Calcium nitrate fertilizer is one of the most important types of fertilizers for the cultivation of crops in Nigeria. Calcium nitrate is known as a colourless salt used for farming and other purposes.
Calcium Nitrate fertilizer is one of the most important fertilizers for pepper farming. Pepper is a nitrogen and calcium hungry crop. Pepper is one of the few crops that need a lot of calcium and nitrogen.
The use of Calcium Nitrate for pepper growing can lead to a significant increase in the yield of pepper plants. Calcium nitrate can make the pepper plant hardy, it can also help the pepper plants to have better resistances to diseases, pests and stress.
Application of calcium nitrate in Pepper farming
Calcium nitrate fertilizer can be applied to pepper plants in the following ways:
Side Dressing
Side dressing is a way of applying fertilizer to growing plants. To side dress calcium fertilizer to pepper plants, the fertilizer granules have to be placed at the sides of the plants.
In side dressing, fertilizers can also be buried so that the plants will use them more optimally and efficiently.
Top Dressing
Top dressing is the spreading of fertilizer on the surface of the soil or the surface of the plants grown on the soil. Top dressing can be done for the application of calcium nitrate fertilizer to crops.
Base Dressing
Base dressing is the application and ploughing of fertilizer into the soil. Base dressing is done immediately after land preparation, before the planting of crops.
Calcium nitrate can be applied using base dressing techniques.
Fertigation
Fertigation is the application of soluble fertilizer to the root zone of plants through the drip irrigation. To fertigated calcium nitrate to plants, you need to dissolve the calcium nitrate fertilizer in water.
After mixing the fertilizer in water, the venturi injector hose should be dipped into the fertilizer solution. Once, the pump is switched on and the drip irrigation system is fully pressurized, the fertilizer solution will be sucked into the drip irrigation system. The fertilizer solution will then be emitted to the root zone of every plant.
Fertigation is the most efficient way of applying fertilizers to plants. Fertigation can significantly increase the yield of crops.
Fertigation also enables farmers to apply fertilizer to plants in small doses intermittently, sometimes daily. This makes crops to use fertilizers more optimally.
Foliar Application
Calcium nitrate can be sprayed to the surface of the pepper plants through the use of sprayers like a knapsack sprayer in a process called foliar application of fertilizers.
To use foliar application, mix 100-200 grams of calcium nitrate with water and spray the mixed solution the leaves and other surfaces of the pepper plant. Foliar application should be done in the morning or evening when the intensity of the sun is low.
About Calcium nitrate
The following are the chemical properties of Calcium Nitrate fertilizer:
- Calcium content: 26.6%
- Nitrogen content: 9.33%
- Moisture: 0.1%
- Oxygen: 64%
Pepper Farming
Pepper farming involves all the activities geared towards the planting of pepper seeds to the last stage of harvesting the matured peppers and marketing them.
The steps to take to grow pepper include land preparation, picking of seeds, planting, irrigation, application of pesticides, application of fertilizers, harvest and marketing of the produce.
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How to Use Calcium Nitrate Fertilizer