Pepper Gift of Moldova: characteristics and description of a sweet variety with a photo

Today I will tell you about a very wonderful pepper "Gift of Moldova". It is quite popular among gardeners of the Russian Federation and, if you are not yet familiar with this pepper, then after reading the information below, you may want to start growing it in your garden. And this will be the right decision, because this pepper has much more advantages than disadvantages.

Below I have given all the most useful information about the pepper, including reviews, photos and advice from experienced gardeners. All this information will allow you to unambiguously determine the part of its cultivation in your area.

Pepper Gift of Moldova: characteristics

Sweet pepper Gift of Moldova belongs to the category of mid-season crops. Fruiting begins after 119-125 days. Plants are characterized by semi-staff growth, bushy form.
The height of the bush is at the level of 45-60 cm. The stems are compact, not spreading, they can do without a garter and pinching.

Pepper, a gift from Moldova for seedlings, is sown 60-70 days before the date of the planned transplant. The variety is cultivated in the future in greenhouses and in open areas. The territory covers not only the south (Crimea, Kuban), but also the northern regions in the zone of Siberia and the Far East.

Acidified soils are not suitable for peppers. The earth is alkalized in the fall. The procedure is performed once every 4-5 years. Introduce 1 m2 to 600-700 g of lime or dolomite. The culture is planted after nightshade species - tomatoes, potatoes.

Distinctive features of the fruit:

• average weight 50-100 g;
• length 7-10 cm;
• the width at the stalk is 4-5 cm;
• the pericarp is moderately juicy, dense, crispy, 5-6 mm thick;
• sweetness is expressed in the taste;
• rich peppery aroma.

Lined peppers are stuffed, used in salads. For soups and side dishes, they are boiled, fried, baked.

Pepper producer Moldavian Research Institute characterizes the variety as medium early, provided it is cultivated in protected beds. The vegetable is resistant to temperature extremes, fluctuations in humidity.

The general characteristics and description of the variety consist in the following facts that are important for regulars of summer cottages and inveterate fans of gardening. Moldovan sweet pepper variety:

• mid-season;
• half-stem;
• undersized.

Sweet fruits reach their peak ripeness in 110-120 days, fluffy bushes surprise with their compact size, the average height of the stems is 40 cm. The sweet pepper variety Gift of Moldova is hardy, withstands many diseases and climatic changes.

Pepper Gift of Moldova photo

From the name it is already obvious where this variety of sweet pepper came to us. Pepper A gift from Moldova has conquered the Far Eastern and Siberian regions for several decades.

Experienced summer residents compare the fruits of the variety with hybrid companions. This is because the sweet pepper “Gift of Moldova” is distinguished by its large fruits and high yield.

The plant is quite resistant to temperature changes and variable air humidity. A little more maintenance will be required during the flowering period. However, if at this stage the basic recommendations are followed, the culture will please with the abundant formation of ovaries on the bushes.

People who seek to eat their own grown vegetables are cultivating culture on the windowsills in the apartment.For this, you can use a deep container. Even in such conditions, it is possible to enjoy a healthy crop.

Another interesting fact is that scientists compare sweet peppers with chocolate in their ability to provoke a surge of the hormone of joy in the human body. Therefore, this vegetable should definitely be included in the menu in order to energize and cheer up.

The main qualities of the Moldova Gift pepper are determined by its ripening period. The culture belongs to varieties with an average ripening period. Vegetables are very popular due to their convenient form.

Fruits of the Podarok Moldova variety are excellent for stuffing. The first ripe peppers can be harvested as early as July. Until the end, the vegetables ripen about four to five months after the seedlings are planted in an open area.

Another distinctive quality of the variety is that the peppers are suitable for storage and long-term transportation. This is what makes it possible to grow vegetables on an industrial scale.

pepper Gift of Moldova

Unlike many other popular varieties, the bushes of the Gift of Moldova are not large in size and grow up to half a meter in height, and no more than forty centimeters in diameter. The plant develops strong roots during growth and a strong stem.

The bushes are strong and resilient in order to be able to support a large amount of vegetables until they are fully ripe. Many ovaries are formed on the plants of the Podarok Moldova variety. The bushes are covered with foliage of medium size, rich green color.

The peppers hang down on the plant. Vegetables are elongated, resembling a cone. In length, the fruits reach ten centimeters. The width of the vegetables at the base is about five centimeters.

Fruit weight can reach one hundred grams. At an early stage of maturity, vegetables are greenish in color. Reaching full ripeness, it changes to red. The vegetables are covered with an elastic skin, under which there is a juicy pulp.

