How to care for chili peppers after they bloom
Today, I will explain to netizens the related experience of caring for chili peppers after they bloom. Regarding how to care for chili peppers after they bloom and how to manage them, if there are any mistakes, please feel free to correct them!
1. Water management: The peak period of chili pepper nutrient demand is also the peak period for water demand. However, because chili peppers have few roots and shallow roots, their ability to absorb fertilizer and water is poor. Therefore, after the chili peppers bloom, it is necessary to do a good job of field irrigation and drainage. When the soil is dry, water should be irrigated in time to promote nutrient absorption and prevent plant wilting. If there is waterlogging in the field, drainage should be carried out in time to prevent waterlogging from causing root rot and disease. When farmers are ready to water the dry soil, they should pay attention to two points: it is not recommended to use large-scale flooding, as it can cause nutrient loss, accelerate the spread of pathogens, and reduce soil aeration, which is not conducive to root respiration and inhibits the growth of chili pepper roots. Do not water during the hot noon, as a sudden drop in ground temperature can cause significant damage to the chili pepper's capillary roots, reducing the root's ability to absorb fertilizer and water. Chili peppers grown in the open usually enter summer from the flowering stage, and farmers should always pay attention to weather conditions. They should dredge the field drainage ditches before rainy weather arrives to avoid plant water deficiency and wilting due to poor root water absorption after the rain or sunburn on the chili pepper fruits caused by waterlogging and mirror reflection.
2. Reasonable topdressing: The yield of chili peppers is directly proportional to the amount of nutrients absorbed. Reasonable topdressing management from the flowering stage can effectively increase the number of inflorescences, improve fruit setting rate and fruit expansion speed. From the beginning of flowering, chili peppers should focus on phosphorus and potassium fertilizers and trace elements such as boron, zinc, and calcium. Phosphorus fertilizer can promote cell synthesis and increase the formation of photosynthetic products. Potassium fertilizer can promote nutrient transport. Boron fertilizer is reproductive nutrition that promotes chili pepper flower bud differentiation, extends the pollination period, and prevents flower and fruit drop. Zinc fertilizer can improve the chili pepper's resistance to stress, promote nutrient absorption, and enhance photosynthetic efficiency. Chili peppers require a rich variety of nutrients, and the absence of any nutrient can affect the absorption rate of all other nutrients. Each nutrient directly affects the yield and quality of chili peppers, so comprehensive topdressing is especially important after chili peppers bloom. Use Tianqing yellow fulvic acid liquid high phosphorus and potassium with calcium, magnesium, boron, and zinc, dilute with water, and apply through drip irrigation or spraying to quickly supplement various nutrients, enhance leaf photosynthetic efficiency, increase the number of leaf photosynthetic products, promote the accumulation of dry matter in chili pepper fruits, promote fruit expansion and color change, prevent flower and fruit drop, increase the number of chili pepper inflorescences, have more flowers and fruits, stronger drought resistance, larger fruit size, longer storage time, and increase yield by more than 30% per mu.
3. Disease prevention: The incidence of diseases in chili peppers throughout their growth period is very high, which has a direct impact on the final yield of chili peppers. Especially root rot, anthrax, and bacterial wilt diseases can cause at least a 10% reduction in yield and spread rapidly. Therefore, it is crucial for chili pepper farmers to do a good job of disease prevention during the growth of chili peppers. Chili pepper farmers should never think that this is not a consecutive cropping field or that the chili pepper variety is disease-resistant, so they do not need to pay attention to prevention. Disease prevention should always be done, mainly divided into two aspects: improving the chili pepper's own resistance, such as selecting high disease-resistant varieties and applying trace elements to improve resistance, and doing a good job of field management, especially strictly controlling the humidity and temperature of the chili pepper field. If the humidity is too high when the temperature is high after chili peppers bloom, it can easily trigger a large-scale outbreak of diseases.
That's all about how to care for chili peppers after they bloom and how to manage them. I hope this article can be of help to you in your daily life!