Hello Hivers,
It's another new day and the dawn of another farming season.
Today I want talk about how to cultivate pepper 🌶️ from the nursery.
Pepper is a very important spice which is cultivated largely I'm many parts of Nigeria and africa at large. Because of its scarcity in Nigeria currently, pepper 🌶️ has become costly. So it's important for every individual to have at least a little pepper farm perhaps in your backyard or in a small piece of land.
First of all it's important to identify qualify seeds because it is important inoder to achieve quality results and good quality pepper. You can still harvest seeds from quality pepper in the market.
For the nursery it is important to look for a clean environment that is pest free.
- Get bags and that's are clean it can be cement bags that are clean
- Look for a good soil source, a quality loamy soil source that is enriched with nutrients.
- Fill the bags with soil and add organic manure. For the nursery process it is important to use organic manure to achieve good results. This can be animal droppings from poultry or pigs. For this process I used pig manure.
- Add moisture to the soill mixture. Moisture is really important because it will help the pepper seedlings to germinate properly.
- Spray the pepper seedlings on the bags. After 5 days you will notice the pepper 🌶️ beginning to germinate
It is important to cover this this seedlings with a net. The net is important because this will protect the new seedlings from pest like birds and lizards which can feed on it. The pepper seedlings is delicate so it is important that it is protected with a net covering. This net covering also allows air and sunlight to reach the young seedlings while also providing shelter and protection.
It's is also important not to put on direct sunlight as it can be to hot for the pepper.
It is just important to balance the atmosphere.
It is also important to monitor the crops to know if the any discoloration because this can be as malnutrition. And also root out weeds which can be harmful.
Following all this steps will help to achieve good results in the nursery stage as your prepare to transplant.
@tipu curate
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