Sweet Pepper : Nutritional Difficiencies and Diseases

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13:50:00

Year of Production: 

2022

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Panuka Farm
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One of the critical issues in sweet pepper farming is crop management. Sweet pepper farming needs a dedicated staff to tend to the crop, given its complexity in terms of irrigation, nutritional management, and disease surveillance.

In most greenhouses, the crops on the eastern side, where the sun rises are taller and more vegetative. This is an observation that shows that the morning sun is very important in the growth of crops. Not giving enough attention to the sweet pepper crop may bring about an onslaught of potassium and magnesium deficiency.

The farmer can do a diagnosis of these diseases using online tools or have a disease/nutritional deficiency chart. The deficiency chart shows the farmer what the leaves of the plant look like in case of deficiency of any element. Agronomists refer to sweet pepper as one of the unforgiving crops, when attacked by disease and nutritional deficiency, the likelihood to rectify the problem is opaque.

Nutritional Deficiencies

One of the critical issues in sweet pepper farming is crop management. Sweet pepper farming needs a dedicated staff to tend to the crop, given its complexity in terms of irrigation, nutritional management, and disease surveillance. Not giving enough attention to the sweet pepper crop may bring about an onslaught of potassium and magnesium deficiency.
The farmer can do a diagnosis of these diseases using online tools or have a disease/nutritional deficiency chart. The deficiency chart shows the farmer what the leaves of the plant look like in case of deficiency of any element. Potassium and magnesium deficiencies are some of the killer deficiencies in sweet pepper farming and the farmer should have a dedicated team to manage the greenhouse so that there is timely detection of these deficiencies.
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0001:23Panuka farm is a farm located in Zambia, in the outskirts of Lusaka. The farm is specialized in horticulture farming and grows crops such as English cucumbers, sweet peppers, zucchini squash, sweet corn, lettuce, etc.
01:2402:52Trellising clips work better with English cucumbers as compared to sweet pepper because in cucumbers a 3 stem system is used, which means a lot of the trellising clips are used. For sweet peppers, the old method of just winding the peppers around the trellising twines is more effective.
02:5304:23One of the critical issues in sweet pepper farming is crop management. Sweet pepper farming needs a dedicated staff to tend to the crop, given its complexity in terms of irrigation, nutritional management, and disease surveillance.
04:2405:47In most green houses, the crops on the eastern side, where the sun rises are taller and more vegetative. This is an observation that shows that the morning sun is very important in the growth of crops.
05:4807:12Not giving enough attention to the sweet pepper crop may bring about an onslaught of potassium and magnesium deficiency. The farmer can do a diagnosis of these diseases using online tools or have a disease/nutritional deficiency chart.
07:1308:27The deficiency chart shows the farmer what the leaves of the plant look like in case of deficiency of any element. Agronomists refer to sweet pepper as one of the unforgiving crops, when attacked by disease and nutritional deficiency, the likelihood to rectify the problem is opaque.
08:2809:41All the crops on the eastern side of the green house have a much taller crop compared to those on the western/southern side. This could be as result of a shading issue, but from observation it is most likely brought about by the positioning of the crops.
09:4211:04Potassium and magnesium deficiencies are some of the killer deficiencies in sweet pepper farming. One of the major solutions to this is having a dedicated team to manage the green house so that there is timely detection of these deficiencies.
11:0512:32Increasing the input of nitrogen improves the vegetation, but once the damage on sweet pepper has been done its hard to come back from it. The farmer should also do their research on the variety as some varieties may need more attention, and others might have a higher disease tolerance.
12:3313:50Summary.

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