Pepper and Eggplant

About

The pepper plant (genus Capsicum) belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. This plant genus includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild bell pepper and hot peppers in jalapeno and habanero. The pepper plant is native to tropical America.

Pepper plants are perennials, but are typically grown as summer annuals. Pepper plants are propagated by seeding direct into the soil or by transplanting seedlings in a greenhouse environment. Plant height can vary depending on species and variety. Tall varieties grown in commercial greenhouses are supported to prevent damage or breakage of their tender stems.

The pepper plant has become one of the most widely cultivated crop worldwide. The development of greenhouse technology has allowed for an increase in per crop harvest from 2-3 months in the field to 8-9 months in a greenhouse environment.

 

Pepper and Eggplant Solutions by Pests:

Cotton aphid

Foxglove aphid

Potato aphid

Tobacco
aphid

Green peach
aphid

Pepper weevil

Tomato looper

Cabbage looper

Fungus gnats
(Sciarid flies)

Shore flies

Leaf miners

Brown soft scale

Citrus mealybug

Long-tailed
mealybug

Broad mite

Spider mite

Impatiens thrips

Western flower
thrips

Onions thrips

Tobacco
whitefly

Greenhouse
whitefly

European pepper moth


Protocol

Mass trapping should be used during all stages of crop progression.

Horiver cards should be applied at a rate of 800 cards per acre.

Tape can be used along post rows in greenhouses.

Thrips Control Preventative Curative Repeat Applications

Swirski LD/Ulti/Plus

1,500 sachets per acre

2,500 sachets per acre

Apply one week prior to flowers opening

 

Best used in conjunction with BLUE Horiver cards and roller tape

Swirski 50,000

100-300 predatory mites per meter square, depending on pest pressure

Apply weekly, directly into hot spot areas

 

Best used in conjunction with BLUE Horiver cards and roller tape

Thripor

1-3 predatory bugs per meter square

5-10 predatory bugs per meter square

Preventative: Apply after week 8, due to an increase in daylight, which stops the Orius from diapausing. If Orius did not establish well, reintroduce at the preventative rate 6-12 weeks after original introduction.

 

Curative: Apply weekly until Thripor is found in every third flower.

 

Best used in conjunction with BLUE Horiver cards and roller tape


Aphid Control Preventative Curative Repeat Applications

Aphipar, Aphipar-M, Ervipar, or Aphilin

0.15 parasitic wasps per meter square

1 parasitic wasp per meter square

Apply weekly or bi-weekly after planting

 

Make sure to identify the Aphids when using parsitic wasps curatively.

Aphidend

10 gall midges per meter square

3 applications, 7 days apart

Place directly in hot spots

Chrysopa

25-50 predatory larva per meter square

Apply weekly or bi-weeky until aphids are gone


Spider Mite Control Preventative Curative Repeat Applications

Spical Plus/Ulti

800 sachets per acre

Place 6-8 weeks after planting, along perimeter, post rows and known hot spots

Spidex Vital

20-50 predatory mites per meter square

Apply weekly or bi-weekly directly into hot spots

Spidend

2-4 tubs per acre

Apply when approx. 50 leaves have webbing, directly into hot spot


Fungus Gnat Control Preventative Curative Repeat Applications

Entomite-M

50-100 predatory mites per meter square

Apply at planting

Atheta

5 predatory bugs per meter square

Apply at planting

Entonem AM

100,000 nematodes per meter square for sawdust, coco bags, and soilless media

 

150,000-200,000 nematodes per meter square for rockwool

Minimum 2 applications, 7-14 days apart


Whitefly Control Preventative Curative Repeat Applications

Enermix

1 parasitic wasp per meter square

10 parasitic wasps per meter square

Apply weekly or bi-weekly

 

Best used in conjunction with BLUE Horiver cards and roller tape


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