The wall thickness of the fruit is about half a centimeter. The distinctive features of the variety can be safely attributed to the taste of vegetables. These peppers are great for fresh consumption. They can be added to a salad or appetizer.

Sweet pepper variety "Gift of Moldova" is used for the preparation of canned preparations.

Important advice for summer residents. Sour soils are not the best for growing peppers of the Podarok Moldova variety. Therefore, if this is the type of soil on your site, you need to do the preparatory work in advance. Lime additives will need to be added.

Pepper variety Gift of Moldova has been tested over the years and is one of the most popular varieties for cultivation in moderately warm climates. Refers to mid-season varieties and the first fruits can be harvested from the beds after 125-135 days from the moment of emergence. The bushes grow rather compact, spreading, reaching a height of no more than half a meter.

Hanging fruits. They differ in their small size: their weight, on average, is about 80 -100 g. The skin is rather thin, red in color when fully ripe, and when technically it is light green. The pulp of the fruit is firm, very juicy with a sweet taste. Ripe peppers are perfect both for fresh consumption and for winter preservation. In fact, they are universal.

Pepper seeds Gift of Moldova

Gardeners note that the plant is very unpretentious to care for, however, it must be timely and regular. In this case, from 1 sq. m you can collect up to 7-8 kg of fruit. The variety has been enjoying well-deserved popularity for several years, since it is practically in no way inferior to modern hybrid varieties. It takes root well not only in greenhouses, but also in the open field.

The variety was bred in the Moldavian Research Institute. For more than forty years, they began to grow it throughout Russia. Gardeners claim that the Gift of Moldova is not inferior to many hybrids bred in the modern world.

• Suitable for indoor and outdoor cultivation.
• It has a medium early ripening period. In the middle of summer, the fruits are already at the stage of technical maturity. Biological maturity occurs 125-135 days after seed germination.
• Standard type of bush. The plant is compact, low, grows up to 50 cm in height, spreads up to 38 cm in diameter.
• It has a well-developed root system, the stem is elastic, calmly withstands heavy loads without support.
• Many ovaries are formed and have short internodes.
• Leaves are few, they are medium in size and bright green in color.
• The yield is high. From 1 square meter of planting, you can get up to 8 kg of ripe vegetables, 1 bush gives up to 9 fruits.
• Fruiting lasts for several weeks. During the season, one bush bears fruit up to 5 times.

• The variety is resistant to adverse weather conditions and fluctuations in humidity. For the formation of more ovaries, it is necessary to devote a little more time to the plants during their flowering.

• The fruits are even in the form of a cone, they grow up to 10 cm in length, the diameter at the stalk is 4-5 cm.
• The weight of the fruits is 50-100 g, most often their weight reaches 70 g.
• They have a light green color at the stage of technical ripeness, at biological maturity they become bright red.
• The skin is dense, thin.
• The pulp is juicy, up to 5-6mm in thickness.
• Possesses excellent taste.
• Stores well in a cool place.
• Resistant to long-term transportation.

Plant care tips

Bell pepper A gift from Moldova is not least appreciated for its unpretentious care. Nevertheless, it is impossible to do without it at all. There are some nuances and agronomic techniques that help to increase the yield.

It goes without saying that the bed must be kept in proper shape. It is weeded regularly and at least 4–5 times per season is loosened to a depth of 5–6 cm. Ideally, this should be done after each watering in order to improve soil aeration and avoid the formation of a hard crust on its surface.

The greenhouse must be regularly ventilated, too humid stale air is the optimal environment for the development of many pathogenic fungi and pests. In extreme heat, the temperature in the greenhouse can be slightly reduced by spraying its glass from the inside with a solution of slaked lime.

Some gardeners believe that as soon as the fruit ovaries appear, a significant part of the leaves must be torn off so that the peppers get more nutrients. But agronomists do not recommend this. But the fruits must be removed on time - this stimulates the appearance of new ovaries. Ripe peppers are cut with sharp scissors or a knife. You cannot pull or twist the stalk, try to pull it out.

The Gift of Moldova is not self-pollinated, therefore during flowering it is necessary to attract insects to it. To do this, the flowers are sprayed with sugar syrup or honey diluted with water. During flowering, the use of any insecticides is strictly prohibited - the "poisonous" buds of bees will simply not pollinate.

You need to attract bees and other insects to the flowering pepper Gift of Moldova, or manually pollinate the plants

Like any pepper, the Gift of Moldova needs regular watering for the fruits to be juicy. It also does not tolerate low air humidity, reacting to this by dropping buds and fruit ovaries.

