Field Preparation
Sweet Pepper Production

making raised beds
 Raised beds are used to facilitate furrow irrigation and to improve drainage. Beds can be prepared in many ways. At AVRDC, beds are made with a mechanical bed shaper and are about 1 m wide with furrows 50 cm wide. Bed height varies with the season: 20 cm in the dry season and 35 cm in the wet season.

laying plastic mulch

A mulching of rice straw, polyethylene plastic, or other material is used to cover the soil surface. Mulches reduce fertilizer leaching, conserve moisture, and reduce weeds.

During hot weather (>25°C nighttime temperature), cover plastic mulch with rice straw to prevent it from getting too hot.
 

 
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