Sweet pepper is a vegetable, without which no hostess in the kitchen can do. There is a wide variety of sweet pepper varieties, but today we will look at the Bogatyr variety, its characteristics, a description of its characteristics, and we will learn what to do to grow it in a garden.
Did you know? "Bogatyr" has healing properties. It is recommended for people with anemia, neuralgia, radiculitis, arthritis, and cardiovascular diseases. It also has a beneficial effect on the condition of the hair, prevents their fragility and the appearance of bald patches. It stimulates appetite, performance and good memory.
Variety description
"Hero" - This is a mid-season variety that technically ripens at 4 months after planting, and biological maturity requires up to 15 days of ripening.
This majestic name this variety received for a tall, strong and spreading shrub, on which fruits are abundantly located. In height it reaches 70 cm. 
The fruits themselves are large and thick-walled (thickness up to 7 mm), weighing up to 200 g. During the period of technical maturity, the skin of the fruit still remains light green, but for a short period (not more than 20 days) it acquires a biological red color. The yield of pepper is quite high, it reaches 6-7 kg fruits per square meter.
In addition to the beautiful appearance of this variety has excellent taste, allowing you to eat fruits in both raw and cooked form. Also, the Bogatyr sweet pepper variety contains rutin and ascorbic acid necessary for the human body, as well as other trace elements. 
Variety tolerates transportation, so it is popular with buyers and appreciated by sellers. Also, this feature allows you to grow it on the garden and suburban areas.
Necessary conditions for growing
To grow a strong and healthy plant, you need to take care of this in advance. In order to plant peppers in open ground, you must first grow seedlings.
Depending on how many seedlings you plan to grow, you can either select special peat pots for a small amount of seedlings, or sow in boxes if you need a lot. 
The advantage of planting in peat pots is the fact that seedlings no need to dive, and planted in open ground need with pots. If the sowing will be done in boxes, then it is necessary to take care of the soil for seedlings from the autumn. Pepper prefers a light fertile soil.
Soil composition for seedlings:
- one piece of peat;
- two parts of humus;
- one piece of sand;
- kg of this mixture, you need to add a tablespoon of ash.
- warm place;
- if possible, it is better to make a mini-greenhouse or cover with polyethylene;
- prevent the soil from drying out;
- pour with warm defended water;
- the exclusion of drafts;
- good lighting is required up to 12 hours a day.
Planting technology of pepper
The technology of planting pepper has its own subtleties that must be considered.
Important! It is better to sow pepper to seedlings in late February or early March.How to plant pepper in boxes:
- At the bottom of the landing tank, it is necessary to place any available drainage to ensure good water flow and to prevent stagnation.
- Top with prepared soil (about 8 cm).
- Smooth the surface.
- Make grooves for seeding.
- Place the seeds in the soil.
- Top fill with humus or sand (thickness up to 1 cm).
- Slightly compact the soil, lightly tamp.
Learn also the technology of planting such plants in open ground as: laurel, pumpkin, eggplant, cucumber gherkins, cherry tomatoes, Iceberg lettuce, strawberries, raspberries, Yellow Giant, onions, Chinese radish.Consider how to plant pepper in glasses:
- Moisten the soil in the glasses.
- Make the wells to a depth of 1 cm.
- Put the seeds in a glass and sprinkle with earth.
- Cover the glasses with a plastic bag until the germ appears.
Preparation of planting material
Seeds are recommended to be processed before sowing. To do this, soak them in water with the addition of potassium permanganate (weak solution: add potassium permanganate at the tip of a knife to 1 liter of water).
With this solution, withstand seeds until 1 hourto disinfect the planting material.
Important! In order for seeds to germinate faster, they are recommended to be soaked. To do this, they poured for 5 hours quite hot (up to 50 degrees) with water. Then placed in a damp cloth and incubated until peking at room temperature.
Before sowing, it is recommended to rinse the seeds well under running water.
How to prepare the ground for planting
The soil for sowing needs to be gathered in the fall, when the ground is not frozen, and placed in a cellar for storage.
If you did not pick up the soil in advance, the frozen ground can also be used, but first let it stand in a warm room. at least 2 weeks, because the bacteria contained in this soil are in a dormant period.
Boxes in which crops will be made must be filled with soil. It is necessary to dilute some potassium permanganate in boiling water to a bright pink (but not saturated) color and pour the soil. Such actions will help get rid of unwanted pests and fungus. 
Sowing scheme
The sowing scheme has its own characteristics. For normal development and germination of seeds when sown in boxes, it is necessary to keep a distance between seeds of 2 cm, and the grooves should be at a distance of 6 cm from each other.
Sowing in pots in this regard is easier, you just need to put 1 seed in a container.
