Fruit vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes and eggplants have been traditionally refined for a long time. Simply to maintain positive properties of the crop, avoid soil intolerances, reduce diseases and compensate for weak growth.
Why and how should you refine peppers?
Refining peppers means allowing young plants of two different varieties to grow together, whose positive properties complement each other. Head grafting creates vigorous, more powerful, resilient and higher-yielding pepper plants with better fruit quality.
A high-yielding pepper cultivar is refined on a specially bred grafting base. Both complement each other in their positive characteristics. The advantages of grafted plants are:
- more vigorous
- more powerful
- more resilient
- more profitable
They produce more fruit sooner and produce better quality. Refining peppers – there’s a lot to be said for it. With the necessary patience, care and a green thumb, anyone can refine peppers themselves.
Why refine peppers and how does it work?
Anyone who refines fruit vegetables such as peppers allows two different types of young plants to grow together, which complement each other in their positive properties. To do this, noble varieties with positive properties are placed on pest and disease-resistant rootstocks.
Peppers are improved by head refinement. The most important requirement for this is that the stems of the noble variety and the rootstock are of the same thickness and that the cut surfaces fit exactly together.
Cut the selected plants with a sharp knife without bruising the stems. The cut on the base is made below the first pair of leaves. With the noble variety, the shoot is cut off where it has the same thickness as the grafting area of the rootstock. The stem is cut horizontally or diagonally. A ceramic stick is inserted into the base handle and the noble variety is placed over it.
In order to grow together successfully, the plants need brightness, around 25°C heat with high humidity and regular watering. These growth conditions can be found under a cultivation hood (€12.00 on Amazon) or plastic film on the windowsill or in the greenhouse. After one to two weeks in the warm, humid climate, the grafting area has grown over.
Top refinement of peppers – step by step
- Behead the noble variety and rootstock
- Insert ceramic pen into the base handle
- Place the head of the noble variety on the ceramic pin
- Let plants grow together in a warm, humid climate
Documents for refining peppers
Resistant pepper varieties of chili or cayenne pepper against cork root disease, stem rot and various diseases are available commercially.
Ripe, tasty fruits and fast, he althy growth - all the good qualities in a pepper variety - that's why it's worth refining peppers.
Tips & Tricks
most important finishing tool – a sharp knife or razor blade. Pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness. Do not touch the cut surfaces with your fingers and ensure that they do not come into contact with soil.