Water is used only settled and warm. When grown in a greenhouse, you can place containers directly in it. Then the water will definitely warm up enough in a day. The optimal time for the procedure is in the evening after sunset. If the weather is dry and hot, the plants are watered every 3-4 days.About 12-15 days before the harvest ripens, watering is stopped so that the pulp is not watery and tasteless.

Any bell pepper loves water very much, with its deficiency, the pulp of the fruits will definitely not be juicy

It is undesirable to pour water at the very root so as not to wash off the soil. The most suitable method is sprinkling or drip irrigation. In the absence of technical feasibility, water is simply poured into the furrows between the rows or into the annular grooves. To retain moisture in the soil, it is mulched with peat chips or humus. This same procedure can save you time on weeding.

Ripening a large number of large fruits takes a lot of energy from the plant. Therefore, the Gift of Moldova needs additional feeding. The most essential macronutrient for it is potassium. At the same time, the variety has a negative attitude to an excess of fertilizers, so you should not exceed the recommended concentration. Usually, three feedings per season are enough for him. Each time, about 30-40 minutes before the procedure, the plants are watered abundantly so as not to burn the roots.

The first time fertilizers are applied 14-18 days after the transfer of seedlings to open ground. This is the only case when it is possible to use nitrogen fertilizers, contributing to the intensive growth of green mass. Their further use will lead to the fact that the bush will begin to "fatten". All his strength will be spent on feeding the leaves, the fruit ovaries will not get anything. Top dressing is preferably applied in liquid form. To do this, dissolve 10-15 g of carbamide, ammonium sulfate in 10 liters of water. Since the Gift of Moldova reacts very well to natural organics, you can use an infusion of fresh cow dung, nettle leaves, dandelion. The rate for one plant is about 1 liter.

Infusion of nettle leaves, dandelion (in principle, you can use any weeds) - a natural source of nitrogen

The second top dressing is applied three weeks after the first, the third - about 18–20 days before the first fruits ripen. The solution is prepared by dissolving 15–20 g of simple superphosphate or potassium sulfate in 10 liters of water. The natural source of these macronutrients is wood ash. To prepare the infusion, 0.5 liters of raw materials are poured into 3 liters of boiling water. You can also use complex mineral fertilizers (Kemira-Lux, Zdraven, Agricola, and so on).

When the fruits begin to ripen, the Gift of Moldova needs phosphorus and especially potassium, these macronutrients are in the composition of any complex fertilizer for Solanaceae

Pepper Gift of Moldova is distinguished by good immunity, however, if the summer is damp and cool, fungal diseases, primarily rot, can develop. In the affected plants, the base of the stem turns black and "wet", "wet" brownish spots spread on the leaves and fruits.

In the development of rot of bell pepper, the gardener himself is often to blame, too often and / or watering the plants abundantly

Pepper can be saved only at the earliest stages of the development of the disease. If it has gone too far, the plant can only be removed from the garden as soon as possible and burned, thus destroying the source of the infection. When the disease is noticed at the right time, fungicide treatment helps. First, you need to cut off all even slightly affected parts of the plant. Of the copper-containing preparations, the most common are copper sulfate and Bordeaux liquid, but other modern means can also be used (Horus, Topaz, Kuprozan, Skor). Plants and soil are sprayed 3-4 times with an interval of 5-7 days. Water for irrigation for 2-3 weeks can be replaced with a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate.

Bordeaux liquid is one of the most common fungicides, but there are many more modern preparations.

Of the pests, aphids and slugs are the most dangerous for him. In general, aphids are one of the most "universal" garden pests. Whole colonies of small greenish-yellow or black-brown insects stick around fruit ovaries, buds, tips of shoots, young leaves. Aphids feed on plant sap, so the affected parts are deformed, dry up, and fall off.

Aphids are distinguished by their rare "omnivorous", they also do not bypass bell peppers.

For prevention, any sharply smelling infusions are quite enough. Plants are sprayed every 4–5 days. Arrows of onions or garlic, orange peel, tobacco crumbs, mustard powder, wormwood, marigolds, tomato tops and so on are used as raw materials. The same remedy can help if there are still few pests. The frequency of treatments is increased up to 3-4 times a day. In the absence of an effect, insecticides are used - Aktellik, Aktaru, Inta-Vir, Confidor, Iskra-Bio and so on. Usually 2-3 sprays are enough with an interval of 4-6 days. It is forbidden to use any insecticides (even of biological origin) during flowering and 20 days before the start of fruiting.