How to care for pepper seedlings
Care for the seedlings of pepper is in the correct regular watering and temperature compliance. The temperature at night should not be lower. 11 ° С, and in the afternoon - not less 25 ° С.
For fertilizing seedlings of your plants, use different types of organic fertilizers, biohumus, potassium sulfate, urea and coconut substrate.Also, seedlings are recommended to fertilize. For these purposes, it is necessary to prepare a solution: for 1 liter of water use 1 g of ammonium nitrate, 6 g of superphosphate and 2 g of potash fertilizer.
Fertilize seedlings during development 3 times:
- when the first 2 leaves appear: the indicated dose of fertilizer must be used;
- the second time it is fertilized when 2 more leaves appear: increase the dose of top dressing by 2 times, the water remains in the same amount;
- The last time fertilizer is carried out 2-3 days before planting in open ground. The dose of fertilizer concentration is increased to 16 g.
Pickling seedlings
When the seedlings have grown sufficiently, and 2 full leaves have appeared on it, this is a sign that you must dive pepper. Dive plants, if the seeds were germinated one by one in glasses, it is not necessary.
In order to carry out the procedure correctly, it is necessary to prepare for it in advance:
- if you sowed in a special recommended mixture, then you can use it for further planting of pickled seedlings, if you sow in ordinary garden soil, after picking, you should plant seedlings in the prepared nutritional mixture, the composition of which is given in the text above;
- buy or make their own cups for planting seedlings;
- 3 hours before the planned transplantation, it is recommended to water the seedlings so that it is easier to destroy the earthen room and free the root without damaging it;
- cook peg or spatula.
After preparation, you can proceed to diving pepper:- fill the glass on ¾ with earth, slightly condense and make a small depression, pour;
- release the seedlings from the earthy coma and pinch off some lateral roots so that the pepper takes additional roots better;
- put in the recess so that the roots are looking down and evenly spaced in the hole;
- sprinkle with earth and press fingers around the plant;
- pour room water into which to add any biostimulant;
- Picked seedlings should be placed in a warm, darkened place for 2 days.
Outdoor culture care
When it gets warmer outside, care must be taken to plant the peppers in open ground. It is worth doing May 20-30. It is possible to land earlier, only it is necessary to take care of protection against possible frosts.
But the late planting may have a bad effect on the development of the plant, because the pepper will not have time to gain the full power of growth.
Peppers need to plant no closer than 50 cm from each other, because the bushes in this variety grow quite voluminous. 
Watering and feeding
Very often, watering plants is not necessary. It is worth taking care of watering on dry days and during fertilization. At this time, you need to water abundantly and quite often.
At other times, pepper is watered 2 times a week: at room root with water. When the bloom appears and the ovary begins, watering becomes a little more frequent up to 3 times a week.
Did you know? Pepper at first after planting in the open ground is a little faded, but do not worry - this is its normal state. It is very important during this period not to panic and not to fill it with water. - it will take some time, and pepper will gain strength and restore its former healthy appearance.
Feed the plant during the growing season must be at least 3 times.
Mixture for feeding can be prepared by yourself, for this you need to use:
- a barrel of water;
- mullein bucket;
- per eye: nettle, coltsfoot, dandelions, wood lice;
- 12 tbsp. l ash.
Soil care
Care for the soil should be carried out continuously, before the landing of the pepper, it should be dug up and quite loose. The soil must be fertilized a year before the landing of the pepper.
To this end, organic fertilizers are applied in the fall, such as manure or compost - at the rate of 5 kg per 1 sq. Km. m, and mineral - 50 g of phosphate and 50 g of potash per 1 square. m. under the digging. Ammonium nitrate is added in the spring - 40 g per 1 square meter. m. in the top layer of soil.
A week before transplanting, take care of the soil disinfection, for this you need to dissolve the water in the bucket of water. l copper sulfate. This mixture is to treat the area on which the plants will be planted. 
Garter and weeding
If the pepper is properly planted, it will not need an additional garter. If you notice that the plant does not cope with the weight of the fruit, it is necessary to tie up the plant.
For this you need to organize support. It is important to make a garter very carefully, as the plant is considered to be rather fragile and brittle, despite its large dimensions.
To maintain good conditions for the development of pepper, it is necessary to constantly take care of the soil to shatter near the bushes in order to provide them with additional access of oxygen. 
It is recommended to cultivate the soil after each watering of plants. Also an important element of soil care is getting rid of weeds that interfere with the normal growth of pepper.
The advantages of the variety
The advantages of the variety "Bogatyr" include:
- Good transportability.
- Resistance to temperature changes.
- It can be grown on open ground as well as closed.
- It has a high yield.
- Excellent taste.
- Pepper is rich in vitamins and trace elements.
- Preserves nutrients even after heat treatment.
- Normally suffers a lack of lighting.
