Irrigated Pepper yield trial

Joyce Eckhoff, Red Lovec – Sidney, mt

 

 
Cultivar

 
Type

Ave wt, 1st harvest, gm

Ave wt, 2nd harvest, gm

 Harvest peppers/A

 Yield
lb/A

Poblano

Medium/hot chile

52

47

315,600

32,880

New Mexico

Medium chile

60

54

478,200

58,890

Super Shepherd

Italian sweet

100

90

160,700

33,010

Early jalapeno

Jalapeno

13

11

388,700

9,757

Lido Lamuyo

European bell

161

155

133,600

44,550

Jupiter

Bell

151

140

135,500

42,600

California Wonder

Bell

117

136

120,000

34,340

Blushing Beauty

Bell

134

135

131,600

38,060

Red Beauty

Bell

138

124

102,600

29,580

LDS 5%

 

27

36

98,540

14,100

Planted in greenhouse: Mar 23; Transplanted: May 28; 1st harvest: Aug 30;  2nd harvest: Sep 20

 

 

  

irrigated potato trials

jerry bergman, joyce eckhoff – Sidney, mt

 

Yield and quality of Russet Burbank potato grown under two types of irrigation over 5 years.

 

Year

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Planted

May 15

April 29

Apr 25

Apr  30

May 3

Harvested

Oct 15

Oct 8

Sep 25

Sep 27

Oct 10

Irrigation*

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Average size, oz

4.8

5.3

4.5

5.2

6.1

6.0

7.7

7.1

4.1a

5.7b

Percent > 6 oz

51.2

54.4

60.8

77.0

72.5

64.3

82.5

78.1

48.0a

67.9b

Percent > 10 oz

19.8

18.0

29.3

48.0

31.0

16.3

47.5

48.8

20.0

27.7

Specific gravity

1.088

1.088

1.082

1.076

1.086

1.076

1.089b

1.081a

1.077

1.090

Solids

22.5

22.5

21.3

20.0

22.0

19.9

22.7b

20.9a

20.2a

23.0b

Yield, CWT/a

368

349

499

497

405b

273a

605

566

348

398

Yield > 6 oz, CWT/a

191

190

309

382

293b

173a

499

422

167a

270b

* Spr = sprinkler   Fld = flood

Different letters behind values in the same year indicate significant difference at p<0.05.

 

Yield and quality of Shepody potato grown under two types of irrigation over 5 years.

 

Year

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Planted

May 15

April 29

Apr 25

Apr 30

May 3

Harvested

Sep 8

Sep 14

Aug 31

Aug 23

Oct 10

Irrigation*

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Spr

Fld

Average size, oz

5.0

5.8

7.1

6.4

7.6b

5.9a

5.4

4.1

6.5

6.3

Percent > 6 oz

51.3

65.3

74.8

66.2

76.3b

61.0a

64.5

50.0

74.1

72.7

Percent > 10 oz

19.8

33.8

46.0

32.0

49.3b

28.3a

25.0

8.5

41.8

37.5

Specific gravity

1.097

1.089

1.090

1.105

1.086b

1.076a

1.097

1.083

1.076

1.077

Solids

24.5

22.7

22.9

23.4

22.0b

19.7a

24.6

21.3

19.7

21.2

Yield, CWT/a

382

484

427b

311a

429b

349a

418

356

351

403

Yield > 6 oz, CWT/a

189a

317b

319

208

327b

213a

270

178

260

293

* Spr = sprinkler   Fld = flood

Different letters behind values in the same year indicate significant difference at p<0.05.