Juicy and fragrant pepper variety "Siberian Prince": overview, instructions for growing, pros and cons

Pepper is an important ingredient in many traditional dishes. This vegetable has a rich flavor that complements both fresh salads and hot vegetable stews. The fruits contain a large amount of useful substances, which makes it possible to use pepper in traditional medicine.

Pepper is considered a heat-loving and light-loving culture. Despite this, there are many varieties that can grow outdoors even in cooler climates. One of them is the Siberian Prince pepper. What is good about this variety and how to grow it on your site - read on.

What kind of pepper is this

The Siberian Prince is a pepper variety that was bred by domestic breeders. Included in the register in 2006, it is recommended for growing in the West Siberian region.

Advice! The seeds from the fruits of the Siberian prince are suitable for growing. This is a varietal pepper, from the harvest of which plants are obtained that retain all the positive characteristics.

Distinctive features

Pepper Siberian Prince is not susceptible to weather changes. He is not afraid of cold snaps and high temperatures.

On the bushes of this variety, beautiful red fruits grow small. They have a conical shape and a uniform saturated color.

Another characteristic feature of the Siberian Prince is a bright and rich aroma. The taste of its fruits is sweet, with a slight sourness, the flesh is dense and juicy.

Pepper contains a large amount of vitamins:

• B - has a positive effect on the condition of the liver and skin;
• A - has a beneficial effect on vision and promotes the elimination of harmful substances from the body;
• C - strengthens the immune system and improves metabolism.

This variety is suitable for fresh consumption. It perfectly complements salads. Retains its taste in hot dishes. The Siberian Prince is also used for canning and stuffing, thanks to the juicy pulp, it does not lose its shape.

Main characteristics

The description of the Siberian prince will certainly delight novice gardeners. This is one of the most unpretentious varieties with high yields.

Characteristics of the Siberian Prince:

Preparation for growing

Pepper is recommended for growing in seedlings. Otherwise, the vegetable will not have time to ripen before the onset of frost.

Before sowing, the seeds must be prepared. This will accelerate germination, increase resistance to adverse environmental factors and prevent infection of seedlings with infections:

1. The seeds are sorted out. Remove dark and damaged specimens with traces of fungus and mold.
2. Planting material for 15–20 minutes. soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate. Then it is washed under running water.
3. Seeds germinate... They are kept in warm water for 5 hours. Then wrapped in a damp piece of gauze. Cover with foil and put in a warm place for 2-3 days. During this time, the planting material should hatch.

Pepper does not tolerate a pick. Therefore, experienced gardeners recommend planting it in peat pots or tablets. Growing seedlings in boxes is also acceptable.

The soil for the peppers is purchased in stores. A universal and special mixture for nightshade crops will do.

Prepare soil for peppers and yourself. To do this, black earth, peat and sand are mixed in equal proportions.

The soil is treated with a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate, boiling water, or ignited in the oven.

Growing seedlings

Pepper seeds are sown 80 days before the expected planting in a permanent place - that is, at the end of February or in the first days of March.

Advice! Planting material is recommended to be treated against fungal infections. In addition to the above funds, use "Fitosporin" and ash solution.

Planting pepper

Three methods are used to grow pepper seedlings. The technology of each of them has its own nuances:

1. Common box. This option is less suitable for growing peppers. Soil is poured into the soil so that three free centimeters remain to the edge of the container. The earth is abundantly moistened with warm water. Seeds are laid out in rows on the soil. The distance between the rows should be 3 cm, and between the seeds - 2. The planting material is sprinkled on top with a layer of soil 1.5 cm. Plants dive after two real leaves appear on them.
2. Peat tablets. The blanks are folded into a deep container with the hole down and poured with boiling water. As the tablets swell, the liquid is added. When the blanks turn into bags, they are turned over, but left in the container. One seed is sown into each peat tablet, deepening by 1 cm.
3. Without land... Two layers of paper napkins are placed in a two-liter bottle cut lengthwise. They are moistened with warm water. Planting material is laid out in rows on top. Cover with two more layers of paper, which are moistened with warm water. Plants are planted in separate containers after cotyledon leaves appear on them.

In all cases, containers with planting material are covered with foil and placed in a warm place. Before the first shoots appear, plants do not need light.

Note! If you leave less distance between the seeds, then the seedlings will shade and stretch.

Further care

To grow healthy and strong seedlings, you need to properly care for them. There are a few tricks every gardener needs to know:

1. After the first shoots appear, the film is removed and the seedlings are placed in a well-lit place. At this stage, plants need room temperature.
2. To prevent pepper seedlings from tilting to one side, you need to periodically rotate the pots relative to the light source.
3. In 21–38 days after the appearance of the first shoots, real leaves are formed on the pepper. At this stage, it is dived (if the seeds were sown in a common box). Drainage is poured at the bottom of individual pots and the plants are buried no more than half a centimeter. After the pick, the peppers are watered abundantly. The next time the soil is moistened no earlier than 2 weeks later.
4. For the entire period of growing seedlings, peppers are fed 2 times: 14 days after the pick and 14 days after the previous feeding. Purchased products ("Krepysh", "Mortar", "Agricola") or biohumus are used as fertilizers.
5. Pour pepper only at the root. The liquid should be at room temperature.
6. 12 days before the pepper is transplanted to a permanent place, the seedlings begin to harden. She is regularly taken out into the street or balcony in the warm time of the day.

