A hybrid that will not leave you indifferent - the Orange Miracle pepper and the peculiarities of its cultivation

Sweet bell peppers are especially popular with gardeners. Large fruits with a lot of pulp, sweet taste without bitterness, possibility use in blanks for the winter - this is only a small part of the reasons why summer residents love this vegetable.

Among the most popular hybrids is the Orange Heart pepper. The crop is distinguished by high yield and strong immunity to diseases. How to grow pepper on your site and not be disappointed in your choice - read on.

What kind of pepper is this

Orange Miracle F1 is a first generation hybrid. It was entered in the Russian state register in 2007.

Since then, the culture has been in steady demand among gardeners. It is produced by the manufacturers "Aelita", "Sedek", "Semko".

Attention! Some firms called Orange Miracle make another shrub pepper. It has a pungent taste and completely different characteristics. Before purchasing seeds, it is important to carefully read the information on the package.

Distinctive features

The orange miracle is bell peppers. Its main feature is considered to be bright juicy fruits, large, cuboid in shape. They have a bright orange color inside and out, glossy skin. Pepper has a sweet taste with a slight refreshing sourness. The aroma is intense. There is no bitterness even at the stage of technical maturity.

Another distinguishing feature of the hybrid is its high yield. Although the seeds from the fruit are not suitable for planting, it is beneficial plant even for sale.

The orange miracle has high immunity. He is not afraid of either viral or fungal diseases, which greatly simplifies the care of the plant.

Peppers are high in beta-carotene. This makes the vegetable especially useful for children and people suffering from vitamin deficiency.

The negative features of the hybrid include the lack of cold resistance. It is recommended for greenhouse cultivation. Outdoor cultivation is only possible in hot climates.

Hybrid characteristics

The description of the Orange Miracle on the packaging is fully consistent with the real characteristics. Its fruits are shiny and beautiful, like in the photo. But it's not just the beauty of the fruit that makes the hybrid so popular.

We propose to evaluate the remaining characteristics using the table:

Preparation for growing

Before using the seeds, they must be prepared. The planting material is sorted out, removing darkened and damaged specimens, and disinfected by soaking in one of the means:

• hydrogen peroxide - 15 minutes;
• light pink solution of potassium permanganate - 20 minutes;
• Fitosporin - 6 hours;
• aloe juice, diluted in half with water - 12 hours;
• solution of 1 tsp soda in a glass of water - 12 tsp

After that, the seeds are germinated. They do it in the following way:

1. The seeds are soaked for 5 hours in water with a temperature of 40 ° C heat. It is important to ensure that the fluid temperature does not drop below this mark.
2. After that, the seeds are wrapped in damp gauze, placed in a saucer, covered with foil and placed in a warm place for 2-3 days. All this time, the material is regularly moistened with warm liquid.

After this time, the seeds should swell and hatch. This is a sign that the planting material is ready for planting.

Before planting pepper in a permanent place, seedlings are grown. Otherwise, the plant will not have time to give the crop before frost.

In addition to seeds, the following materials must be prepared for growing seedlings:

1. Capacities. It is better to use individual peat tablets or pots right away. If this is not possible, the seeds are first planted in a common box, and then the grown seedlings are dived into individual pots.
2. Priming. A store-bought potting soil mixture for seedlings and peppers is suitable. They also prepare the soil on their own, mixing garden soil, humus and sand in equal proportions.
3. Dark pink solution of potassium permanganate. They disinfect containers, soil and drainage.
4. Drainage. Coarse sand, broken ceramics, crushed expanded clay or fine gravel are suitable.

Growing seedlings

Seeds for seedlings are sown in early March or late February. From sowing planting material to planting pepper in the ground, 80 days should pass.

Advice! According to gardeners, when grown in a greenhouse, seedlings are stronger and more viable.

Planting pepper

Pepper is sown either directly into individual pots, or into a common box.

Instructions for each option:

1. Box. A 3 cm layer of sand is poured onto the bottom of the container. The soil is poured on top. It is watered with warm water or a growth stimulant. Grooves with a depth of 2 cm are made in the ground. Seeds are laid out in them, between which there should be a distance of 3 cm from all groans. The crops are covered with earth, covered with a film and placed in a warm place.
2. Individual pots... They are filled with soil, drainage and watered with warm water. 2 seeds are buried in each container by 2 cm. After germination, the weaker stem is pinched. The pots are covered with plastic wrap and put away in a warm place.
3. Peat tablets. The workpieces are folded into a deep container with the hole down. They are poured with boiling water and left to swell. Then 1 seed is planted in each tablet. Blanks with seeds are covered with foil and put away in a warm place.

Further care

Fragile sprouts need especially careful care. Otherwise, you will not be able to get healthy plants.

Care instructions:

1. After the first shoots appear, the greenhouse is dismantled. The seedlings are rearranged on the windowsill. Pepper is a thermophilic culture, therefore additional illumination with a fluorescent lamp is often necessary.
2. If fluorescent lamps are not used, then the plant pots are turned daily. This will prevent the peppers from tilting to one side.
3. If the seeds were sown in a common container, then after the appearance of two true leaves, the pepper is dived into individual pots. If the seedlings were immediately started to grow in individual pots, then pinch the weaker plant.
4. For the entire period of growing seedlings, it is fed 2 times. The first one - 14 days after picking the plants, the second - 5 days before planting in a permanent place. Purchased preparations "Krepysh" or home-made nutritional supplements (mullein solution, ash, biohumus) are used.

