How to distinguish between seedlings of bitter and sweet peppers

When germinating seedlings, sometimes pieces of paper with marks are soaked or lost - the seedlings get confused, how to dive them, it becomes unclear. If the sweet pepper is on the bed next to the bitter pepper, pollination occurs, and the taste deteriorates. Several signs will help distinguish sweet pepper seedlings from bitter ones: in appearance, taste of seeds and leaves, flowering time.

Seedling appearance

The first sign indicating belonging to a particular species is the color and shape of the leaves. Hot peppers have stronger, longer, elongated leaves, while sweet peppers have lighter, wider and shorter leaf plates. This method does not always help, because when the seedlings are kept in very good conditions, the leaves of both types of pepper will be strong, strong and practically do not differ from each other.

Another sign that distinguishes spicy from sweet is the thickness of the leg. In pungent species, it is softer and longer than in sweet ones. You should pay attention to this sign before picking plants into the ground. Alas, in relation to store, and not grown independently, this method is often ineffective.

Seed taste

After the appearance of plants on them, you can most often see the remnants of the seeds from which the sprouts appeared. If you carefully remove the seed, wash and taste it, you can determine which variety the plant belongs to. A very pungent taste indicates an appropriate look.

The taste of the leaves

The taste of the leaf also helps to determine the type of pepper. Break off a small piece of a leaf and put it on your tongue, if the juice released is bitter, then the vegetable is spicy. Experienced gardeners and gardeners say that this method is the most effective.

Blooming time

The resulting flower buds also help identify the seedling species. Bitter varieties bloom earlier than sweet ones.

As practice shows, even a couple of hot pepper bushes can ruin a whole garden planted with a sweet variety. It is not easy to distinguish between them, especially in appearance: in both varieties there are nuances of "exterior", depending on the cultivation conditions and the characteristics of a particular variety.

Advice! Experienced gardeners recommend making two different greenhouses to grow the varieties separately. Another option is to cover the bitter variety with a film during flowering to avoid cross-pollination.

In southern regions, where peppers do not need a film, the distance between different varieties should be at least two to three meters, and it is better if there is a bed of tomatoes and eggplants between the peppers.