How to Keep Spring Crop Peppers Straight and Not Bent? Doing These Four Things Well Is Key
"Bent peppers have a big impact on price. So how to keep peppers from producing bent fruit has become an important part of increasing vegetable growers' returns. Through managing peppers over the past few years, I believe that as long as you grasp four points, peppers generally will not produce bent fruit." Master Gong told the reporter. So what are the four points Master Gong mentioned? The first...
"Bent peppers have a big impact on price. So how to keep peppers from producing bent fruit has become an important part of increasing vegetable growers' returns. Through managing peppers over the past few years, I believe that as long as you grasp four points, peppers generally will not produce bent fruit." Master Gong told the reporter. So what are the four points Master Gong mentioned?
First, spring crop peppers had best not keep the first pepper (the one at the first fork). Because the main stem of the pepper is relatively short, the first pepper is close to the ground, and during growth, due to the obstruction of the ground, it is very easy for bent fruit to appear. Moreover, keeping the first pepper is not conducive to the pepper plant developing its frame, and growth is slow with low yield.
Second, temperature must be controlled well. To keep peppers from producing bent fruit, the temperature during the flowering and fruiting period must be controlled well, generally 25-28°C is suitable. Many vegetable growers believe that higher temperatures during the flowering period are not conducive to fruit set, so during the flowering and fruiting period they often keep the daytime temperature inside the greenhouse below 25°C, causing the pepper plants to grow slowly, poor flower bud differentiation, and more bent fruit.
Next is scientific watering and fertilizing. Many vegetable growers believe that watering during the fruit-setting period will cause peppers to grow excessively and affect fruit set, so they do not water during the flowering and fruit-setting period. Although this increases the fruit-setting rate to a certain extent, the probability of bent fruit will greatly increase. I believe that supplementing water before the peppers flower is necessary, but attention should be paid to light watering in small amounts, and topdressing fertilizer along with the water, to ensure sufficient nutrient supply for the plants to set fruit continuously.
In addition, during the full fruiting period, foliar fertilizer should also be sprayed to supplement nutrients in time. Foliar fertilizer is absorbed quickly and has a high utilization rate. During the full flowering and full fruiting period, nutrients can be supplemented through the leaves (spraying foliar fertilizer containing zinc, iron, and boron) to promote flower bud and fruit development. But note that the foliar fertilizer must first be fully dissolved before mixing with water, to avoid uneven dissolution and the phenomenon of fertilizer burn scorching the leaves after spraying.