Bright and juicy Flamingo pepper. Description and agricultural technology

Description of the hybrid

Pepper belongs to a foreign type of selection and is of Hungarian origin.
Russian gardeners note the increased resistance of Flamingo pepper to a number of diseases and the preservation of yield levels in unstable weather conditions. Main characteristics:

• the stems branch, on average the bushes reach no more than 60 cm;
• the leaves are elongated with a smooth edge and cover the bush quite densely;
• fruits in cross-section have 3-4 chambers, compact seed arrangement;
• pepper is ready for sale already at the stage of technical maturity.

Attention! The fruits are used for preservation; consumption without heat treatment is recommended.

Characteristics of the variety

Description and characteristics of the variety

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Flamingo pepper F1 is the result of the activities of French breeders and belongs to an agricultural company that has been in the seed business for more than 200 years.

The hybrid is an ultra-early one, similar to the type of pepper of the Hungarian variety. Ripening time is 60-65 days from the moment of planting.

Bell peppers are grown not only in the south, but in areas of mid-latitude, in areas with a cool climate.

The plants have elongated, strong stems, the shoots are distinguished by moderate growth - height 60-75 cm. The foliage cover is developed, the branching is good. Standard growth type.

What are the characteristics of the fruit:

• weight 160-200 g;
• when ripe the color is cherry;
• peppers have thick and fleshy walls;
• seed chambers 3-4;
• the taste is sweet, balanced;
• pericarp 6-7 mm;
• Rich peppery aroma.
• average size - 10-12 cm by 5-6 cm.

Vegetables are widely used in cooking: they are stuffed, snacks and side dishes are prepared from them. Soups and borscht are aromatic and tasty with the addition of peppers.

Description of the variety

An early ripening variety, suitable for growing both in greenhouses and in open ground. 100 days must pass from the moment of the first shoots, after which you can begin harvesting. The bushes are quite powerful and can reach a height of up to a meter. The taste of the fruits is sweet, juicy, fleshy.

With proper care they can reach a weight of up to 400 g.

Pros and cons of the Pink Flamingo

The variety has virtually no disadvantages. In addition to their excellent taste, tomatoes are popular for the following qualities:

• resistance to infections;
• cold resistance and rapid adaptation to a permanent place of growth;
• possibility of transportation;
• keeping quality;
• good harvest;
• long growing season (until frost)
• small bushes do not take up much space on the site;
• beautiful and appetizing fruits;
• tolerate waterlogging of the soil well;
• Possibility of growing under film and in open space.

Advantages and disadvantages

Pros:

• strong immunity to infections (verticillium, TMV);
• friendly early maturation;
• fruiting until autumn (significant frosts);
• excellent taste and marketability;
• transportability, good preservation;
• excellent productivity;
• endurance to adverse weather factors;
• cold and heat resistance;
• Tolerance of light shade.

Minuses:

• impossibility of independently procuring seed material (the purity of the hybrid line is lost).

Landing

Flamingo pepper F1 is grown through seedlings. Planting is carried out from the 2nd decade of February until the end of March. Pre-disinfect the soil and containers (spill with potassium permanganate, peroxide). The soil can be calcined in the oven for 30 minutes or treated with boiling water.

The seed material is activated with Epin and Agate. The seed depth is 1-2 cm. The boxes are covered with film and glass until germination. The temperature is maintained at 21-27 degrees.

Seedlings are fertilized 2 times with nitrogen agents (urea, urea, Azotovit), complexes (Malyshok, Clean Sheet, Agricola). Picking is carried out when 1-2 leaves appear. The bushes are planted in pots and glasses with a volume of at least 250-300 ml.

Features of cultivation, planting and care

Sowing of seedlings is carried out in early March, picking - in the phase of one true leaf. Seedlings are planted in a permanent place in the ground at the age of 65-70 days from germination.

Planting pattern: 50 x 40 cm.

To ensure the best yield, it is better to plant bell peppers in areas where legumes, cabbage or cucumbers grew last year.

The heat-loving Flamingo F1 pepper, originally from France, is well adapted to temperate and northern regions. Gardeners can grow it on their plot in Siberian conditions, in the Urals, and in the Far Eastern region.

Reproduction

Barberry Flamingo can be propagated by seeds that ripen in the fall. They are sown before winter on a prepared bed. Make grooves 3 cm deep, placing them at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other.