Pepper does not tolerate a pick. To speed up the adaptation of plants after the procedure, you need to know a few nuances:

1. When picking, the seedlings are held only by the leaves... This prevents damage to the stem.
2. For picking peppers, it is recommended to use containers with a volume of 100–160 ml. Drainage is poured onto the bottom (broken ceramics, fine gravel, crushed brick). This reduces the risk of black leg infection in seedlings.

Seedlings can be grown not only at home, but also in greenhouse... In the first case, the plants are slightly elongated, and in the second, they are stronger.

Features of growing varieties and possible difficulties

The Siberian Prince pepper is planted in a permanent place in early June, when the soil temperature reaches +15 ° C. In cold regions, it is grown under film shelters, in cities with a temperate and southern climate - in open ground.

Siberian prince - tall pepper. It is bound to be tied up. Use a synthetic thread that does not rot from moisture. The formation of a bush is necessary.

This variety responds well to feeding. With the introduction of phosphorus and potash fertilizers, its yield increases significantly.

For the landing of the Siberian prince, a 70x40 scheme is used. For 1 sq. m fits no more than 3 plants.

Picking to a permanent place

It is important for the pepper to choose a suitable garden site. His do not put in placewhere nightshade crops had grown the year before. There are no beds of potatoes and hot peppers near the pepper.

The beds for the pepper are prepared in advance. To do this, they are dug up to a depth of 20 cm and cleaned of weeds. For 1 sq. m, 5 kg of rotted manure and 50 g of potash and phosphorus compositions are introduced. Fertilizers are mixed with soil.

In the spring, the soil is dug up again. It is mixed with ammonium nitrate and poured with a hot solution of copper sulfate (1 tbsp. L. Sulfate per 10 liters of water).

Pepper does not tolerate heavy soils. To lighten the soil, the top layer is mixed with sand. With increased acidity, ash is added to the soil.

1 tbsp is poured into the pepper holes. l. ash and long-acting fertilizers. Then the plants are placed there along with a clod of earth. The root collar is not buried.

Note! Different varieties of pepper are easily pollinated with each other. Therefore, neutral tall crops (corn or tomatoes) are necessarily planted between them.

After the pick, the pepper is poured with warm water. The beds are covered overnight with foil to prevent plant death due to frost.

Care rules

To get a rich harvest of peppers, gardeners use a few tricks. Here are some of them:

1. Root feeding plays an important role... They are brought in 4 times per season. Chicken manure, diluted in a ratio of 1:10, and complex mineral fertilizers, including potassium and phosphorus, are alternated.
2. Be sure to use foliar dressing. One option is to sprinkle the pepper with a product made from 10 liters of water and 1 tbsp. l. nitrophosphate.
3. All lower stepsons and leaves are removed from the bush to the main fork and inside the crown. It is important to ensure that the inflorescences and ovaries are not shaded. To do this, shorten long shoots and remove excess leaves.
4. To increase the yield of the bush, the central flower on the first branch, they are torn off.
5. To attract insects that pollinate plants, bushes during flowering sprayed with sweet water. To prepare it, 10 liters of water are mixed with 2 g of boric acid and 100 g of sugar.
6. Pepper beds mulch straw (rotted).
7. Water the pepper (subject to mulch) once every 9 days. Use 2-3 liters of water for each plant.

Typical diseases and pests

The Siberian Prince variety is distinguished by its increased resistance to diseases of the nightshade. It is rarely affected by late blight, rot, black leg.

More often the plant is attacked by pests. Gardeners do not recommend using chemicals to protect pepper (if it is not grown commercially). Home remedies are safer:

1. Medvedka... To protect plants from this pest, crushed eggshells are poured into the holes and around the bushes.
2. From aphids, whiteflies, scoops and slugs plants will be protected by spraying with an ash solution (2 tablespoons of ash per 5 liters of water) or serum (1.5 liters of serum per 10 liters of water). Another option is to sprinkle the leaves of the plants with chopped wood ash.
3. Colorado potato beetle harvested from the bushes by hand.

To exclude the possibility of plant infection, it is important to follow the basic rules of prevention. They boil down to the disinfection of garden tools that interact with the bushes, adherence to the rules for watering, pinching and crop rotation.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The advantages of the Siberian prince:

• high productivity;
• great fruit taste;
• immunity to diseases nightshade crops;
• cold resistance;
• the possibility of using seeds from fruits for planting;
• universality of application.

The variety has no significant drawbacks. Some gardeners consider it a minus the need for formative pruning and pinching.

Reviews

Reviews of gardeners about the Siberian prince are mostly positive. This variety is ideal for growing in the Russian climate.

Irina, Moscow: “I have been growing Siberian Prince pepper for three years now under a film shelter. This is my favorite variety. The fruits are small and very tasty. They look aesthetically pleasing when fresh and pickled. To attract pollinating insects, I plant tobacco and basil between the rows.

Oleg, Kiev: “I like the variety very much. Peppers grow bright and beautiful, as in the photo. The variety does not get sick and gives a good harvest. I organized artificial watering, so I can stay away from my dacha for a long time without fear that my beds will perish. "

Conclusion

The Siberian Prince is a variety that will appeal to both experienced gardeners and beginners. He rarely gets sick and is not afraid of a short-term drop in temperature, which makes it easier to grow a crop.

In addition to being unpretentious in care, this pepper is distinguished by its bright appearance, rich aroma and excellent taste. It is good both fresh and pickled. To obtain a rich harvest, it is necessary to observe agricultural cultivation techniques, to prevent pests. The seeds from the fruits of the Siberian prince are suitable for growing a new crop.