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Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)
Solanaceae

Soil :

Well drained loamy soils rich in organic matter with pH range 6.5-7.5.

Season of sowing :

  • 1. January - February
  • 2. June - July
  • 3. September- October

Seed Rate :

            Varieties: 1.0 kg / ha.
             Hybrids: 200 - 250 g / ha.
             Nursery area: 100 sq.m / ha.

Seed Treatment

    • Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride @ 4 g / kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/ kg and sow in lines spaced at 10 cm in raised nursery beds and cover with sand.
    • Watering with rose can has to be done daily.
    • Drench the nursery with Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/l of water at 15 days interval against damping off disease. Apply Carbofuran 3 G at 10 g/sq.m. at sowing.

     

     


    Chilli seedlings in portrays
 

 

Updated on Jun, 2023
 
 
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