Pepper Bogatyr is chosen for planting on a personal plot for its advantages. The fruits are large, attractive in appearance, sweet in taste and healthy for the body.
Pepper Bogatyr
Pepper Seeds Bogatyr
Pepper Bogatyr has large and juicy fruits
The history of the origin of pepper Bogatyr
Variety pepper Bogatyr was registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 1996. Initially, its creators were breeders from the Moldavian Scientific Research Institute. The ancestor of the variety is considered to be knotty pepper.
Further, the plant was adapted by the Russian agricultural company “Search”, located in the Moscow region, for cultivation in the North Caucasus and Lower Volga region. Also, the variety grows well in the territory of Moldova and Ukraine.
Designed for cultivation in open ground and in greenhouse conditions, more suitable for the middle strip.
Description and characteristics of sweet pepper varieties
Pepper Bogatyr belongs to a mid-season grade. The first crop in the form of light green peppers can be harvested 125-135 days after planting in the ground, and fully ripened red fruits in 10-15 days.
Harvesting occurs gradually: after harvesting the first batch, the remaining fruits are actively grown on the branches.
This variety is characterized by its ability to grow in low light conditions.
It has several varieties that differ in bush height, shape and weight of the fruit, depending on the seeds selected.
Table of characteristics of the Bogatyr variety:
Agrofirm / Characteristics | Bush height | The form | Length | Weight |
Sedek | 55-70 cm | conical | 10-11 cm | 80-130 g |
Siberian varietal seeds | 30-40 cm | cuboid | 10-11 cm | 80-130 g |
Aelita | 60-70 cm | conical | 15-18 cm | 150-200 g |
The general characteristics of the variety include the following parameters:
- bush - has a strong trunk, spreading form with many branches and branches;
- fruits - large with a tuberous surface, located on almost every branch;
- fetal structure - consists of 2-4 chambers, wall thickness from 0.6 to 0.8 mm;
- pulp - juicy with a light aroma and sweet taste;
- fetal maturity - suitable for use with a light green color, full ripeness occurs with a saturated red color.
Fresh fruits contain a large amount of ascorbic acid and minerals. During heat treatment, more than half of the useful substances are lost.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
The plant has a large list of advantages. These include:
- good crop emergence and yield;
- the ability to fully grow and develop when shaded;
- undemanding to leaving;
- adaptation to fluctuations in ambient temperature;
- the ability to grow in greenhouse conditions and in the open air;
- presentability of the fetus and sweet taste;
- long-term ability to harvest;
- preservation of appearance and useful properties during transportation;
- resistance to underlying diseases;
- health benefits of the product;
- the opportunity to use: raw, stewed, fried, boiled and canned.
The variety has very few drawbacks. The main disadvantages:
- exposure to aphids;
- wilting with insufficient soil irrigation.
However, the disadvantages are easily eliminated with more careful care.
Growing Features
You need to germinate the seeds at the end of February - this is the most favorable time. By the time the young sprouts are planted in the ground for a permanent place, they will have a fully formed and strengthened root system.
Seed selection and preparation
Almost all the seeds of the Athos give seedlings. Before starting to germinate them, you need to make a selection and preparation. The growth rate, survival in the soil, resistance to night cooling and the quality of the crop depend on this.
Seeds are selected with a shelf life of not more than three years. Next, you need to perform the following steps:
- Inspect the seeds and remove the smallest.
- Prepare a saline solution: 1 tsp. dilute salts in a glass of water.
- Place the seeds in the solution for half an hour.
- Catch those that rise to the surface, they are not suitable for germination, because they have voids.
- Place the remaining seeds for half an hour in a 3% manganese solution.
- After all, place in a growth stimulator for 2-4 hours.
Seeds are ready for germination. They need to be wrapped in moist gauze and covered with plastic wrap. In this case, a small slot should remain for oxygen access. Put in room temperature. Moisturize periodically for about a week.
Before planting in containers, place the sprouted seeds for 3-5 hours in the refrigerator for hardening.
Sowing, watering and seedling care
Germinated seeds are planted in early March. They are placed in small containers: peat pots or long boxes. The size of the pot is 11 * 10 cm (0.5 L).
Treat the container with a weak solution of manganese before planting.
Buy the soil ready or make it yourself. This will require:
- 2 parts of humus;
- 1 part of compost and sand.
Prepared soil must be decontaminated. Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 100 ° C.
Sow as follows:
- Fill the container with soil, leave 1-1.5 cm of the free edge.
