chili nursery – Gramophone

Weed Management in Chili Nursery

If weeds are not controlled at the right time, they affect the yield and quality of vegetables badly.
Weeds can cause losses of up to 50-70 percent.
Weeds affect chilli production in many ways such as infecting insect pests and fungi.
Chilli seeds should be mixed with 3 ml Pendimethalin 38.7% CS per liter water and sprayed in the soil within 72 hours of sowing.
When weeds grow from time to time, the nursery should be weed-free by hand weeding.

It is very important to keep some things in mind while sowing chilli seeds in the nursery. This produces good seedlings in the nursery.

To prepare chilli plantation, firstly sowing the seeds in 3 x 1.25 m size beds.
These beds should be raised 8-10 cm high from the ground so that seeds and plants do not rot due to water accumulation.
Add 750 gm DAP, 100 gm Incryl (seaweed, amino acids, humic acid and Mycorrhiza) and 250 gm Trichoderma viride per square meter to the soil in 150 kg FYM to increase plant growth with soil structure. and it also protects against harmful soil borne fungal diseases.
The nursery requires 60-80 grams of chilli seeds for one acre field.
Sowing seeds by making 0.5-1 cm deep drains at a distance of 5 cm in the beds.
After sowing, continue irrigating as needed.

While choosing the place for planting chilli nursery, we can get good production from its crop by keeping some things in mind.

The land should be fertile, loamy soil, weed free and have a good drainage system.
Do not choose acidic or alkaline soil.
Near the nursery should not have very large trees.
The nursery has long sunlight.
Near the nursery should have irrigation facilities.
The chosen area should be high so that water does not stay.
Do not build a nursery repeatedly in one place.

Add 750 gm DAP, 100 gm Incryl (seaweed, amino acids, humic acid, and mycorrhiza) and 250 gm Trichoderma viride per square meter to the nursery land in 150 kg of FYM.
Due to which the soil structure improves as well as the growth of the plant.
There is also protection from harmful soil-borne fungi and diseases and due to being a biological product, there is no side effect of chemicals in plants and soil.