The seeds are first cleared of pulp, washed, and briefly soaked in a solution of potassium permanganate. Seeds are placed in 5 cm increments and covered with garden soil mixed with humus. In spring, shoots appear. Before being transplanted into the garden, Flamingo seedlings grow in the garden bed for 2 years.

If an adult plant needs to be transplanted to a new place, then barberry is propagated by dividing the bush. They dig it up, divide the rhizome, leaving several shoots in each division. Planting holes are prepared in advance. The survival rate with this method of reproduction is not 100%.

It is easier to propagate Flamingo barberry using lignified cuttings. Doing this in the spring:

• Choose an annual branch.
• Take the middle part from it (5 cm).
• Leave 3-4 buds.
• For rooting, a low greenhouse is organized.
• Fill it with fertile soil.
• The top layer is river sand.
• Barberry cuttings are dipped in a root formation stimulator and planted in a greenhouse at an angle to the ground according to a 5 cm x 15 cm pattern.
• The soil is moistened and the greenhouse is covered with film (glass).

The appearance of leaves indicates that the cutting has taken root. After a year it can be transplanted into the garden.

Layering is an even simpler option for propagating Flamingo barberry. Strong annual shoots are suitable for it. In spring they are bent to the ground. They deepen it a little. They are pinned in several places with staples made of thick wire. Cover with soil. In autumn, roots form on the branch. Barberry seedlings are separated from the mother bush the following spring.

Pepper variety "Flamenco": photo and description, cultivation techniques

Today there is a large selection of sweet pepper varieties that have attractive characteristics for summer residents and gardeners. Among them there is a hybrid variety “Flamenco f1”. This article will tell you in detail about this vegetable crop and the agricultural technology for growing it.

Description of the hybrid

Flamenco sweet pepper is an early hybrid based on the cube-shaped red bell pepper. Next, we will describe the appearance of the vegetable crop and its fruits.

Bushes

The hybrid has powerful, upright and spreading bushes with strong stems, from half a meter to 1 meter in height (depending on their growing conditions).

Fruit

• drooping;
• 3-4 chamber,
• have a cuboid or prism-shaped shape;
• during technical ripeness - green-yellow color;
• in the phase of biological maturity - deep red;
• the average weight of one fruit is 160-180 g, sometimes reaching 400 g;
• compact seed chamber;
• juicy pulp;
• wall thickness - from 6.5 mm to 9 mm;
• the size of a medium pepper is 10-15 cm;
• fruits with a characteristic aroma and sweet taste, without bitterness.

Other characteristics

Now let's look at other additional characteristics of the hybrid.

Resistance to environmental conditions and diseases

The vegetable crop is resistant to unfavorable and stressful environmental conditions, under which the formation of bushes and ovaries is possible.

1. Plants feel quite good at +14°C.
2. The most optimal temperature for the growth and development of crops in open ground is considered to be + 20°C.
3. When the temperature column is below 13°C, it is better to keep the crop under film or in a greenhouse.

1. Potato viruses.
2. Tobacco mosaic virus.

Maturation period

The variety "Flamenco f1" is early ripening, because the time from the first shoots to the ripening of the fruit is on average 95 days, or 65 days from the moment of planting the seedlings.

Productivity

Flamenco pepper bears fruit until late autumn and is famous for its good harvests: on average, up to 8 kilograms of pepper are harvested from one square meter of open ground, and up to 13 kg in a greenhouse. On average, up to 8 fruits can be removed from one bush.

Direction

Thanks to the beneficial composition of Flamenco sweet pepper, excellent taste, juiciness and bright color, it can be used fresh, canned, and also prepared in many dishes, combining it with almost any product.

• different variations of salads where fruits are added;
• first courses (borscht, soups);
• various appetizers with baked peppers (warm salads);
• sauté with chicken, mushrooms and zucchini;
• rice with sweet pepper;
• vegetable stew;
• stuffing with any fillings;
• cream soup of pepper, cauliflower and cheese;
• peppers canned for the winter in tomato sauce (lecho) or marinade;
• various dishes baked in the oven (ratatouille);
• desserts (panna cotta);
• homemade bread with paprika;
• pies with various fillings;
• chicken;
• kulebyaka;
• jellied pies;
• omelette;
• other dishes.