Slugs feed on the pulp of the fruit, eating through passages in it. A sticky silvery coating remains on the surface of the pepper. Pests do not have any natural protection, so you can protect the plantings by surrounding the plants with a ring of sand, pine needles, sawdust, ground eggshell. Traps also give a good effect - containers dug into the ground filled with sugar syrup, beer, pieces of cabbage or potatoes. The speed of movement and the ability to disguise slugs do not differ, so they can be easily collected by hand. Early morning is best suited for this - pests are least active at this time.

Slugs eat pepper leaves and make through passages in fruits

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Possible problems, disadvantages

The gift from Moldova has many positive qualities, thanks to which it has established itself among gardeners:

1. Versatility in cooking. The fruits are eaten fresh, added to salads, main dishes and canned.
2. Good transportability and attractive type of vegetables. Strong and elastic pulp allows the variety to be transported over long distances without losing its presentation.
3. Compact size of bushes that do not require garters, pinching, pruning and shaping.
4. High seed germination (more than 80%) and the ability to use planting material harvested from their own harvest.
5. Ease of maintenance.
6. Adaptation to various climatic conditions (temperate latitudes, the Volga region and the Far East region).
7. Immunity to major diseases.

Among the shortcomings of the culture, the instability to sharp temperature fluctuations and the relatively thin walls of the fruits are noted.

Pepper Gift of Moldova has the following positive qualities:

• It has a beautiful and even fruit shape.
• Mid-early ripening period.
• High productivity.
• Stable fruiting.
• Unpretentious care.
• Resistant to adverse weather conditions.
• Stores well and can be transported over long distances.
• Possesses excellent taste.
• Resistant to fusarium wilt.

The disadvantages include the following:

• Thin flesh compared to modern hybrids.

Pros:

• leveled homogeneous yields;
• stable productivity;
• excellent marketability and taste indicators;
• unpretentious care;
• resistance to a complex of infections (fusarium, verticillosis);
• good keeping quality and safety on the bushes before harvesting;
• endurance to bad weather;
• transportability.

Minuses:

• the average thickness of the pericarp (and thick-walled varieties are held in high esteem among farmers).

Reading various reviews on thematic forums, pages of magazines for gardening enthusiasts, you may come across some negative opinions based on the fact that:

• the seeds did not sprout;
• bitterness is present in the taste;
• fruits are small, tasteless.

Incidents occur with improper care, lack of fertilizers and regular watering. Moldova's gift is an unpretentious variety, but it also needs care from gardeners.

Using

The "Gift of Moldova" fruits are strong enough, which is good for long-distance transportation. Pepper contains a lot of vitamins, microelements, therefore, various salads are prepared with it, in which vegetables are not heat-treated. Pepper is used for preparing a wide variety of dishes, canning, or freezing.

Advice. To test the germination of pepper seeds, place them in a cup of water. After a while, those seeds that drown are suitable for sowing. The seeds floating on the surface are empty and can be thrown away.

Pros and cons of the variety

Since the variety “Gift of Moldova” has long become an integral part of many garden plots, it can be concluded that the benefits of these vegetables helped to win the love of summer residents for a long time. Let's take a look at what exactly these plants stand out among the many varieties.

• The correct form of vegetables.
• Average ripening period.
• Regular fruiting of the culture.
• High productivity.
• Unpretentious nature of culture and high persistent qualities.
• Persistent qualities against fungal diseases.
• Well tolerates long-term storage and transportation.
• Suitable for commercial cultivation.

Along with a large list of advantages of the variety, it is necessary to say about some of the existing disadvantages. Peppers Gift of Moldova lose to their hybrid counterparts in the thickness of the walls of vegetables. The plant is quite thermophilic and requires some control from the summer resident during growth.

Important advice for gardeners. Beginners may not know that tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants will become unfavorable predecessors for peppers. In short, all plants are from the same family.

Description of the characteristics of the fetus

If we talk about the thickness of the fruit wall, then probably there are quite a few knowledgeable vegetable growers who will "twist their nose" and argue that its walls are thin. Yes, the wall thickness is 4 - 6 mm, of course, there are thicker ones, but the ideal leveled cone is suitable both for stuffing and for cooking other dishes where the shape plays a major role. The size of a mature cone reaches 10 cm, and its weight is almost 70 g. Fruits in technical ripeness are green, light green, but full ripeness will delight us with bright red, beautiful, even fruits. The pulp of the fruit is red, juicy, and even the juice of the pepper is bright red. Cooking it with snow-white cabbage, he easily paints his partner in pink tones.

