The Guide to Grow Peppers with LED Grow Light in Greenhouse

bell pepper generally has red, yellow, orange, purple, white, black and other colors. fruits are rich in vitamin A, B, C  and a variety of minerals. sugar level is about 6 degree. bell peppers are favored by consumers due to its rich color, texture crisp, high nutritional value, suitable for raw food and other advantages.

today we are going to talk about growing bell peppers with led grow light in greenhouse . bell peppers is an easy plant to grow . but until you have grown them successfully you really don't know how easy it is . that's because there are a lot of small things that can go wrong.it is really not a hard plants to grow .but when you do those small little things wrong , it can lead to a less than successful pepper harvest later on . so we write this guide to help you clear up those tiny little things that might be going wrong and get you on your way to having a successful harvest.

selection over pepper seed 

It is advisable to select a good variety which is easy to fruit in cold weather and has strong disease resistance. because bell pepper this plant prefer warm condition rather than cold weather. if the seed you choose can adapt to colder weather. this means that you can get more harvest than other growers . though this guide is for greenhouse pepper planting ,why not choose the stronger seed , right ?

According to market observation, red peppers and yellow peppers are more popular than other varieties . so when you select pepper seed , you can give priority to the red one and the yellow one. you can also plant some orange, white, black  and purple varieties as proper collocation

the red bell pepper seed ,which growth potential is medium and internode is shorter , is preferred .because fruit rate of such variety is high; the fruit looks good and fruit wall is thick;  the weight of each fruit can be up to 200 ~ 260 g;  what's more , ripe red bell peppers are bright in colour and suitable to storage and transportation . the yellow pepper seed choose which has a good growth ability and internode is shorter . since the fruits of this variety are  10 ~ 12 cm in length , 9 ~ 10 cm in diameter , 250 ~ 300 g in weight  and they are a rare high-yield and good-taste variety.

provide suitable soil 

the soil we are using should be a compost blend . it is a mixture of sand ,topsoil and compost. this will be going to give seeds  a very loose and fluffy soil condition. if people don't give the right seeding bed  to their pepper plants . pepper plants  can't grow healthy as you want them to be .

sowing and seeding

before filling in the seedling tray , you need to sift and mix cultivation soil well and then press the seeds to 0.5cm under the cultivation soil with your fingers. After sowing, you could cover the hole plate with fluffy soil and wet the hole plate with water. finally ,  put the seeding trays neatly . during the seeding it needs to ensure the temperature of 25℃~30℃ in the day and 20℃~25℃ in the night. Generally, the seedlings can be transplanted to the greenhouse when they are about 45 days old and the plant height is 15 ~ 18 cm.

transplant to the greenhouse

Plant spacing is about 40 cm and row spacing is about  90 cm. and each 667 square meter can be transplanted about 2 000 bell pepper plants. when transplanting ,gently remove from the seedling trays to avoid root damage, and then plant in the greenhouse nutrient soil . ensure the soil has fully covered the root of the plants and the plants stand firm .

manage the growth conditions of greenhouse 

light

like other plants , bell pepper plants also need photosymthesis .  when you trans plants them to a greenhouse without any sunlight , you'd better provide artificial light that can simulate the sunlight .led grow light Horti-Hot is an ideal top lighting in greenhouse and indoor farms growing vine crops. certainly most of the greenhouses can make use of sunlight . when you only want to replenish the light. it would be another lighting solution .

water

10 days after transplanting, the bell pepper plants  should be irrigated 1-2 times a day.  in order to facilitate the root of plants to grow , irrigation should obey the rule -you can irrigate less times but when irrigating please water pepper plants thoroughly .

temperature 

The  temperature of bell pepper greenhouse can be controlled at 25℃~28℃ in the daytime. When the temperature is over 28℃, the temperature can be cooled by air exchange through the top window or forced cooling through the spray or sunshade. The temperature should be maintained at 15℃~18 ℃ at night.

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