Growing seedlings, timing, preparing seeds, caring for seedlings

The vegetable hybrid "Flamenco" is grown using the seedling method. Next we will talk about the intricacies of its cultivation.

Optimal timing

Seedlings of early Flamenco peppers are planted in open ground in the last ten days of May, after 45 days from the moment of sowing the seeds.

Soil mixture

High-quality soil for planting the Flamenco hybrid directly affects the germination of planting material and the proper development of seedlings. The soil should be loose and absorb water well.

light brown in color with plant remains that have not completely decomposed;

1. Peat, humus, turf (with the addition of river sand) - 5:1:4.
2. Sod soil, peat, compost (1:3:1) with the addition of mineral fertilizers (per kilogram of soil: 1 g ammonium nitrate + 10 g superphosphate + 5 g potassium salt).

1. After combining all the ingredients of the planting mixture, you need to spill the soil with a light solution of potassium permanganate to disinfect it.
2. To retain moisture in the soil with seedlings longer, add hydrogel to the soil mixture after soaking it with water in advance.

Growing container

• boxes,
• plastic jars and cups,
• cells,
• peat tablets,
• small flower pots.

Seed preparation

Selection of quality seeds -prepare a 3% saline solution (30 g of salt per 1 liter of water), add pepper seeds, mix and leave for 5-7 minutes. Full seeds should sink to the bottom of the dish, and empty ones should float to the top. Then the solution with the floating seeds must be drained, the full-fledged seeds must be washed, spread on paper and allowed to dry.

Sowing seeds

The seeds of the hybrid Flamenco pepper need to be sown at the end of February. We emphasize that of all the above options for containers for sowing seeds, a peat tablet is considered the most convenient, since it is easy to transfer a seedling from it during transplantation without making a dive, which peppers do not tolerate well.

1. Fill the containers with soil mixture, not reaching 2 centimeters to the top, moisten the mixture.
2. In the boxes, grooves are made for sowing seeds with a depth of 1 cm and an intermediate distance of 5 cm.
3. The seeds should be sown in boxes at a distance of 2 cm from each other, after which the grooves with the seeds should be sprinkled with a small amount of soil.
4. Cover the top of the box with polyethylene or glass to reduce moisture evaporation.
5. After a week, the seeds should sprout, after which the glass or polyethylene must be removed so that the seedlings do not overheat.

Video: sowing pepper seeds

Seedling care

1. Appropriate place. Containers with sown seeds should be placed on a warm windowsill or near a radiator.
2. Humidity. Every day you need to check the soil in containers for moisture. You need to water the seedlings with warm water at a temperature of +28-30°C, avoiding waterlogging of the soil.
3. Sufficient lighting. You can provide seedlings with the optimal amount of light by connecting LED or fluorescent lamps from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
4. Optimal temperature. Daytime temperatures should not exceed +25-28°C, and night temperatures should not exceed +22-24°C.
5. Feeding. Once every two weeks, seedlings need to be fed with a ready-made liquid organic fertilizer. The following are suitable for this: “Krepysh”, “Agricola”, “Solution”, “Lux”, “Fertika”.
6. Air humidity. Regularly ventilate the room, avoiding drafts, and spray the plants with a spray bottle.

Hardening of seedlings

14 days before planting seedlings in open ground, they need to be gradually accustomed to temperatures from +15°C, as well as to fresh air. Be sure to protect the seedlings from direct sunlight.

1. Open a window or window during the day.
2. Place the seedlings on a ventilated veranda or balcony.
3. Take outside in clear and calm weather.
4. Gradually increase the time the seedlings stay outdoors, starting from 15 minutes a day.

Planting your own seedlings in a permanent place

Planting sweet pepper seedlings in open ground must be approached responsibly: adhering to the required deadlines, choosing a suitable location and planting using the correct technology.

The further growth and productivity of the crop will depend on compliance with all these requirements. Now let's look at each requirement separately.

Deadlines

1. Approximately on the 45th day after sowing the seeds and germination of the seedlings, the seedlings should be planted in open ground.
2. By this time, the pepper bushes should have from 8 to 12 leaves.
3. The average daytime temperature during the day should be +15-17°C, and the night temperature should be +10-12°C.
4. Typically, constant temperatures are established after the last May frosts - from May 10 to May 30. This period is considered the most suitable, since during this period there is no longer a threat of spring frosts, and the crop will have enough time to ripen the fruits in August-September.
5. Despite the above-zero temperature, at first it is necessary to cover the seedlings with film.
6. If the seedlings are intended for planting in a greenhouse, then they are planted a little earlier - from May 1 to May 15.