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The taste of the fruit is simply excellent. The pleasant "grumpy", juicy pulp has a pronounced sweetness and a delicate, barely perceptible peppery smell.

The seed box of the pepper is even and smooth, this is the quality that attracts culinary experts who use peppers for stuffing.

Growing features

Pepper Gift of Moldova is grown by the seedling method. For cultivating the variety in greenhouses, sowing seeds is carried out in February. For planting seedlings in open ground, the seed is sown in early March. In 30-45 days, the seedlings will fully grow stronger and the growing season will begin in a permanent place. If shoots appear in early March, the first fruits can be plucked from the bushes at the end of June.

Seedlings of this variety quickly rise up and grow to the sides, therefore, individual pots must be placed with a small distance from each other so that the plant has room for development. Special seedling cassettes are well suited for this.

• Land for sowing seeds can be purchased ready-made in a garden store or made yourself.
• The soil should be loose and nutritious.
• It is recommended to add sand, humus or peat to clay soil.
• More humus is added to the sandy soil.

This pepper can be grown from self-harvested seeds.

• The inoculum is disinfected before the procedure by lowering a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 30 minutes.
• To accelerate seed germination, they are soaked in clean water for 12 hours.
• Then they are dried and immediately sown into the ground, deepening by 1.5-2 cm.
• Fortified sprouts should be kept in a room with an air temperature of 23-25 ​​degrees.
• If the seeds were sown in a common container, a pick is carried out into separate cups, when 2-3 true leaves appear on the seedlings.
• Water the seedlings sparingly, avoiding waterlogging, otherwise the seedlings may get sick with a black leg.
• For February sowing, it is necessary to arrange additional illumination so that the seedlings receive daylight for 14 hours.
• The first feeding is carried out when a couple of real leaves appear on the plants. For this, 0.5 g of ammonium nitrate, 1 g of potassium sulfate, 3 g of superphosphate are diluted in 1 liter of water and each plant is watered with 100 ml.
• After 14 days, a second fertilizer is applied, increasing the dosage by 2 times.
• When 8-9 leaves are already formed on the seedlings, they must be hardened. To do this, seedlings are alternately left in the shade, then in sunlight.
• A transplant to a permanent place is carried out when the seedlings grow in height up to 18-20 cm. This procedure occurs in May or June, depending on the weather conditions in the region.

A place for planting peppers must be prepared in advance in the fall. The earth is well dug up and 1 square meter of area is brought in:

• 5 kg of humus;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate;
• 3 tbsp. tablespoons of wood flour.

In the spring, the soil is loosened and fertilizers are scattered again:

• 1.5 st. spoons of phosphate and potassium dressings;
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of nitrogen dressings.

Seedlings are planted in a permanent place according to the scheme 50 x 40x30 cm, burying them into the soil to the level of the cotyledon leaves.

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If you have chosen for planting a pepper of the Podarok Moldova variety, then before you start preparing seeds, you need to decide on the cultivation method: in open / closed ground. If you chose the first option, then you should start sowing in the last days of the first spring month. If the second, start sowing in February.

Be serious about choosing a suitable planting site and soil. Special requirements are imposed on it:

• the soil should be loose and light;
• the site for planting must have very fertile soil;
• the soil should freely pass air and moisture;
• if you plan to plant pepper on heavy / clay soil, loam, etc., it is imperative to add organic fertilizers and sand.

In addition, planting seeds for seedlings should also be carried out in a special way. The fact is that young shoots of this variety do not tolerate picking quite well. Therefore, it is better to plant seeds immediately in separate small containers with peat (peat pots) or tablets. Also, in the place / room where the pepper seedlings will be located, there should be a consistently high air temperature - about 25 degrees and a sufficient amount of sunlight.

Pepper variety Gift of Moldova

Do not forget to periodically moisten the soil with sprouts, and when 7-9 leaves are already formed on them, start slowly hardening them, first taking them out into fresh air for 30-40 minutes. The stay of the seedlings in the open air should be extended gradually so that the delicate leaves do not get burned.When the sprouts reach 20 cm in height, you can start planting in open ground.

Planting seedlings in pre-prepared soil should be carried out not earlier than the end of May, and even better - in early June, observing the distance between the seedlings of about 40 cm, and between the rows - 0.5 m. Since the Gift of Moldova is a small variety, the distance between seedlings can be reduced.

