Pepper – Growers’ Guide
Season
Can be planted in all tropical season, but do not like low temperature.
Soil
Loam, Clay loam, good irrigation, pH 5.5-7.0. To plough the soil with dry sun 7-10 days. To plough the soil deep 20 -25 cm. Additional manure rate 3.0 -4.0 ton / rai. Chemical fertilizer 15-15-15 rate 50 Kg./rai soil to cover up plot wide 80-120 cm. high 30 cm. 2 row/ plot. Use plastic or strew to cover up step end.
Agriculture
Transplanting sprout 25 days, open water in to plot, perforate on plastic space, 40-60 cm.
Fertilizer
1. With plough Fertilizer 15-15-15 rate 50 Kg.
2. After transplant 7-10 days Fertilizer 21-0-0 or 46-0-0 rate 10-20 Kg./Rai
3. After transplant 21-25 days Fertilizer 15-15-15 rate 30 Kg./Rai
4. After transplant 40 days Fertilizer 13-13-21or 15-15-15 rate 30 Kg./Rai
5. Always 10-15 days after transplant 40 days Fertilizer 13-13-21or 15-15-15 rate 30 Kg./Rai
Disease Important
1. Anthracnose spray Mancozap+Matacllic coper
2. Leaf spot # Alternaria, Cercospora
3. Curly Leaf # Virus
4. Bacterial Wilt # Bacterial
5. Scerodium Wilt # Scerodium
Insect Important: Thrips
Maturity
75-80 days
Pepper plants are treated as tender summer annuals outside their native habitat. They are propagated by planting seed directly in the field or by transplanting seedlings started in greenhouses or hotbeds after six to ten weeks.