Newsletter - Peppers, Week 7 2010

Maintype	Substrate
Crop	Yellow pepper
Croptype
Variety	Inzell RZ, Stayer RZ

Newsletter peppers

Crop tips week 7, 2010

What we are seeing now in our yellow peppers is exactly what we expected: Inzell RZ sets a little earlier and more evenly and Stayer RZ definitely reacts a little better to light, i.e. it is slightly more light-sensitive.

Regardless of the sowing date, all crops have set and it is now a case of how quickly the second wave will come. Of course, the crops that set earliest will be faster to set again than the crops that were sown/set later.
The less energy is still required for the development of the first fruits, the faster a crop will set again, so do not force anything too much at the moment. Especially with Inzell this might lead to too large flowers, which would result in bad fruit quality.
So try and grow the crop in such a way that the plants do not have any 'surplus' at the end of the day. With a bit of luck the weather will be helpful in achieving this. If you are growing Inzell, watch the quality of the flowers closely - the flowers should not be too big.
You could work with temperature set points of, for instance, 21°C during the day with a peak for light of +3°C, and a slight drop in the pre-midnight temperature to 18°C. During the night this can then gradually be increased towards the morning temperature. Do not fade out the pipe, especially not when the weather improves; keep it at 40°C minimum and remember that cold fruit does not grow. The sooner the peppers are picked, the better it is for the next fruit set and the final production.

The same advice applies more or less to Stayer RZ. Remember, though, that because of its light-sensitivity Stayer will also set when we get more light and setting could well be more than big enough. Do not overdo this - it is not springtime yet. If you are forcing this varriety 'down onto its knees' now with a high fruit load it could work against you during the season as regards growth. Stayer does want to grow, but do watch the fruit load you give it.

Crop advice, descriptions, recommendations, illustrations and other information, e.g. relating to sowing dates and harvesting dates, given by Rijk Zwaan Nederland B.V. and/or its group companies, in whatever form, are as accurately as possible based on experiences in trials and in practice. Rijk Zwaan Nederland B.V. and its group companies do, nevertheless, not give any guarantee that such information is complete and correct. Rijk Zwaan Nederland B.V. and its group companies do not accept any liability whatsoever for deviating results in the product grown, and to which the information relates. The grower himself is responsible for storing the product correctly and he should judge for himself whether a product is suitable for the intended purpose and the growing conditions that apply.

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