Black Pepper
General Information
Season & Planting

Season June - December


Planting


Pits of 50 cm x 50 cm x 50 cm size are dug at a spacing of 2 to 3 m in either direction (Panniyur 1 - 3 x 3 m).  4 gm of Michorrhiza Granule is mixed with top soil and the pits are filled.  Rooted cuttings are planted in June - July @ two per standard like Silver oak, Dadap and Jack.  In multitier cropping system, standards should be planted at a spacing of 7 - 8 m. 

Fertilizer
Fertilizer Requirement(Per Vine)

Fertilizer        

May - June

Sep - Oct

Michorrhiza Granule

4 gm

4 gm

Urea [46-0-0]

110 gm

110 gm

Katra Nano Mono Potassium Phosphate 0-52-34

40 gm

40 gm

Katra Nano Potassium Sulphate  0-0-50

125 gm

 125 gm

Slaked lime at 500 g per vine is applied in alternate years during May - June.

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Pests
Pollu Beetle & Leaf Caterpillars

§  Pollu Beetle & Leaf Caterpillars

ü  Spray Quinalphos 25 EC 2 ml/lit once in July & again in October.

Leaf Gall & Thrips

§  Leaf Gall & Thrips

ü  Spray Dimethoate 30 EC 2 ml/lit

ü  Chlorpyriphos 2 ml/lit

ü  Dichlorvos 76 WSC 1 ml/lit

ü  Phosphomidan 40 SL 2 ml/lit three rounds at monthly intervals from new flush formation.

Top Shoot Borer

§  Top Shoot Borer

ü  Spray Quinalphos (0.05%) on terminal shoots at monthly intervals (during July - Oct) 

Diseases
Foot rot

§  Foot rot

Any one of the following formulation can be drenched in the soil twice (May - June & Oct - Nov)

ü  Neem cake 1/2 kg per vine + Swabbing of Bordeaux paste upto 1 m from the ground level.

ü  Neem cake 2 kg per vine + 0.1% LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8%  + Mancozeb 64% WP) (pre monsoon

foliar spray and soil application).

Slow Wilt

§  Slow Wilt

ü  LAXYCO (Metalaxyl 8%  + Mancozeb 64% WP) 2g/ Litre Of Water

ü  Potassium phosphonate 0.3% 

Anthracnose

§  Anthracnose  

ü  Bordeaux mixture 1 %

ü  ZEB-75 (Mancozeb 75% WP) 2g/ litre of water     

Nematode

§  Nematode  

ü  Soil Application with Nematicide (Neem + Karanj Extract) at 1200 ml/Ha

ü  Neem Cake , 10 g/vine at planting to control root knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp.

ü  Fumigation under polythene cover for 2-3 days using following-

·         Methyl Bromide (500 g/10 m2)

·         Ethylene-di-bromide (20 lit/ha)

·         Durofume (@ 30 lit/ha) 

Yield
Yield

2 to 3 kg/vine/year

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