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Pepper Production in Closed Hi-Tech Greenhouse

Status: Finished

Year: 2017

Project type Pepper Production in Closed Hi-Tech Greenhouse

Background

Bell pepper is a valuable greenhouse crop that might have large benefits from being grown in a well-controlled air-conditioned greenhouse. Estidamah has four such greenhouse compartments. In 2017, the first experiment was carried out to get some benchmarks and figures for red and yellow pepper cultivars.

Experimental History

Varieties: Red - Clavesol (RZ), Yellow - Saramba (RZ)
Seed Sowing: 21 December 2016
Transplanting: 26 January 2017
Plant Density: 2.5 plants per m²
Harvesting Period: 27 March 2017 – 12 September 2017 (24 weeks)
Number of Harvests: 25

Goals

project aims on getting representative data for pepper growing in a closed greenhouse environment. The results were analyzed in terms of production and water use efficiency. .

The main factors studied are:

Two pepper cultivars (Yellow and red)

Result overview

Yellow pepper was producing 20.4 kg/m² while red pepper 23.8 kg/m²

Clear Glass	Production
Yellow	20.4 kg/m², from which 75% good
Red	23.8 kg/m², from which 86% good

Good fruit quality standards for both cultivars.

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