- Make a recess of 1-1.5 cm, in the box the distance between the seeds should be 2 cm.
- Place a seed, sprinkle with earth and water.
- Cover with polyethylene and put for 9-14 days in a room with lighting.
- Watch the temperature: daytime - 24-26 ° C, night - 12-14 ° C.
When shoots appear, remove the film. Transfer the container with the sprouts to another cooler room with a temperature of 16-18 ° C.
After two weeks, place the containers back into the room at room temperature.
Seedling Care Requirements:
- There must be access to fresh air in the room, for which carry out airing, but do not allow drafts. Humidity in the room should not exceed 65-75%.
- Watering should be moderate: an excess or lack of moisture should not be allowed. Water is used only at a fixed and room temperature.
- Lighting should be long - about 13-14 hours a day. To extend daylight hours, install artificial lighting with a lamp power of 200 watts. Place the lighting device 20-25 cm above the shoots.
During the formation of cotyledon leaves, lighting should be continuous for 3-4 days.
You can read more about when and how to sow pepper for seedlings here.
Pick
When the seedling appears 2-3 leaves, transplant it into a container of larger volume. It will be in it until transplanting into the ground at a permanent place.
The sprout and its root are very fragile. Transplantation must be performed with caution. Experienced gardeners use a special tool - a handle with a peaked pointed end.
Dive sequence:
- Prepare containers of 300-500 ml. Disinfect them with a solution of manganese.
- Pour the soil 2/3 of the container volume. The composition of the soil is the same as for seedlings.
- Abundantly water the soil with seedlings a few hours before the pick.
- With a sharp garden tool, remove the seedling, pinch off the tip of the root so that it grows in breadth.
- Place the seedling in a recess in the ground so that the root neck is 5 mm deep.
- Holding the sprout by the leaf, pour 30-40 ml in standing warm water. Sprinkle heavily sagging ground with additional soil.
Choose only strong seedlings for a dive. Weak and insufficiently grown sprouts will not yield a good crop.
Place containers with young plants on the windowsill, preferably on the southeast side. The temperature should correspond to room temperature, and at night not fall below 15-16 ° C.
During the growth period, pepper needs the following care:
- Supplementation: Dissolve 5 ml of potassium humate in 2 l of water. You can also use ready-made fertilizer: Agricola, Fortress or Fertika Lux. Fertilize it twice: 10-14 days after the dive and the next 14 days.
- When the plant grows up and leaves appear on it, make pinching. To do this, cut off part of it above 4–5 internodes. This is required for the growth of a strong root.
A young plant should not be in direct sunlight. Glasses on the window can be sealed with paper.
Hardening seedlings - a mandatory procedure before planting in a permanent place. It is carried out in 10 days.
To do this, you need:
- open windows periodically and daily: first, 3-4 times a day, then gradually increasing the time;
- then containers with plants should be taken to a cool place with a temperature of 17-19 ° C;
- 3-4 days before transplantation, put the container overnight near the landing site.
At night, there should be no sharp temperature drops.
Open transplant
Landing at a permanent place is made in late May.
By this time, the young plant should meet the following requirements:
- age 60-70 days;
- growth of 20-25 cm;
- have 7-8 leaves.
Landing site requirements:
- the space should be open, without shading and drafts;
- loamy or sandy loamy soil;
- acidity 6-7 pH;
- soft earth with drainage properties;
- it is undesirable for a year to grow at the place of planting: potatoes, tomatoes, or eggplant;
- predecessors: root vegetables, pumpkin, legumes, cucumber or cabbage.
Before planting, dig the soil and make compost at the rate of 3-4 kg per 1 sq. m. Do rows with a distance between them of 45-50 cm and between holes 10-15 cm.
Do not remove the soil from seedlings and place in a hole. The root neck should be at surface level. First they fill the ground with half the hole, then water abundantly and add the required part.
Features of outdoor care
There are no special requirements for care, because the culture is unpretentious. However, do not allow the soil to dry out.
Watering
Watering pepper should be treated carefully. Use only warm water at about 25 ° C.
Watering Rules:
- The best time is morning and evening, when there is no scorching sunlight. It is better to use a watering can with a shower head at the end.
- After irrigation, the soil must be loosened, but only on one side of the plant. At the next watering with another. Thus, a crust will not form, which interferes with the access of oxygen and even development of the roots.
Watering frequency:
- Once a week until the moment of ovary, 10-12 liters per 1 sq. M are required. m;
- 2 times a week during flowering and fruit growth.
