Feeding pepper with ammonia: is it possible to water from aphids, how to handle it correctly

To pour the pepper, ammonia is often used due to the huge amount of nitrogen in alcohol (82%). Plants obtain nitrogen by feeding on nitrates. The roots can absorb nitrogen from manure, chicken manure. Ammonia is a compound of ammonia with water, that is, ammonium nitrate.

Why peppers need nitrogen

Pepper bushes intensively absorb nitrates, which are then converted into nitrogen. Crops need nitrogen for intensive growth, green growth, chlorophyll production, it affects the flowering of bushes, that is, the quality of grown fruits.

Ammonia is not absorbed by the bushes very willingly, therefore ammonia is advised to be used by novice gardeners - when pepper is fed with ammonia, the bushes will not be oversaturated with nitrogen.

Ammonia is an essential intermediate that occurs in the natural nitrogen cycle. Nitrogen is partially converted to ammonium simply in the open air, if there is moisture, without the help of any microorganisms. Because of this, fertilize crops with ammonia - this can be more effective than using organics, since intense soil biosynthesis is required to obtain nitrates from organics.

A small area that is heavily used usually has few micro-organisms in the ground. In this case, it is difficult for peppers to extract nitrogen from the soil, even if fertilizers are applied. You can change the composition of the earth by introducing humus, but this takes quite a lot of time and money. Treat the peppers with ammonia, which will help the culture avoid stress, take root and give abundant harvests, and many parasites will not appear on the site due to the use of fertilizers.

Ammonium is an alkali. Because of this, ammonia fertilizer, along with organic fertilization, prevents the appearance of land with acidic characteristics. Lime is added to the ground only if the soil has become acidic.

Precautions

Ammonia is toxic. A person inhales vapors, and ammonia can also enter the body through the mucous membranes and skin. That is, when you decide to feed the peppers with ammonia, wear latex gloves, a plastic apron, a respiratory protection respirator, glasses, and a plastic cap. If there are any signs of poisoning (nausea, vomiting), drink warm milk and call an ambulance.

In addition, ammonia vapor can damage various coatings, lead to a change in the color of the wire insulation, and the appearance of cracks in the insulation. Apply ammonia should be very careful. Use it in a greenhouse in the summer when the weather is warm, with the frames slightly open.

Ammonia as top dressing

Water or spray crops, making a working solution. First, ammonia is diluted in water in a certain concentration, then the composition should stand for several minutes. Then it is poured under the root or on the leaves.

There are four options for the composition of top dressing:

If you just want to feed the peppers, then pour in 3 tbsp. spoons of 25% ammonia solution in a ten-liter bucket of water. Pour under the roots of the peppers.
To spray the bushes, pour 50 ml of the same composition into a ten-liter bucket of water.
To feed newly emerged seedlings, pour 1 teaspoon of ammonia (25%) in 1 liter of water.
The maximum dose for urgent watering of peppers when a lack of nitrogen is detected -1 tbsp. a spoonful of 25% ammonia solution in 1 liter of water.

Signs of nitrogen deficiency:

leaves turn pale, turn yellow;
leaves grow slowly, small size;
growth stops;
no inflorescences appear;
thin and brittle stems.

Already 3 - 4 days after watering the land with this fertilizer, changes can be detected: the foliage becomes bright green, he althy and juicy. This is due to the saturation of the bushes with nitrogen and oxygen, photosynthesis becomes more intense, the nutrition of the crop improves.

How to water pepper seedlings with ammonia

Containers in which seeds are sown and seedlings dive are washed with a solution of ammonia - this will prevent the appearance of ants and wasps, and prevent the occurrence of diseases.

14 days after picking seedlings or after the appearance of the fourth true leaf, make a solution of 1 teaspoon of 25% ammonia and 1 liter of water. You can do the processing of seedlings by pouring the composition under the root.

Seedlings are watered from a watering can without a sprinkler. This is done by pouring a jet only under the roots, trying not to get on the leaves. To prevent burns on the plants, spray the seedlings with a misty jet of water after ammonia.

Feeding under the root and spraying on the leaves of the planted pepper

Pour in 3 tbsp. spoons of 25% solution in a ten-liter bucket of water, water the seedlings under the root 3 - 4 days after planting the bushes on the site.

When inflorescences are formed, spray the bushes by pouring 50 ml of 25% ammonia solution into a ten-liter bucket of pure water. Since ammonia is a volatile compound, spray the bushes with a watering can, which gives trickles with visible spray. This is done in the evening after watering or in cloudy weather. You can spray in the morning as soon as the sun rises. To spray large areas, switch the sprayer from fog mode to spray mode.

Ammonia from harmful insects

If the culture was attacked by a weevil, then dilute 50 ml of a 25% solution in a ten-liter bucket of water. You can water the Bulgarian pepper under the root every week, until the parasites are completely eliminated.

If the seedlings standing in the house are affected by fruit flies, pour once with a solution of 1 teaspoon of ammonia (25%) in 1 liter of pure water.

When wireworm is found on peppers, pour 10 ml of 25% ammonia solution into a ten-liter bucket of water. Pour 0.5 liters per bush.

If aphids attacked the plantings, then use ammonia from aphids - make the same solution as for wasps and ants, with soap. You can process peppers 1 time. Grate 100 - 200 g of laundry soap (72%). Pour the grated soap into 1 liter of boiling water. Then pour the resulting soap solution in a thin stream into a bucket of plain water, stir until bubbles form.Pour 50 ml of a 25% solution of ammonia there. Spray the peppers - the aphids will die. The composition repels ants and wasps. If plants are still infested with aphids, repeat spraying after 14 days, again applying aphid ammonia until all aphids are dead.

The advantage of ammonia as a remedy for pests is that it absolutely does not pass through plant cells. But if, for example, aphids attacked plants at the fruiting stage, and you sprayed the bushes, then they must be thoroughly washed before using the treated peppers.

When feeding peppers with ammonia, do not forget about precautions. If you miscalculate the required dose, you can harm the crop, which will further affect the foliage and vegetables. If the dose of ammonia is too high, the peppers will get a watery taste and will not have the characteristic aroma of ripe fruits. Excessive application of ammonia will adversely affect the he alth of the person who will eat the pepper.

It is possible and necessary to fertilize the culture with ammonia. But remember that it is necessary to correctly calculate the dose of ammonia, taking into account the abundance of flowering, the size and age of the crop.