folk methods for cultivation

If you don't trust store-bought seedlings, you can easily germinate your seeds using a home remedy. We have selected for you the most popular folk recipes that came to us after a long time:

Aloe

On aloe juice, pepper seeds are often soaked. This is justified by the fact that this juice is a kind of natural stimulant. It is able to make plants strong and hardy to pests and diseases.

In addition, thanks to this component, the growth of vegetation is accelerated.

To create a remedy for the soaking procedure, several lower leaves should be removed from the bush. Then wrap them with a dry cloth or napkin and leave in the refrigerator for two weeks. After, the leaves must be carefully squeezed.

It is advisable to do this procedure with your own hands, without resorting to the use of special equipment. Next, you need to add an equal amount of water to the juice. Place the seeds wrapped in cloth in the solution for 1 day.

Ash

You can process pepper seeds in a mixture of liquid and water. So future seedlings will receive useful substances and minerals. To make an infusion, wood or straw ash is combined - 4 tbsp. l. and 2 liters of warm settled water.

This drug is left to infuse for a couple of days. After it becomes suitable for soaking pepper seeds. It is necessary to soak the pepper for a period of 3 to 6 hours.

Mushrooms

On mushrooms, you can get a rather useful decoction suitable for such an event. In this case, it is advisable to use only dried mushrooms. After all, they are rich in useful elements that have a beneficial effect on the development of young plants.

Preparing the infusion is very simple - the ingredients are placed in a container and poured with boiling water. Close tightly and let cool completely. And then gauze with culture grains is lowered into it for about 6 hours.

Honey

The solution on honey perfectly activates the growth of seedlings of peppers. It is prepared according to this recipe: boiled water - 500 ml, add 2 tsp. product and mix well. Then the solution is poured into containers, and a cloth with selected seeds is placed. Pepper seeds are soaked for 6 hours.

Potato

The processing of planting material in potato juice is in great demand among gardeners. Its preparation is as follows: raw potatoes are peeled and sent to freeze in the freezer.

Then they are taken out and wait until they thaw. Then, with the help of kitchen appliances, they are squeezed to obtain juice. The liquid from the potatoes is poured into a saucer and the seeds are lowered into it. Pepper is processed in this way for 6-8 hours.

Treatment of pepper seeds before sowing in a complex tool

To prepare a complex preparation used for soaking vegetable seeds, several components are required. First of all, prepare a tincture on the ashes (the method was described earlier). When the job is done, they take about two handfuls of peel from the bulbs and pour it with hot liquid - 1 liter after that the solution with ash is poured here.

It is important to keep the ratio 1:1.

At the end, the following substances are added: manganese (1 g), soda (5 g), boric acid (0.2 g). All components are stirred until they dissolve. Soak the seeds in this product for at least 5-6 hours.

Regardless of which agent you choose for soaking the seeds, it should be remembered that experts recommend first immersing them in a clean liquid for 1–2 hours. .

When all pre-sowing treatment of pepper seeds, including disinfection, is completed, you can safely proceed to planting.

- one of the first vegetable crops, which gardeners plant for seedlings. This is due to the long vegetative period and the ripening period of the fruits of this southern plant.

One of the constant questions that concern summer residents is whether to soak pepper seeds before planting or sow them immediately into the ground? The final result - productivity - depends on the correct preparation before germination.

Is it necessary to soak pepper seeds before planting, and why they do it

Soak- the process itself is optional, the seed will germinate without it, and maybe even give an excellent harvest. This allows proponents of sowing to claim without preparation that soaking is a hassle.

Living in warm climatic conditions makes it possible to sow pepper even immediately in open ground, it will still have enough time to ripen. The inhabitants of temperate zones value every day, and if there is an opportunity to speed up the process and gain time before the finish line, they readily use it, because the pepper ripened on the bush is much healthier and tastier than the one that came later. In moderate conditions, pepper seeds must be soaked; without this procedure, the fruits will not have time to ripen before the onset of frost.

However, summer residents - residents of warm lands, will also benefit from such a head start: firstly, the harvest is more abundant, and secondly, it is nice when the pepper ripens ahead of the expected time. This also applies to spicy varieties.

Benefits of soaking seed before planting:

• allows you to win 7–10 days, since seedlings from treated specimens appear on the 5–7th day, while those sown “dry” sprout up to 2 weeks;
• makes it possible to select the strongest plants, providing them with immunity, high resistance to and m and giving the best conditions already at the start.

Important! Be sure to soak the pepper seeds before planting, when there is no confidence in the quality of the seed. This will help you immediately see what you are dealing with and not have any illusions.

The main stages of preparation of pepper seeds

Seed preparation begins with the acquisition phase. You need to carefully consider the manufacturer and carefully study the information indicated on the package, choosing the characteristics of the variety you need. A self-respecting manufacturer indicates what treatments his product was subjected to. The seeds processed by the manufacturer and pelleted cannot be subjected to any additional influence, they can only be sown in the ground. It should be noted that, although they will ascend a couple of weeks later, they will subsequently catch up with their "relatives", and then overtake them, while they will suffer less from pests and diseases.

