When is the planting time for millet pepper?

Millet pepper is a type of chili pepper, generally referring to facing heaven pepper (Capsicum annuum), which is small in size and quite pungent, and is the favorite of friends who love spicy food. It is now cultivated in vast areas of our country. So, when is the planting time for millet pepper?

1. Planting time of millet pepper

Millet pepper is generally sown from mid-to-late November to early-to-mid December, and transplanting begins in March of the following year when the seedlings have 9 to 12 true leaves.

2. How to grow millet pepper?

1. Seed selection and soaking

Select varieties that are high quality, early maturing, disease resistant and high yielding, place them in hot water at 55 to 60°C and stir for 10-15 minutes, then soak them in warm water at 25-30°C for 4-6 hours, rub off the mucus on the seed coat and begin germination. For the first 2 days of germination, keep them dry rather than wet; from the 3rd day on, rinse once a day with warm water and turn them once every 4-5 hours. After 5-6 days, when 85% of the seeds have sprouted white, they can be sown.

2. Sowing and raising seedlings

Place the treated seeds in a seedling tray. Before sowing, water thoroughly to saturate the base soil; after the water has seeped down, sow the germinated seeds into nutrient pots or plug trays, cover with 1 cm of nutrient soil, and cover with plastic film after sowing, removing it promptly once the seedlings emerge.

3. Transplanting

When transplanting, strive to keep the soil, fertilizer and pesticide with the seedlings, and cover with plastic film. Plant shallowly at a suitable spacing between plants and rows. After transplanting, water to settle the roots, then cover with a small arch shed.

4. Field management

Use subsurface irrigation under the film and allow appropriate seedling hardening. In late October, when the first eggplant “opens its eyes”, begin watering and topdressing; from December to mid-March of the following year, flush with biogas slurry. In winter and spring, temperature and humidity should be well regulated inside the facility, light should be improved, and the balance between reproductive growth and vegetative growth should be promoted. In addition, diseases and pests such as early blight, anthracnose and aphids should be controlled.

Millet pepper seedlings are generally raised in a greenhouse, where temperature and humidity should be well regulated, light should be improved, and the balance between reproductive growth and vegetative growth should be promoted.