What is the best fertilizer for peppers?

Fertilizing time for peppers

  1. After planting peppers, it is best to apply fertilizer after the seedling stage and before flowering, which is also the most important and conducive to high yield of peppers.

  2. Generally, apply compound fertilizer once, and then wait 20-30 days before applying again. Applying too much or too frequently will be harmful to the plants.

  3. Apply top dressing during the growing period of peppers. Apply fruit fertilizer in time. If you cannot water frequently, you can spray nitrogen fertilizer on both sides of the ridges before the rain, but be careful to apply it evenly and do not let the fertilizer stick to the leaves.

What fertilizer to use for peppers

Peppers should be fertilized with fully decomposed, pounded and sifted organic fertilizer. The plant requires a lot of potassium and nitrogen during the growth period. Excessive nitrogen fertilizer should be avoided from the seedling to the early flowering stage.

In addition, applying organic fertilizer to peppers can not only supplement nutrients to the plants, but also promote the activity of soil microorganisms.

Pepper fertilization method

1. Seedling fertilizer : Peppers do not need to be topdressed during the seedling stage, but if the plants are deficient in nutrients, you can apply a small amount of urea in combination with watering 15-20 days before planting to promote seedling growth.

2. Base fertilizer : The base fertilizer for peppers should be mainly high-quality manure. If the amount of fertilizer in the soil is too little, you can also prepare the land and dig trenches first, and then concentrate fertilizer in the soil, and then plant seedlings after mixing the soil and fertilizer.

Notes on pepper fertilization

Do not apply fertilizer on rainy days, and do not apply chemical fertilizers alone. The required ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers is 4:4:2, and do not apply too much fertilizer each time.