(Chilli Crop – Cultivation Guidelines)

🌦 Climate
• Warm and humid climate is ideal for chilli.
• Extremely high temperatures (>35°C) or heavy rainfall reduce yield.
• Suitable for Kharif, Rabi, and Summer seasons.

🌱 Soil
• Medium loam to clay loam soil preferred.
• Well-drained soils are best.
• Optimum soil pH: 6.0–7.0.

🚜 Field Preparation
• 2–3 deep ploughings followed by 2 harrowings.
• Maintain fine tilth and adequate moisture before transplanting.

🌾 Sowing/Transplanting Time
• Kharif: June–July
• Rabi: October–November
• Summer: January–February

📏 Spacing
• Row spacing: 60 cm
• Plant spacing: 45 cm

💧 Irrigation
• Provide irrigation every 7–10 days.
• Critical stages: flowering and fruit development.
• Avoid water stagnation.

🧪 Fertilizers
• Compost/FYM: 20–25 tons/ha
• NPK: 100:50:50 kg/ha
• Apply half nitrogen + full P & K at transplanting, remaining N after 30 & 60 days.

🌿 Weed Management
• Keep field weed-free for the first 30 days.
• Apply Pendimethalin 1 L/ha after transplanting.

🦠 Major Diseases
• Damping off → Treat seeds with Metalaxyl 8% + Mancozeb 64% WP.
• Leaf curl (viral) → Control sucking pests effectively.
• Anthracnose → Spray Copper Oxychloride or Mancozeb 0.2%.

🐛 Insect Pests
• Thrips & Aphids → Imidacloprid 17.8% SL or Dimethoate 30% EC.
• Fruit borer → Spinosad 45% SC or Cypermethrin 25% EC.

🌾 Harvesting/Threshing
• Harvest fruits at full red color in multiple pickings.
• Dry in shade till 10–12% moisture before storage.

⚠️ Special Note:
These recommendations are based on agricultural university guidelines and scientific methods. Yield depends on weather, soil, and management practices.