Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Production of Bell Peppers
General production requirements for growing bell peppers are given below:
Planting
Time
For hills is February to June
For plains is March to April
Light soils with good soil aeration
For example, red or sandy loam soils
Ideal pH is 5.5 to 6
Soil Require-
ments
Water Re-
quirements
As and when required
Water logging and over watering should be avoided
Propagation Via seeds
Seed Rate
Hybrid Cultivars 250g/Ha
Open-Pollinated Cultivars 300g/Ha
seedlings are either raised in well-prepared nursery beds or in individual
plastic trays filled with sterilized growing-media
For open field cultivation of bell peppers, seedlings may be raised in nurs-
ery beds while for greenhouse production of bell peppers, seedlings may be
raised in plastic trays filled with growing media.
Beds are with a size of 7.5m long x 1.2m wide x 15cm high; bed to bed
distance: 50 cm
Plastic trays are with cell size of 1.5" × 1.5"
Raising
of
Seedlings
Soil fertility of the beds is enhanced by adding farmyard manure and by
adding
15:15:15 mixture of NPK @ 0.5kg /bed
Nursery Bed
preparation
Row to row distance - 7.5cm
Depth of seed sowing - at least 1cm deep
Light mulching with a biodegradable material is done after seed sowing
until seed germination
Sowing of
Seeds in nurs-
ery beds
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