Horticulture :: Vegetable Crops :: Paprika

Horticulture :: Vegetable Crops :: Paprika
Paprika (Capsicum annum var. longum) Solanaceae Varieties KTPL-19, Byadagi Kaddi Soil Well-drained sandy loam or clay saline free soil is preferable. It can be grown on any fertile well-drained soil suitable for chillies cultivation with pH 6.5 - 7.0. Season of sowing June - July. Seed rate 500 g/ha. Spacing 60 x 45 cm Nursery Prepare 10 - 12 beds of 7 m long 1.2 m wide and 15 cm height and sow the seeds in rows 10 cm apart on 0.5 cm deep. Apply 15 - 20 kg well decomposed compost and 500 g of 15:15:15 NPK complex fertilizer to each bed 15 to 20 days before sowing. Transplanting Healthy seedlings may be transplanted at a spacing of 45 cm apart. Application of fertilizers Apply FYM 20 - 25 tonnes / ha, 60, 100 and 60 kg NPK / ha as basal, 20 kg N and 20 kg K three weeks after transplanting and 40 kg N and 40 kg K / ha six weeks after transplanting as top dressing. Diseases Anthracnose Spray Mancozeb 2 g/l. Fruit rot Spray Copper oxychloride @ 2.5 g/l. Powdery mildew Spray Wettable sulphur @ 0.3%. Paprika Seeds Yield 25 - 35 t/ha