How to Grow Green Chilli (Mirchi) from Seed in Container in Five Easy Steps-Karatfarms

This guide will help you:

✅ Choose the right planter for chilli.

✅ Make a potting mix for chilli.

✅ Show you where to grow the chilli at home.

✅ And also give you a schedule to add nutrients and water for the plant.

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Sections in this article:

#1 Materials needed to grow chilli.

#2 Where do I grow chilli at home?

#3 Starting my chilli plant.

#4 Caring for my chilli plant.

#5 Plant protection for my chilli

Hindi Name: मिर्च

Kannada Name : ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ

Tamil Name: ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ

Telugu Name: మిరపకాయ

Botanical Name:Capsicum annuum

Family: Solanaceae

Native: Mexico

Materials needed to grow chilli.

Soil: Well-drained rich organic soil or enrich potting mixture (free from pest and disease)

pH: The ideal pH of the plant is 6.5 to 7.5 (neutral soil)

Planting container size: A good drainage 8 to 16-inch diameter and 8-14 deep inches ideal.

Where do I grow chilli at home?

Temperature: The ideal temperatures for growing chilli range between 21 to 32 C

Sunlight: The sunlight requirement more than 7 hrs

Climate: It is commonly cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical conditions. It required both warm and humid dry weather conditions. Plant growth will be affected when heavy rainfall occurs as well as when it reaches above 37 C in summer.

Type of plants: Annual plant (5-6 months)

Starting my chilli plant.

Season: Best season for growth in spring (Jan, Feb, June, July, Sep and Oct)

Propagation: The Chilli is propagated by seeds.

Planting: The normal spacing between plant to plant 15cm to 20cm and closer spacing 10-15cm is ideal.

Caring for my chilli plant.

Water requirement: Watering should be done when it's necessary a day. Avoid overwatering and keep well-drained.

Nutrient: Apply well decompose plant and animal waste manures and also bone meal or blood meals and also liquid fertilizers.

Harvest time: The chilli is ready for harvest after 100-120 days of planting. It's continually growing up to 5-8 months for good plant care.

Edible part: Green and red chilli

Plant life span: 5-8 months

Plant protection for my chilli

Major Pest

Fruit borer Management :

Organic methods to control insects set up pheromone traps, Neem oil spray 2-5ml per/liter.

Spray the insecticide fipronil 5% SC 2 ml/ lit or Flubendiamide 480 SC 2.5 ml/ lit.

Sucking pests (Aphids,thrips, whitefly and mites )

To control spray Neem oil 2-5ml per / liter or imidacloprid 17.8 % SL 2-3 ml / liter or dimethoate 30 % EC or Fipronil 5% SC 1-2 ml/ liter of water

Major diseases

Damping-off

To control the damping off treat with seed trichoderma viride 0.5g or Pseudomonas as soil application. Drench Copper oxychloride at 2-2.5g/ liter of water.

Leaf spot

To control spot spray neem oil 2-5 ml or mancozeb 2g/ lit or copper oxychloride 2.5g/ lit

Powdery mildew

Spray wettable sulphur 3g/lit or carbendazim 1.5 g/ lit. 2-3 spray with 15

Fruit rot and anthracnose

Spray neem oil 2-5ml/lit or copper oxychloride 2.5g /lit.twice in 14 days.

Leaf curl virus

Destroy the affected plant control the aphid as an early stage to avoid to spread the virus

Plant care and maintenance