Is it necessary to pick peppers before transplanting?

Many beginners are faced with the following question during the growing process: do you need to pick peppers? and if necessary, how to do it correctly so as not to harm the plants?

Experienced gardeners say that a crop such as pepper does not tolerate picking well. Therefore, beginners are advised to initially sow it sparsely, so that later there is no need to disturb it. Pepper has a weak root system and is usually planted with two or three plants in one pot at a time. They are also transplanted into the ground.

Some plant several sprouted pepper seeds in small containers, and after they grow, leave 1-2 sprouts in each. After the pepper seedlings have grown stronger, the time for planting is appropriate - they are planted together with the soil in which they were germinated so as not to disturb the roots.

And yet, is it necessary to pick peppers, especially if the plantings are thickened? LIt’s best to pick peppers in their “infancy”, that is, at the stage of sprouts pipping from the cotyledons or in the phase of the second true leaf, then they may simply “not notice” the intervention; later this may be more problematic.

Pepper seedlings require very careful attitude. Apologists for its cultivation note that if you are going to pick pepper, it is important that the root in the soil does not bend or twist counterclockwise. It is the location of the root that plays the main role in further development. Otherwise, the growth of seedlings may stop.In most cases, there is no need to pinch the tip of the root, unless the time for picking the pepper was missed and the root turned out to be long and thin.

When picking, experienced gardeners advise lowering the sprout deeper into the soil, covering it with soil and pulling it out slightly. The spine will align itself into the desired position.