BELL PEPPER FARM
MPUMULANGO, SOUTH AFRICA - 2012

PREAMBLE:

 

Bell pepper, also known as sweet pepper or a pepper is a cultivar group of the species Capsicum annuum. Cultivars of the plant produce fruits in different colors, including red, yellow, orange, chocolate brown, lilac, ivory, deep purple and green. Ideal growing conditions for bell peppers include warm soil, ideally 70 to 84 °F, that is kept moist but not waterlogged. Bell peppers are sensitive to an abundance of moisture and excessive temperatures. Therefore careful attention to environmental factors needs to be exercised during cultivation to ensure low plant stress. Plants cultivated in healthy balanced soils, develop stronger root systems and consequently grow more robustly and become less sensitive and more tolerant to environmental stressors. 

 

OBJECTIVES:

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• Improve overall fertility of the soil and crop uniformity

• Increase wall thickness of the pepper (quality)

• Increase crop yields

• Increase Brix (taste / sweetness)

• Improve shelf life

• Reduce Fusarium Infestations

• Reduce N-P-K Consumption

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 The following pictures were taken from a pepper farm in South Africa who introduced Micronomix to a portion of their crop primarily to compare what benefits could be seen and what objectives reached from using Micronomix products versus their current conventionally treatments. With constantly rising costs of local chemical fertilizers, the primary objective for this particular farmer were to demonstrate how Micronomix protocols could produce better quality produce while using 30% less N-P-K fertilizers. The areas of focus were the plants’ root development, wall thickness of the peppers and overall health and growth rate of the plants.