🌶️ Chillies
మిర్చి — Teja, Byadgi, fertigation, thrips and anthracnose control, Guntur market.
The workflow
flowchart LR
A[Variety<br/>Teja, Byadgi, hybrid] --> B[Nursery 35-40 days]
B --> C[Transplant<br/>raised beds + drip]
C --> D[Fertigation schedule<br/>weekly]
D --> E{Pest/disease}
E -->|Thrips/mites| F[Soap/oil sprays<br/>+ predator mites]
E -->|Anthracnose| G[Copper / triazole]
F --> H[Picking<br/>3-5 rounds]
G --> H
H --> I[Dry + grade<br/>+ Guntur market]
Fertigation discipline + Guntur grading + thrips control = price realization.
Key takeaways
Videos (9)
I grew yellow chillies.. Rs 40,000 a quintal | Yellow Chilli Farming
A specialty yellow chilli variety fetches Rs 40,000 per quintal, four to five times the rate of common red chilli.
40 Quintals of Chilli Per Acre | Guntur Chilli Farmer
Guntur farmer's 4-acre Hunter+Datri chilli targets 150 quintals at Rs 18,000+/qtl after recovering from November cyclone with disciplined sprays.
Less chaff, good chilli crop but no price | Ranga-279 Chilli Seed
Ranga-279 chilli produced 40 qtl/acre with very low chaff, but a market crash to Rs.13,000–14,000 forced cold storage holding.
Ranga chilli yielded well | Sri Sagar Seeds Ranga-279
Sri Sagar Ranga-279 slim chilli outperforms peers under thrips/mite pressure and is the basis for going all-in on 5 acres at Rs.1.5 lakh/acre.
Chilli plants grew tall but no fruit set, farmer in losses
US-450 chilli variety from Sri Rama Nursery (Kondapeta) produced tall vegetative plants with no fruit set, causing a Rs 1.5 lakh loss; farmers should trial new varieties on small plots first.
15 years of green chilli cultivation experience
On strong red-iron soils green chilli in Khammam can yield 80-100 tonnes/acre across 7-8 picks at 20-day intervals over August-March.
Dwarf chilli variety doing well
Dwarf chilli varieties save on staking costs and allow denser planting compared to traditional tall types.
35 quintals chilli yield, Rs 3 lakh net profit after costs
A 35-quintal chilli yield can leave around Rs 3 lakh net per holding once labour, sprays and complex fertilizer costs are deducted at current Rs 16-17k/quintal mandi rates.
Used 3-in-1 Spinny 3D in chilli
A single Spinny 3D spray rescued Brahmaiah's flower-dropping chilli crop, turning a likely write-off into a projected 20 q/acre yield in 15 days.