Pruning suckers from green pepper, Best soil for cucumber and okra (Summer vegetables to grow)

Grow sweet pepper, cucumber, and okra in open field cultivation. Let’s handle the care and maintenance of our green pepper plant this time. (Pruning suckers from sweet pepper.) Cucumber and okra will add fertilizer to their growing areas for soil preparation. (Best soil and fertilizer for cucumber and okra.)

Removing suckers from green pepper and prep soil for cucumber and okra

The linked article explains planting and fertilizing summer vegetables such as green peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes.

How to prune suckers of green pepper (Removing side shoots of sweet pepper plant.)

Green pepper grows by extending two branches that split from the 1st pepper fruit.

Green pepper is grown in a double-stemmed style

In the early stages of growth, green peppers are encouraged to allocate nutrients towards plant development, so any current fruits are removed. This is because if fruits grow too early, they consume all the nutrients, preventing the green pepper plant from growing larger.

To promote growth of green pepper plant, remove the fruits
Harvested sweet peppers

We also remove all suckers (side shoots) below the first fork in the sweet pepper plant. (This is because suckers tend to absorb all the nutrients.)

Side shoots of green pepper (Suckers of sweet pepper)

You pinch and snap off the suckers of green pepper with your fingers. (When you pinch the base of the side shoots of green pepper, they come off easily.)

Remove the side shoots of green pepper (Prune the suckers of sweet pepper)

This completes the pruning of the side shoots of green pepper. (Pepper plant care is complete.)

This completes the pruning of the suckers of sweet pepper

Best fertilizer for cucumbers and okra (Cucumber plant and okra how to grow)

The cultivation area for cucumber and okra, after one week of adding garden lime, will now receive fertilizer. (Prep soil for cucumber plant and okra.) The bed for cucumber and okra is about 60cm × 75cm (2 ft × 2.5 ft) in size.

Cultivation bed for cucumber and okra
Turn over the mulch

The base fertilizer for cucumber and okra consists of three types:1 liter (1 qt) of cow manure, 50 grams (1.8 oz) of chicken manure, and 50 grams (1.8 oz) of canola cake.

The fertilizer placed in a bucket
Spread fertilizer in the plot

After fertilizing, the next step is to create the cucumber and okra bed. Shape the bed with a trowel and wooden boards.

Mix soil and fertilizer
Shape the bed with a boards

Afterward, cover the cucumber and okra bed with black polythene mulch. The soil preparation for cucumber and okra is complete.

Put back the black polythene mulch

Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.

Pruning suckers from green pepper, Best soil for cucumber and okra (Summer vegetables to grow) – YouTube