How to plant a large red hybrid pepper "Ombrone" and grow it
Sweet pepper hybrids have long been popular with gardeners and summer residents. They are distinguished by improved yield indicators, taste characteristics, long shelf life and resistance to adverse conditions. These are the qualities that Ombrone F1 hybrid pepper possesses.
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What is this pepper
Ombrone pepper belongs to the red sweet pepper hybrids... The seed producer is the Japanese company Sakata.
Suitable for indoor and outdoor cultivation. Fruits are able to set even at low temperatures.
F1 hybrid
Ombrone pepper has a medium early ripening period... It is unpretentious in care, tolerates adverse environmental factors and transportation well.
Feature and Description
Vigorous, semi-spreading bush, high to medium... The foliage is medium in size, wrinkled, dark green to green in color. Ripening begins 70-75 days after planting seedlings in the ground.
Distinctive features
Produces more fruit in the greenhouse than in the open field... Differs in large fruits and balanced bright taste, which remains even after freezing. The fruit is especially good in fresh salads and preserves.
Reference. Pepper is able to bear fruit throughout the season, subject to the cultivation technology. Suitable for breeding in central Russia at low temperatures.
Characteristics of fruits, yield
Pepper fruits have a cuboid, elongated, three-four-chambered shape... The tip is blunt, the wall thickness is 8 mm. The length of the vegetable reaches 15-18 cm, weight - 300-400 g. Peppers taste sweet, juicy, without bitterness. When the pepper ripens, it turns bright red in color.
Ombrone pepper characterized by a high yield - up to 5.5-6 kg per 1 m²... Feels good in the middle lane.
Preparation for growing
To fully enjoy the taste and the high yield of this pepper, you need to grow strong seedlings and provide it with proper care.
Soil preparation
It is better to prepare the soil for the vegetable in the fall.... You will need a mixture of turf, peat, humus with the addition of wood ash. 5-7 days before sowing the seeds, the prepared soil is left in a warm room to warm up. The soil is disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate, fungicide, then dried.
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Seed soaking
To increase the likelihood of seed germination, first they are treated with growth stimulants. A nettle infusion prepared in advance is suitable: 1 tbsp. l. nettle leaves are brewed with a glass of boiling water and infused for 30 minutes. Stimulants such as "Zircon", "Epin-Extra" are also used.
The seeds are soaked to soften the shell and speed up germination.... They are placed at a short distance from each other on one piece of damp cloth or foam rubber and covered with another piece. Make sure the fabric is damp, moisten if necessary. After swelling, the seeds are planted in the ground or germinated for subsequent transfer to the soil.
Landing is carried out to a depth of 1-1.5 cm, 2-3 cm apart... The distance between the rows is 15-20 cm.1-2 seeds are placed in cells or cups. The containers are covered with foil until shoots appear. From time to time, ventilate and moisten the soil mixture with warm, settled water.
Important! Waterlogging and soil temperatures below + 18 ° C can slow down seed germination.
Germination
The optimum soil temperature for germination is + 26 ... + 28 ° С... To maintain the quality of the seeds, make sure that the substrate is always moist and the temperature does not drop below 16-18 ° C. If these conditions are met, seedlings appear in 7-12 days. After that, watering is carried out as the soil dries.
Sprouted peppers are hardenedso that they can safely transfer the planting into the ground and adapt to temperature changes. To do this, the seedlings are taken outside for several days in a row, gradually increasing the residence time.
Growing seedlings
After emergence, the seedlings are transferred in a bright place and maintain a temperature of 16-18 ° C, which is increased during the week to 25 ° C during the day and 15 ° C at night. The normal development of seedlings is provided with a 12-hour daylight hours and additional illumination during cloudy times.
Important! To avoid rot damage and death of still immature plants, watering is carried out with warm water 1 time in 1-2 days.
The earth is periodically loosened to a depth of 3-5 cm, excess water is drained from the pallets, providing air access to the roots. The first feeding is carried out after the appearance of 2-3 leaves with a 1% solution of complex fertilizer, then fertilized every 2 weeks.
