Latest Detailed Guide to Pepper Growing Environment Requirements

Pepper is the most widely used seasoning in all kinds of dishes. Pepper also has quite a few loyal fans. At present, the amount of pepper consumed is huge, the market has always been stable, and the profit is mainly increased through quality and yield. So many planting bases grow large quantities of peppers, and have accumulated a lot of experience regarding growing conditions. Therefore, our article mainly introduces some of this experience briefly to help everyone.

1. Light

For greenhouse pepper cultivation, you can use greenhouse film with good light transmittance and avoid using overly large structural materials, which can increase photosynthetic utilization and boost nutrition. If cultivating in open fields, planting in spring and fruiting in summer, the light in subtropical regions can meet the growth needs. But strong light easily scorches the fruit, especially ripe fruit, and weak light easily causes flowers and fruit to drop, but pepper is a short-day plant and is not too sensitive to light.

2. Temperature

Pepper likes warmth and fears freezing, and can grow above 15 and below 30. Above 35 degrees affects flowering and fruiting; it may fail to flower and fruit, or may drop flowers and fruit. The best growing temperature is between 20 and 28 degrees during the day, and above 18 degrees and below 23 degrees at night. Below 15 degrees, growth stops or grows slowly.

3. Water

Pepper has a weak root system and fears both drought and waterlogging. The plant does not need much water, but because root absorption is poor, it needs to be watered many times, and not too much at once. In this way, growing water can be well absorbed. How much to water depends on soil dryness and wetness and fruit size. During the flowering and fruiting period, if there is a lot of water at high temperatures, it easily induces various diseases and pests. It will also cause flowers and fruit to drop.

4. Soil

Pepper cultivation has no strict soil requirements; generally, deep, fertilizer-retentive and breathable sandy loam or loam is the best choice. Sandy land does not retain water and easily salinizes, so it is not suitable for planting. Compacted soil has insufficient oxygen and poor growth. Low-lying land easily accumulates water, which will rot roots and kill plants. It is suitable for planting in neutral and slightly acidic soil.

5. Nutrition

In the early stage, potassium fertilizer is required the most, so that the stems will be strong, and a certain amount of phosphorus fertilizer is also needed to promote root growth. Nitrogen fertilizer should be less; in the early stage, nitrogen fertilizer and potassium fertilizer are equal, and phosphorus fertilizer is less. In the later stage, flowering needs boron fertilizer, and fruiting needs a large amount of phosphate fertilizer; it is best to apply farmyard manure, which has more nutrients and also trace elements. At this time, nitrogen fertilizer is the least, phosphorus fertilizer is next, and potassium fertilizer is the most.

Pepper growth has its own requirements for soil, light, nutrition, water, and temperature, all of which come from the characteristics of pepper and its growth characteristics. But there are many pepper varieties, and some may need some adjustments on the above basis, which can be done according to actual conditions.