Choosing a location on the site

The quality and quantity of the harvest directly depends on the placement of sweet pepper bushes on the site.

1. The area should be well heated and illuminated by the sun.
2. The place should not be blown by the wind.
3. It is unacceptable to plant the crop in wet and low-lying areas.
4. Areas with acidic, sandy and clayey soils are unsuitable.

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It is not recommended to use a place where nightshade crops (bell peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, capsicums, physalis, eggplants) were previously grown, since it may contain pathogens of these crops.

Planting pattern and depth

1. Before planting seedlings, you need to mark the rows on the site and prepare the holes.
2. Considering that Flamenco's bushes are tall, a distance of 60 centimeters must be left between each bush so that the plants do not choke each other's growth.
3. The same distance should be between the rows.
4. The holes are prepared with a depth slightly greater than the height of the container with seedlings.

Video: planting peppers in open ground There is another way to grow salad peppers - square nesting: seedlings of two bushes are placed at the same distance from each other (60x60 cm).

Care Tips

1. Watering.
2. Weeding.
3. Loosening the soil.
4. Tying.
5. Timely feeding.

Watering

Water the crop infrequently, as the soil dries out.

1. For the first time, the crop is watered during its immediate planting, while the planting hole is moistened, and not the plant itself.
2. After 5 days, watering at the root is repeated.
3. Further normal watering regime (in the absence of frequent rains) is every 7-10 days. This frequency of irrigation should be maintained until the first fruiting.
4. During the mass harvest of peppers, there is a break in watering.
5. Regular irrigation is resumed with the arrival of the next flowering period of the bushes.

Soil care

1. Allows the crop to grow faster.
2. Provides air exchange for roots.
3. Increases the activity of beneficial microorganisms.
4. Will get rid of weeds.

1. In the first 14 days after planting, loosening is not advisable, since during this period the roots of the plants begin to strengthen.
2. The first time you need to loosen the soil to a depth of no more than 10 cm.
3. Subsequent loosening should be done after each watering and rain.
4. A sign when you need to loosen the soil is slightly dry soil without a crust.

Mulching the soil is another step in plant care. For the first time, mulching is carried out during persistent above-zero temperatures, when the earth is already sufficiently warmed up. Mulch from straw or chopped weeds is poured under the bushes and between the rows in a layer 5 centimeters thick.

Video: why and how to mulch the soil correctly. Space must be left around the stems for air circulation, otherwise the root collar will rot and fungus may develop on the plants.

1. Conservation of soil moisture.
2. Weed reduction.
3. No overheating or drying out of the soil under the bushes.
4. Increasing soil fertility.

Feeding

For normal growth and the formation of a good harvest of Flamenco sweet peppers, it requires timely feeding with the correct composition of fertilizers.

1. For the first time, pepper fertilizer should be applied 14 days after planting in a permanent place of growth. Urea or bird droppings diluted in water (1:20) can serve as fertilizing. You need to pour one or two liters of solution under each bush.

2. The second feeding is done during fruit set. You can use an aqueous solution of mullein (1:10). After such fertilizing, the beds are sprinkled with wood ash on top.
3. The third time the crop is fertilized after the start of fruiting. The same solution of bird droppings as in the first case will do.

Diseases and pests

The bush has enemies among insects. Several garden pests are considered dangerous to Flamingo barberry:

Fight aphids on barberry leaves with a soap solution. It is prepared from water (10 l) and laundry soap shavings (300 g). A 2% solution of “Fitoverma” helps against insects. Other pests are destroyed using Chlorophos. For spraying use a 3% solution.

Flamingo bushes are rare, but can suffer from fungal diseases. One of them is powdery mildew, that is, a white coating on the leaves. You can cope with it using a solution of 1% colloidal sulfur. If the leaves of the barberry become covered with dark spots, this means that the bush needs to be treated for spotting.

They fight it with copper oxychloride. 30 g of product are dissolved in 10 liters of water. Barberry Flamingo is processed twice. Before buds appear and after flowering. Cracks and growths on shoots are symptoms of bacteriosis. The affected barberry branches are cut out and destroyed, and the bush is treated with Bordeaux mixture.