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Bush Pepper

Bush Pepper

Planting material : One year old lateral branches with 2-3 nodes with the bit of orthotropic portion intact.

Planting : 3-5 well rooted cuttings per pit or pot

Manures and Manuring :

1:0.5:2 g of NPK per pot at bi monthly intervals

15 and 33 g of groundnut cake and neem cake per pit or pot.

Pruning : Pruning of hanging shoots to maintain the bushy nature, repeating at every two years interval.