Did you know? At the end of the 16th century, pepper came to Russia, or rather-on the territory of modern Astrakhan region. According to various sources, Türkiye and Iran are considered to be the source of penetration.

It is better to prefer the material of those manufacturers whose packaging indicates compliance with GOST - it is more reliable.

The packaging should not have any mechanical damage. By all means, you need to pay attention to the year of collection of raw materials and the deadline for sowing - this information must be present without fail.

Pepper seeds planted in the second year after harvest lose their germination capacity and yield by half.

Calibration

Calibration is a test of seed for germination. When soaked in a saline solution, hollow specimens float, while those capable of germination sink to the bottom.

Did you know? There is one caveat:material from large manufacturers is almost always subjected to drying, so immersion in a saline solution of such seeds will show that they are all unsuitable, but this is not true.

Before immersing in the solution, visually evaluate the material laid out on paper and immediately discard specimens that seem unsuitable, as well as too small or too large. After that, you need to dilute a teaspoon of salt in a glass of water (or 40 g of salt in a liter of water) and lower the seeds there for 3-4 hours. Some gardeners are limited to a few minutes. Floating seeds should be discarded, and sunken ones should be dried for further use or sown immediately.

If you bought a bag of ten seeds of a rare variety of pepper, perhaps you should not calibrate them - germination will clearly show everything. But the self-collected seed, which you have in a decent amount, should be checked in a similar way in order to immediately get rid of the unusable ballast.

Etching

Pickling, or disinfection, is carried out in order to save the prepared raw materials from possible infection with pathogens that can harm the future. In its essence, this is disinfection.

Important! The treatment method is one of the main ones in preparation for sowing, all other manipulations are carried out after it.

Such processing is all the more relevant, the less reliable the source of raw materials. The material of a large firm with a reputation may not be subjected to pickling, especially if the packaging contains information that it has already been carried out. But the seeds collected personally, received from friends in exchange, and even more so the seeds bought on the market, should certainly be pickled.

To do this, use different drugs: potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate), hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, boric acid and even formalin; There are also special ones that you can buy in the store. Each of these methods has both advantages and disadvantages, and the gardener himself chooses which one to give preference to.

Despite the fact that potassium permanganate is not so easy to find on sale, this technique remains the most popular: it has an unlimited shelf life, and a bubble bought many years ago or on occasion is enough for a very long time.

Some seed treatment methods:

• In a dark pink 1% solution, seeds pre-soaked in warm water for 2–4 hours are placed, which can be placed in a gauze bag for convenience, and left for 15 minutes, after which they are immediately thoroughly washed under running water and immediately sown or laid out on paper to dry.

Important! Seeds can get a chemical burn if they are not soaked before the procedure and not washed after it.

• The solution for disinfection requires 2–3%, while it must be heated to 38–40 ° C without fail. Keep the seeds for no more than 7 minutes, rinse thoroughly.

• The drug is diluted at the rate of half a teaspoon of acid per glass of water. Solution temperature 25–30 °C, treatment time 2–3 hours.

Important! When treating seed with any acid, keep in mind that if there is the slightest crack in the seed, the acid will causeto him harm.

• This is a commercial product that contains natural bacteria and fights pathogens. It is diluted at the rate of 4 drops from an eye dropper in a glass of water.

Decontaminated raw materials cannot be stored for longer than a day, it is advisable to immediately plant or begin to germinate.

Processing with trace elements and growth stimulants

Treatment with microelements and growth regulators is needed in order to have a positive impact on the quality of seedlings and germination, increase resistance to negative effects and resistance to sudden changes in temperature, and also increase productivity.

To enrich the seed material, an infusion of ash, juice, as well as purchased preparations "Ivin" and others are used.

• This technique is used only after disinfection, but in no case before it.
• It is necessary to dissolve trace elements in hot water of 40-45 ° C, and place the inoculum in a solution that has cooled to a warm state.
• Raw materials can be treated with growth stimulants only once and only with one preparation.
• It is necessary to strictly observe the rules for preparing the solution and the terms of keeping in it, so as not to cause harm.

If the seeds are soaked in warm water for 2-3 hours before the procedure, they will become more susceptible to the effects and penetration of substances under their shell.

Several options for seed enrichment with microelements:

Important! Be careful: aloe juice is very bitter, besides, it leaves stains, so it is advisable to cover the workplace with cellophane when handling it.

Soak

How to soak pepper seeds in order to give the embryos the best for future lush growth and active fruiting at the start? To increase the likelihood of germination, they must swell, saturated with moisture.

Pre-treated seeds are placed on a substrate and filled with water so that it barely covers them. Raw pepper should be kept for two days in a warm place, during which time the water should be changed 2-3 times. After swelling - germinate or sow.

Important! In heat, a thin layer of water evaporates quickly, so you need to carefully monitor so that its level does not drop, but you can not pour more water so that the seeds do not suffocate. You can cover the container with the material with a film to prevent evaporation.