Planting pepper
If the seeds were planted in the ground, 20-30 days after the emergence of seedlings, they dive by reducing the length of the central root rod by 1 cm. Then the plants are placed in cups or cassettes. If the sowing was carried out in cells, the dive is not done, but the sprouts are transferred into larger pots. Dived sprouts are planted in the ground after 60-70 days, grown in cups - after 50 days.
Bushes ready for planting have 5-8 true leaves, no more than 2 ovaries, plant height is at least 15-20 cm.
The landing is made when the threat of night frosts passes, the air temperature will be 16-18 ° С, and the soil temperature - 12-15 ° С. The evening time is more suitable when direct sunlight cannot harm the leaves. The holes are placed at a distance of 40 cm from each other. There should be 4-5 pepper bushes per 1 m². A mixture of humus with wood ash in a ratio of 2: 1 is placed in each hole, the plant is buried along the root collar, filled with water and sprinkled with peat.
Further care
The soil is mulched with straw, sawdust or hay after each watering or fertilization. Gently loosen, so as not to damage the root, to a depth of 5-7 cm. Between the rows, the soil is loosened more deeply, at the same time getting rid of weeds. After the appearance of the roots at the bottom of the stem, the bushes are spud 2-3 times per season.
A strong stem and continuous growth of the bushes make it possible form a bush from the upper stepsons. For this, the processes above the second and third leaves are pinched. In the future, the bush is stepchild, pinched, non-fruiting processes and lower leaves are removed. To prevent the branches from breaking under the weight of growing fruits, they are tied to a support.
Features of cultivation and possible difficulties
Ombrone pepper is grown only by the seedling method... Growing without picking allows for an earlier harvest.
To get healthy seedlings, the main condition is - maintaining optimal requirements. Bell peppers should not be planted next to bitter ones, otherwise the fruits will be bitter.
Bell peppers require watering once a week. at moderate air temperatures. If it's hot outside, watering is increased up to 2 times a week. The vegetable does not tolerate drying out of the soil or waterlogging. In the first case, the leaves and ovary crumble, the fruits are small and not juicy, in the second, the roots begin to rot due to lack of oxygen.
Attention! Lack of light makes the plant weak and elongated.The hybrid loves loose, light, organic soil with a neutral pH.
Grows well after carrots, cabbage, beets, pumpkins. Does not like the neighborhood with cucumbers.
After planting on the beds, the bushes are fertilized every 2 weeks, alternating mineral fertilizer with organic. As organic matter, litter or manure diluted with water is used in a ratio of 1:10. The soil for the peppers must contain sufficient amounts of magnesium and potassium, without chlorine, otherwise the plant will react with reduced flowering.
Typical diseases and pests
Although the sweet pepper hybrid is resistant to the main pests and diseases, it is recommended to carry out preventive treatment of bushes with Bordeaux liquid.
If the disease could not be avoided, the plants are treated with systemic fungicides. They get rid of infected bushes and their sections: they are burned so as not to infect healthy ones.
Save from insects insecticide treatment and folk remedies:
- decoction of onion peel;
- garlic infusion;
- broth celandine.
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Advantages and disadvantages
To the benefits of a hybrid sweet peppers include:
- subject to the conditions of cultivation - high yield;
- large fruits with excellent taste;
- resistance to pests and diseases;
- fruit setting even at low temperatures;
- long shelf life;
- high portability;
- the possibility of using it in any form (conservation, freezing, fresh and processed form);
- unpretentious cultivation.
Among the cons - high cost of seed, the need for constant formation of bushes and installation of supports.
Reviews
Gardeners note the ease of cultivation and high yields hybrid Ombrone.
Galina, Danilov: “I got 100% seed germination. Seedlings are strong and healthy. Already in August, I removed huge, tasty, juicy and sweet peppers from the bushes. Now I will always plant this particular hybrid in my dacha ".
Marina, Saratov: “I got acquainted with Ombrone pepper on the Internet, after reading reviews and looking at photos. He was so praised by other summer residents that she also decided to try to grow it herself. It was difficult for me to grow bushes, loosen and water due to age, but I am happy with the result. I froze and pickle the crop. "
Conclusion
If you follow the recommendations for growing seeds, provide the plant with the necessary conditions for growth and fruiting, you will get a bountiful harvest of large, sweet, juicy peppers, which are suitable for long storage, freezing, conservation, or will delight fresh in salads.