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Each year new breeding developments are released, the latest varieties, including hybrid ones, sweet pepper with improved taste, external and commercial qualities are created. So, one of the most successful work of breeders is the Atlantic F1.
This hybrid variety was created by a company from Holland, but it is also widely used by gardeners from all Russian regions. It is cultivated even in places with severe climatic conditions - Siberian and Ural regions. Below we will consider the main features and rules for growing sweet pepper of this variety.
Characteristic varieties Atlantic
This vegetable crop can be called classic. Fruits have a trihedral prism shape. The length of the pepper is 20 centimeters. The diameter of the fetus, if cut across, is 12 centimeters. On average, the weight of each fetus reaches from 150 and more grams. Unripe fruits are colored green, and when ripe, they acquire a rich red color.
The gardeners who cultivated Atlantic pepper on their plots note the excellent taste characteristics of ripe fruits. The pulp is juicy and sweet. In thickness, it reaches up to 10 millimeters. The skin of pepper is not thick, tender. Mistresses use fruits in all areas of cooking - they prepare vegetable salads from them, preserve and pickle. Excellent taste is the main reason why gardeners annually choose this variety for planting.
Attention! It is allowed to use fruit juice of this variety for medicinal purposes. It is used in the fight against diabetes, skin diseases, high blood pressure, diseases of the hair and nails, as well as other problems.
Trace elements in the composition
Peppers contain a huge amount of minerals, including chromium, zinc, potassium, magnesium, iodine and others.
A vegetable containing many vitamins and minerals is invaluable for human health. This product is recommended for use by those who suffer from sleep disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, weakness, depression, iron deficiency anemia and other diseases.
How to grow Atlantic pepper
This vegetable culture loves warmth. But this variety also tolerates low temperatures. Due to this feature, it can be planted both in greenhouses and in open beds in various Russian regions. Atlantic pepper is recommended to grow from seedlings.
How to plant seedlings
Planting sprouts of pepper of this variety in the soil should be carried out in late spring or in early June. Seedlings should be transferred to a permanent place after 1-1.5 months after sowing seeds. This means that seedlings for seedlings must be planted in the second decade of March.
Hybrid seeds must be prepared before planting - sprouting in a moistened napkin or cloth. For growing seedlings, the recommended temperature is + 28- + 30 degrees. As a capacity for germinating sprouts, it is better to use peat pots with a volume of at least 10 centimeters.To fill the containers, you can use a ready-made purchased mixture or prepared yourself - for this you should mix the soil from the garden with humus, peat or sawdust. Soil should be fertilized with complex means (Kemira, nitrophoska or other top dressing). For 10 liters of soil 50-70 grams of fertilizer is required.
Attention! Before introducing sawdust into the soil, they need to be treated with urea.
The hybrid variety is cross-pollinated. For this reason, it will be advisable to plant 2 bushes of this type of vegetable crop in one container. Due to this, it will be easier to take care of the plant, the amount of yield will increase.
Seeds that are pecked are deepened into the prepared soil mixture by one or two centimeters. The container with the seeds should be placed in a warm place with good lighting. You need to take care of the crop as follows - regularly water and make fertilizer once (2 weeks after planting).
Adult seedlings need to be tempered some time before transferring to a permanent place. To do this, it must be taken out into the open air, gradually increasing the time spent on the street from 30 minutes to a whole day (from morning to sunset). Thanks to hardening, the adaptation of the plant to street temperature and the influence of direct rays, the sun will go better.
Attention! If the seedlings are not tempered, after its transfer to a permanent place, it will grow more slowly. In addition, the risk of sunburn is increased.
Landing on the site
Planting seedlings should be carried out after 60-80 days after planting the seed. Dive sprouts preferably in the late afternoon, when there is a decrease in sun activity.
Since the plant reaches a height of more than one meter, experienced gardeners advise planting no more than 4 bushes per square meter. Pepper is characterized by increased demands on heat and light, which must be taken into account when choosing a place for planting. Gusts of wind can harm the bushes, so you need to provide them with protection from this phenomenon.
For the cultivation of Atlantic pepper, it is better to choose the site on which cabbage, radish, radish or turnip were grown in the previous season. It is advisable not to plant this vegetable crop in the beds where the tomatoes were grown. Clay-sandy soil with a large amount of organic matter is an ideal substrate for planting pepper.
Attention! If you grow peppers in open beds, create a temporary shelter from polyethylene in arches, so that the seedlings will grow better.
How to care for a plant
A plant of this variety reaches a great height, many leaves grow on it, so the bushes need to be cut from time to time. You need to clean all the shoots that are under the main fork. Trimming shoots should be every seven days during the harvesting period. Thanks to this procedure, more light enters the ovaries, as a result of which the fruits ripen faster.
Experienced vegetable growers recommend carrying out garter bushes. To do this, when planting seedlings, it is necessary to establish a vertical support in advance.
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