Features of growing varieties and possible difficulties

Pepper Orange miracle thrives best in greenhouses. In the southern regions, cultivation is also possible in the open field.

Since the variety is thermophilic, the first two weeks after diving into the open ground must be covered with a film at night, protecting it from frost. On cold days, this is done even during the day.

The pepper has a powerful main stem. It is not necessary to tie it up, but many gardeners still prefer to attach plants to a support.

The plant is demanding for watering. The soil should be moistened at least three times a week. Water is poured not only at the root. It is sprayed with bushes. Use only settled liquid at room temperature.

To get a good harvest, at least three additional dressings are applied to the pepper during the entire growing period. The first time is 14 days after the pick, the second - during the formation of inflorescences, the third - when the fruit ripens. Complex fertilizers are used. For the first time, they should contain nitrogen, but the rest of the dressings should contain a minimum amount of this substance.

Landing in a permanent place

For pepper, beds are chosen in the sunniest part of the garden. No other nightshade crops should grow on them the year before.

Peppers of different varieties and hybrids are not planted in adjacent beds. They tend to be pollinated.

In the fall, they begin to prepare the beds. They are dug up and cleaned of weeds. For 1 sq. m make 6 kg of rotted manure or humus.

Advice! It is easy to measure the acidity of the soil with litmus paper. If the indicator is higher than 4%, then dry lime is added.

In the spring, the beds are leveled with a rake and cleared of weeds. The soil is watered with hot copper sulfate.

In greenhouses, the soil on which the peppers were previously grown is replaced with new soil. He is also necessarily disinfected.

The pepper holes are dug in rows in a checkerboard pattern. A 50x50 scheme is used. For 1 sq. m fits up to 4 plants.

Pour 1 liter of water into each well. After it is absorbed, fall asleep in 1 tbsp. l. ash and long-acting complex mineral fertilizers.

Depressions with pepper are covered with soil. At the same time, the root collar of plants is not buried.

Care rules

To get healthy plants and a bountiful harvest, it is important to follow the basic rules for growing this crop:

1. To make the pepper feel good, it is sprayed with boric acid or a product made from a bucket of water and 1 tbsp. l. nitrophosphate.
2. Peppers love spraying, but this cannot be done during the flowering period. Otherwise, the pollen will stick together and no pollination will occur.
3. To speed up pollination, pepper beds are sprayed with sweet water. It will attract beneficial insects.
4. Excess leaves from the bottom of the bush must be removed. The procedure is carried out once a week, removing no more than three leaves.
5. To get a rich harvest, the fruits are harvested at the stage of technical maturity. They will ripen at home. Having got rid of the fruits, the pepper begins to form new stepchildren with the harvest.
6. The beds must be covered with mulch (straw, hay, peat). This layer will protect plants from diseases, pests, cold and drought.
7. After each watering, the soil is loosened and weeds are removed - they damage and inhibit the root system of the pepper.
8. If additional roots are formed on the stems, they are sprinkled with earth.

Typical diseases and pests

Pepper Orange miracle has a strong immunity to fungal and viral diseases. Therefore, the plant is not sprayed with chemicals for prophylaxis.

It is important to protect the pepper from insects. They damage bushes and crops, and spread infections:

1. A decoction of wormwood will protect against small pests such as aphids and spider mites. If the pests have already started on the bushes, then they are sprayed with a soapy solution prepared from a bucket of water and a grated piece of laundry soap.
2. The "Barrier" protects from the Colorado potato beetle. Large pests are also collected by hand.
3. To get rid of slugs, it is enough to spray the plants with a product prepared from a bucket of water and a few crushed hot peppers.

To prevent the plants from getting sick, you need to follow the rules of prevention: care and adherence to the principles of crop rotation, airing the greenhouse.

Advantages and disadvantages of a hybrid

Benefits of the Orange Miracle:

• immunity to nightshade diseases;
• high productivity;
• bright and tasty fruits;
• increased content of nutrients in peppers;
• lack of pinning.

The disadvantage is hybridity and instability to cold snaps.

Reviews

Pepper Orange Miracle has a lot of good reviews. This hybrid is popular for its good fruit taste and high yield.

Larisa, Perm: «It is not the first year that I have been growing the Orange Miracle pepper in a greenhouse. Very productive hybrid. It does not get sick and does not require formation, so it is easy to take care of it. The main thing is to regularly water the plantings and do not forget to feed them. I use silage, superphosphate and ash. The fruits are beautiful and large: what you need for salads. "

Tatiana, Solnechnogorsk: “Last year, a friend shared the seeds of the Orange Miracle. This is my favorite hybrid now. I really liked the large, bright thick-walled peppers. They are ideal for salads and lecho. The harvest is very large. Enough even for freezing. I freeze the peppers whole, cleaning the seeds. Then we eat our stuffed peppers all winter. "

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Conclusion

Few varieties are able to compete in popularity with the Orange Miracle pepper. This hybrid is distinguished by high yield and beautiful tasty fruits.

It's easy to grow peppers. He is not afraid of diseases and does not require formation. The main thing is to protect it from low temperatures, water it regularly and feed it in a timely manner.

When buying seeds with the name Orange Miracle, pay attention to the characteristics and description. Otherwise, it is possible to get a hot pepper with the same name instead of sweet fleshy bell pepper.