Pepper is a popular heat-loving crop that requires optimal temperature, good lighting, and long daylight hours.
In addition to these factors, it is necessary to take into account the planting dates, plan which variety to plant and how to properly prepare the seeds.
Sweet peppers are planted in open ground in mid-May – early June, and in a greenhouse in mid- or late April.
Peppers love good warm weather. If the soil is not warm enough, this can lead to the death of the plants. It is important to choose the right days when you can sow sweet peppers, and the lunar calendar will help with this.
Pepper seedlings are transplanted into open ground after the soil warms up to 16-17 degrees. Plants may stop growing if the temperature is below 14 degrees.
The best month to sow seeds is February. Late varieties are planted at the beginning of February, early varieties at the end of the month.
March is a favorable month for sowing seeds for seedlings, and this applies not only to peppers, but to any crops. Early varieties of pepper are sown at this time.
In February, the most favorable days for sowing sweet pepper seedlings are the 21st, 24th, 25th and 26th, in early March – 3rd, from the 24th to the 25th.
Peppers are not planted during the new moon, in February - on the 20th, in March - on the 7th (full moon), and also on the 20th-22nd (New Moon).