Advice. If you plan to grow pepper in a cold region (in particular, this applies to Siberia and the middle lane), then it is advisable to form a high ridge when planting seedlings - this will keep the soil warm, so necessary for a young plant.

As for caring for peppers, it is important to follow three simple rules:

1. Water the beds with pepper regularly. This variety loves moisture very much, so watering should be frequent, abundant and regular. You can add the next portion of water when the topmost layer of the soil dries up.
2. Do not overdo it with feeding. But the variety does not really like feeding, so their number should not exceed 3 times for the entire growing season. The best fertilizer for pepper is slurry diluted with water (1:10). Be sure to slightly moisten the soil before feeding to prevent root burns.
3. Control the development of shoots. Be sure to monitor the development of lateral shoots and remove them if overgrowing (especially if they reach the main stem along the length). In general, the plant is small, so often you will not need to do this.

This concludes our acquaintance with the Podarok Moldova pepper variety. As you can see, caring for it is quite simple, and the plant itself has excellent characteristics. Take the risk of planting it in your lot and you won't regret it. Good luck!

Diseases and pests

With proper care and non-thickened plantings, the plant rarely infects diseases. But they often spread in bad weather. In order to identify diseases in time, it is worth regularly examining sweet peppers.

The culture is susceptible to such diseases:

• gray, white and black rot;
• black, bronze, brown spots.

For their treatment, fungicides are used. The required dose is determined according to the instructions of the drug. The affected areas of the pepper are burned or buried. Sometimes you have to remove an entire bush.

Also, the Gift of Moldova is affected by such pests as aphids, spider mites and slugs. They are fought with using an infusion of garlic: 1.5-2 cups of crushed product is poured with hot water, the volume is brought to 10 liters, filtered. Processing is carried out at least 2 times with an interval of a week. Can be sprayed with insecticides.

Growing seedlings

If you plan to cultivate peppers in a greenhouse, seedlings are sown in February, if outdoors, at the end of March. The term for growing seedlings is about 1.5 months.

It is advisable to plant seeds immediately in separate containers. The culture is hard to tolerate picking and any transplant, so these procedures are performed carefully.

Seedlings are provided with a sufficient amount of sunlight - at least 14 hours a day. When the first leaves appear, the plants are fed with a mixture of:

• 3 g superphosphate;
• 1 g potassium sulfate;
• 0.5 g of ammonium nitrate;
• 1 liter of water.

This solution is poured over the sprouts, 100 ml for each.

After the appearance of 4–8 leaves, the seedlings are hardened by taking them out into the open air. Starting from 20 minutes, the time is gradually increased to 2 hours.

Peppers dive into open ground in early June, when the threat of night frosts has passed and the ground has warmed up enough; to the greenhouse - at the beginning of May.

For a successful harvest, summer residents must comply with the prevailing standards of care, the basic rules of competent cultivation are that the Gift of Moldova is necessary:

1. Water regularly, the Moldovan variety is very sensitive to moisture.
2. For a good future harvest of the Moldovan variety, soil moisture should be frequent and abundant.
3. You can control the amount of fertilizers used, you can fertilize the bushes only 2-4 times during the entire period of its growth.
4. Use manure diluted with liquid as a top dressing.

1. Before the fertilization procedure, it is advisable to thoroughly moisten the soil to avoid scalding the root system.
2. Remove side shoots if their development is overly active.
3. Remove growing weeds from a plot of land, gently loosen the soil, allowing oxygen to reach the roots.

When harvesting, you cannot pull out the fruits of the Moldavian variety with a rough inversion of the delicate footboard, it is better to cut off the peppers with the edge of a knife.

Peppers Gift of Moldova is recommended to be grown using seedlings. In order to know when it is necessary to sow pepper seeds Gift of Moldova, the gardener needs to decide how the peppers will grow, in a greenhouse or in an open area.

In the first case, the seeds must be sown in February, and in the second, at the beginning of spring. It will take about a month and a half to grow good seedlings. If the first shoots appeared at the beginning of spring, then, most likely, at the end of June the plant will delight you with ripe peppers.

Preparation of soil and containers

If this is your first time growing seedlings of peppers "Gift of Moldova", then keep in mind that the emerged seedlings are actively developing in width. For this reason, the seedling containers should not stand too close to each other for the plants to grow comfortably. It is recommended to use specialized cassettes.

• You can buy potting soil at your local specialty store or make your own. The main condition is its capacity for air and moisture.
• If the soil is clay, it must be diluted with sand or organic matter.
• If the soil is sandy, you need to add a large amount of organic matter.