Many gardeners know a way to soak pepper seeds and sprout them at the same time before planting. To do this, the seeds are placed in an envelope made from a square of dilapidated natural fabric, moistened with water and placed in some kind of container. Excess water from the container is drained or blotted and, having covered it with a film, put in a warm place.

Water for this purpose is better to use melted or spring water. If there is no access to a spring, no snow has fallen, and all you have is tap water, you will have to turn it into melted water. To do this, the settled water is placed in the freezer for a couple of hours, the middle, which is not frozen, is poured out, and the ice formed on the walls is allowed to melt. After that, the water is carefully drained, leaving a sediment in the container. Drained melted water is used for germination.

There should be no excess water in the container where the moistened tissue envelopes with seeds are located, but if the container is large, you can place a “reservoir” there in the form of a moistened piece of foam rubber or several cotton pads.

There is no clear answer on how long pepper seeds should be soaked before planting. Every day you need to look under the film, sprinkle the envelopes with melt water and check if they have begun to peck.

Important! For the germination process, the temperature should be carefully monitored, it should be around 25-30°C. If it is lower, germination will be delayed, and at temperatures below 18 ° C the seeds will completely rot.

After waiting for pecking, each living seed is placed in a seedling box with tweezers. A day later, another audit is carried out, the revived ones are selected and landed. Ungerminated seeds are not used - they will be of little use.

It is conceived by nature so that the seed is not exposed to external influences and does not deteriorate for a long time. This is due to the protective layer located on their surface. But the same layer prevents rapid germination.

One of the technologies that reduce the germination time is bubbling. This is the effect of oxygen for a specific time on the seeds of a certain type. Using this method allows you to get seedlings a week earlier.

To carry out the bubbling procedure at home, you need to have a container with a volume of about a liter and an aquarium compressor.

The jar is filled with water at a temperature of 20 ° C a little more than half, a compressor and seeds are placed there, no more than ¼ of the volume of water.

The compressor turns on, the material is processed. Pepper seeds will need a day for this.

After the procedure, the seeds are dried to a loose state and, if it is not possible to immediately plant them, they are finally dried, laid out in one layer on paper in a ventilated room away from sunlight.

Hardening of planting material

It makes sense to harden the seeds if there is an intention to sow them under a film a week ahead of schedule. If hardening is used for seeds for seedlings, then subsequently the seedlings themselves will need to be hardened for quite a long time.

Did you know? There is a hardening method in which seeds wrapped in a bag are placed in a snowdrift for three days, but this is only possible if the outside air temperature is around zero degrees.

The heated and pickled seeds are hardened. They are soaked until swelling in warm water, mixed with sand or wet and kept for three days at a temperature of 20–25 ° C, making sure that the water does not evaporate completely and the material does not dry out. After that, they are placed in a refrigerator or taken out into the street and kept at a temperature of about zero for another three days.

Most often, pepper seeds are soaked before planting in order for seedlings to appear earlier; ordinary warm water is used for the procedure. If it is necessary not only to get early shoots, but also to disinfect the seeds, then special solutions are purchased for soaking or they are made by themselves, for example, potassium permanganate is bred.

Seed soaking is most often used in areas where weather conditions are severe and summers are short. The procedure helps to get healthy fruit-bearing plants faster before inclement weather sets in. In areas with a warm and humid climate, soaking is not often resorted to, it is simply not necessary (except that the seeds were purchased from an unverified supplier, and the lack of soaking the seeds in a disinfectant solution may cost the seedlings to die in the future).

As mentioned above, soaking the seeds before sowing allows you to get seedlings earlier. For example, soaking pepper seeds in warm water allows you to get seedlings within 5-7 days after planting (naturally, if the temperature regime is observed), while with a "dry" planting, germination time can take up to two weeks. It is worth noting that if not just water is used for soaking, but a special solution with nutrients, then the seedlings are distinguished not only by active growth, but also by special immunity, resistant to all kinds of diseases, crown splendor, stem strength.

How and in what to soak pepper seeds before sowing

The most affordable option, requiring the least amount of time spent on preparation, is plain water. For soaking, warm water of about 40 degrees is used, while the seeds are placed in cheesecloth, tied, then completely immersed in water and soaked for about three days. During this time, most of the seeds germinate, and it is necessary to start sowing. Sowing should be carried out carefully, because if the sprouted sprouts are damaged, then you will not wait for full-fledged seedlings from them.

Special solutions for soaking planting material have recently become in great demand among gardeners. This is not surprising, because these products, enriched with phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, and others, help not only to spit the seeds more quickly, but also have a beneficial effect on the further growth of plants, their fruiting. As for soaking the seeds in such a solution, it is similar to the previous one, that is, soaking in water.

If you are against new chem. substances, then you can soak the seeds in potassium permanganate and in a solution of ash. This is done very simply: dilute a couple of grains of potassium permanganate in a glass of water (use water at about 40 degrees), then dip the pepper seeds wrapped in gauze or cotton into the resulting solution and leave for 30 minutes. In the meantime, prepare another solution: dilute a tablespoon of ordinary ash in a glass of water, strain. Transfer the bag of seeds to the ash water and leave for 2-3 days. After the specified time, you can proceed to boarding.