After each watering, weeds must be removed. This is easy to do when the earth is moist.
Fertilizer
Top dressing is applied three times and simultaneously with watering. It must not be allowed to hit the stem and leaves.
Composition and time of fertilizer application per 1 bucket of water:
At the beginning of the third week after planting.
Contribute:
- 10 g of urea;
- 5 g of superphosphate.
In the flowering period.
Contribute:
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of superphosphate;
- 1 teaspoon urea;
- 1 hour a spoonful of potassium.
During fruiting.
Contribute:
- 2 teaspoons of potassium salt;
- 2 teaspoons of superphosphate.
Each bush requires about 1 liter of fertilizing.
Stepson and garter
The bush must be cut periodically to make its shape more spreading and create conditions for the formation of large fruits.
Proceed when the plant reaches 30-35 cm in height. Cut the lower branches located below the main fork, as well as remove the crown buds from the side shoots and pinch off the excess from the main branches.
During the pinching, there should be no dry weather to prevent overdrying of the soil that the leaves protect.
Trimming frequency - every 10-14 days.
When the fruit ripens, the fragile branches can bend and break under their weight. Mandatory need a garter.
Carefully tie an adult plant with a cotton cloth or twine to 10-15 cm pegs driven into each bush. You can also pull the ropes along all the supports and tie them up gradually during its growth.
Harvesting and storage
Harvesting occurs as the fruit ripens and continues throughout the season. From one plant, you can get up to 2-3 kg of the crop or 6-8 kg per 1 square. m
Green peppers can be kept at + 3 + 7 ° C for up to two months. They can also be placed in a dark place for ripening, so that they acquire a marketable appearance and become rich red.
Diseases and Pests
Inadequate care can lead to plant disease. It is necessary to determine the type of disease in time and take measures to eliminate it.
Possible diseases:
- Septoria It manifests itself in the appearance of gray spots on all parts of the plant and on its fruits. As the disease progresses, the spots grow and cover the entire plant.
The disease is transmitted from last year’s plants, which should not have grown in the previous season.
Treatment of the entire bush with Fitosporin helps to eliminate the disease. - Alternariosis. Appears in the form of dark dirty stains on the leaves and a dark layer on the fruits.
The reason is crop rotation and annual planting of pepper in the same place.
Treatment is made with Bordeaux fluid. - Blackleg. It affects the stem at the bottom.
It occurs due to the fact that the seeds were not disinfected.
The bush must be removed, and the soil treated with copper sulfate. - Aphid. This insect especially often attacks the plant. It affects the leaves, covering them with a layer of plaque.
It is worth removing all the weeds around the pepper.
Helps to get rid of spraying malathion, but not during flowering. - Spider mite. Covers the leaves on the back with a thin layer of cobwebs.
Affected parts of the plant must be removed.
Dies from spraying with a soap and garlic solution. - Slug. It feeds on all parts of the plant and causes their decay.
To slugs do not appear, you need to sprinkle the earth with lime or ash.
It is imperative to loosen the soil and apply diluted hot pepper.
In order to notice the disease in time, you need to carefully inspect the bush when watering and loosening the earth.
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Reviews
Anatoly, 48 years old, amateur gardener, Anapa. For the second year in a row, I have been planting this variety. Special care is not required, only you need to monitor the watering. In hot weather, the earth dries quickly. Always in the summer I collect juicy and sweet peppers. In addition to aphids, I did not notice pests.
Maria Semenovna, 63 years old, pensioner, Simferopol. This is the first year I decided to grow peppers. I thought it would be difficult. But, after reading all the recommendations on the Internet, she definitely followed them. First, soaked the seeds, then planted them in pots, and then to the site. I watered, removed weeds and tied up an already grown bush. Collected 8-10 large and red peppers from each bush. I’m happy, I will plant it next year.
Konstantin, 35 years old, freelancer, Kislovodsk. I have my own land, I grow fruits and vegetables for personal use. I chose this variety and am very satisfied. Seeds sprouted almost everything. He made a pick, the grown plant transplanted into the open ground. I had to run into slugs, during which I noticed. He cultivated the land and gathered a good harvest over the summer.
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Bogatyr sweet pepper is unpretentious in leaving. Harvest can be harvested all season. The fruits are large and bright red, sweet in taste and beneficial to the body. To get a rich harvest, follow the rules of cultivation and care. And then all summer, you will enjoy delicious and juicy fruits.