Pepper Cockatoo

Pepper Kakadu is famous not only for the original shape of the fruit, reminiscent of a parrot's beak, but also for its large-fruited nature, as well as for the wonderful taste properties of peppers. The efforts made to cultivate it will clearly not be in vain.

The culture has been in the State Register of the Russian Federation since 2004. Breeding work was carried out by scientists from the Gavrish Company and the Research Institute of SOK (Moscow) SF Gavrish, SN Rudneva, M. Yu. Vasilyeva, AA Korostelev. A hybrid was created specifically for growing in greenhouses of small farms and subsidiary plots.

The culture is thermophilic and can hardly withstand even short-term temperature drops. Therefore, it is more expedient to grow it in greenhouses or cover it with a film. In other words, a high-quality harvest in open ground in the center of the country is extremely doubtful - the peppers will certainly suffer from night frosts, and the yield will be extremely low. Planting Cockatoo without shelter is possible only in warm regions.

Being a hybrid of the first generation, the culture does not give productive seeds for planting.

The fruits of the culture contain a lot of vitamins and minerals, are rich in fiber. An important ingredient in peppers are glandular compounds, for this reason, the product is advised to be used in food for patients with anemia. Pepper will not be superfluous for those seeking to lose excess weight, since fiber intensifies the course of metabolic processes. The components contained in peppers increase the immune potential, strengthen nails and hair, help restore memory functions and brain activity, reduce the degree of vitamin deficiency, improve heart function and the quality of vision. Peppers are also useful in the field of cosmetology.

Of the advantages of Kakadu pepper, it is worth noting:

• large-fruited;

• the original configuration of the fruit;

• high level of productivity;

• excellent taste;

• the duration of the fruiting period;

• good keeping quality of peppers taken during the period of technical maturity.

Minuses:

• insufficient level of disease resistance;

• susceptibility to attacks by spider mites and aphids;

• low level of cold tolerance.

The bushes of the culture are vigorous (1.5 m), semi-spreading, bowl-shaped. The degree of foliage is medium, the leaves are green, slightly wrinkled. The number of peppers on 1 bush is 12-15 pcs. They are located on the branches in a drooping position, tops down. They have a proboscis, curved and ribbed configuration, reminiscent of the shape of a parrot's beak.

During technical ripening, the fruits are dark green in color, and when ripe, they are red, with a noticeable shine. The size of the fruit is 25-30 cm, and the weight is 200 g or more. The wall thickness reaches 6-8 mm, the number of seed chambers is 3-4. The pulp is juicy and fleshy.

Ripe peppers cannot be stored, but in a state of technical maturity they can be stored for up to two months.

By design, the fruits of culture are universal. In terms of taste, they are sweet with a pleasant aroma.

In terms of ripening, the culture is mid-season - ripe fruits appear in 130-135 days of growth. Under favorable conditions, the ripening process is faster.

The average yield is 8-10 kg / sq. m, 2.5-3 kg per plant.

The standard landing pattern is 40 x 80 cm.

Sowing seeds for seedlings is carried out in February-March, and the time for planting seedlings in open soils is the last decade of May.

Seeds of pepper Kakadu from the company "Gavrish" do not need to be processed, it makes all the necessary processing of seed material. Sowing is carried out in the second decade of February. It is important to understand that there may be little light for the sprouts, for this reason phytolamps are used for backlighting in greenhouses. The soil for planting seeds is prepared loose, saturated with nutrients. It is useful to process it with "Fitosporin" and other disinfectants. The soil can be disinfected by the method of calcination, as well as by the method of irrigation with soil fertilizers.

After carrying out preparatory measures for the manufacture of the substrate, the seed stock is planted in boxes, keeping it there at a temperature of at least 20 degrees, without bringing the soil to dryness. After about a week, sprouts will appear. After that, the temperature is reduced to 18 degrees, adding illumination through phytolamps (the length of daylight hours is about 14 hours). The bushes are irrigated daily in the morning with warm and settled water.

If you add rotted humus and humate to the soil, then there is no need to feed the bushes. In other cases, the soil is treated with organo-mineral fertilizers for peppers. For the proportional development of seedlings, they should be periodically turned to light sources.

When 6 leaves or more are formed on the bushes, they are planted in open soils, while carrying out preliminary hardening.

The timing of disembarkation is determined directly by the climatic features of a particular area. In southern latitudes, the procedure is carried out in mid-late May, and in central latitudes, approximately in the middle. Disembarkation is carried out in accordance with a standard landing pattern, preferably in the morning, in the evening or on cloudy days. After completing the procedure, irrigation is carried out, and the soil is covered with humus. For disembarkation, sunny and sheltered places are selected.

The culture is characterized as relatively capricious, requiring extremely timely irrigation and feeding. Irrigation scheme - once every 7 days with abundant watering and warm water (+18 degrees). Within two weeks, the bushes should be fed 1 time:

• 30 days after planting, add chicken droppings and ammonium nitrate;

• after flowering, use the same composition, adding potassium salt and phosphorus-containing elements;

• when fruits appear - fertilizers with a high concentration of phosphorus.

Culture bushes must be well formed. For this purpose, the lateral processes are regularly removed. Garter bushes is required.

With the correct execution of the rules of agricultural care, the culture is not very susceptible to infection, however, in other cases, some infections are quite likely.

1. Late blight, especially when plants are planted too close to each other. Wet and cool weather contributes to the onset of the disease. Its development is blocked by the use of Bordeaux mixture 1 time in 10 days. In case of obvious signs of the disease, the drugs "Barrier" and "Fitodoctor" are used.

2. Top rot disease is prevented by the use of copper sulfate, which is used to treat plants, soil, and greenhouse surfaces from the inside.

Of the sabotage attacks, attacks are the most common in culture.

1. A spider mite, which is especially activated at temperatures above +25 degrees, actively attacking plants during periods of drought. The mite develops most intensively in greenhouse buildings.

2. Aphids eating vegetable juices. It penetrates into greenhouses during periods of airing, as well as with soil or young cuttings. In order to avoid aphid infestations, onion or garlic crops should be planted around a closed structure, the smells of which effectively scare away harmful insects. Working tools located in the room should be treated with a chlorine composition, especially during the planting period.

You can effectively cope with attacks of spider mites and aphids using Karbofos and Actellic. For the same purpose, ash liquor treatment is used.