Sowing

Quite often, summer residents use seeds harvested from the last crop harvest.

• Such material needs additional preparation. It is necessary to soak the seeds for half an hour in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.
• To stimulate seed growth, they must be soaked in water for twelve hours.
• After all the preparatory measures, the seeds must be dried and immediately sown into the ground to a depth of about two centimeters.

Care activities

Young plants must be kept in a room with a temperature regime of about twenty-five degrees.

• In the event that the seeds were originally sown in a common container, they must be planted in individual containers during the period when three leaves appear on the stems.
• Excess moisture can have a detrimental effect on seedlings, so you need to water the plant as needed.
• If you started growing seedlings at the end of winter, then you need to take care of additional lighting of the plants. For normal development, peppers need fourteen - hour daylight hours.
• The first time to feed the seedlings is necessary during the formation of the first leaves. For this, a mixture of ammonium nitrate, potassium and superphosphate fertilizers diluted with water is used.
• After a couple of weeks, the feeding procedure is repeated. The volume of fertilizers used is doubled.

Formed plants must be hardened before planting on the site. So the culture will be able to quickly adapt to the climatic conditions of your region. Seedling containers should be transferred to the shade and then returned to sunlight.

Sweet pepper Gift of Moldova photo

By the time the seedlings need to be transplanted to a permanent place, the bushes can reach twenty centimeters in height. The transplant is carried out in late spring or early summer, based on climatic conditions.

Keep in mind that the culture is thermophilic and develops correctly only at positive temperatures. It is necessary to exclude the possibility of frost occurrence.

• The preparation of the site for the peppers begins in the autumn.Organic and superphosphate fertilizers are applied to the soil.
• In the spring, soil is loosened and phosphate and potash fertilizers are applied.
• If the temperature is low enough, high beds are prepared for the pepper.

The planting scheme for peppers of the Podarok Moldova variety is half a meter by forty centimeters.

How to properly water a crop

Peppers of the Podarok Moldova variety require regular and abundant watering. Therefore, this plant is especially good to grow in greenhouse conditions. It is imperative to water the crop regularly during bud formation and flowering.

During the appearance of ovaries, it is also necessary to carefully monitor so that the soil does not dry out and is saturated with moisture. It is recommended to water the plant in the evening. Loosening the soil in the morning.

You can also mulch the soil to retain moisture. For this, you can use wood ash, sawdust or dry grass. These measures will also help in the fight against weeds.

Fertilization

Like other varieties of peppers, Bulgarian Pepper Gift of Moldova needs several additional feeding during its growth. As practice shows, if these recommendations are followed, the culture gives an excellent harvest.

But each summer resident decides for himself what to use for feeding peppers. These can be organic fertilizers or specialized complexes.

• The first feeding is carried out two weeks after planting the seedlings on the site.
• The second time, the culture must be fed during the formation of the buds.
• The third time fertilization is applied during the period of ovary appearance.

How and when to plant seedlings in a permanent place

In order not to destroy the seedlings, follow the rules for planting it in an open area:

• choose a time;
• prepare the place;
• stick to the scheme.

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Optimal timing

They are planted on the Podarok Moldova site on May 10–20 in a warm climate or in the first half of June in a cool one. During this period, the air temperature is kept at + 18 ... + 19 ° С, the earth warms up, there are no frosts on the ground. At this stage, the seedlings should be about 3 months old, and their height reaches 18 cm.

Choosing a place on the site

The following requirements are imposed on the landing site for the Gift of Moldova:

• good lighting;
• lack of drafts;
• protection from the north wind in the form of a wall or tall plants;
• lack of lowlands;
• lack of groundwater;
• the absence of nightshades, other varieties of sweet or bitter peppers in the neighborhood;
• neutral soil composition, lightness and fertility;
• the presence of predecessors in the form of legumes, onions, cabbage, radishes, zucchini, carrots;
• lack of predecessors in the form of nightshades.

Important! If pepper has already grown on the site, the next time it can be planted in this place no earlier than 3 years later.

Before winter, the beds are dug up and fertilized with humus, compost, superphosphate, wood ash. In the spring they are dug up again, potash, nitrogen, phosphate fertilizers are added.

Planting scheme and depth

When planting seedlings, the following scheme is observed:

• the depth of the holes - up to the cotyledonous leaves;
• row spacing - 40 cm;
• the interval between plants is 50 cm.

