In the previous article I've given tips on how to plant chili easily, on this occasion I want to explain how to plant chillies in polybags. How to plant chilli in pots or polybags is easy to do. Planting chili can be done both in the highlands and lowlands. In general, planting chili can be done at an altitude of 0-2000 meters above sea level. Optimal temperature for chilli plants is in the range of 24-27 C, but still can withstand the temperature more than that. The nature depends on the type of chili varieties.
Seedling Seeds
How to plant chili in polybag should not be done directly from seed or seed. First of all chilli seeds should be seeded first. The seeding process is useful for selecting seed growth, separating seeds that grow dwarf, deformed or diseased. In addition, to wait for the readiness of seeds until enough resistance to be planted in a larger place. The seedbed can be a small polybag (8 × 9 cm), banana leaf, tray (nursery), or ground plots. To see more detail please read how to create a nursery media.
The most economical way is to prepare the land for the media nursery. Make a plot of land with sufficient size, mix compost with soil and stir until blended. The ground grain is made as smooth as possible so that the roots can penetrate easily. Make the thickness of the plot is 5-10 cm, above it make the array with a distance of 10 cm. Put the chilli seeds in the run with a distance of 7.5 cm then flush to wet the soil and cover with ash or soil.
After that cover with wet jute sack for 3-4 days, keep the burlap sack remain wet. On the 4th day will appear seeds from the ground, then open the burlap sack. Should be covered with transparent plastics to protect the small chilli seeds from excessive heat and rain rain water directly. Chili plants are ready to move into large polybags after 3-4 weeks of age, or plants have 3-4 leaves.
Preparation of planting media
Choose polybag size above 30 cm, so that planting medium is strong enough to support the growth of lush chili plants. In addition to polybags, can also be used pots of plastic, cement, soil, or ceramic. Or can also use unused containers again, give a hole in the bottom of the container for the channel drainage.
How to plant chili in polybags can use planting media from a mixture of soil, compost, manure, rice husk, charcoal husk, and others.
Transfer of seeds
After planting seeds and planting media ready, remove the chilli seedlings from the nursery into polybags. Do this work in the morning or afternoon, where the sun is not too hot to avoid stress on the plant. Perform removal of seedlings with care, do not let damage to rooting plants. Create a planting hole on the polybag as deep as 5-7 cm.
If the seedbed is done on polybag or banana leaf, remove polybag and leaves banana then input all the soil in the nursery into the planting hole. If the seedbed is done on a plot of land or tray, move it with soil attached to the root and enter it into the planting hole.
Maintenance
Fertilization, give additional fertilization with a dose of one tablespoon NPK per polybag each month. Or if you want to plant chili organically, instead spray liquid organic fertilizer in the leaf growth period and fruit growth. Add one head of compost or goat manure at the time the plants will bear fruit.
Watering, chilli plants should be watered at least 3 days. When the sun is shining, flush the plants every day. After the chillies grow about 20 cm, give bamboo. This is useful to support the plant to stand upright. The young shoots that grow in the armpit of the leaves should be removed. The plucking begins on the 20th day after planting, the plastering is usually done three times until it is formed branch. The point is that the plant does not grow sideways when the stem has not been too strong to support.
Harvesting
The age of chillies from planting to harvest varies depending on the variety and variety of the environment. The best harvest time is when the fruit is not fully red, there is still a green line. Fruit like this has entered the optimal weight and chili fruit can still hold 2-3 days before sold by traders in the market. Harvest time should be done in the morning after dry dew. Avoid harvest time at night and during the day. Tutorial how to plant chili is suitable applied to small scale farms or yardlands. Can be applied also to vertikultur agriculture or urban farming. May be useful.