The effect of root fertilizing with organic mineral fertilizer BioEcoss on the vegetable pepper plants development in the central zone of the Krasnodar Territory

Abstract

The article presents the results of studies conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of BioEcoss fertilizers in various concentrations in hot vegetable pepper cultivation. The experiment was conducted in 2022/2023 in a glazed winter greenhouse, geographically located in the Kuban State Agrarian University Botanical Garden, Krasnodar. The object of research is the variety of hot vegetable pepper “Pikovaya Dama” (“Queen of Spades”). It was found that the introduction of the studied organomineral fertilizer in any studied concentration (from 1% to 3%) accelerated the plants flowering onset and fruits biological ripeness compared with the control, increased productivity and average fruit weight. The highest fertilizer concentration in the experiment (3%) contributed to earlier fruit harvest dates (earlier than the control for 18 days), fruiting period extension, increase in fruits number on branches of the first and second order to 10 pieces (at the control – 7), fruits average weight increase. The yield in this variant of the experiment was 0.66 kg / m2, which was higher than the control by 0.42 kg / m2, other variants with the addition of a less concentrated solution – by 1.4-2.1 times. The use of fertilizers in any concentration contributed to 100% marketability of fruits.