Recommended Citation
Goldy, Ron G., "Evaluation of Transplant Root Length on Bell Pepper Yield and Quality" (2019). Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports. Paper 5.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/mwvtr/5
Date of this Version
12-4-2019
Keywords
Capsicum annum, bell pepper, transplant, roots, vegetables
Abstract
Allowing bell pepper transplants to develop a taproot system was detrimental to early plant growth. However, it did not have a significant detrimental effect on most fruit yield and quality parameters measured, and by final harvest, plants of all three root length treatments had similar above ground plant weights.