Pepper Gift of Moldova: reviews of summer residents

Having collected the most informative reviews of gardeners, we presented them to you for review at the end of the article.

Galina Borisovna, Bryansk region

Anatoly Sergeevich, Astrakhan region

Victoria Petrovna, Tomsk region

Denis Vladimirovich, Moscow region

Alla Anatolyevna, Sakhalin Region

Irina Pavlovna, Moscow region

Galina Vasilievna, Sverdlovsk region

Alexey Viktorovich, Oryol region

Natalia, Bryansk region

For a long time I have been growing peppers of the Podarok Moldova variety on my site and I am very satisfied. The vegetables are juicy and tasty. I advise everyone.

Arkady, Astrakhan region

This variety is very unpretentious and resistant to pests. We grow for sale and for personal use. Really like.

What do the people who grew it write about the variety?

Tamara, Rostov-on-Don: “I always order the seeds of this pepper, although I grow mostly large thick-walled varieties. I take a gift from Moldova for my family, we use the fruits as they grow. Great seeds and peppers, looks like the photo from the package and is very tasty. "

Evgeniy, Krasnodar: “A gift from Moldova - an excellent variety for open ground. It always bears a lot, albeit not very large fruits. "

Yuri, Perm: “I advise everyone to grow this variety. It is extremely unpretentious and easy to care for, while always producing a large number of fruits with excellent taste. "

Testimonials

There are many reviews about this variety, because it has been in use by gardeners for a very long time. Here are some of these reviews:

• Victor, 36 years old: delicious pepper. I've been growing it for a couple of years now, I can't mention any minuses, except perhaps the fact that you won't store the pepper for too long and it's better to use it right away while it tastes good and looks good. Growing is very simple, almost nothing to do. The main rule is to choose the right place for the Sun to be enough. Then everything will be enough for the pepper, and it will grow at any level of care.
• Igor, 22 years old: I am still a beginner gardener and decided to try this pepper on the recommendation of a friend, she said that it is very unpretentious and there will be no problems growing it. I did not deceive! It is very simple to grow it, it bears a lot of fruits and I did not find any diseases during its cultivation. I highly recommend it to everyone, grow it and you will not regret it.

Reviews are mostly positive, there are no negative impressions from gardeners about this variety. Although, experienced gardeners advise only one thing in terms of negative aspects: do not start diseases, otherwise the plant can die very quickly.

Basic rules of care

• It is necessary to cut off the first formed flower on the bush, then a lot of fruits will form.
• It is recommended to harvest the first fruits during the technical ripeness period. This will increase the yield of the plant.

As you can see from the article, the Gift of Moldova variety is great for growing in a garden plot. And our advice will help you get a rich harvest!

Caring for the Gift of Moldova comes down to the main procedures:

• watering;
• weeding;
• top dressing.

To get beautiful and juicy fruits, it is important to provide the culture with a sufficient amount of moisture, so many grow peppers in a greenhouse, since it is easier to organize timely watering there. In the open field, special attention is paid to watering.

Pepper does not tolerate being close to other plants, so the soil is weeded regularly. The variety is fed during the growing season 2-3 times (for the first time - during budding). Use slurry mixed with water in a ratio of 1:10.

Plants do not need leaf breakage and are resistant to major diseases. To increase the number of fruits, the first flower and pods are taken from the bushes.

There are no particular difficulties in cultivating the Gift of Moldova.

Why is the variety interesting?

Unlike many other peppers, "Gift of Moldova" has the following advantages:

• It does not need special attention from the gardeners cultivating it, which makes it suitable for industrial cultivation.
• It tolerates sudden changes in weather.
• It belongs to the type of determinant, which means that it reaches a certain height and stops growing. Its growth does not need to be artificially restrained by cutting the crown off.
• It has a strong, well-developed root system and an elastic stem, due to which it withstands the weight of the fruit and does not need a garter.
• "Independent", that is, it does not require the artificial formation of a bush by cutting the leaves.

History of appearance

In 1973, breeders from the Moldavian Research Institute of Irrigated Agriculture and Vegetable Growing bred a new promising variety from two varieties of sweet pepper - "White Drop" and "Line 115/60".The newcomer was named "Gift of Moldova". It was one of the first sweet peppers to be available for retail sale in the Soviet Union.

It is unlikely that even the creators of the variety counted on such a triumph. Within a few years, "Gift of Moldova" conquered vegetable growers not only in Moldova, but also in Ukraine, Belarus and most of the regions of European Russia. He also reached Siberia, but due to climatic conditions he can grow there only in closed ground.