Pepper cultivation in tropical countries like Indonesia are very precise, but the erratic weather like today make chili production becomes erratic and cause the high price of chili.
Pepper plant is a plant that has a wide adaptability because it can be in the cultivation of lowland to upland. According to experts, the Department of Agronomy and holticulture chili IPB, Muhammad Syukur, peppers planted suitable location with a level of medium and low rainfall, ideally planted on flat land with a slope 0 -10 degrees with a spacing of 60 x 50 cm and nicer stretched during the rainy season to 70 x 60 cm.
One way to increase productivity chili is to use high yielding varieties and methods of green house made of UV plastic.
For the marketing area, in addition marketed to the wholesale market, and other traditional markets, supermarkets and other modern market are also interested in chili’s trade. But only the best quality by categories like chili peppers smooth, without spots, strong and bright colors and spicy taste and maturity level should reach 95% with a diversity of forms to reach 98%.
Pests and diseases that often attack the chilies are leaf spot (cercospora capsici), fall seeding (Rhizoctonia solani), antraknosa (gloeosporium piperatum), fruit rot (Phytophthora sp), Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum)
Prevention of pests and diseases carried by spraying fungicides and insecticides.
Business pepper cultivation still generate huge profits, although susceptible to pests and diseases
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